Reclamation program gets response
HARRISBURG • Nearly
a 4OO, people applied for aid
the new Rural
Abandoned Mine Program
during the first sign-up
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All 39'pks.- NOW 25 c Complete With Bait
All 50' pks. - NOW 35*
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period, according to R. M.
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U.S. Department of
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The program, established
by the Secretary of
Agriculture, under authority
of the Surface Mining
Control and Reclamation
Act of 1977, provides in
dividuals with cost-sharing
and technical assistance to
reclaim non-federal land
disturbed by coal mining.
Applications for
assistance under the 1
program were received in 21
of the 29 eligible states as of
April 1. One-third of the
applications were filed in
Pennsylvania, which has the
most abandoned mined land
in need of reclamation -
240,000 acres.
The Federal Govern
ment’s share of reclamation
will range from 25 to 100
percent, depending on the
acreage to be reclaimed, the
proposed use ? and whether
the benefits are mostly on
side (private) or off-site
(public;. Each landowner
may receive funds for
reclamation up to 320 acres.
The contract covers a 5 to 10-
year period.
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Animal nutrition noted at
Pfizer research conference
ST. LOUIS, MO-Research
scientsts reported?
significant 1978 develop
ments in animal and poultry
nutrition and health at the
27th Annual Pfizer Research
Conference here this week.
The keynote address was
presented by Irving R.
Levine, Washington, D.C.-
based NBC News economic
affairs correspondent, who
discussed his views on “The
Carter Administration and
The National Economy.”
Dr. F. Howard Kratzer,
chairman of the department
of avian sciences at the
University of California at
Davis, reported that major
progress in poultry nutrition
research had been made in
the areas of the function of
vitamin D in the diet, the
determination of
metabolizable energy
content of feedstuffs, the
function of biotin, the im
provement'of rapeseed meal
for poultry, the evaluation of
Dairy princess to be chosen
EASTON Two young
women from Northampton
and Lehigh Counties will
compete for the title of
Northampton-Lebigh Dairy
Princess May 18 at 7:30 p.m.
at Palmer Park Mall,
Easton.
The Dairy Princess will be
the official representative
of the dairy industry in
Northampton and Lehigh
Counties. She will promote
dairy products and help to
educate consumers in their
variety and value. She will
be available for public ap
pearances during her year
reign and will compete in
September against county
princesses from throughout
Pennsylvania for state
honors.
The contestants must be
between 16 and 22 and be
from a dairy farming family
or own her own cows. The
two local competitors are
Lois Heyer, daughter of Mr.-
and Mrs. Lester Heyer of
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 12,1979-
single cell protein as a feed
source and the consequences
of feed restriction of bird
performance.
Purdue University’s Dr. T.
W. Perry, professor of
animal nutrition, told the
conference that research on
forages highlighted work in
the ruminant nutrition area
in 1978. Other studies has
examined the effects of trace
minerals, particularly
selenium and copper, the
artificial rearing of calves
and the use of animal wastes
as a feedstuff.
Studies on increasing the
birth weight and liveability
of baby pigs were major
research areas in swine
nutrition in the past year,
according to T>r. A. J.
Clawson, professor of
animal science at North
Carolina State University.
Dr. Clawson said emphasis
was directed toward solving
problems related to
Kutztown R 2, a junior at
Northwestern Lehigh High
School; and Martha Guest,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.
Herbert Guest of Nazareth, a
senior at Nazareth Area
High School.
Each contestant will
present a three to five
minute demonstration and
answer a series of questions.
Criteria for winning include
personality, appearance,
ability to speak in public and
knowledge of the dairy in
dustry.
The judges are H.
Theodore Dußois, Allen
town, kitchen draftsman for
Handcock Kitchens and
former Lehigh County
Extension agent; Joseph
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minerals, especially the
selenium-vitamin E
deficiency in young pigs. In
addition, a large number of
studies were directed toward
unraveling the mysteries of
intestinal digestion and
absorption.
Dr. H. E. Amstutz,
professor of veterinary
medicine at Purdue
University, said respiratory
diseases continue to be the
major cause of disease loss
in beef cattle and a major
problem in dairy cattle, with
pasteurella the real killer.
Dr. Amstutz said research in
1978 focused on drug in-,
compatabilities and theiri
effect on laboratory tests as 1
well as bacterial resistance
to commonly used an
tibacterial compounds. He
notes that infection and
other agents used as an
tiviral weapons promise to
receive much emphasis in
future years.
Reibman of Easton, North
Co. councilman and at
torney; and Mrs. Barbara
Shiffer of Nazareth, former
Home Economist.
The event is sponsored
jointly by the Northampton
County Holstein dub and the
Lehigh County Holstein
■Association under guidelines
set up by the Keystone Milk
Marketing Council and the
American Dairy Council.
A cow coloring contest is
being sponsored by county
dairy farm stores. Winners
in each category will receive
“Milk is the One” T-shirt
and the winning entries will
be displayed at the mall on
May 18 and 19.
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