Lancaster Dairy Days on Monday &
LANCASTER - The dairy
outlook for 1984-1985, managing
cows in hot dry weather, getting a
greater return on the feed dollar,
mastitis and herd health are some
of the major concerns of dairymen.
They are also the major topics to
be addressed at this year’s Lan
caster County Dairy Days.
The two-day event is scheduled
for Monday and Tuesday at the
Lancaster Farm and Home
Center. The event is sponsored by
the Cooperative Extension Service
and load agricultural industires.
Exhibits will be on display and
refreshments will be served
starting at 9 a.m. both days.
Monday’s topics and speakers
are:
The Best The Land Can Give,
movie.
How Much Can You Afford to
Pay for Feeds? - Glenn Shirk,
dairy agent.
Double Cropping and Alternative
Crops for Dry Years - Elwood
Hatley, Penn State agronomist.
Update on the Dairy Diversion
Program - U.S.D.A. represen
tative.
Dairy Outlook for 1984-1985 -
U.S.D.A. representative.
What’s New in Insect and Weed
Control? (Farmers desiring
recertification as a private ap
plicator of restricted use pesticides
should attend this talk, and bring
their “pesticide card”). - Arnold
Lueck, county agent.
\bu load i 0.7 tons and what have you got?
We got it with Saranac AR in an official measured
trial—lo. 7 tons per acre. That’s because
Saranac AR is Northeast-Bred to stand up to
harsh winters and come on early and strong
each spring. Bred to produce consistent top
yields and long-lived stands.
Anthracnqse resistant... Race 1 and 2
What’s more, Saranac AR is the only one to plant
where anthracnose, Race 1 and 2 is a threat.
Saranac AR is resistant to both strains of this crop
killer.
Plus, Verti-Cleari"for Verticillium wilt
protection.
There’s been another threat to alfalfa show up in
the Northeast recently—Verticillium wilt. This dis
ease can be introduced to your fields by infected
equipment or the seed you plant, even if "wilt-
Using Alternative Feeds and
Additives Effectively - Darwin
Braund.
Getting A Better Return on Your
Feed Dollar - Darwin Braund.
How I Feed For Profit, Farmer
panel - Fred Garber, James
Hershey, Robert L. Kauffman,
Keith Zurin.
Tuesday’s program will focus
more on managing cows in hot
weather and on dairy herd health.
Topics include:
The Best The Land Can Give,
movie.
Johnes Disease and What To Do
About It - Robert Whitlock, New
Bolton Center.
Feeding and Managing Cows in
Hot Weather - Darwin Braund.
A dam good alfalfa yield.
Summer Sterility Problems -
Terry Blanchard, New Bolton
Center.
Summer Mastitis Problems -
Stephen Spencer, dairy Extension
specialist.
High Somatic Cell Counts,
Nature and Causes - Robert
Eberhart, Penn State veterinary
science.
PLUMSTEADVILLE - Brynolf
Grahn, director of budget and
finance for the National Farmers
Organization, will be the speaker
at the annual dinner of the Bucks
Co. Unit of the National Farmers
Organization to be held March 24
resistant.” Then it goes on to reduce yields and
cut stands dramatically.
Saranac AR seed is treated by the Verti-Clean
process for the purpose of controlling the Verti
cillium wilt spores. Look for the Verti-Clean tag.
You’ll find it only on Northeast-Bred alfalfa.
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Process
for the control of
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This certified seed has been
treated with a fungicide
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Grahn to speak
When you plant Saranac AR,
you’re planting the seed for
better performance, higher
yields and greater value.
NORTHEAST- BRED
alfalfa
PROTEIN UNLIMITED
Tuesday
Keeping Cell Counts Down,
Farmer panel - Curtis Akers,
Donald Trimble and D. Lamar
Witmer.
Milking Systems - What’s New? -
Stephen Spencer.
Anyone interested in dairying is
invited to attend. Lunch will be
available and tickets can be
purchased until 11 ;00 a.m.
at NFO dinner
at 7 p.m. at the Plumsteadville
Fire House, Plumsteadville.
The dinner will be family style
and tickets are $6.50 each. For
tickets, call Bill Garges at 348-5514,
Raymond Gross at 768-8785, or Web
Singer at 346-7749.