—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 27,1978
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Hay prices are mostly steady, but...
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explained. “But horse
owners still need top hay
because green hay can’t be
fed to them. For about the
next six weeks, the old hay
should continue to have good
prices.”
He believed that dairy
farmers hadn’t made any of
Feeder
HARRISBURG - The top
of the feeder pig prices fell
sharply this week, according
to the Pa. Livestock Auction
Summary, a survey of 17
livestock auctions.
Feeder pigs sold by the
head brought $1 to $3 less
this week while those sold by
the hundredweight were
mostly $3 to $lO lower, with
spots $2O lower.
According to John Zim
merman, chief of livestock
marketing, bureau of
marketing in Pa., it was the
top end of the market which
went down.
“The bulk of the feeder
pigs are moving as before,”
was his comment. “I really
Human brucellosis
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including emotional
disturbances and
psychoneurosis.
Diagnosis is less of a
problem when a doctor
knows his patient has been in
contact with infected
animals or raw milk. “If you
suspect that you may have
brucellosis,” said Dr.
Becton, “don’t delay in
seeing your physician.
“There is no dependable or
practical form of drug
therapy for animal
brucellosis, said Dr. Becton,
“but antibiotics are quite
effective in treating human
cases.”
Inadequate treatment
may result in a relapse
according to medical
authorities. Chrome forms of
the disease usually require
more rigorous and prolonged
therapy.
“Fortunately,” said Dr.
Becton, “brucellosis is
preventable. Its incidence in
man has dropped
dramatically with the
containing and elimination
of animal infection. But as
long as some livestock
continue to harbor infection,
human cases will continue to
occu*.”
On the farm or ranch, the
greatest danger to people
comes from contact with the
placental tissues or other
discharges of infected
animals. Dr. Becton
recommended the following
precautions:
•Clean contaminated
areas such as calving pens
and animal isolation areas;
•Wear protective gloves
when assisting animals
giving birth or aborting, and
scrub well afterward;
•Carefully dispose of
aborted fetuses and con
taminated placental tissues
< bum or bury them);
•Thoroughly clean and
disinfect areas where
abortions have occured; and
•Avoid touching your eyes,
nose or mouth until you have
washed your hands after
handling animals
(especially newborn) or
raw milk or milking
equipment
“Habits of personal and
the first of the 1978 crop yet
but he added that as soon as
the weather cooperates,
farmers will be out in the
fields cutting hay. Thinking
ahead to the new hay prices,
he looked for prices to be
steady with last year’s
prices.
John Zimmerman, chief of
pigs drop as much as $2O
don’t see how the top of the
market can hold out at the
high prices much longer.”
He went on to say that he
doesn’t expect the feeder pig
market to have the ex
tremely high prices in the
next few weeks.
“A lot depends on the
weather,” he related. “When
the com is all in the ground
and farmers see what is
coming up, it may make a
difference. If it looks like it
will settle out, then the
market should start easing
around mid-June. That’s
what should happen if it’s a
normal season.”
“If the com doesn’t look
good, there might be more
area cleanliness are im
portant,” said Dr. Becton,
“even when no known
diseased animals are in
volved. Also important is the
precaution to avoid
drinking raw milk or eating
any of its by-products.
Pasteurization is simple and
quick. It can save much
suffering.
“Ultimately,” said Dr.
Becton, “the best prevention
will be the eradication of
brucellosis in livestock.”
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livestock marketing of the
bureau of marketing of Pa.,
said that state hay prices
have been backing off for the
past month. “The rain helped that
“Now it’s time for the first problem,” he explained,
cutting of the season to come “With the warmth and the
in,” he noted. “Normally moisture, the hay has
then, the prices go down.” mushroomed into a fair crop
But up to a few weeks ago, coming right along. ’ ’
pigs put on the market,
which could lower the
prices,” he added.
He stated that in the last
couple of weeks, bidding for
the feeder pigs has been
extremely high.
“I think it could be a case
of people bidding and then
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the bay crop looked like a
repeat of last year’s first
cutting - short and not too
plentiful.
the bidding becoming hotter,
and people ending up going
higher than they intended
to,” he stated.
The market should back
off in the future, he
reasoned.
“I’m not saying pigs will
get real cheap,” he ex
plained. “But those high
prices will settle down.”
Zimmerman added that by
the beginning of next week
he will be able to determine
a better idea of which way
the feeder pigs prices are
heading.
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Richard McDonald, who
works with hay prices in the
bureau of marketing in Pa.
also commented on the $230
price of hay.
“This load of hay went for
an exorbitant price,” he
said. “Hay in no way is
worth that.”
He went on to say that he
understood the race horse
owner had stated that
nothing is too expensive for
his horse.
“If that’s the case,” he
reasoned, “than it would be
just like if a member of your
own family got sick, you’d
pay any price to get the
medicine to make them
well.”
He found that the hay
market has been around $lOO
to $l5O for better alfalfa hay.
He expects prices to con
tinue to decline over the next
few weeks.
“The big question always
is ‘What will the first hay of
the new season bring?’ For
that answer, we can only
wait and see,” he com
mented. “Hay prices are
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A quick look at hay prices
this week throughout the
Lancaster Fanning area i
found Green Dragon hay
prices, Ephrata, Pa.,
bringing $9O to $ll5 for
alfalfa hay with a few going
as high as $132. Regional hay
prices for this past week
found alfalfa hay bring $9O to
$lOO, with a few up to $125.
At the Harvey Z. Martin
hay market, Leola, Pa., this
week alfalfa hay went from
$77 to $9O, with a few from
$lO2 to $137. Alfalfa hay
prices from New Holland
ranged from a low of $94 to
the high mentioned above.
At Vintage Sales Stables,
alfalfa hay brought $9B to
$ll2. Three loads of new 1978
first crop alfalfa and rye hay
'were also sold for the price
of $75 per ton. The hay,
which was from Roman
sville, Chester County, had.
been baled on Tuesday, and - *.'
according to Robert Frame,
at Vintage Sales Stables, the
hay was awfully heavy and
green. If it had been dry, he
estimated that it probably
would have brought around
$125 to $l3O per ton.