★ FARMERS ★ "Come see what farm manufacturers are doing with farm equipment to conserve energy and save you money." sptt vt T* 6 February 28, 29 and March 1 AT THE FARM SHOW BUILDING IN HARRISBURG Thursday, February 28th 9 30 A M - Draft Horse and Mule Show Large Arena 1130 AM -TackSale-Small Arena 100 PM Draft Horse and Mule Sale Small Arena 100 PM -5,5001 b Class Stock Tractor Pull Large Arena 6 00PM Friday, February 29th 9 00AM -First Pa All Breed Swine Show Small Arena 1 00 P M - Lightweight Class Horse Pull (3200 lbs & less) - Large Arena Heavyweight Class Horse Pull (over 3,200 lbs ) - Large Arena *4-H Safe Driving Demonstration "■Timeand location to be determined 7 00PM For Further Information Contact The State Farm Show Office 717-787-5373 Save Money Save Time Save Energy One Stop Shopping For All Your Farm Equipment Needs YOU CAN'T AFFORD NOT TO! FEATURING Over 170 Agricultural Exhibitors to help you make the right decisions for the 80’s 13,0001 b Class Stock Tractor Pull Large Arena HARRISBURG - State Agriculture Secretary Penrose Hallowell Friday reminded farmers that February 29 is the last day to enter their bulls m the Summer Bull' Test at the Agriculture Department’s Meat Evaluation Center in State College. “The Summer Bull Test has been designed for calves born off-season, between April 16,1979 and October 1, 1979. It enables farmers to evaluate the performance of their off season calves, with the highest performing bull eligible for the 1981 per formance testing program. Last summer’s top 60 tested bulls will be sold on March FARM MACHINERY EXPOSITION Saturday, March Ist 10 00 AM -9,000 lbs Class Stock Tractor Pull Large Arena 11 00 A M - First Pa All Breed Swine Sale Small Arena Young Farmers Expo Winter Volleyball Tournament - Large Arena *1 30 PM 6 00 P M - Tractor Pull Finals-(threeclasses) Large Arena Tickets Required Adults s3oo Advance *2 00 Children $2 00 Advance *1 00(12Sunder) Bull performance test deadline February 29 28, 1980 at the Performance Tested Bull Sale. “Too many breeders fail to realize the great influence a bull actually has on the production traits of a cow herd,” he said. Approximately 87 percent of the genetic makeup of a calf is determined by the last three generations of bulls used. On the average, a bull will leave about 25 more off spring in the herd than will the average female. Factors which will be evaluated during the Summer Bull Test include, average daily rate of gam, feed conversion efficiency, growth rate, structural soundness, condition, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 23,1980—037 muscularity and carcass merit. Performance testing provides a common testmg ground for purebred and commercial breeders to compare the performance of them stock under similar conditions. The performance testmg program is sponsored by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, in cooperation Insure adequate selenium for dry cows GETTYSBURG - Usual levels of supplementary selenium in dairy feeds for milk cows may not be suf ficient to maintain good levels of selenium in dry cows. Thus they may be more susceptible to metabolic and infectious disorders as well as infertility problems. It only takes about 3 weeks to depress selenium levels m the body, says Adams County Agent Thomas Piper. Because dry cows receive considerably less grain mixture than milking animals, higher levels of supplemental selenium must be included in this feed to balance the forage ration. Finished feeds for milk cows may contain 0.15-0.20 ppm selenium while dry cow feeds need 0.4-0.5 ppm in low selenium areas such as Pennsylvania. If a special dry cow feed is not used, an alternative would be use of an injectable selenium and vitamin E preparation. About five ml of MuSe may be administered under veterinary prescription when cows are put dry. Give another five ml about 3-4 weeks prior to expected THE FARM BOSS IS DESIGNED TO LAST YOU TWICE AS LONG AND COST YOU HALF AS MUCH. Part for part the Farm Boss has been designed fo last at least twice as long as any other popular saw in its class And by lasting twice as long you 11 save about twice as much to make the Farm Boss the only farm saw on the market that s more than a deal It'saStih]® ST/HL The world)! largest selling chain saw. 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