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WALL BURIED I M SUL ATI ON WALL y —CONCRETE PIT rtOOR EARTH Features For Your Sow: • Carefully contoured floor area keeps feed area ( clean directs all wastes into pit • Insulation under creep area needs less heat • Provides aisle space both front and rear of sows • Fits any s'wide farrowing crates • Strong, durable PVC slats furnished with floor unit fs\ Since many horses will be on some sort of pasture, it is beneficial to reduce the numbers of parasites m the horse before it is put out on fresh growing grass. Spring worming is especially important regarding control of Strongyles, or blood worms, and Bots m horses over 6 months of age, and Ascands, or large roundworms, in those under two years of age. Strongyles and Ascands spend part of their life cycles on the pasture. The infective larvae hide away on the fresh growing forage and move up the blades of grass in order to be eaten first. The parasite’s aim is to get back mto the host, m this case the horse, as soon as possible. The adult Bot is a fly that looks like a dusty honey bee. The female fly lays her eggs on the hairs of the horse’s front legs, chest, and neck during the Summer and early Fall. The presence of the eggs, causes puntis, or itching. The eggs are hatched by the warmth and moisture of the horse’s breath when it scratches the itch with its teeth. The larvae then migrate through the tissues of the head and neck, and winter over as imbedded pupae in the mucosa of the stomach. I recommend worming for Bots in November, January, and then a third time in late March or April. For your own situation, consult with your veterinarian for recommendations on which botacide to use and how. Several tube-type wor ming formulas contain a botacide. Be careful to closely follow directions on any over-the-counter preparations. Fecal smears and flotations of fresh manure WBWCTF'i? 1&>" BLOCK PIE -2T c » j samples give a good in dication of the quantity of Strongyle, Ascand, and Pinworm mfectation. Have your local veterinarian or nearby laboratory perform fecal examinations before your Spring worming. By the way, I recommend treating every horse which will be using your pastures. Mature horses should be wormed every 4-8 weeks during the Spring, Summer, and early Fall. In general, foals, weanlings, and yearlings should be treated more frequently than older horses. Work with your local veterinarian in setting up a program that is adequate for your stable. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Richard M. Cerv, Alexan dria, Va., former owner of a chain of freezer meat stores, has been fined $lO,OOO and sentenced to six months in jail after pleading guilty in a federal court to three counts of an indictment involving bait and switch operations. Cerv pleaded guilty to violating an earlier U.S. Department of Agriculture order requiring him to cease and desist from bait and switch sales tactics. He also pleaded guilty to two counts charging wire fraud. Bait and switch is the common name for the sales practice of luring customers with misleading ad vertisements of low-priced meat, then disparaging the advertised merchandise and switching the customers to higher priced items, an official with USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service said. James L. Smith, AMS deputy administrator for the Packers and Stockyards program, said the wire fraud charges were based on use of a telecopier to transmit customer credit information which determined how much FROM Old Route 22, Box N, Bethel, Pa. 19507 |Wi?TffS"s"ifi7 Meat store owner fined, for bait and jailed periodically. He was also required to perform 300 hours of community service. Sunihar sentences were given for each of the three counts, to run concurrently. Gary A. Young, Mt. Solon, Va., a former manager of Cerv’s stores, pleaded guilty to violating the USDA order and was fined $l,OOO and placed on probation. Among the freezer meat stores operated by Cerv Phone 717-933-4101 ONE PRECAST SLAB UNIT PVC SLATS Shaded Areas Above Show Units In Place... “PRECAST CONCRETE FLOOR SYSTEMS For more information complete this coupon and return to PRE-CAST ENTERPRISES INC , BOX N, Bethel, PA 19507 I Name I Address j City Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 17,1980—C35 Use many different for mulas of worming com pounds. It has been shown internal parasites, especially Strongyles, build up an immunity to the phenothiazines and the bendazoles. Therefore, I recommend alternating worming medications. Here is a sample worming program that you can use year round. January-February: Bota cide paste or granules. Camvet or Telmm paste or granules for Strongyles, Ascands, and Pinworms. March-April: Tube worming by vetermanan with Dyres T F or Parvex +. May-June: Topdress with customers could pay for the more expensive meat. The U.S District Court for the District of Columbia also placed Cerv under supervised probation for 2-Vz years, requiring him to rpeort to the court with his probation officer • < L i FOR AGRICULTURE!” Pyrontel Pomoate, Strongid Tor Imthal. July-August: Panocur oral liquid or granules, or any other related bendazole product. September-October: Top dress with Strongid T or Imthal. November-December; T ube worming by your veterinarian with a broad spectrum formula that is effective on all types of in ternal parasites. Always be sure to follow the drug manufacturer’s and your veterinarian's war nings on the administration of any worming medications to pregnant, lactating, sick, or young horses. switch were Dick’s Butcher Shop outlets in Virginia and Maryland, Beefland Freezer Meats in the District of Columbia and Shenandoah Valley Meat Co., Elkton, Va. In the order issued by USDA in 1977, Cerv and Young and their retail outlet, Meat Masters, Inc., were fined $5,000 and ordered to cease and desist from violating the Packers and Stockyards Act by engaging in bait and switch tactics. The P&S Act is a fair trade practices law. Smith said the law is designed to promote and maintain fair and open competition in the buying and selling of livestock, meat, and poultry.
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