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Cumberland Valley Eastern members j {
talk leucocytes, re-elect officers J «A I
BY RUTH ANN BENEDICT becomes a problem, the explained the testing of the o famhQliaV . I V~ f
Staff Correspondent dairyman should: check the Standard Plate Count ° a . IQ7Q <\l A-. Ol V
FAYETTEVILLE One quarter of each cow with a through slides. ’ Valltl W & '
hundred Franklin and strip cup or CMT test kit; She also presented shdes f. rPrs j Wilbur Burkholder ? V 'UI ' %
Cumberland County dairy remove positive cows from 0 n three types of bacteria cSmteKhni? nresident- fX *** 5F * *
farmers and families turned milking line; not allow milk caused by different types of ~ i &K i
out for the Cumberland to remam on cows after the contamination and , t ., I >.
Valley Local Annual udder is vudo* decani described the Direct V'-gS Wr -U I
Meeting of Eastern Milk milk from cows drying off on Microscopic Count which is . ‘ V
Producers Association Inc., those recently fresh; and done at the laboratory to Vu S’
held at the Fayetteville Fire have a veterinarian check milk loads for high ~ ' , _ . . . . ..
Hall here last Tuesday. diagnose the bacterial in- bacterial counts. Srt HuLn Tr ’ J - Wi!bur Burkholder, left, President of the
William Reasner, field- fection in the cow or cows Cumberland Valley Local chambersburs delegate’ Cumberland Valley Local of Eastern Milk
man for Cumberland Valley and use the medication he President J. Wilbur . stanlev Burkholder’ Producers Cooperative, presented outstanding
016 m ’ Burk . holder h Pre^ te rf Chambersburg - alternate first-year 4-H member awards to Carol Mummert,
Betty, spoke and presented a fection (mastitis). awards given by Eastern . , . ° , . _. . c ... Dc e . .
program on high leucocyte “If high leucocyte Milk Producers Cooperative ae ~f"!v .. . Chambersburg, and Timothy bmith, Kb bmp
counts - prevention, causes problems still persist after to Carol Mummert, meeting all the 1979 Cmn- pensburg, at their annual meeting,
and cures - while also you have taken corrective Chambersburg; and . T ,
showuig shdes on Standard measures, you may have Timothy Smith, R 5 Ship- fi H . th ' f eport; Rlchard Harshman,
Plate Counts - how plate improperly operating pensburg. h-easurer’s report; George
counts are tested and read. milkmg equipment and you ‘ Stambaugh, district
should call in your equip- The awards are presented Reports were presented to directors report; and
Reasner stated that some men tservicefieldman. yearly to an outstanding S l6 t by J ' ™ , Robert Helman Jr.,
possible causes for high “These problems should first-year 4-H member from Burkholder, presidents delegate’s report.
leucocyte counts are - corrected quickly, both Franklin and Cum- i i t™ i r. i_i^i_i^:issi,
mastitis; udder injury; prevented when possible, berland Counties. These
colostrum milk; late lac- because we all lose when we winners are selected by the |H]
tation cows, and diseased receive a contaminated load Extension Service on project U
He went on to say that ° f^ armer with a high "Sol is the daughter o>: 0 11(10711 lIICill ATlflll I .(IMPANY
these problems can be leucocyte count canincrease Mr. and Mrs. Gerald i] UUUIII UIOULAIIUH Wlllfirillll
prevented or corrected by mcome w 25 percent bv Mummert and Timothy is !-
adopting good milking pro( j UC ing milk with levels of the son of Mr. and Mrs. j] m(Ull iTimi nnrniai iptu
g 500,000 or less and that is £ “THERMAL IHSULATIOH SPECIALIST
sanitation programs. well worth the effort,” stated Eastern Milk Producers I)
high 3 leucocyte "count wife. Betty, p^es^te^^bT jj Residential • Agricultural • Commercial • Industria
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Elected as officers of the Cumberland Valley Local of Eastern Milk Producers y Concrete * —=|
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Shoemaker, secretary; Stanley Burkholder, alternate delegate; Richard Har- w r . '-\ JPr,
shman, treasurer, and Robert Helman Jr., delegate. S
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