A42-Lancasttr Farming, Saturday, April 25,1987
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COCHRANVILLE Beginning
May 1 the Atlantic Dairy
Cooperative will no longer require
new members to pay the 10-cent
capital retain.
Director Harry Bickel made the
announcement at the District 15
meeting of the co-op held Tuesday
in Cochranville. He noted the
board members made the decision
at the April meeting of the co-op.
The prime reason for the decision,
he explained, is to attract new
shippers to meet new supply
contracts.
“We do need milk,” Bickel said.
Atlantic has received a contract
for 10 million more pounds of milk
from Johanna Farms, he said.
Bickel reminded the group that
milk quality begins on the farm.
He explained that speakers at the
Microbiologists Develop
Ultrasensitive Soil Bacteria Test
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -
Penn State microbiologists have
developed a new technique for
detecting and counting very low
numbers of specific bacteria in
soil.
The technique, which the
developers believe is more sen
sitive than any now available,
could become an important tool in
environmental monitoring since it
can be used to detect any soil or
water bacteria, including new
genetically engineered organisms.
The method can detect and count
some bacteria in concentrations as
low as 10 to 100 bacteria per gram
of soil.
Dr. L.E. Casida Jr., professor of
microbiology, and Dr. N.S.
Makkar, a postdoctoral fellow,
developed the technique which is
detailed in the April issue of Ap
plied and Environmental
Microbiology in a paper
“Technique for Estimating Low
Numbers of a Bacterial Species
Strain(s) in Soil.”
According to Casida, “the
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Ronks, PA 17572 Quarryville, PA 17566
(717) 656-3322 (717) 786-2173
(717) 295-1729
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Drops Capital Retain For New Members
recent annual meeting of the
National Mastitis Council said
there are things that get into the
milk on the farm that can’t be
pasteurized out.
Fieldman Jim Hassinger
stressed milk quality to the group
and noted that by keeping their
milk clean, dairymen can qualify
for the 10- and 20-cent quality
premiums.
He urged dairymen to keep
antibiotic milk out of the tank for
an extra day. The Charm II test is
very effective' in detecting trace
amounts of sulfur drugs, he
cautioned.
In District 15 two locals were
combined this year. Barclay
Hoopes Jr., District 15 president,
said the Avongrove-West Chester
technique is based on the fact that
certain viruses, called phages, are
highly specific in the types of
bacteria they will attack.
“If you want to be able to detect
specific organisms regardless of
all others present, you need ex
treme specificity,” he said.
“Phages usually attack just one
species or just one strain of that
species. Usually it won’t go beyond
that species and attack some other
organism.
“The technique that we
developed involves the addition of
small, but known, .numbers of
phage to soil which has been
diluted with water containing some
nutrient.
“If the bacterium of interest is
present in the dilutions, it will be
attacked by the phage causing an
increase in phage plaque forming
units which can be detected by a
standard test.”
Casida believes that the
technique can be used to follow any
bacterium in nature. For example,
he said, “Supposing somebody
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and Coatesville locals have been
combined to form the Southern
Chester County local.
Elections for the local were held
Tuesday evening. New officers for
the local are: Dan Miller,
president; Gerald Neal, vice
president; Elmer Mast, secretary
treasurer; Richard Hostetler,
Leroy Martin and Dale Hostetler,
delegates; and Tim Kauffman, Joe
Lusby and Bill Moore, alternate
delegates.
Three farm owners were
recognized for 25 years of mem
bership in the former Inter-State
Milk Producers Cooperative
Landis and Barbara Reid,
Parkesburg; Anthony and
Elizabeth Dinenno; and Ben B. and
Elizabeth Stoltzfus, Coatesville.
wanted to know how many
Legionnaire’s Disease bacteria
there are in soil or water in a
particular location.
“Now, Legionnaire’s Disease
bacteria are quite difficult
organisms to grow and handle, but
I suspect that you could use this
technique and actually detect and
quantitate those organisms even at
very low levels.
“I believe you could go after any
pathogen in nature this way to see
what its normal numbers were and
whether the numbers would
change if you did something to the
environment.
“For example, if you started
dumping chemical waste on soil,
you could use this technique to
monitor the effect on the numbers
of any organism of interest in the
soil.”
Casida believes the technique
could also prove useful in
AUCTION
POSTPONED
at Shader China Doll, Inc.
Newark, DE
May 6th & 7th
Watch for new ads. Call or write for
rescheduled dates & brochure.
RUDNICK ASSOCIATES,
AUCTIONEERS
P.O. 80x3586,
Wilmington, DE 19807
(302)764-3347
SPECIAL HERD
■ SALE =
Belleville Livestock Market
Wednesday, April 29,1987
1:00 p.m.
45 Registered Holsteins
10 Springers
8 Fresh
Balance in all stages of lactation. Pregnancy
checked, calfhood vaccinated, health charts.
Home raised & well bred herd of young cows
from Susquehanna Co. With good udders &
dairy quality.
Also selling local herd of hand milked Grade
cows.
For more information call:
717-667-2703 or 717-935-2146
(Turn to Page A 39)
Landis Reid (Left) receives a plaque from director Harry
Bickel for 25 years of membership in the former Inter-State
Milk Producers Cooperative.
Major Dairy Sales
And Dispersals
Nationwide
(Continued from Page A 34) About 70 milk cows sold for an
Medal Dam by Glendell, owns a average price of $2,119; 27 head
top record of 32,751 milk with a sold over the $2,500 mark,
lifetime record of 183,000 milk. The aim '-'Ooke Jr. and Keith Stump
second dam, an Excellent Fond shared the auctioneering
Matt daughter, produced a lifetime assignment. Premiere Associates
record of 139,000 milk. managed the sale.
PUBLIC SALE
OF
ANTIQUES AND COLLECTIBLES
at Kauffman's Community Center, Franklin Co., located 7 miles
S. of Chambersburg, Pa. Turn left off Route 11 at Cross Rd. Dairy
or N. of Greencastle, Pa. turn right off Route 11 at Dairy on:
WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 29,1987
at 5 P.M.
FURNITURE: Cherry Dutch cupboard base, 3 drawer; Cherry bookcase
desk top; 4 cherry arrow back chairs; poplar wardrobe; Empire chest of
drawers; Walnut corner cupboard w/arch door (Smith); oak bow front
china closet w/claw feet and mirror; oak Hoosier kitchen cupboard; oak
table; Nice oak hall-tree w/mirror; Walnut marble top washstand; White
washstand w/hand-painted flowers; Softwood washstand; Chestnut
washstand; Ice cream parlor table and 2 chairs; 3 pc. parlor set, excellent
cond.; oak Victorian carved rocker; oak rocker; wicker chaise lounge;
child’s chairs; flour and sugar bin; wicker baby crib; plant stands; oak
chairs; nice Columbia victrola; etc.
GLASS AND CHINA; Gaudy Dutch King’s rose teapot; Gaudy Welch cup
plate; blue sponge ware; yellow ware; good pieces of Ironstone; Kerosene
lamps; bone china c/s; luster teapot; pear point vase and plate; pressed
glass; cut glass; pitcher; set of dishes for 12; 4 luster c/s; souvenir pieces;
good depression; set of blue Madn’d; etc.
MISCELLANEOUS: Oak wall telephone; copper apple butter kettle; iron
kettle w/3 feet; stirrers; baskets; N.Y. cylinder butter churn w/cow on
side; mantle clocks; large Wallace nutting picture; other pictures;
primitives; Big and Little Ben clocks; old crocks; leaded light; books;
teddy bear; Agate - blue, green, red, gray; sheet music; Bean bottles;
tins; newspapers (Civil War); Santas; cameras; lap boards; 6 Stieff rose
teaspoons (sterling); oak frames; egg basket in good shape; large broad
axe; 2 gal. crock with blue flowers; 2 gal. jug - blue & gray; 20 gauge
shotgun; etc.
DOLLS AND QUILTS: Ong. Grace Puttman bisque doll; tin and bisque
dolls; Russian doll; toys; baby quilts; very good turn of century quilt;
other quilts; etc. Jewelry-18 rings, 14 K gold watches and chains; etc.
TERMS: CASH
Good Food Available
Doors open at 3 P.M. Plan to attend this good sale!
For more information call:
MARVIN G. AMSLEY, AUCTIONEER
AU-002323-L
(717) 264-2224 (office) or 369-4590 (residence)
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