PALMYRA - There’s a new face among the veterinarians at Valley Animal Hospital these days. Dr. Synthea Maas, DVM has joined the team and will be sharing in the everyday chores of herd health m the area, along with con tributing to the column, Ask the VMD. What might catch a few farmers by surprise is Dr. Maas is a woman vet. She’s been practicing veterinary medicine for the past 2% years. Rest assured the doctor is no stanger to the farm. She grew up on a farm m lowa where her parents raised beef, swine, and field crops. Dr. Maas received her training in the veterinary field at lowa State University in Ames, and married an lowa dairy iarmer’s son, Gerald Wedemeyer. Recently, Dr. Maas traveled to Pennsylvania with her husband and three sons, Zachary, 4, Jacob, 2, and Micah, 1. Their destination was Hershey’s NOW IS THE TIME FOR RALGRO' IMPLANTING CATTLE with RAL-O-GUN you just pull the trigger once to implant the correct 36 mg. of Ralgro for up to 16% faster gains in livestock. FALL SPECIAL FREE PAIR TINGLEY WORK BOOTS WITH PURCHASE OF THE AUTOMATIC CATTLE HEAD GATE (In Stock) Cattle think they can pass through easily, but the top latch changes all that. Treatment is now performed fast and easy. Can be adjusted for large or small animals. “Dealer Inquiries Invited” ZIMMERMAN’S ANIMAL HEALTH SUPPLY Located 3 miles West of Ephral? at Wood Corner Road RD #4. Box 140, Lititz, Pa. 17543 717-738-4241 Maas joins Valley Animal Hospital team Medical Center, where Gerald is in his first year of residency in pathology. On October 14, Dr. Maas joined Valley Animal Hospital and has been practicing on a part-time basis. She explained she handles the small animal clientele on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, and helps out with the large animal calls on weekends. When asked what she likes most about being a veterinarian, Dr. Maas stated, “In my experience coming from a farm, I’ve found that most farmers and veterinarians are gentle people. They’re mild mannered and easy to get along with. I’ve found that held true all through school and now in practice.” She added the thing she dislikes the most about practicing veterinary medicine is destroying animals because the cure is too costly. “I get turned on trying to save animals. If it weren’t for the costs mvolved in / ~ medicine and tests, I’d try to save them all. “It tears me up to see older people bringing in their equally old pets and and having me resort to euthanasia because they don’t have enough funds to pay for the visit, much less more testing.’’ Dr. Maas pointed out she feels there is too much testing done in human medicine, where in veterinary work there is sometimes not enough done. She said that many diagnoses done in veterinary medicine are made based on Last call for no-till tickets LANCASTER - No-till com stood up well under last summer’s drought, com pared with conventional tillage corn, reports V. Allan Bandel, extension soils specialist and professor of agronomy at the University of Maryland. Bandel will be reporting on his 1980 research findings next month during the af ternoon session of the seventh annual Mid-Atlantic No-Till Conference. The six state farmer education meeting is scheduled January 8 at the Host Farm Resort, located five miles east of Lancaster, on U.S. highway 30. Theme for the 1981 meeting is “No-Tillage Managing for the Future.” The all-day event will run from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m, with the formal program getting under way at 9.30 in the Cabaret Theatre. Tickets for admission to the meeting and a noon luncheon must be purchased by today. They are available only from county extension offices in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. No tickets will be available at the door. Bandel is vice-chairman of the planning committee for the conference The chairman is Donald J. Overdorff of Carlisle, an Extension agricultural agent in Cumberland County, Pa. the history of the animal’s condition as described by the fanner "and its physical appearance and behavior. “We do a lot of punting,” she said. Dr. Maas said she welcomes the opportunity to begin practicing medicine in an area she decnbed as having “first rate dairy farms.” She noted she prefers to work on swine and dairy cattle, and remarked the dairy cattle she’s seen concentrated in Southeast Pennsylvania “may be the best in the nation.”—SM Overdorff says he expects a capacity crowd of more than 1000 persons for the all-day event. As in past years, the meeting is being sponsored by the extension service in each of the participating states. Co-sponsorship and financial support are being provided by 30 related agribusiness firms. There will be educational and commercial exhibits prepared by the U.S. Department of Agnuclture and the agribusiness sponsors. The booths will be located in the exhibit hall at Host Farm Resort. Also on display will be a selection of no-till drills for sod-seeding. Lancaster District plans study of non-point LANCASTER - The Lancaster County Con servation District may be looking into the county’s non point pollution potential in the near future, stated Tom Johnston, District Ad ministrator He explamed the District applied for state funds in November which are part of a federal Environmental Protection Agency grant for ”208” studies under the Rural Clean Water Program Johnston said plans to Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 20,1980—A31 Dr. Synthea Maas, D.V.M., joined the staff at Valley Animal Hospital in October. She wll be contributing to the column Ask the VMD providing answers to questions sent in to Lan caster Farming on herd health and related problems. study the Conestoga Creek, east of Martmdale, along with Indian Run, north of Ephrata, are being analyzed. The District is looking at the possibilities of working cooperatively with two adult farmer teachers from Eastern Lancaster County, Bob Anderson and Don Robinson, he said We’ll be looking at the type of cropland and the farming practices in a 75 percent sample along the Conestoga, along with the To Heat a BIG Building u Need an ESHLAND [SHLAND HIGH CAPACITY COMMERCIAL lAL-WOOD BOILERS & HOT AIR FURNACES ier you need to heat a Maintenance Shop, am, Greenhouse, Large Farm House, or Store...ESHLAND has a Coal-Wood Boiler or ir Furnace to meet your needs. .AND Manufactures a complete line of Residential •s, and Furnaces too as well as Free-standing and Fireplace Inserts ISHLAND ENTERPR ig| s P 0 BOX 23 GREENCASTIE, PA. 17225 -800-632 1896 U.S.A. 1-800-233 1993 pollution number of animal units and closeness to streams. We’ll be spot sampling Indian Run taking a 10 to 15 percent sample.” Johnston noted the District is hoping to begin the study sometime m January .or February. However, the work cannot start until the District’s application has been approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources’ Bureau of Soil and Water Conservation.
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