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I Continued from Pate 101
ducation on nutrition and
iow to select and prepare
>eef cuts; new product
■esearch and development;
production research to lower
the cost of producing beef or
to increase profits; better
market information for
cattlemen; and foreign
market development.
INCREASED PROFITS FROM EVERY ACRE OF CORN?
LANCASTER COUNTY AVERAGE INCREASES:
11 BUSHELS
OF CORN
PER ACRE!
LANCASTER AND CHESTER COUNTIES EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR:
J ORGANIC
PLANT FOOD
* Average of Eleven Lancaster County Checks
This program is greatly
needed and is endorsed by 80
state and national beef and
dairy organizations.
We hope the cattlemen in
your area will study its
merits, then register and
vote “Yes” in the upcoming
Beef Referendum. It’s an
opportunity to help
ourselves, an opportunity
DID IT LAST YEAR?
SPARK GROWTH STIMULANT ON CORN
APPLIED PROFESSIONALLY BY AIR
2313 NORMAN RD. LANCASTER, PA
PH. 717-397-5152
REMEMBER - TIME OF APPLICATION IS CRITICAL!
which we may never have
again.
Sincerely,
0. J. Barron, Jr.
Chairman, National
Beef Development
Taskforce
TRY A
CLASSIFIED
Poultry health
fiction recommended
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The
continuing threat of exotic
Newcastle disease,
especially the recent
introduction of this
devastating disease in cage
birds, was the principal topic
of concern to the Advisory
Committee on Poultry
Health of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
The committee,
*lB.OO
PER ACRE
ADDED
PROFIT!
ASSOCIATED
DEALER
Farmer’s Fertilizer
Elizabethtown
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 28,1977 —
representing consumers and
the pet, fancy, and
commercial poultry
industries, urged the
Department to take every
possible action to gain the
cooperation of the public and
the bird industries in
preventing the smuggling of
possibly diseased birds into
the U.S.
The committee met May 12
and 13 at the Hyattsville,
Md., offices of USDA’s
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS).
Among recommendations
made by the committee
were:
-USDA initiate a national
cooperative program to
eradicate mycoplasmosis for
all poultry. This bacterial
disease is being eliminated
from broiler and turkey
flocks to prevent
transmission through
hatcheries.
-USDA cooperate with
States to develop avian
WHAT'S MEW
CALF BOOK
LOS ANGELES - “Calf
Plan - A Complete Feeding
and Management
Program”, recently revised,
is now available from Albers
Milling Company, division of
Carnation Company. This 21-
page booklet describes
various calf feeding
NOW IS THE TIME TO
FOLAIR FEED YOUR ALFALFA
Increase Protein and Yield
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Or for Custom Application call
LLOYD FORRY
influenza surveillance
programs; require this
disease to be reported to
animal health officials; and
establish programs to
eradicate lethal influenza
viruses from poultry and
other avian species.
--USDA continue
cooperative efforts with the
rare bird industry to identify
birds moving in interstate
commerce.
-USDA consider possible
methods of providing for
birds and hatching eggs to be
moved safely from areas
under quarantine for avian
diseases.
--USDA explore the
possibility of eradicating
exotic Newcastle disease
from Puerto Rico and
working with Mexico to
control poultry diseases.
Finally, the committee
urged USDA to request funds
to improve present
programs to prevent the
spread of avian diseases.
programs for profitable calf
production.
Pre-natal management
and calf-care at birth along
with early calf nutrition are
discussed, along with calf
housing and equipment, the
eight steps for developing
calves into better cows and
calf health and disease
prevention.
Carnation-Albers feeds
and feeding equipment have
been developed from 1892
when the Albers Milling
Company was founded.
These include: Calf-Manna -
the first pelleted calf feed on
the market’ Suckle Milk
Replacer; Suckle Nursing
Bottles; Manna-Mate - a
combination of Calf Manna
and grains; Optimil - the
scour control formula; and
Horse Sho-Glo, an ultra high
potency horse conditioner.
Copies of these booklets
are available by writing
Carnation-Albers, 6400
Glenwood, Shawnee Mission,
Kansas 66202.
with
NACHURS
PLANT
FOOD
(717)898-2755
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