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effective voluntary
associations,” he said.
Ray added that farmers
must avoid letting
professional managers or
the top officers in an
association do all the work.
“In the final analysis,
keeping democracy alive
and well m a voluntary
association is the respon
sibility of the members,”
Ray said. “Members must
demand to participate.”
Members also heard a
report from Orville Carver,
director of Pennsylvania
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Members attending the ninth annual Pennsylvania Farmers Union meeting in
Grantville voted on several policy matters. Here state Director Leonard Zemaitis
explains provisions of a resolution to assist young farmers.
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citizens.
They also heard a peppy
talk by York County Farm
Woman Gail McPherson,
president of Penn’s Agri-
Women. She is part of the
managment team in a York
County fruit operation.
Other highlights of the
meeting were a legislative
breakfast with several state
elected officials and closing
remarks by William Matson,
General Manager of Penn
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Albert Bentz, Thomasville;
and Robert Stahl, R 6
Somerset, as delegates to the
National Convention.
They named as Advisory
Committee Chairman James
Brown, Jamestown, Mercer
County; and as Vice
Chairman Irk McConnell,
McDonald, Washington
County.
PFU’s next annual
meeting again will be held at
the Holiday Inn, Grantville.
Dates are February 1 to 3,
1982.
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Calf Castration Tips
A reader asks:
What method of calf
castration do you recom
mend cutting, Burdizzo,
or banding? What are the
advantages and disad
vantages of each?
Dr. Riegel comments:
I use all three methods of
castration depending on the
age of the calf, the type of
cattle operation, the help
available, etc.
I recommend cutting in
older calves, 4 to 5 months of
age, that are to be used for
show steers. If calves are to
be cut, the area where they
are kept must be clean and
well bedded.
The advantages to cutting
are you can be positive both
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testicles are removed at the
time of the operation. The
disadvantages are the
operation only should be
done at a time of year when
flies are not a problem for
fear of the area becoming
infested with maggots.
In older calves where I’m
concerned with the
possibility of infection after
castration. I’ll use the
Burdizzo. With the Burdizzo,
you must be careful to crimp
each cord separately and
must be careful the cord
doesn’t escape to the side of
the crimp when pressure is
applied. So the blood supply
to the lower part of the
scrotum is not cut off, the
cords should be crimped on
staggered levels.
The advantages to this
method are it can be done
most any tune of year, and
there is less chance for in
fection. The disadvantages
are if the blood supply to the
testicle and/or the sper
matic cord is not severed,
the bull remains fertile.
In young calves, banding
is by far the quickest and
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simplest method of
castration, but some definite
cautions must be noted.
Before the band is applied,
the scrotal area should be
cleaned. When the band is
applied, make sure both
testicles are below the band.
The limiting factor with
banding is the size of calf, or
more importantly, the size of
the scrotum and testicles.
If banding is attempted on
a calf where the testicles are
too large, the band will not
cut off the circulation to the
scrotum and testicles
completely, resulting in a
swollen scrotal area and a
sick calf.
The use of an antitoxin
against tetanus is important
with any type of castration,
but probably most important
when bands are used.
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