Schuylkill dairy producers have their day BY SHEILA MILLER here at the Goodwill Fire Hall on CRESSONA Over 80 Wednesday. Schuylkill County dairy producers Providing the participants with and commercial exhibitors at- management tips for their tended the sixth Dairy Day, held operations were Penn State’s Steve PUBLIC AUCTION SATURDAY, MARCH 14 10 A.M. “Sharp” Mifflinville Furniture Mart. Building, 2nd. St. Mifflinville, PA 1-80, Exit 37. Heated Building - Bring chairs - Spend a while with us. Some very nice depression glass - 20 pc. or more. Antiques - Guns - Gold & Silver Coins - Building Supplies. Beautiful Old Kalamazoo coal cookstove with warming oven, hot water front, 120 pr window sash (new), 3 Thermo insulated doors, 1-90,000 BTU bot. gas heater -1 kerosene, ready heater - 90,000 BTU, l-9’x7’ overhead fiberglass garage door, b rolls of translucent plastic - 3/oxs/10, 4 hand routers/shapers, tub enclosure, 1 lot plywood, aspemtent, t-111, many pc. of glass with plastic rims (16x24 ), 2 new wood stoves, 5 clean 55 gal. drums, 4 new storm doors, 3/0x80” high, 1 Dutch door (alum.), by-fold closet doors, inside doors, 20”-I8”-16”, bathroom vanity tops (new), 2 antique door clamps 5-0, 1 old wood rabbit plane, old barn timber, hand drill press, very old hand adding mach. (Burrors) works good. Very old, Ig rip saw mo motor;, oak washstand, earned bot chairs, wood Grand Rapids Bissels hand sweeper, gas stoves, bobsled, brass tloor lamps, Singer sewing mach., Eureka elec brrom, pots, pans, Tup perware, dishes, blender, toaster, folding table, RCA radio, record player, Xmas deck, sleeping bags, milk cans, Bucket! seat, odd chairs, iron bed, beautitul hand made atgan (.large Depression glass, 7 high vase, d-looted cake plate pink, 8' x4' high hobnail bowl-beautiful, pink candy dish & lid, sugar bowl-gieen, sec tion dish & also pink, bowls, other very nice pc. also. AH m very beautiful cond Carnival glass, nontake, bowl, oak chest ot drawers, post cards, pine rocker, baby scales with wicker basket top, old tool box, many line old tools, pictures, end tables & cotfee table, sola & chair, pine jelly cup., cop wash kettle, Nat. Geographic Maz. 1927 & up-good cond., 2-pc. cherry setee top covered, 2-gold wing back chairs GOLD & SILVER - SOLD AT 1 O’CLOCK s2‘z Gold - 1927, 1915, 1914-D, 1912, 1912 i9tX), 1897,1873,1850 $5 Gold - 1910,1901-S, 1830,1835 trare) slo.ooGold-1899 Complete set ot Peach Silver Dollars -1921 to 1935 Including all mints t 24 coins). Complete set of Liberty Head Halt Dollars-1892 to 1915, all mint marks (76 coins). Silver Dollars -1879, 1880-0, 1882-S, 1883-CC, 1883-S, 1884-0, 1884, 1884-S, 1885-S, 1886-S, 1885-0, 1891-CC, 1893-0, 1894-0, 1894-S, 1896-S, 1896-0, 1897-0, 1897-S, 1899-S, 1900,1901,1901-S, 1902,1903-S, 1904,1878- CC, 1921,1921-S, 1921-D, 1923-S GUNS AT 12 O’CLOCK Savage Model 99 308, Springfield 03 3006, K- Mart 20-guage shotgun, Winchester-22 Model 67, Winchester pump mod 94 shotgun, hand saws, hacksaws, wrenches, 1/4” elec, drill, orace & bit, wood planes, pipe wrenches, wood stepladder, 30 It wood ex-ladder, many other tools also Many items too numerous to men tion Statements made day ot sale, take precedence over previously written material Not Responsible For Accidents. Sellers- MRS. VERA FISHER MRS. HELEN HOSTELLER MR. CARL GUTTMAN Nevius Auction Service Auctioneer’s Licensed & Bonded Dan Nevius, Mifflinville, Pa. 18631 ph. 752-4214 Olen Knecht, Orangeville, Pa. 1-683-5955 App. Fred Antolick Hazeiton, Pa. Ph. 1-459-1379 Clerk- Jay Leiby Lunch- Yes - "Hidlay Church - God Squad” Come Early - We Move Fast - Enjoy, Enjoy Note • Now booking auctions for summer, give us a call, we do it all, farms, mach., antiques, household, heavy equip. Complete Auction Service. CUP AND SAVE THIS AO! SATURDAY, MARCH 21,1981 Beginning at 9:30 A.M. Located at the farm of Melvin Graybill 2 miles west of Selinsgrove on Rt. 35, turn left at blinker light in village of Kantz, 1 mile to sale. Look for sale signs. Tractors All Types of Farm Machinery Horse Drawn Machinery Horse Harness • Milking Equipment Farm Tools *Hay • Straw Early Consignment Appreciated For Information Contact; Melvin Graybill Amos Stoltzfus R.D 3 Selinsgrove R 0 1 Liverpool Ph 717-374-1618 Ph 717-444-3084 TERMS-CASH LUNCH STAND Bryan O. Imes, Auctioneer Spencer and Michael O’Connor O’Connor advised the group there are four ways to improve reproductive efficiency on the farm —improved heat detection, checking cows and heifers before 6 a.m. and after 6 p.m.; —breeding back at 50 days after freshening as long as there are no physiological problems; —increasing conception rates by timing breeding at the end of standing heat and by careful handling of semen; and —following a better herd health program with a veterinary clinic, with rectal examinations for reproduction problems, pregnancy checking after 35-50 days after breeding. O’Connor also discussed the advantages of estrus syn chronization in the dairy breeding program. He stated this tool allows dairy producers to breed heifers to superior A.I. sires, reduces the tune spent in heat detection, in sures heifers are bred to calve at 24 CONSIGNMENT MACHINERY SALE J. Allan Shoener, Schuylkill Co. Agent, hosted Penn State’s Steve Spencer, center, and Michael O'Conner, right, at Wednesday’s Dairy Day. months, and is an overall labor saving procedure. The Penn State dairy scientist recommended heifers be palpated at 15-18 months to determine whether they are mature reproductively, that they have no anatomical abnormalities and that they are cycling so that semen and prostaglandin aren’t wasted on heifers that won’t conceive. O’Connor also recommended synchronized heifers and cows be bred by observing standing heat, rather than the 80 hour interval, popularly suggested, after the second prostaglandin shot (given at 11 day spacmgs). “For successful estrus syn chronization, sound management and planning is essential,” he stated. “Decide when you want the calves and work backwards. And keep in mind you have to un derstand the mechanics of syn chronization along with having the physical facilities to carry it out.” O’Connor brought the producers up-to-date on the popular, new tool of embryo transferring. He told the group there are 20,000 ET calves on the ground today. The dairy scientist stressed ET should be used only with valuable cows. ET allows some valuable animals which are aged, injured, or diseased to produced calves they otherwise could not carry. One of the reasons why O’Connor emphasized the importance of valuable animals only being used in ET is the cost of the procedure each successful pregnancy costs around $2OOO. And, the calves have to be the type that can be marketed two years down the road Looking into the future of ET, O’Connor predicted it will soon be possible to accurately sex embryos in order to maintain a favorable ratio of heifers and bulls He also projected frozen embryos are on ♦ LINDEN FARM PRESENTS ULTIMATE 1 MAY 23, 1981 At 11:00 A.M. X SELLING: X 60 lots of outstanding <Cows) Sim- J mental Female (Breds, Pairs & Open ♦ Heifers). ♦ For Catalogs Call or Write Linden Farms LaGrangeville, N.Y. 12540 tnl LINDEN FARMS Kenneth Creese, Herdsman Tele. 914-223-5904 Farm #914-223-3032 : : CATTLE FOR SALE AT ALL TIMES Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 7,1981—A45 the horizon, which will reduce the numbers of recipient animals needed when superovulatmg cows. O’Connor pointed out the average ET calves have ratings for dam’s productivity, dam’s cow index, and sire’s predicted dif ference of 19,846, 508, and +1063 respectively. But, he expressed some alarm for the range on these ratings which were 9618 to 35,574; - 928 to 1753; and -1676 to 2064, respectively. Penn State’s Steve Spencer spoke to the group on the mechanics of milking. He pointed out there is little mastitis caused by machine problems which is the popular blame. He advised the group to check for mechanical problems such as pump capacity, and suggested comparing vacuum regulators against weighted level regulators and the new, more effective electric ones. He noted the vacuum line size should be adjusted to the number of milking units. Spencer reviewed some of the latest equipment for the dairy operation, some on the market and some on the horizon. He caused a stir among D.H.I. supervisors when he cited a new mdk meter developed in Denmark which can measure the pounds of milk and sample it too, while reading the cow’s identification number from an ankle strap equipped with a tuning fork. He told the supervisors they wouldn t be obsolete just yet since the unit costs $l5OO a meter. Spencer advised the producers to evaluate the advantages of the new equipment and see how it might fit into their own operations But he cautioned them to make their decisions carefully, bemg mindful of cash flows and methods of in vestment MMMI . KARLEHMER, ♦ OWNER 1 914-223-3586 ♦ I'M NOT L10N... | The Classified t Livestock t Section I Has Beastly Selections!
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