Lebanon extension
w,. Year-round . lambing brought to light
should have disposable John Deere month for 120 long months, he said. H , ACU , NrmN
tractors,” he said. “Maybe debt is not sinful, but 15 WASHiiNCrlow,
He asked fanners if they could percent interest makes it almost exposing sheep
afford to finance a machine sinful,” he said,
designed to last 10 years on a 1000 Freund offered figures showing
acre midwestem farm which will that 15 percent interest payments
work only seven years on a 100 over seven years mean nearly 25
acre Eastern farm. percent in fixed cost. ‘Can you
He said some farmers are so hack it 9 ” he asked,
intent on doing $3.50 an hour labor He recommended farmers avoid
they forget they are running a purchases of large equipment, that
million dollar business. they finance less of their pur-
t
■ Tune spent on management
will return an average of $5O an
hour versus that $3.50 for labor,”
he said.
He noted that refinancing a $5OO
a month loan at 15 percent interest
for an extra 10 years will net a
farmer $l5OO additional capital.
Warren Bucher, left was honored Tuesday night by the
Lebanon Extension Association for his leadership in extension
activities, and role in promoting wise land use and farmland
preservation. Bucher has served the Lebanon Extension for
30 years. Making the presentation is Capital Region Assistant
Extension Director Marion Deppen.
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“Or else,” he warned, “we are
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County Ag Agent Newton Bair’s
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Bair said he doesn’t fear for the
well-established dairyman who
can tighten his belt and hold on.
"My fear is for the young
dairyman who is committed to
high interest with the bank,” he
said.”
Do not expand in numbers of
cattle but expand in efficient
management, he advised.
Bair said good records are
important, and noted there is room
for more dairymen in Lebanon
County’s DHIA program.
Home Economics Agents Karen
Sandoe and Extension Director
Alletta Schadler both reviewed
extension programs designed to
save the homemaker money.
In addition, nutrition aides
reviewed their programs to en
courage wiser spending of
homemakers’ food dollars.
Economic success story of the
evening was delivered by 4-H
Agent Linda Rohrbach who
reported an $BOOO net profit on the
one-day 4-H sub sale held last year.
The overflow crowd of extension
service committee people and
other guests also elected officers.
Jams Horst, Rl Newmanstown,
was re-elected president; Harold
Bollinger, Rl Newmanstown was
re-elected vice president; and
Dorothy Moyer, 1915 N. 7th Street,
Lebanon, was re-elected
secretary.
Newly elected treasurer is
Alfred Brandt, 1825 N 7th Street,
Lebanon A retired farmer,
Brandt is a past president of the
state DHIA, past president of the
extension executive committee,
and currently is president of the
North Lebanon Township Board of
Supervisors
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D.C. -- By
to artificial
lighting conditions that simulate
the' .fall - breeding season,
researchers have successfully
induced Spring and Summer
matings.
This could change lamb
production from a seasonal to a
nearly year-round operation, says
Science and Education Ad
ministration physiologist Bruce D.
Schanbacher.
“Nature programmed sheep to
be short-day breeders,” Schan
bacher explains. “The gradually
shortening day-length, or
photoperiod, of Fall triggers
complex hormonal responses
initiating their annual sexual
cycle. However, rams can be led to
believe it’s the October breeding
season in May, inducing them to
approach their autumn readiness
to mate successfully ”
Schanbacher simulated the
response usually produced by
Fall’s short days by maintaining
five Suffolk rams under a
photopenod of 8 hours light and 16
hours darkness from late
February through a 3-week
breeding season in May.
The Suffolk is one of the breeds
most affected by photoperiod. Yet,
the short-day rams sired 2% tunes
as many lambs as five Suffolk
rams kept outside, where the
Spring days were getting longer,
the physiologist reports.
The rams were exposed to 300
Finnish Landrace crossbred ewes
in which out-of-season heat
(behavonal estrus) was induced
by treatment with reproductive
hormones.
“Since sheep are short-day
breeders and an average gestation
of 150 days, lambs normally arrive
in April or May,” Schanbacher
says “Exposing both rams and
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for distributing the lamb crop- at
predetermined times of the year. ’ ’
Producing two lamb crops a
year, under confinement or
senuconfmement managemenet,
would make full use of the ewe’s
reproductive capacity, expand
marketing period, equalize lamb
labor requirements, increase
utilization of lambing facilities,
and consequently lower the
producer’s overhead costs per
lamb.
Schanbacber, at the Roman L.
Hruska U.S. Meat Animal
Research Center, Clay Center,
Nebraska, is investigating the
photoperiod effects on ram
reproductive performance as part
of a team effort to determine
whether out-of-season matings in
sheep can be made a practical
management practice.
The effects of photopenod on
estrus activity in ewes and on
sperm production and breeding
performance in rams were
documented 15 to 20 years ago.
More recently, French resear
chers showed photopenod affects
levels of certain reproductive
hormones in rams. Photopenod
also affects testis size, which is an
indicator of mating success
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