Pamela Rusnak, left, nutrition consultant for Dairy, Food and Nutrition ex plains the use of the computer programs NUTRAIO and NUTRAPUZZLE during the recent meeting of the Pennsylvania Dietetic Association. NEW from CHORE-TIME 20” deep SSS curtain back cage layer system Get The Only New Technology Available For Cage Systems Chore-Time’s new 20" deep SSS 4-high system puts 33% more birds into the same row lengths as old style 3-high systems - without dropping boards and without a need for greater building width. That means at 6 birds per I8”x20” cage (53.3 square inches) a 52’x536’ building can house over 108,000 birds. But, just as important, with this Chore-Time system you also don’t have to sacrifice the features and benefits you’ve come to expect from Chore-Time: single file egg belt, our all galvanized, SOFT TOUCH® II egg collection, a gentle cage floor slope to prevent checks and cracks...rugged A-frame cage support and legs every 4 feet to protect against cage sag and trough agn systems NORTHEAST AGRI SYSTEMS, INC. P.O. Box 187 Local Representative Fitchville, CT 06334 DAVID NEWMAN Phone: (203) 642-7529 (717) 299-9905 Our New Warehouse Is Now Under Construction At FLYWAY BUSINESS PARK, Located By The LANCASTER AIRPORT wear and Galv-A-Weld (welded black then galvanized) cage construction for long, trouble-free life... a choice of feeding systems to help you take control of feed costs; Meal Master Feedkar (traveling feed hopper), M.T. (rotating Flex Auger), and NEW Ultraflex (80 ft. per minute circulating Flex Auger). And, with Chore-Time feeding systems you can take full advantage of the new production-boosting, feed saving MEAL-TIME® feeding method developed by Chore-Time. Our feeding systems are designed to minimize waste and provide each bird with fresh, Un- Picked-Overfeed. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 17,1986-A27 Dairy, Food and Nutrition Council Sponsors Exhibits WILLIAMSPORT - Exhibits and poster sessions were some of the activities Dairy, Food and Nutrition council recently spon sored at the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Dietetic Association. An update on calcium using National Dairy Council’s videotape Calcium: A Research update was featured at the meeting. Dairy, Food and Nutrition Council sponsored speaker William Evans, from Tufts University in Boston. Dr. Evans spoke on Exercising and Aging. Also featured at the meeting was information about programming developed by Daily, Food and Nutrition Council including the computer programs NUTRARAID and NUTRAPUZZLE, the education videotape Facilitating ‘How to calibrate a spreader 9 NEWARK, DE - Calibrating a By knowing the application rates manure spreader is a simple, easy of a spreader, a farmer can apply management practice that can correct amounts of manure to help farmers make better use of meet crop needs. Not only does this the nutrients from manure. The benefit the crop, it also reduces the procedure takes less than an hour chance of groundwater con and can save hundreds of dollars. lamination. Fact sheets describing two spreader calibration procedures are available from the Delaware Cooperative Extension Service. Procedue I tells how to calibrate for solid and semisolid manure. Procedure II describes a method of calibrating for liquid manure but can also be used on solid or semisolid manure. To obtain copies of either fact sheet, contact: J. Ross Harris, University of Delaware Extension Environmental Quality Specialist, J. Allen Frear Federal Building, 300 S. New Street, Room 2206, Dover, DE 19901 (302-736-1448). When ordering, specify Procedure lor Procedure 11. _ . Food Choices and the videotape OSTEOPOROSIS: The Silent Disease. Dairy, Food and Nutrition Council staff involved in the ac tivities include Virginia Corcoran, M.S., R.D., program director in N ortheastern Pennsylvania; Kathleen Deady, M.S., nutrition education consultant in Binghamton; Cathy Ferraro, R.D., and Pamela Rusnak, nutrition consultants in the Williamsport office. Dairy, Food and Nutrition Council is a non-profit organization funded by milk producers and processors to conduct educational programming promoting good health through good nutrition serving communities in Penn sylvania, New York and New Jersey. jFL GET YOUR WILLIAMS 82 fwm SOYBEAN SEED HERE AND BE SATISFIED YORK SEED CORN SORGHUM SUDAN GRASS ZELLER ENVIRONMENTAL PEST CONTROL SERVICE Elizabethville, PA Serving all of agricultural, residential and commercial needs for pest control. No job too large or too small. Reasonable Rates Prompt, Efficient Service. Toll Free In PA 1-800-551-3964 Local Dialing 717-362-3860 tractor PULLS.. SATURDAY Featuring Street 4-Wheel, Street Semis, SS Garden Tractors AWWIIWN LOCAiiowi Adult* $7.00 lOMHm South 6 to 12 yrt $2.50 o( Lancaster 5 4 Under FREE Rt 272 SEE YOU AT THE BUCK!
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