Awards I Continued from Page 68) that show, and also had the grand champion cow at the Junior Dairy Show in Harrisburg. Jim Shaw, the Berks association’s state director, reported on state events for the coming year including the calf and bred heifer sales scheduled for March 31 and April 1, and the State Spring Show slated for April 2. Although a firm date has not yet been announced for the next judging school, ac cording to Shaw, it will be held some time during July. Other speakers at the annual meeting included Robert Morris, director of Look neighbor... positive POWER RING DRIVE § * -■'•s W Jf #< X \ / Jamesway® Volumatic® II silage distributor-unloader has no drive drum to manhandle, -no weights to adjust. Fewer trips up the silo. But don’t take our word for it. Ask a neighbor who owns Jamesway. AGRI-EQUIP. LANDIS BROTHERS INC. M. S. YEARSLEY & SON Ep “' ” - nS 5 393 a ST Pto p# IKs£ tp * 19380 ROY 0. 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Elections held at the Friday evening meeting included, three senior directors, LaVerpe Moser, Clyde Plushanski, and Joe Ruth; and one junior director, Debbie Stump. John Stump offered the invocation before dinner, and entertainment was provided by the Society of Farm Women Group 2. .* » r i $J£ m" \ \ FLEMINGTON. N J - Two “dairy cow clinics” have been scheduled by the New Jersey Holstein Association and the Cooperative Extension Service for Tuesday and Wednesday, December 21, and 22. Featured speakers will be Dr. David Morrow, Michigan State University, and Maurice Mix, director of Classification Services for the Holstein-Fnesian Association of America. The December 21 clinic will be held at the Andover Firehouse on Route 206. The clinic on the 22nd is set for the Conference Room in the m * # 9 9 W 0 $ 0 ' V *■ Dairy cow clinics scheduled Bank of Mid-Jersey, Route 130, Bordentown Both meetings will begin at 10 a.m., conclude at 3. The morning sessions will include a presentation by Dr. Morrow, “A veterinarian Looks At Functional-Type in Dairy Cattle.” He will use cow specimens and illustrations in relating a cow’s “form” to her “func tion.” Following lunch, the meetings will move to nearby farms. The Andover clinic will move to Francisco Farms at 1 p.m Mix will review HFAA’s classification program and . 0$ Dr. Morrow is a veterinarian and professor in the Department of Large Animal Surgery and Medicine at Michigan State University. NEW HOLLAND, Pa. - The Garden Spot Adult Farmer Program will sponsor a meeting on crop management using a chisel, on Dec. 14 for all area far mers. The meeting will start at 7:30 p.m. in the agriculture classroom of the Garden Spot High School. Plans for the program include a slide presentation on the problems of soil compaction and methods for reducing these problems. Several speakers are also scheduled. Art Good, implement dealer with A.B.C. Groff, will discuss the equipment and power requirements for utilizing the chisel plow technique. Don Dodson, Organic Plant Food Inc., will discuss how to incorporate fertilizers * * : :• - / /s Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Dec'll, 1976 use cattle at the farm to demonstrate descriptive type traits and how they are related to longevity and profitability of dairy animals. The afternoon session of the Bordentown meeting will be held at the farm of Fred Wainwnght, Jr. Chiseling is topic of Adult Farmer meeting Know Where the Activities Will Be? Read the Farm Women Calendar. TRAMISOL- dewormer helps it happen It controls roundworms, nodular worms, intes tinal threadworms and lungworms And TRAMISOL comes in water soluble form and mixed in feed TRAMISOL It gets the worms worth getting One way or another. AVAILABLE FROM YOUR FAVORITE ANIMAL HEALTH SUPPLIER Maurice Mix has spent his entire career in the dairy industry, joining the Holstein Association in 1967 to supervise the type classification program. He presently directs the staff of 18 classifiers who will have scored over 185,000 Holsteins by the end of 1976. The cost for the program and lunch is $5. Tickets are available in the office of the County Agricultural Agent. Extension Service, Route 31, north of Flemington. into a minimum tillage operation. The conservation benefits of chiseling will be the topic discussed by Warren Archibald of the Lancaster County Soil Conservation Service. Other activities will in clude a discussion con cerning pest management in minimum tillage operations 'by a chemical company representative and com ments from local farmers who have experience in using the chisel plowing technique. Following the question and answer discussion periods, refreshments will be served. Examples of the types of machinery used in this method of farming will be on display before and after the meeting in the agriculture shop. 77
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