Proposed rule change interstate hog shipping on WASHINGTON, C.C. - The U.S. Department of Agriculture is proposing to change interstate shipping rules to allow swine fed raw garbage to be slaughtered without special processing. Present regulations require that swine fed raw garbage and shipped in terstate must be sent to slaughter and cooked WHITE WASHING wiffl dairy white -DRIES WHITE -DOES NOT RUB OFF EASILY -NO WET FLOORS -IS COMPATIBLE WITH DISINFECTANT AND FLY SPRAYS -WASHES OFF WINDOWS & PIPELINES EASILY. Also Barn Cleaning Sendee Available With Compressed Air To have your barn cleaned with air it will clean off dust, cob webs & lot of the old lime. This will keep your barn looking cleaner & whiter longer. MAYNARD L* BEITZEL Witmer, PA 17585 717-392-7227 If no answer call Willard Beitzel 717-733-6357 We will take on work within 100 mile radius of Lancaster. Barn spraying our business, not a sideline. Spraying Since 1961 HIGH PRESSURE WASHING AND DISINFECTING POULTRY HOUSES AND VEAL PENS. LARGEST EGG MARKETER (specially processed). Because of this requirement, many packing plants will not accept these animals. Of ficials of USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) said the requirement originally was instituted to help prevent the spread of hog cholera from animals fed raw garbage. The proposed change PENNSYLVANIA'S For would allow hogs fed raw garbage to move directly to slaughter without special processing when the following conditions are met: -The swine to be moved must not have been few raw garbage for at least 45 days before the date of shipment; -All hogs on the farm must be tested and examined to make sure they are free of hog cholera and other communicable diseases of swine; -All swine on the farm must be inspected within 24 hours before moving the slaughter animals; -The animals sent to slaughter must be in dividually identified with eartags or a red color mark or moved in USDA sealed vehicles, and must be ac companied by an inspection certificate issued by a state or federal animal health official or by an accredited veterinarian. Written comments on the proposed amendment should be sent to the Deputy Administrator, Veterinary Services, APHIS, USDA, Room 714, Hyattsville, Md. 20782. The 60-day period for comments will expire on June 24, 1977. TRY A CLASSIFIED AD! AGWAY is looking for near-by eggs. mere 717-665-2414 set Thirteen Lancaster County FFA members took part in the Farm Management Contest, a new county competition held last week at the Willow Street Vo-Tech School. Par ticipants completed a test concerning taxes, interest, investment, depreciation, budgeting, etc. Top individuals for the contest was Bruce Kreider, Solanco, with 259 points; second, Mary Seward, Elizabethtown, with 211 points; third, Tim Good, information call ~v - v < k READ LANCASTER FARMING FOR FULL MARKET REPORTS Lancaster Farming. Saturday. May 7.1977 Manheim Central, with 203 points; also tie for third, Curtis Martin, Ephrata, with 203; and Larry Her shey, Manheim Central with 200 points. The top team was Solanco; second, Manheim Central; and third, Elizabethtown. Sitting around the table from left to right the individual winners are: Larry Hershey, Tim Good, Bruce Kreider, Curtis Martin, and Mary Seward. 111
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