Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, September 20, 1980, Image 34

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    Farming, Saturday, September 20,1910
License relinquished
by dealer in Franklin
BY DICK ANGLESTEIN
HARRISBURG - A
Franklin County livestock
dealer has voluntarily
relinquished his license to
the Pennsylvania Depart
ment of Agriculture for a
period of two years and has
agreed to cooperate in the
tracing of brucellosis
infected dairy animals.
Relinquishing of the
dealership license involves
Arthur Ray Mellott, of R 2
St. Thomas, Franklin
County, and his son,
Gregory, who acts as agent
in the livestock business.
The voluntary action by
the Mellotts came in the
Berks Farmers’
Assn, to hold
annual
READING - The 30th
Annual Meeting of the Berks
County Farmers’
Association will be held
Friday, October3,l9oo at the
Sheraton Berkshire Inn at 7
pjn.
Purpose of the session is to
elect directors and adopt
policies for the general farm
organization which has 1151
family members.
“Our Association has been
gathering policy suggestions
at some twenty meetings
throughout the county,”
commented President John
K. Kooker, Jr., “and these
will be submitted to the total
membership for con
sideration.”
Some of the policies
recommended for con
sideration are: (1) Import
restrictions on mushroom
imports; (2) Antibiotic
tolerance in milk, (3) School
property tax reform, (4)
BREAKING MILK RECORDS!
Lancaster Farming Carries
DHIA Reports Each Month!
MILLER DIESEL INC
6030 JONESTOWN RD.
HARRISBURG. PA. 17112
717-545-5931 Interstate 81
Exit 26
Diesel Fuel Injection specialists
Has been awarded
the distributorship
ALERT/SEPARATOR/FILTER/
ALARM SYSTEM FOR
DIESEL CARS
100% water extractor
Easy to install
Simple to service
A once and for all unit
Limited dealerships available.
wake of a scheduled PDA
hearing this week into
whether the license should
be revoked. The hearing had
been scheduled for Thur
sday.
“There was no longer a
need for the hearing to be
held,” according to John
Guide, of the PDA legal
staff.
The revocation hearing
was to be concerned with 14
separate transactions in
volving brucellosis aniamls.
Also involved was the lade of
proper maintenance of
records by the Mellotts.
The PDA’s Bureau of
Animal Industry began its
meeting
Ethyl-Alcohol production,
(5) Transportation im
provement, plus many other
important issues.
“It is important that all
members strongly consider
attending this meeting to aid
in deciding the direction of
agriculture in Pennsylvania
through the efforts of this
general farm organization,”
said Kooker.
“Policy development
chairman, John Koch, has
put together a program that
gives every farmer an op
portunity to voice his or her
opinion and concern about
farming today,” continued
Kooker, “and we owe it to
John Koch to turn out and
honor that effort.”
Persons interested in
dinner tickets should contact
Mrs. William A. Moore, Rl,
Box 282, Myerstown, 17067.
Deadline for ticket reser
vations is September 26.
investigation in April, ac
cording to Dr. John Dick,
head of the Bureau’s Cattle
Division. Some of the
transaction-, involved as
many as four different
dealers as the animals were
passed through before
reaching farms.
Twenty herds have been
quarantined in the state
trace-back of animals. They
include seven in Lancaster
County, two in Chester, three
in Berks, one in Lehigh,
three in Cumberland, one in
Butler, one in Indiana, one in
Lebanon and one in Union.
All but one involve dairy
animals.
In late August, the Bureau
called a special meeting in
Harrisburg to dicuss the
brucellosis outbreak with
concerned farmers, in
cluding representatives of
Berks, Chester,- Delaware,
Lancaster, Lebanon' and
Lehigh county farmers’
associations.
Testing rules for out-of- -
state animals are due to be
tightened next month.
According to Dr. Dick,
PDA regulations will now be
the same for both states
which certify brucellosis
free animals and those
which don’t.
Regulation will now
require that all animals
coming into Pennsylvania
come from herds having
blood or milk ring tests 90
days prior to shipping and
then again within 30 days.
Previously, animals from
certified brucellosis-free
states only needed one
negative test within 30 days
of shipment
The new stiffer regulations
are similar to those imposed
by the USDA a few years ago
concerning Canadian im
ports.
Meanwhile, farmers
buying dairy livestock are
urged to require health
charts from dealers and to
buy only from herds known
to be free of brucellosis. The
PDA also recommends that
herd replacements be
isolated and tested im
mediately and then retested
after 60 days. Calfhood
vaccination is also recom
mended.
DEALER INQUIRIES
INVITED
FARM - URBAN - COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
SPECIALIZING IN COMPLETE SYSTEMS FOR HOG AND DAIRY
MECHANICAL FEEDING SYSTEMS
From 3 Ton to 125 Ton Capacity
• Factory Built
• Factory Delivered
• Factory Erected ~
• High Pitch Top
• 60° Center Draw
MERVIN MILLER
★ SALES & SERVICE ★ BUILDERS OF FINE SYSTEMS
7 KEENER ROAD, LITITZ, PA 17543 717-626-5204
Now Is The Time
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ground. Teach everyone how be good news to many of us
to call for help in case of fire who have had enough of the
or other emergencies. Take very hot, humid weather of
time now to plan your this summer. Livestock
family’s safety. producers who have fields of
TO BEWARE OF Sudan grass, or one of the
FROSTED CROPS sudan-sorghum hybrids.
The reports of snow and should keep in mind that
freezing temperatures in when frost'hits these crops
some parts of our counfry they could be toxic to
indicates that fall is just livestock for 7 days following
around the comer. This will the freeze. After this period,
YOUR LOCAL PENNFIELD REPRESENTATIVE AT
Ppennfiddjeeds
711 Rohrerstown Road, Lancaster, PA 17604
Local calls: Lancaster 299-2561 • Red Lion 244-4511
In 717 and 215 areas dial toll free 800 -732-0467
SPECIALISTS IN CABLEVEY
FEED CONVEYING AND AUTOMATION
AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTOR'
SCHULD BULK FEED BINS AND
Dealer for GINGWAY FREE STALLS
FEED SYSTEMS
and the plants are dead, they
may be used safely.
However, any growth
coming from the plant after
a killing frost might also be
toxic. Another frost hazard
would be to permit livestock
to graze alfalfa or clover'
stands while the frost is still
on the plants. This can cause
severe bloating. Allow the
frost to melt and the plants
to dry before grazing the
area. Good management is
needed on various forage
crops after a killing frost.