Garden Spot Agway elects committeemen
LANCASTER - The Lancaster Farm and Home new Agway committeemen
Garden Spot Agway Zone Center, Lancaster, Pa. elected.
Members annual meeting Reports on the operations for In the annual report, the
was held November 21 at the the past year were given and following results were an-
New committeemen elected at the recent Garden Spot Agway annual
members meeting included: in front, Melvin G. Rohrer, Lititz R 3; and Paul M.
Herr, Quarryville Rl; and in back row, Henry G. Shenk, Manheim R 7; James G.
Kreider, Quarryville R 4; and Clair M. Hollinger, Mount Joy Rl. Also elected but
not present was J. Larry Hess, Lancaster R 6.
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nounced. In the volume
petroleum department,
10,257,733 gallons were
delivered, with 5,296,949
patron purchases. The net
margin for the year was
160,264. In the Garden Spot
stores,total patron pur
chases for the year as of
June 30, J. 977 was 9,541,896.
Net profit for the same tune
period was 22,893.
Elected to posts as three
year Agway committeemen
were James G. Kreider,
QuarryvUle R 4; Clair M.
Hollinger, Mount Joy Rl;
Melvin G. Rohrer, Lititz R 3;
Henry G. Shenk, Manheim
R 7; and in the Agway
Petroleum Corporation,
Paul M. Herr, Quarryville
Rl; and J. Larry Hess,
Lancaster R 6.
Speaker for the evening
was Richard Resig, director
of safety, Syracuse office,
Agway, Inc., who spoke on
the safety of Agway em
ployees and farm safety.
Resig stated that farming
is one of the most hazardous
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occupations known, with the
use of safety being a full
tune business. Farms have
always had potential
hazards, and often workers
become oblivious to the
dangers they face. With
farming becoming more
complex and a larger
business every day, Resig
stressed the importance of
constant safety practice.
Touching on the areas of
flamable liquid - handling,
confined space entries, silo
fermentation, dust ex
plosions, and farm vehicle
safety, Resig demonstrated
some of the results that can
occur when proper safety is
ignored, using special safety
demonstration equipment.
Resig concluded that each
person’s life and safety is up
to them, and that an in
dividual effort must be made
for safety standards to be
followed.
Approximately 280 people
attended the meeting which
was followed by refresh
ments.
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Mares
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DOVER, Del. - If Mother
Nature had her way, the
breeding season for
thoroughbred mares would
begin in mid-April and peak
in late May or early June.
But since Mother Nature is
rather easily fooled, horse
owners have found that they
can actually change their
mares’ breeding season to fit
their own schedules. All it
takes is a little knowledge
about horses and some ar
tificial lights.
According to University of
Delaware extension equine
specialist Mel Reitnour, the
reproductive ability of a
mare 'is influenced by
season. The heat cycle and
subsequent ovulation will be
initiated when there are
approximately 16 hours of
light per day.
Thus the natural breeding
season doesn’t begin until
spring. Since the gestation
period for horses is about 11
months, the following spring
is the earliest the mare
would probably foal.
However, when artificial
lights are used in the bam to
simulate daylight, the
breeding season can be
induced even during the
dead of winter.
“This practice is most
commonly used to help
problem mares show a
normal estrus cycle,” says
Reitnour. “And even then
it’s best not to begin using
lights until about mid-
January.”
When the breeding season
is speeded up, there’s a
greater possibility that the
mare will foal earlier in the
year. This is advantageous
for horse owners who plan to
show or race their horses
since, for these purposes, the
thoroughbred foal is con
sidered a year old the
following January no matter
when it was bom during the
year. The more time a foal
has to grow, the better
equipped it will be for per
formance.
“No controlled fertility
studies have been conducted
to determine just how much
sooner mares may become
pregnant,” says Reitnour.
“But studies indicate that
the use of lights to increase
the daylength over a
designated period of time
will induce estrus and
ovulation in the mare.”
Reitnour emphasizes,
however, that these studies
apply only to thoroughbred
horses.
For more information
about the use of artificial
lighting to induce estrus in
mares, contact Mel Reitnour
at the University of
Delaware or your local
county Extension office.
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