Jimegmwl . Tht (—LJmmm prime line Ask Your Nearest Hesston Dealer About Special Financing, Waiver of Interest and Rebates! ACKLEY'S INC. Deerfield, NJ 08313 609-451-8376 ANDOVERTRAC & EQUIP., INC. 172 Route 206 Andover, NJ 07821 201-786-5525 BUBB’S FAIRVIEW FARMS RD2, Muncy, Pa. 17756 717-546-3258 DONALD L. ERDLEY FARM EQUIP. RD X, Lewisburg, PA 17837 717-524-2410 Evenings - 717-524-2408 C & P FULTZ RD 1, Spring Mills, PA 16875 814-422-8805 PAULW. HiSTAND CO., INC. 697 N. Mam Street Doylestown, PA 18901 215-318-9041 ICKES FARM SUPPLY Rural Route 1 Osterburg, PA 16667 814-276-3422 LONGENECKER’S (NC. RD2, Williamsburg, PA 16693 MAIDENCREEKFARM SUPPLY Calcium Road Blandon, PA 19510 215-926-3851 MARSHALL MACHINERY, INC. RD4 Honesdale, PA 18431 717-729-7117 MECKLEY’S GARAGE Herndon, PA 17830 717-758-3915 MILLER REPAIR SERVICE R l -80x478 Bird-In-Hand, PA 17505 717-656-9013 CLAIR I. MYERS ROI, Thomasville. PA 17364 717-259-0453 NESLEY EQUIPMENT INC. RD2 Pottstown, PA 19464 215-469-6391 PIKEVILLE EQUIPMENT INC. RD 2, Oysterdale Road Oley, PA 19547 215-987-6277 C.H. RINEHIMER RD 1 Berwick, PA 18603 717-752-7131 SHOTZBERGER’S EQUIPMENT Elm, PA 17521 717-665-2141 STANLEY’S FARM SERVICE RD, Box 46 Klmgerstown, PA 17941 717-648-2088 STOLTZFUS FARM SERVICE Cochranville, PA 19330 215-593-2407 STOUFFERBROS. INC. 1066 Lincoln Way West Chambersburg, PA 17201 717-263-8424 VERNON E.STUPCO. 5859 Urbana Pk Frederick, MD21 071 301-663-3185 UMBERGERSMILL RD4 Lebanon, PA 17042 717-867-5161 WERTZ GARAGE 4132 E Mam St Lineboro, MD 21088 301-374-2672 ZIMMERMAN’S FARM SERVICE Bethel, PA 19507 717-933-4114 IVAN J. ZOOK FARM EQUIP. Star Rt. Box 5 Belleville, PA 17004 717-935-2948 nfnrr LINE Lebanon dairy couple LEBANON In two weeks, while most farmers log a few miles in a tractor seat, a young Lebanon couple will be west of the Rockies, relaxing and learning about cooperatives. Gary and Barbara Lentz, Agway representatives, will be attending the American Institute of Cooperation annual summer conference at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, July 27- JO. The young couple, both from dairy backgrounds, began farming about a year ago. They are presently renting a 300-acre farm owned by Ed Funck of Lebanon County. Although Gary admits he would someday like to own his own farm he is pleased with their current arrangement which enables him to work with Funck, . an experienced dairyman. While Funck provides the feed and faculties, Gary and Barabara own their herd ot 40 registered Holstems. Before they married last year, Gary owned 15 cows and Barbara had tour cows ot her own. In ad dition to that toundation, they purchased about 20 more head from local breeders. The herd is fed high moisture corn, alfalfa haylage and about five to six pounds of hay per head per day. Gary completed a breeding course with an A.I. stud and now breeds all his animals. In addition to her part time job, Barbara is also active on the farm and helps out when she can. The AIC, an association of farmer cooperatives organized in 1925, conducts educational pograms to promote a better un derstanding of cooperatives among members and the public. This year, the conference’s theme is “Cooperative Challenges and Changes.” Md. Extension reorganizes districts COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The University of Maryland’s Cooperative Extension Service has recently made alterations in its middle-management organ izational structure to better serve residents of the state. Included m the “new look” is realignment of some organizational boundary lines in order to concentrate the state’s major metropolitan areas mto one district for supervisory purposes. The changes became effective on Julyl. This means Maryland’s “golden buckle,” stretching from the Chesapeake Bay to the Potomac River, is now a single unit for planning purposes, notes Craig S. Oliver, director of the statewide Cooperative Extension Service. The “buckle” encompasses Baltimore and the Annapolis area, plus the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C. Counties in this newly organized metropolitan district mclude Anne Arundel, Montgomery, Prince Georges, Calvert, Charles and St. Marys. Supervisor for the new metropolitan district is Ilia D. Harris, a professional Extension worker in Maryland since 1978 and a resident of the Hillandale area m Silvei Spiuig iMontgomeiy County J. Hams previously had been an Extension supervisor on Maryland’s lower Eastern Shore. This district includes Caroline, Talbot, Dorchester, Wicomico, Worcester and Somerset counties. Succeeding Harris on the lower Eastern Shore is David O. Eigonbrode of Fulton (Howard County). He has been a state Extension supervisor since 1968. earns Colorado trip Lebanon's Gary and Barbara Lentz look forward to learning more about co-ops at the American Institute of Cooperation summer program at Colorado State University, July 27-30. During the past 4 years, he supervised activities of Extension agents in the Upper Bay area, wjuch encompasses Carroll, Baltimore, Harford, Cecil, Kent and Queen Annes counties. The new supervisor m Eigon brode’s old territory is Betty L. Bures of Braddock Heights (Frederick County). Bures hasi been an Extension supervisor in Maryland for 2 years. High producers live longer UNIVERSITY PARK - How long a dairy cow lives depends on her owner’s willingness to let her live—rather than on her ability to survive, says Lawrence W. Specht, extension dairy specialist at Penn State. The decision on whether to keep an individual animal or not depends on the amount of milk she gives and the way her tem perament fits into an efficient dairy operation. The heifer that stays in the herd will—more often than not—be the daughter of a good production sire, explains Specht. Research workers find that the average number of lactations completed by the daughters of a sire is a good indicator of the breeding value of a bull. One study showed that 45% of the daughters of good bulls were soil in the herds after five lactations, while only 20% of the heifers from poor bulls were still milking after five lactations. It’s often implied that a bull whose first lactation daughters Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 18,1981—C31 Bobby G. Busbice of Lanham (Prince Georges County) has assumed supervisory respon sibilities for activities of the Cooperative Extension Service in western Maryland-the area previously served by Mrs. Bures. Since 1977, he had been the supervisor for southern Maryland. His 1 new territory mcludes- Allegany, Garrett, Washington, Frederick and Howard Counties. aren’t doing well should be ex cused because his pedigree shows promise of “longevity.” While you can find exceptions that prove any point, the fact remains that research work indicates that the better milking heifers stay in herds longer than their less productive mates, Specht points out. This is a consequence of “longevity” being primarily a function of the dairymen’s management decisions when animals are culled, rather than one of the animal’s ability to survive, v he adds. BREAKING MUX RECORDS! Unmtw F*rmlii| Carriw OHIA Raportc Each Month!
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