E4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 24,1984
Elizabethtown Farmers
(Continued from Page E 2)
standing Farmer over 30 winners,
while Gilbert and Sandy Martin
received the Outstanding Farmer
under 30 honors.
Crop awards went to the
following members: Bob Brandt,
alfalfa and clover hay; Dennis
Drager, silage; Galen Kopp, com
silage; Gilbert Martin, barley
grain; Joe Wivell, high moisture
com; and Gerald Risser, hay
silage and grass hay.
Brothers Dale and Carl Brandt,
Manheim, had the dairy herd with
the greatest increase in both milk
and fat. Ken Myer, Elizabethtown,
won the high cow in milk, 26,847
pounds, and high cow in fat, 1,167
pounds, awards.
Light affects breeding cycle
NEWARK, Del. Mares are
seasonal breeders. In Delaware
and surrounding states the
breeding season for horses begins
in mid-February and normally
ends in mid-July. However, the
physiological breeding season
starts in mid-April and peaks in
late May or early June, according
to University of Delaware ex
tension equine specialist, Mel
Reitnour. During this period,
mares usually experience regular
heat periods, ovulating 24 to 48
hours prior to the end of heat.
Seasonal factors which influence
a mare’s estrous cycle include
length of daylight, nutrition, and
temperature. According to Reit
nour, the ratio of daylight hours to
darkness throughout the year acts
on the optic nerve of the eye and,
along with nerve impulses, affects
the hypothalmus or pituitary
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Appreciation awards were
received by Ken Brandt and Sam
Myer.
The guest speaker was Judy
Schneider, of the Library of
Congress, Washington, D.C. Ms.
Schneider gave a lighthearted
review of her job, which involves
working with congressmen.
Greg Musser, a member of the
Elizabethtown FFA Chapter,
remarked on the chapter’s
Building Our American Com
munities (BOAC) project. Begun
five years, the BOAC project is
helping with the Elizabethtown
Fair, which has grown from a
carnival to farm show-type at
mosphere, Musser said.
gland. The result is production ot
FSH (follicle stimulating hor
mone), which stimulates the
production of estrogen, causing
heat.
Artificial light can be used to
increase the hours of daylight, thus
inducing the estrous cycle to begin
early. Artificial lighting will bring
mares in season about six weeks
earlier than normal, Reitnour
says. Research shows that 16 hours
of light per day will initiate estrus
and ovulation. Artificial lighting
for a mare that normally conceives
on April 15 may get her in foal
some time in February. This
practice could produce two ad
ditional foals during the mare’s
lifetime.
The specialist recommends
using a 200-watt light biilb in a box
stall to extend hours of light to 16
daily. Light treatment started
about December 1 should have
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Crop production trophies are awarded to Elizabethtown Young Farmers, from left,
Dennis Drager, silage; Bob Brandt, alfalfa and clover hay; Gerald Risser, hay silage and
grass hay; Galen Kopp, corn silage; and Gilbert Martin, barley grain.
mares ready for breeding by the
end of January or early February.
Use of artificial lighting has
proved to be a successful way to
improve the reproductive ef
ficiency of barren and maiden
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