D26—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 6,1982
Holstein Convention features herd health panel
HARRISBURG - “Many
dairymen don’t realize that udder
edema is largely caused by the
good job they do breeding lor milk
production,” remarks Dr. Dan
West, clinical research
veterinarian for Schenng
Veterinary and dairy specialist.
"Research .has consistently
shown that cows bred for increased
milk yields are more prone to
udder caking and fluid build-up,”
he notes.
This topic and how udder edema
affects overall dairy herd health
programs will be discussed by a
panel of dairy experts at the 1982
Pennsylvania Holstein Convention
beginning at 9:30 a.m. on February
26.
Entitled, "The Role of Udder
Edema in Herd Health
Programs,” the program will
include a slide presentation and
question and answer session.
Attendees will have the op
portunity to ask panel members
questions relating to their ex
periences with udder edema, its
consequences on herd health and
PHA slates annual Holstein
meeting for end of February
HARRISBURG - The Penn
sylvania Holstein Association will
hold its 70th annual convention at
the Harrisburg Marriott Inn, Feb.
25,26 and 27.
Hosted by the Southeast Holstein
District, the first day features the
Convention Sale at 7 p.m. m the
Marriot Ballroom. Sale animals
will be on display, prior to the sale,
at the Pa. Holstein Farm, Route
441, one mile south of Middletown.
Zane Akins, Executive Secretary
of the Holstein Association of
America will address the annual
meeting at 1:30 p.m. on Friday,
Feb. 26.
Friday evening activities are
highlighted by the Convention
Banquet at 7 p.m. in the Ballroom
and members are invited to stay
for the dance that follows.
The Awards Breakfast, which
honors members, Junior mem
bers, sales achievement and Hall
of Fame induction, begins on
Saturday, Feb. 27 at 8 a.m. in the
Ballroom.
Convention reservations must be
in by Feb. 10. Members can send
checks to Pennsylvania Holstein
Convention, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
A. Boyer, 110 Biesecker Road,
York, Pa. 17404. Tickets can be
picked up at registration.
Room reservations should be
made as soon as possible to
Harrisburg Marriott Inn 4650
Lindle Road, Harrisburg, 17111,
717-564-5511.
Costs for the three-day meeting
are as follows: Thursday, Feb. 25
Buffet Dinner 4:30-6:30 p.jn. $lO
per person. Friday, Feb. 26
Junior Program and Luncheon $4
per person; Ladies Program and
Luncheon $2O per person; Banquet
Program, Adults $17.50 per per
son; Banquet Program, Juniors $8
per person. Saturday, Feb. 27
Awards Breakfast $8 per person.
The following is the complete
schedule for the 1982 Annual
Convention.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25
10.00 a m. - Executive Committee
Meeting, Ballroom - Salon D.
10.00 a.m.-6.00 p.m. ■ Sale Animals
on Display, Pennsylvania Holstein
Farm.
11-OOa.m. ■ Registration - Lobby.
1.1.00 a.m. - Commercial Booths
Open.
11.00 a.m
Dairy Barn Opens
Chestnut and Dogwood Rooms.
11.00 a.m. - Craft Display - Elm and
Fir Room,
1:30 p.m. - Hershey Bus Tour -
Chocolate World and Fouhders
Hall.
various treatment methods
available.
Panel members include-. Her
shey Bare, Valley Pond Farms,
Lebanon; Dr. George W. Heisey
VMD, Lebanon; Dr. L.W. Samples
VMD, Hummelatown; Dr. Daniel
West DVM, Kenilworth, N. J.
Recently named 1981 Master
Farmer, Hershey Bare milks 85
registered Holstems with a rolling
herd average of 16,500 pounds of
Inilk and 625 pounds of fat. Bare
and his wife Mary Ann and sons
Michael and Robert are not only
known for their accomplishments
in the dairy business, but have also
gained recognition for their high
field crop yields on their 300-acre
tillable farm.
Dr. Heisey is a practitioner at
the Avon Animal Clinic in
Lebanon. While his practice js
general in nature, Dr. Heisey’s
bovine reproduction work has
made him well-known in the state’s
dairy industry. A graduate of the
University of Pennsylvania, Dr.
Heisey currently holds mem
bership in the American
Veterinary Medical Association,
130 p.m. ■ Board ol Directors
Meeting, Ballroom - Salon D.
4 30 p.m -6 30 p.m. - Buflet Dinner
Ballroom
700 p.m
Ballroom.
Convention Sale
10.00 p.m.-12.00 p.m. - Folk Dancing
with Tom Hoflman - Ballroom.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26
8;00 a.m. - Registration - Lobby
900 am. - Ladies Continental
Breakfast, Cahoots Lounge.
9,30 a.m. - Ladies Program - Cahoots
Lounge, "Breakfast with Betty" -
Betty Groff.
9:30 a.m. - Men's Program - Ballroom
- Salons A & 6, Role of Udder Edema
in Herd Health Programs.
10,00 a.m. - Dairy Bar Opens -
Chestnut and Dogwood Rooms.
11.00 a.m - Milk Referendum Panel,
Ballroom - Salons A & B.
11:45 a.m. - Partners in Milk
Promotion - Ballroom - Salons A &'B,
Dick Norton, Manager of Atlantic
Dairy Association.
12.00 noon - Ladies Luncheon &
Theater - "Ten Little Indians" Host
Inn.
1 00 p.m. - South Central District
Caucus - Ballroom - Salon D
1.00p.m - Southeast District Caucus
- Ballroom - Salon C
1.30 p.m - Pennsylvania Holstein
Association Annual Meeting,
Ballroom-Salon A &B. .
Banquet Reception
6.00 pm
Lobby.
7.00 p.m. - Convention Banquet
Ballroom.
Pa. grain stocks up 38 percent
HARRISBURG Com, wheat,
oats and barley stocks in Penn
sylvania totaled 126.8 million
bushels Jan. 1, up 38 percent from
a year ago, according to the
Pennsylvania Crop Reporting
Service.
Corn stored in all positions on
Jan. 1 totaled 106.6 million bushels,
47 percent above last year's level
of 72.7 million bushels. Of the total
corn stocks, 91 percent, or 96.8
million bushels, were stored on
farm, 48 percent above farm
stocks a year ago. Off-farm stocks,
at 9.8 million bushels, were up 32
percent from last year’s level.
Pennsylvania wheat stocks in all
positions totaled 3.9 million
bushels, with, wheat stored on
farms totaling 1.5 million bushels,
up 36 percent from a year ago. Off
farm stocks totaled 4.4 million
bushels, down eight percent.
Oats stored in all positions
totaled 12.7 million bushels, 11.4
Pennsylvania Veterinary Medical
Association and the American
Animal Hospital Association.
Dr. Humpies is a familiar figure
to many Pennsylvania Holstein
farmers because of his in
volvement the past seven years in
the Association's export program.
The large animal practitioner
estimates that roughly 50 percent
of his time is spent treating dairy
• animals. Before beginning his own
practice, Dr. Samples was a
practitioner in Reading.
Dr. West is currently responsible
for on-going clinical research on
new animal health products and
for technical services for Sobering
Veterinary. Prior to joining
■Sobering, Dr. West had a
veterinary practice in Waseca,
Minnesota, where he specialized in
dairy cattle. He began his practice
followuig graduation from the
UmVersty of- Minnesola’s College
of Veterinary Medicine. Dr Westl
is a member of the American
Veterinary Medical Association, ,
American Association of Bovine
Practitioners and American
Association of Swine Practitioners.
9.30 p in. - Dancing with "Rohrbach
Music", Ballroom.
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 27
8.00 a.m. • Awards Breakfast ■
Ballroom.
JUNIOR CONVENTION
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 25
10.00 a.m. - Registration - Lobby.
400 p.m - Executive Committee
Meeting, Ash Room.
9.30 pm. - "A Hypnotic Evening" ■
Ash & Birch Rooms, Robert
Bowers, Hypnotist
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 26
8.00 a.m. - Registration - Lobby.
830 a.m.-12.00 Noon - Junior
Workshops, Group A - "Dairy
Bowling" • Ash Room; Dr. Carl
Brown, Sales Manager, Brown's
Feed. Group B ’ "Going, Going,
Gone l " • Birch Room, Clarence
Stauffer, Holstein Consultant,
Robert Kauffman, Auctioneer.
Group C - "Which Bull?" (Juniors
16-21) - Elm Room; Dale Olver •
Sire Evaluation, Atlantic
Breeders, "Bull Journey" (Juniors
15 and under) - Fur Room, Cindy
Ambrutis - Communications
Manager, Sire Power, Inc.
12.15 p.m. - Junior Luncheon -
Cahoots Lounge.
1.30 p.m - Annual Meeting - Ash &
Birch Rooms
3,30-6:00 p m. - Free Time.
6:00 p.m. ■ Junior Banquet - Penn
Square Restaurant.
7 30 p.m. - Junior Awards Program
_ Ash & Birch Rooms.
million bushels on the farm- Both
on-farm and off-farm oats stocks
increased from 1981 by five and
nine percent, respectively. Barley
stocks in all positions totaled 1.65
million bushels. On-farm stocks
were up 26 percent at 1.3 million
bushels, and off-farm stocks were
up 43 percent from a year ago.
Nationally, Jan. 1 stocks -of
wheat in aU positions totaled 2.17
-billion bushels, H percent more
than a year ago. Feed grain stocks
were 19 percent above a year
earlier, Changes from last year
were; corn, up 18 percent;
sorghum, up 46 percent; oats,
down seven percent; and barley,
up 10 percent.
The number of off-farm grain
storage facilities in Pennsylvania
was 336, compared with 347 last
year. United States storage
facilities, at 14,792, were one
percent below the 14,944 last year.
See your nearest
HOLLAND
Dealer for Dependable
Equipment and Dependable
Service:
Alexandria. PA
Clapper Farm
Equipment
Star Route
814-669-4465
Annville. PA
B.H.M. Farm
Equipment, Inc.
R.D.I
717-867-2211
§S lISYIUf, PA.
IvanJ Zook
Farm Equipment
Belleville, Pa
717-935-2948
Carlisle, PA
Paul Shovers, Inc.
35 East Willow Street
717-243-2686_._
Catawissa. PA
Abraczmskas Farm
Equipment, Inc.
R.D.I
7X7-356-2323
Chambersburg, PA
Clugston
Implement, Inc.
R.D. l
717-263-4103
Davidsburg. PA
George N. Gross, Inc.
R.D. 2, Dover, PA
717-292-1673
Elizabethtown. PA
Messick Farm
Equipment, Inc.
Rt. 283- Rfreem’s Exit
717-367-1319
Gettysburg. PA
Vinglmg Implements
717-359-4848
Greencastle. PA
Meyers
Implement’s Inc.
400 N. Antrim Way
P.0.80x 97
717-597-2176
Halifax. PA
Sweigard Bros.
R.D. 3, Box 13
717-896-3414
Hamburg, pa
Shartlesvilie
farm Service
R.D. 1. Box 170
215-488-1025
Honey Brook. PA
Dependable Motor Co.
East Mam Street
215-273-3131
215-273-3737
Honey Grove. PA
Norman D, Clark
& Son, Inc.
Honey Grove, PA
717-734-3682
Hughesville. PA
Farnsworth Farm
Supplies, Inc.
103 Cemetery Street
717-584-2106
Lancaster. PA
L.H. Brubaker, Inc.
350 Strasburg Pike
717-397-5179
Lebanon. PA
Evergreen
Tractor Co., Inc.
30 Evergreen Road
717-272-464-1
Litta, PA
Roy A. Brubaker
700Woodcrest Av
717-626-7766
Loysville, PA
Paul Shovers, Inc.
Loysvtlle, PA
717-789-3117
Lynnport, PA
Kermit K. Kistlej-, Inc.
Lynnport, PA
215-298-2011
Martins burg, PA
Forshey’s, Inc.
UQForshey St
814-793-3791
Mill Hall. PA
Paul A. Dotterer
R.D.I
717-726-3471
Nazareth. PA
Edwards Farm
Equipment
291 West
Moorestown Rd.
216-759-0240
New Holland.
A.B.C. Groff, Inc.
110 South Railroad
717-354-4191
New Park. PA
MSR Equipment Inc.
P.O. Box 16
717-993-2511
Oley. PA
C.J. Wonsidler Bros.
R.D. 2
215-987-6257
Palm. PA
Wentz Farm
Supplies, Inc.
Rt. 29
215-679-7164
Pitman. PA
'Marlin W. Schrettler
Pitman, PA
717-648-1120
Pleasant Gap, PA
Brooks Ford Tractor
W. College Ave.
814-359-2751
Quarryville, PPi
C.E. Wiley & Son, Inc.
101 South Lime Street
717-786-2895
Ringtown, PA
Ringtown Farm
Equipment
Ringtown, PA
717-889-3184
Shippensburg. PA
R.B. Miller, Inc.
N. Seneca St.
717-532-4178
Silverdale. PA
I.G. Sales
Box 149
215-257-5135
Tam aqua. PA
Charles S. Snyder, Inc.
R.D. 3
717-386-5945
Westchester. PA
M.S. Yearsley & Son
114-116 East
Market Street
215-696-2990
West Grove. PA
S.G. Lewis £ Son, Inc.
R.D. 2, Box 66
215-869-2214
ehurchvillc. MD
Walter G, Coale, Inc,
2849-53
Churchvjlle Rd.
301-734-7722
Rising Sun, MD
Ag. lad.
Equipment Co, Inc,
1207 Telegraph Rd.
301-398-6132
301-658-5568
215-869-3542
Washington. NJ
Frank Rymon & Sons
814-793-3791
Woodstown, NJ
Owen Supply Co.
Broad Street &
East Avenue
609-769-0308