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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 (Continued from Page AID) 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.