% Embryo transplants (Continued from Page DIO) cow or a imllion-dollar bull. While Hasler was working with his microscope, Mc- Cauley, Brooke and Carl Bartlett, a skilled animal technician, were readying eight recipient cows to receive the embryos. In the early days of ET practice, both the donor and the recipient cow had to undergo surgery, and the procedures took place under operating room conditions. Veterinarians and assistants, gowned, masked and rubber-gloved, per formed those first operations at a cost of roughly twice the $9OO to $l2OO it costs today. But for all the study, skill and technology involved, today’s procedure looks more like an auto assembly lino than a classic operating room scene. Gowns and rubber gloves are used, of course. So is While the Em- Train operating theater looked a lot like a milking parlor, the room was scrupulously clean and the recipient cows were carefully prepared for the implementation of their foster sons and daughters. The young heifers, carefully examined just minutes before to make sure they were ready to receive the embryos, were ushered FRESH FEED DAILY improves production, eliminates stale feed. LOWER OPERATING COST grinds and mixes for only 10' per ton. SAVE UP TO $3O PER TON by purchasing ingredients at wholesale prices. HIGHER QUALITY FEED using only good wholesome in gredients. LESS DUST full circular hammermill screen or roller mill produce a more granular feed which aids digestibility. ACCURACY up to 99.9% accuracy with automatic individ ual ingredient weigh out. BETTER DISEASE CONTROL by eliminating the poss ibility of feed trucks carrying in diseases from other farms. COMPETELY AUTOMATIC systems are available that make up to four different rations and deliver each to the right feed tank as needed without anyone touching the system. MEDICATION adjustable amounts added automatically by flipping a switch. AUTOMATIC FEED DELIVERY up to 450 ft. from the mill. SAVE ON LABOR requires no shoveling, bagging, connect ing PTO shafts or working in rain and snow. Grinds ear corn, shelled corn, or high moisture corn. Various sizes available; no system too large or too small. SPECIAL SALE 12'- 15'-36' BINS & FLOORS y 2 PRICE In Warranty • Slight Imperfections Limited Quantity into the room. Eight narrow stalls, four on each side of the room were ready to hold the animals in place. They had been tranquihzed in the barnyard so they’d be calm for the operation. After all eight animals were standing m their stalls with their heads clamped, their rear flanks were shaved and sterilized with iodine solution. A shot at the base of each tail kept them dangling harmlessly. A local anesthetic was administered to each heifer to block the pain of the incision through which the uterus would be brought outside the body cavity to receive the em bryo. Brooke worked swiftly, making a foot-long incision on the rear flank of each animal. With his gloved hand, he reached through the incision, parted the muscle tissue with his fingers, grabbed the uterus and pulled it into view. As each animal was ready, Hasler appeared with a narrow, hollow rod bearing the embryo to be implanted. Brooke pierced each embryo with a pointed device about the size of a knitting needle, the embryo was inserted, and the animal was sewn back up. All eight heifers were ready to leave the WE RECEIVED TOP PA DISTRIBUTOR AWARD FOR 1977,1978 and 1979 By GSI. MARTIN DISTRIBUTORS, INC. operating room in less than half-an-hour. The heifers are a real key to the success of the ET program, McCauley said later. They have to be healthy and well-grown and strong enough to withstand the stress minimal though it is of the operation. EmTram maintains a herd of some 400 non-lactatmg heifers, all with healthy appetites and all with a price-tag of about $BOO. About a third of EmTram’s customers supply their own heifers. The rest buy the heifers that come to the farm bearing implanted embryos. Many farmers take ad vantage of the tax loss they can claim by paymg $2,000 for a pregnant heifer, then selling her for $lOOO after she delivers her calf. The recipient cows can also be milked before they’re sold, adding some income to the herd operation. McCauley said embryo transfers aren’t for every dairyman, and certainly aren’t indicated for every good cow. But he believes they are going to be an in creasingly important factor in the dairy industry. He sees a day coming when a dairyman can order ET bulls or heifers, depending on his particular planning. Frozen embryos, especially for the export market, should have a place in the future. And McCauley Rl, Lebanon, PA 17042 Phone 717-866-4906 or 717-866-4555 Pydrm gets temporary label to combat pear HARRISBURG - The Environmental Protection Agency has granted a specific exemption of a pesticide to be used m the control of pear psylla m pear orchards of Pennsylvania. “At our request, the EPA has agreed to help or chardists save the state’s 1500 acre pear crop which has an estimated value of $1 million,” State Agriculture Secretary Penrose Hallowell said. “The increase of pear psylla and decrease of ef fectiveness of pesticides presently being used led to the EPA’s specific exemp tion which will terminate November 30,1980.” Pear psylla is an insect which feeds on pear leaves, excreting honeydew (sugary waste) which serves as a source of food for a fungus and causes the fruit to turn black. Over the past several years, chemicals used to control pear psylla have not been effective at a sees a definite possibility for herds in which the bottom prodcedures carry the off spring of the top producers, with the assistance of ET. EXAMPLE OF SAVINGS POSSIBLE IF YOU ARE BUYING A COMPLETE FEED 10 Ton Per Week @ $195 = Cost when making your own feed with a FARM FEED MILLING SYSTEM Ingredient Costs * 1643.00 Grinding & Mixing Cost 1.50 Depreciation or Leasing Cost Total Feed Cost EXTRA PROFIT PER WEEK WAREHOUSE SALE Prices Limited to Items In Stock New Mix Mill Soybean And Corn Roaster *3 , 900 Used Mix Mill Soybean And Corn Roaster . . *2.200 New Mix Mill Grinder Mixer *l . 848 Used 8 Ton Double Comp (3&5) Feed Tank . *950 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 29,1980—D1l rate of application allowed, and the state’s pear crop has steadily declined. It was estimated that one-half of the state pear crop would be lost without this exemption. The pesticide granted for use is fenvalerate sold under the Shell trade name Pydrm. The EPA has labeled the exemption product specificially for Penn sylvania. Secretary Hallowell in dicated that all applicable directions, restrictions and precautions on the EPA product label must be followed. Orchardists and farmers should be cautious when using the exempted product. The feeding or grazmg or growing of orchard crops is prohibited. The application of Pydrm Fur and Feather to bowl FLEMINGTON, N.J. Members Feather 4-H club have planned a bowling party for April 19. They will meet at 6-30 p.m. at the extension building. The club will travel I Wt -J -5; i? Lj.ll *1950.00 83.34 *1727.84 *223.00 psylla is limited to dormant through pre-bloom stages of pear tree development, and a single post-harvest ap plication. The exempted pesticide has an effective life of less than one week, and when applied as directed, will not cause any en vironmental problems. Any questions concerning the product and its use should be directed to the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture's Division of Pesticides, Attn: Gerald J. Florentine, 717/787-4843. “The increased control of pear psylla, and special pesticide exemption for the state is one of the many steps we are taking at the Department of Agriculture to insure that Pennsylvania agriculture is truly ‘growing better,’ ” saidHallowell. to the Frenchtown Lanes for their party. The club is looking for new members and an additional leader. For more in formation call Mrs. Nief at 201/782-2526. Reported by Bryan Milz. the Fur & FREE INFORMATION PLEASE SEND INFORMATION & PRICES ON THE FOLLOWING ITEMS: Martin Flo-Moor Martin Low-Temp. 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