—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. Dec. 4, 1976 22 PennAg committee chairmen named EPHRATA, Pa. - W. H. Andrews has announced PennAg committee chair man assignments for the year beginning January 1. PennAg Industries Association is a trade organization of Penn sylvania agribusiness firms. Andrews, of W. H. Andrews & Sons, Mapleton Depot, Pa., was elected president of the association at their annual convention in September. The committees and their chairmen are: Convention, Roy W. Naugle, Naugle Feed & Supply, Berlin; education, Dairy days set Dairymen are invited to attend one of four Southeast Pennsylvania Dairy Days during early December. Dates and locations of the Dairy Days are: December 7 - Berks County Agricultural Center, Leesport December 8 - Holiday Inn, Routes 22 and 512, Bethlehem December 9 - R & S Diner, Route 309, Montgomeryville December 10 - Stone Bam, Route 842, Unionville The program each day begins at 10:00 a.ra. and concludes about 2:30 p.m. Lunch will be served to those who make reservations with their County Extension offices in southeast Pennsylvania. Losses in milk production bite deeply into a dairyman’s profits, especially if these production slumps occur during the critical base-building period or in the early part of a cow’s lactation. Many things can contribute to these production slumps; improper feeding and sudden changes in feeding programs, poor herd health, and mastitis are a few of the major causes. Changes in feed prices and fluctuations in the feed-milk price ratios can also have drastic effects on profit. Manure handling is another great concern of dairymen because of its nutritive value to crops, the cost and in convenience of storing and handling it, and because of en vironmental regulations. The Dairy Day program focuses on these critical concerns. Donald Ace, Penn State dairy specialist will discuss “Feeding for Profit, Production and Health” and “Making Your Feeding Programs Work for You”. “Mastitis - Its Costs, Causes and Control” will be discussed by Dr. Lawrence Hutchinson, Penn State Extension vetenarian. An update on “Practical and New Manure Handling Ideas” and the new DER proposals will be presented by Gerald Bodman, Penn State Extension ag engineer. One of the highlights at each session will be a panel of local dairymen, a speaker or a tour on a topic of local interest. HESSTON Save the stover If you’re turning crop trash under, there's a good chance it could be a lot more valuable as feed And with a HESSTON StakHand® in your choice of three sizes you can put up stover in compressed, weather-resistant stacks just as easily as you’d put up hay Yes, corn wheat miloand other stubble can be turned into pounds of beef or milk gained instead of pounds of crop trash turned under So see us. about StakHand* in stover right away And remember, there’s no better way to handle hay than with StakHand (SSfakHand is a reoistered trademark of the Hesslon Corporation 1 each StakHand No. 10 and 30 A (in Stock) FARM EQUIPMENT Kenneth G. Beachley, Beachley-Hardy Seed Co., Camp Hill; finance, John J. Hess, n, John J. Hess, 11,, Inc., Paradise; flour millers, Morris E. Brown, Jr., F. M. Brown’s Sons, Inc., Bir sboro; law and legislative, Warren Elfrank, Ralston Purina Co., Camp Hill; membership, Thomas L. Johns, Master Feed & Grain Co., Conneautville; promotion and publicity, Neil S. Andre, Andre & Son, Inc., Montrose; tran sportation, George W. Robinson, Kreamer Feed Store, Inc., Kreamer. STAUFFER DIESEL, Inc. ,312 W. Main St. New Holland, Pa. Ph. 717-354-4181 Dairy UNIONVILLE, Pa. - Chester County Agricultural Agent, Glenn A. Shirk, an nounced that an all-day Dairy Day will be held 10:00 a.m. at the Stone Barn on Friday, December 10. Lunch reservations may be made by calling the Chester RURAL ROUTE 0 1/ I I I t Wifi Why sweat out another season with worn out When you fry to make obsolete equipment do for “one-moie-season”, you're asking for trouble. Like inefficient operation, endless repairs and costly down-time. New equipment takes money, but this need be no problem for you. Farm Credit loans are readily available ... at reasonable rates of interest... with repay* mcnt scheduled at times most convenient to you. See Farm Credit for financing the equip- ment you need today. day planned County Extension Service (696-3500) by December 7. The Stone Bam is located on Rt. 842 about two miles west of Unionville. Donald Ace, Penn State dairy specialist, will explain some basic principles that serve as the foundation f6r I*l machinery? COME IN, LET'S TALK IT OVER! FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT YOUR LOCAL COUNTY OFFICE. any good dairy feeding program. He will also inform dairymen about how they can get set up on a good dairy feedihg program that is designed for their specific farm situation. A panel of dairymen will discuss how they handle their dry cows and fresh cows, and how they get their fresh cows off to a good start in their new lactation. § T OfT» AxrmCrjnj I ■32, 14 Dr. Lawrence Hutchinson, Penn State ' Extension veterinarian, will emphasize “Mastitis - Its Costs, Causes and Control”. Manure handling i another topic of interest tu dairymen. Gerald Bodman, Penn State Agricultural engineer, will present some ideas about “Practical and Approved Methods of Handling Manure” By Tom Armstrong
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