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30 YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK |
- The index of prices received by
Pennsylvania farmers for their
principal products dropped five
points during the month ended Jan.
15, the State Department of
Agriculture announced.
Major cause for the decline was
a drop of 15 cents a hundred pounds
for milk at wholesale, coupled with
lower prices received for beef
cattle.
- An audience of about 600
persons at the annual Farm
Bureau stockholders meeting
Wednesday at the Guernsey
Breeders Sale Bam was urged by
County Agent Max Smith to help in
the completion of the brucellosis
testing program in the county.
- Eastern States Farmers’
Reproduction Clinic Slated
For Wayne County
HONESDALE - A dairy cattle
reproductive clinic will be held
Thursday, Feb. 12 and Wednesday,
Feb. 18 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the
Extension meeting room, Cour
thouse, Honesdale.
The two-day event, sponsored by
the agricultural extension service,
will cover such topics as
reproductive efficiency, anatomy
and physiology, health, nutrition,
treatment, records, and herd
analysis. Speakers will include Dr.
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Exchange will move from their
present quarters at 608 N. Prince
St. to a new service center at the
intersection of Dillerville Road and
Manheim Pike Monday.
The new service center is con
structed of Butler steel buildings
and is paved.
-Drooping ears and a listless
attitude in cattle and sheep at this
time of year should alert livestock
raisers that a diseases known as
listeriosis may be present, ac
cording to a bulletin by the
American Foundation for Animal
Health.
- Six weeks of bad weather are
yet to come, if you believe the
groundhog’s prediction made as
he saw his shadow Saturday.
Michael O’Connor, extension dairy
specialist, and Dr. Larry Hut
chinson, extension veterinarian,
both from Penn State University;
Dr. John Burlein, veterinarian,
Honesdale; Sire Power personnel,
and several local dairymen.
Pre-registration is requested. All
interested persons are welcome.
To enroll call the Wayne County
Extension Office at 717-253-5970
ext. 114.
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- State Agriculture Secretary free. against the most bother-some
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that the 50th Pennsylvania county standards for listing on the state’s farms, commonly known as Bang’s
has been certified as brucellosis- honor roll in the 20-year fight disease.
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