—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. Oct. 23. 1976
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4-H show and sale slated
Flemington, N.J.
Hunterdon County boys and
girls in the short-term 4-H
baby beef project are busy
grooming and training their
animals for this year’s state
4-H Baby Beef Show and
Sale, October 26-27. Both the
show and sale are open to the
public says Donald M.
Kniffen, Extension specialist
in animal science at Cook
College, Rutgers University.
The two-day event will be
held in the Coliseum on the
Trenton Fairgrounds, the
show on October 26, and the
sale the following day.
About 100 purebred Angus,
Hereford, Shorthorn, and
Charolais as well as
crossbred steers are ex
pected to be shown and sold^
The show will start at 10:30
a.m. with Dave Brower,
manager of Still House
Hollow Farms, Hume, Va.,
Cholera vaccine illegal
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -
In the wake of the news
concerning the current
nationwide program to
immunize humans against
the dread influenza virus, A-
New Jersey-76 (swine flu),
the nation’s farmers are
quietly being warned by
livestock organizations not
to vaccinate their pigs
against hog cholera - an
entirely different disease.
The reason is that hog
cholera has been all but
eradicated throughout the
nation by a comprehensive
swine herd health campaign
in recent years. This cam
paign was a copperative
effort involving U.S.
Department of Agriculture ,
and state animal health
workers, along with local
veterinarians, in cooperation
with livestock organizations
and farmers themselves.
This means that vac
cination against hog cholera
is no longer necessary, and
pharmaceutical houses have
judging the animals as well
as the fitting and
showmanship abilities of the
4-H’ers. Only beeves judged
prime and choice quality will
be eligible for sale.
The grand champion will
be the first animal on the
auction block at 1:30 p.m. on
October 27 under the gavel of
Howard “Stoney” Harris of
Cowtown.
The baby beef show and
sale is an educational tool
used by the State 4-H
program to instruct boys and
girls in the science of
economics and animal
husbandry. Club members
who excel in showmanship
and excellence in other
phases of the beef project
will receive special awards.
The duel event is spon
sored and supervised*by the
Cooperative Extension
Serrvice at Cook College,
discontinued production of
the vaccine. So any stocks of
the vaccine still on hand are
far out of date and are
useless in protecting animals
against the disease.
In fact, in Maryland, it is
now illegal to possess, sell,
offer for sale, distribute,
give away or use hog cholera
vaccine of any type, warns
Dr. Robert C. Hammond,
Extension veterianarian at
the University of Maryland
in College Park and chair
man of the University’s
veterinary science depart
ment.
Rutgers University in
cooperation with the New
Jersey Department of
Agriculture.
Club members in Hun
terdon County who plan to
exhibit and sell their beef
animals are; Cindy Brenner,
Rocktown Road, Ringoes;
Bill and Barbara Metch,
Leffler Hill Road,
Flemington; Tom and Bob
Doncaster, Sergeantsville;
Roger Locandro, Jr. Rt. 523,
Stockton; John and Sue
Wengryn, White Bridge
Road, Pittstown; Ken
Novak, Flemington; Sue
Schroedel, Leffler Hill Road,
Flemington; Chris and
Shawn Curtis Flemington;
Robert Ekholm, Barry
Road, Lambertville;
Douglas and Karen Ling,
Flemington; and Dana
Palmer, Stockton.
This prohibition applies
both to the vaccine’s use
within the state and in in
terstate transactions, Dr.
Hammond pointed out.
He admonishes any far
mers, veterinarians or drug
supply houses that still have
stocks on hand to turn them
in to local veterinarians or to
the representatives olf the
Division of Animal In
dustries of the Maryland
State Department of
Agriculture. Non
veterinarians should not try
to destroy such stocks
themselves, he admonishes.
Wrapping Meat
The way you wrap meat
and poultry for storage is
important in maintaining
wholesomeness Meats for
refrigerator storage should
be wrapped loosely If meats
are to be frozen, they should
be wrapped tightly in a
moisture-resistant material
such as aluminum foil or
freezer paper
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Admiring the calf in the dairy area
of-Park City’s agricultural promotion
this week were Mrs. William Hamp
and her daughter, Dana, right. Mrs.
Hamp’s sister was also there with her
children, Barbara, left, and Alyssa.
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