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DUMB. I ZIMMERMAN
Animal Health Supplies & Livestock Equipt.
Located between Leola & Talmage
Along Rt. 772
RD X Leola, PA 17540
Developed lor Eastern Pork Producers, the...
Agway Swine Feeding Program
Fan ler-tested and proven feeds backed
by one of the most extensive swine research
facilities in the nation a facility where
1,800 pigs are farrowed each year Plus,
trained service people to help you get the
most out of your Swine Enterprise That’s
the Agway Swine Feeding Program.
Agway complete swine feeds and con
centrates are formulated to meet all the
known nutritional requirements of the pig,
including protein, mineral, vitamin and
amino acid requirements
The Agway serviceperson can also
recommend a complete line of medicated
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Northumberland conservationists
LEMOYNE - Two soil
conservationists from
Northumberland County will
receive this year’s En
vironmental Improvement
Recognition Awards from
the Pennsylvania Medical
Society.
Individual Environmental
Awards go to Raymond D.
Shaffer, Dalmatia, and
Mark N. Witmer
(posthumously), Dalmatia,
for their outstanding
leadership in the Nor
thumberland County Con
servation District.
Both men are honored for
their years of leadership in
soil conservation. Their
nomination was endorsed by
the Northumberland County
Medical Society.
Almost from the day
Pennsylvania’s soil con
servation law was passed,
Mark Witmer became ac
tive. He sat on the first board
of district supervisors of the
Northumberland Soil
Conservation District in
1943. A farmer in Stone
Valley, Mark Witmer helped
feeds and supplements to improve rate of
gam and feed efficiency
Since feed costs account for about
75% of the total cost of most operations, it
pays to invest in feeds formulated for
Eastern Pork Producers Cooperative swine
research has taught Agway a lot about
feeding pigs Call your Agway store or
Representative, they’re ready to put this
knowledge to work for you
to receive awards
turn the valley into a
national showplace of
contour farming.
Ray Shaffer served the
district for over 24 years as
both a director and a board
chairman. Although retired
as chairman, Mr. Shaffer
continues his long service as
director. He has seen the
district’s budget grow from
a few hundred dollars to
more than $60,000 in 1980.
The legacy of the Nor
thumberland County Con
servation District has been
not only increased soil
moisture, increased farm
yields, and reduced soil
erosion, but improved flood
control as well.
The Pennsylvania Medical
Society, representing more
than 14,000 state medical
doctors, presents En
vironmental Improvement
Recognition Awards each
year to individuals, com
munities, and voluntary
agencies for outstanding
work in improving Penn
sylvania’s environment.
The Environmental Im-
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 22,1980—A13
provement Recognition
Awards will be given by the
Pennsylvania Medical
Society at its annual Of
ficers’ Conference dinner,
Wednesday evening, Apnl
Seeing Eye Club
to hold open house
NORRISTOWN - The 4-H
Seeing Eye Puppy Club of
Montgomery County will
hold a press conference and
open house Thursday, March
27, 7:30 p.m. at the 4-H
Center on Snyder Road,
Lansdale.
Members and their pup
pies will be present as well
as a representative from the
Seeing Eye Foundation who
will present a movie on the
use of dogs as eyes for the
blind.
Seeing Eye Inc. of
Morristown and 4-H have
had a workshop partnership
for more than 35 years to
provide dogs as guides for
blind people.
Seeing Eye furnishes the
dogs, the instructors and the
training that brings freedom
of mobility to blind people. 4-
H provides homes for the
Seeing Eye puppies during
the critical first year of then
lives.
Adults as well as 4-H
youths are now actively
involved in the 4-H program
and attend 4-H meetings as
co-leaders, taking the
puppies with them to jobs in
schools, offices, stores, and
even garages. During the
first year it is important that,
the puppy be exposed to as
many people, situations, and
places as possible so that by
the tune the blind person and
the dog are trained together,
the dog will be used to
walking up and down stairs,
through traffic and traveling
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Ph 653 1821
6030 Jonestown Rd.
« Harrisburg, Pa. 17112
association or 717-545-5931
DIESEL SPECIALISTS interstate 81 Exit 26
Diesel fuel injection and turbo
charger specialists.
Locally owned and operated
with over 22 years in business.
Authorized Sales & Service For:
• American Bosch • CAV
• Robert Bosch • Simms
• Roosa Master • RotoMaster
• Airesearch
We Also Service:
• IHC • Caterpillar • Cummins
• General Motors injectors • Allis Chalmers
• Blowers, governors etc. • Bacharach Tools
Daily shipments by UPS, Parcel Post, or our
representative who is in area regularly.
23, at the Penn Hams Motor
Inn in Camp Hill. Matthew
Marshall, Jr., M.D., of
Pittsburgh, PMS President,
will make the presentations.
in automobiles and on public
transportation.
It is important that the pup
is exposed to all kinds of
situations in every day
living. And also that
someone in the family is with
it most of the day.
The one obligation is that
the person in charge of the
dog (adult or 4-H’er) must
take it to 4-H meetings for
training instructions. This
also provides the dog with
experiences in travel and
association with other people
and other dogs.
During the first year, the
pup must be house broken
and must leam a few basic
commands. An allotment is
made for the dog’s food and
Seeing Eye picks up any
veterinary bills that are
incurred.
Families parting with dogs
are given preference in the
placement of new puppies.
Some families have con
secutively trained as many
as 20 puppies. In the few
instances where a dog is
rejected lor further training,
the family is given the op
portunity to take it back as a
family pet.
The puppies, largely
German Shepherds, are bred
at the Seeing Eye puppy
farm near Mendham.
Labrador or golden
retrievers are also used.
When the puppies are about
eight weeks old, they are put
into a 4-H home where they
remain for about a year.
After that time, they are
returned to Seeing Eye for
three months’ intensive
training with a professional
dog trainer.
MILLER DIESEL INC.