82—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 26,1981 Farm Business Mews Zeigler president of PennAg BUCK HILL FARMS - Thomas R. Zeigler, Zeigler Brothers, Gardners; was elected president of PennAg Industries Association at the organization’s 103rd annual meeting last week. His term, as with all others elected, begins January 1, 1982. He replaces Morris Brown, Jr., F.M. Brown’s Sons, Fleetwood; who currently serves as president. Vice-presidents named to office include; William L. Brubaker, Organic Plant Food Co., Lan caster; George Bankley, S.F. Scattergood and Co., Narberth; and Ralph Getkin, Getkin Associates, Norristown. Treasurer John J. Hess, H, John J. Hess, 11, Inc., Paradise, was re-elected, Timothy Horn, Pennfield Cor poration, Lancaster, a director of the Association, was also re- Morris completes tr OXFORD Steve Morris, of Oxford, has completed an in tensive two-week Artificial In semination Training Program at Madison, Wis. The course was conducted by American Breeders Service. The training program is designed to provide new ABS Service Representatives with a solid background in all areas of A.I. management and semen distribution. During the two week program, the ABS Representatives received - technical instruction and workshop experience in insemination technique, semen handling, record keeping, cattle breeding programs and A.I. management for dairy and beef herds. Upon successful completion of the course. Representatives are awarded an ABS Representative Training Program Certificate. Sire Power names new W. Pa. manager TUNKHANNOCK - Horst Schubert, Boonville, N.Y., is the new District Sales Manager in Western Pa., according to Ronald L. Flatness, Sire Power’s Director of Marketing. Schubert will be managing established areas and opening up new territory for Sire Power in Western Pa. His duties will include direct herd semen sales, delivery of semen, supplies and nitrogen direct to the farm, teaching A.I. Training Schools, supervising A.I. Technicians, and promotion of the Young Sire Sampling Program. Schubert brings to his new position a strong background in A.I. Previously, Schubert was employed as a sales and service technician for Eastern Artificial Insemination' Cooperative, Inc., Ithaca, N.Y. for 11 years. He was responsible for sales increases in 6 of those years and built the first service sales to over 4,000 during the past 5 years. From 1974 to 1981, he supervised field training of new technicians, to evaluate job per formance and' served on the Eastern Technician Advisory Council. Schubert, his wife and two children, will relocate to-Western Pennsylvania. is elected elected. Newly elected directors include: Gordon Bierman, Central Soya Co., Camp Hill; Roger Shuck, Mifflinburg Farmers Exchange, Inc., Mifflinburg; Janet E. Hines, Hines Peed Store, Holidaysburg; and Wilfred P. Sutton, Lovatt and Co., Ambler. Executive Vice-President Donald W. Parke, in announcing plans for retirement on July 1, 1982, highlighted the progress made by the Association in the 22 years he served in that capacity. The Board announced that written applications for the position will be accepted thru February 15. Em ployment will begin May 1. The statewide trade association of agribusiness firms will hold its 1982 Convention September 14-16 at the Holiday Inn, Harrisburg, PA. Steve Morris Horst Schubert ■ Scott announces white udder wipe PHILADELPHIA - A new, - on” testing. - hygierucally-white udder wipe that Single-service towels are absorbs about 40% more cleaning recommended for both washing solution as the leading com- and drying by the National petitor—and does it in less than a Mastitis Council as a means of quarter of the time—has been helping prevent the disease introduced to the dairy industry by spreading from cow to cow. The Scott Paper Co. Council estimates each case of Called “Sam-Prep”, the new mastitis costs a dairy at least $lOO single-service, disposable towel m lost production and veterinary has already been enthusiastically expenses, accepted by the many dairymen fbe new Scott •‘Sam-Prep” who helped put it through “hands- towels costs less than 3/4 ot a cent The new Quarryville Office of the Federal Land Bank Association and the Lancaster Production Credit Association is open for business. Office personnel include, from the left, Teri Young, secretary/clerk typist Gary Dean, loan offiroi- ?«<*<»• Murphy, secretary/clerk typist; t ABS PACHECO, CA. A new in strument for measuring soil compaction and moisture that can go back to the original point and measure again and again is an nounced by Campbell Pacific Nuclear Corporation. Conventional methods, they claim, are destructive so that the original point cannot be measured again. The Strataprobe takes the measuring of soil compaction out of the laboratories to the farmer, the forester, their consultants and research personnel. For the first time, without disturbing soil or living plants, this instrument quickly can sort our tillage and trafficking effects on field and forest soils which can affect plant germination and growth. This cannot be done by putting the soil in a can and taking it to the laboratory because the very act changes the important oxygen/water relationship in the soil. It must be done in the field. it?*' Dry Bulk Density can be measured in the laboratory. But all plant, root systems only develop and grow in WET Bulk Density. The new probe is capable of measuring Wet Bulk Density quickly in the field without disturbing soil or living plants. Until now probes have been heavy and ungainly in the field, and are said to be relatively inaccurate in lightweight soils. The new, handier gauge reportedly works well in all ranges from lightweight to maximum density - from forest peat soils to solid granite. All growing plants depend upon root zone aeration, water, nutrients and lack of mechanical stress (compaction) in the soil. Compacted soil contains less pore space for both water and air and Quarryville FLBA opening Formal opening was held last week. Nuclear company develops soil compaction measurer Scott Bauermaster, field representative; Vonnie Raftovich, secretary/clerk typist; Eric Probst, field representative; Liz Gibson, senior office assistant; and Ronald Bard, associate manager. The office is (coated at Rt. 222 and Scotland Road. t iJpKS « This instrument will measure soil compaction and moisture in the field. when ram or irrigation water is added aeration is decreased even each. According to Scott, the ex ceptional absorbency of the • “Sanl- Prep” towel is because it is both embossed, and minutely per forated. Dairy towels that are neither embossed nor perforated absorb water mostly through the edges. "Sani-Prep” towels, on the other hand, are able to take up water on both sides as well as through the edges. v „ r * * I more. Dense soil, even with adequate water, may not allow seeds to germinate and come up. The new Strataprobe reveals such problems. For more mformatien write Campbell Pacific Nuclear Cor poration, 130 South Buchanan Circle, Pacheco, California 94553.
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