Computerized milking system unveiled Wallace Earl Stoner, herdsperson, uses the new electronic milking and feeding system recently installed by the University of Delaware Agricultural Experiment Station. A transponder on each cow automatically identifies her in the milking parlor, controls her access to feed supplements and provides a continuous record of her performance and activity. According to Extension dairy specialist Dr. George Haenlein, the new system features the latest technology in electronic milk metering, milker back-flushing, automatic milker take-off, milk precooling and milk monitoring. Flashing signal lights in the milking parlor tell personnel if a cow has been treated, if her milk shows signs of mastitis, if she is off feed, or if she is coming into estrus. “Positive identification of the cows is the key to a whole new step forward in dairy production,” says Haenlein. The overall advantages of an identification system are higher efficiency in milk production and better milk qualities, including less con tamination of the product, he adds. NO-SWEAT NO-TILL BICEP+PRINCEF To get unbeatable broadleaf and grass control in no-till corn, all you need is a program with Bicep" + Pnncep " Here s why Bicep gives you season-long broad-spectrum control in conventional and conservation tillage A VAILABLE AT YOUR LOCAL DEALER But for no till corn com bine Bicep with Pnncep and you II get long-lasting, residual properties that take care of broadleafs and grasses right up to a clean harvest Even late germmators like crabgrass and fall pamcum Its the dependable, eco nomical combination thats going to become your stan dard for no-till So get no-sweat season long broadleaf and grass con trol Get Bicep + Prmcep CIBA-GEIGY Com, sorghum payments to total $1.7 billion GREEN BAY, WI. - Eligible corn and sorghum producers will receive an estimated $1.7 billion in deficiency payments for their 1984 crops, Secretary of Agriculture Johnß. Block said. Most of the 760,000 deficiency payment checks should be in farmers’ hands between April 10 ■find 15, Secretary Block said. Corn producers will receive about $1.55 billion and sorghum producers around $l5O million, he said. Deficiency payment rates are calculated as the differences between an established target price and the higher of the price support loan rate, or the national average price received by farmers during the first five months of the marketing year. For com and sorghum, the first five months of the marketing year are October through February. National weighted average market prices for the first five months of the marketing year are CHAMBERSBURG FARM SERVICE Chambersburg, PA 717-264-3533 ERB& HENRY EQUIPMENT New Berlinville, PA 215-367-2169 GRUMELLI FARM SERVICE Quarryville. PA NEWHAUS’S INC. 717-786-7319 Glen Rock, PA 717-235-6831 KELLER BROS. TRACTOR COMPANY Lebanon, PA 717-949-6501 ■ Distributed By: ' J.S. Woodhouse Co., Inc. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 13,1985-A33 $2.60 per bushel for com and $2.30 per bushel for sorghum. Eligible com producers will be paid a deficiency payment rate of 43 cents per bushel for their 1984 crop, based on the difference between the $3.03 target price and the $2.60 farm price. The eligible sorghum producers' deficiency payment rate will be 46 cents per bushel, based on the difference between the $2.88 target price and the $2.42 loan rate. Producers can estimate their individual deficiency payments by multiplying their planted acreage times their farm program yield times the deficiency payment rate. For example, a com producer who planted 100 acres m the program and had a farm program yield of 100 bushels per acre would receive a deficiency payment of $4,300 (100 acres x 100 bushels x 43 cents per bushel). Rank said payments will be issued through local ABCS offices. LONG ACRES SALES & SERVICE Tionesta, PA 814-744-8454 M&R EQUIPMENT INC. New Park, PA 717-993-2511 MARKLE FARM EQUIPMENT State College, PA 814-237-3141 HINES EQUIPMENT Cresson, PA 814-886-4183 OXFORD GREENLINE, 'NC. Oxford, PA 215-932-2753 PETERMAN FARM EQUIPMENT Carlisle, PA 717-249-5338 SANFORD FARM EQUIPMENT Titusville, PA 814-827-1814 GEORGE V.SEIPIE & SON Easton, PA 215-759-7141
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