, tj _ ■' —v _ **«»_ ~ VOL 33 No. 28 Lancaster County Foundation Presents Scholarships BY SALLY BAIR Lancaster Co. Correspondent LANCASTER Twelve Lan caster County residents received scholarships worth $l,OOO each to study agriculture or home econom ics from the Farm and Home Foundation of Lancaster County. Selected on the basis of finan cial need, scholarship and leader ship, the scholarships will help these 12 seniors during their fresh man year of college. Now in its 24th year, the money for the Winners of the Farm and Home Scholarship who are majoring in agriculture are, from left: Jeffrey Craig, Notting ham, a senior at Solanco High School; David M. Cassel, Manheim, a senior at Manhelm Central; Gretchen A. Freder ick, Blue Ball, senior at Garden Spot; and Craig Esben shade, Lancaster, a senior at Conestoga Valley. These winners of the Farm and Home Foundation scho larships will major in agriculture: From left are: John R. Kin dig, Conestoga, senior at Penn Manor High School; Jodi L. Hutchinson, New Holland, senior at Garden Spot; Kathy Saylor, Mount Joy, senior at Donegal; and Craig R. Kreider, Quarryville, senior at Solanco. The following are winners of Farm and Home Foundation scholarships worth $l,OOO. James Shirk, East Earl, senior at Garden Spot High School; Melissa Butzer, Landlsville, senior at Hempfield; Ko Kha, Gordonvllle, senior at Pequea Valley; and J. Thomas Wlker, Holtwood, senior at Solanco. Four Sections awards comes from a fund estab lished by the late Elmer Esbenshade. Garden Spot and Solanco High Schools accounted for three reci pients each, with the others com ing from throughout the county. Those scholarship winners from Garden Spot include: Gretchen A. Frederick, 17; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Frederick, Blue Ball. A member of Grassland Future Farmers of (Turn to Pago A 3 2) Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, May 21, 1988 Last Sunday a group of fanners and agriculture officials from Germany visited an Amish farm and had lunch at John and Barb Brubaker’s farm at Christiana (Lancaster County). The German Embassy In Washington, D.C., bad requested the visit through contacts with the Pennsylvania Farmers Association. So Lancaster County Farmers Association sponsored the luncheon and arranged the visits. The Germans praised Lancaster County farmers for their friendliness and hospitality. In the photo, Stefan Dabbert (left), an Agriculture Economist with the tourlncpgroup, presented a book about the German countryside to the Brubakers. Gordon nflfl|ftrialoht) Is county Far mers President. T Bovine Leukosis Potential Killer In Our Midst BY LISA SISSER LITiTZ (Lancaster) There is. nothing more frustrating and heart breaking for a dairy farmer than to see Ohe of his top cows go down for no apparent reason. And that, after weeks of seeing her produc tion dwindle, her appetite die, and her health diminish. The veterinarian, shakes his head sadly and says, Tm sorry, I don’t really know, but I think it’s BLV.’ BLV. Just three letters to. describe a disease that, while not as lethal as Johnes, is just as insidi- Pcmltry Expert Comes To Lancaster BY LISA RISSER LANCASTER—If you want to sit down and talk turkey, John Schwartz is the man to see. Of course, he also will be happy to talkjjbroilers and layers too. Schwartz is the newest addition to the Lancaster County Extension office. A multi-county agent, he is the poultry expert for Lancaster, Lebanon, York, and Adams coun ties. He plans to spend the first few months on the job finding out what the industry sees as its lop needs and problem areas. Then he plans to help provide solutions. To do this, Schwartz intends to spend a good deal of time out of the office talking to producers and allied industry members. “I’m a firm believer that the extension is a (Turn to Pago A 29) 1 50c Per Copy ooa. More than 25 percent of adult dairy cows in the United States have the bovine leukosis virus (BLV) in one of its various stages. In Pennsylvania the figure is 33 percent, New York is 15 percent, Alabama is 40 percent, and Wis consin is 20 to 25 percent. The first stage of BLV is the car rier state. “The cow has the virus in her system and is perfectly hca Ith y,” explained Dr. Lawrence J. Hutchinson, professor of veterin ary science extension at Penn .State. “Production isn’t affected in this stage. In the second stage, per sistent lymphocytosis, the cow develops a high white blood-cell count. She is still healthy, but is in what’s known as a pre-tumor stage, going toward leukemia.” The final stage is termed bovine lymphosarcoma, and in this clini cal stage, the cow most often will develop cancer in the lymphoid tissues. Lymph nodes are found Marketing Officials Meet BY EVERETT NEWSWANGER Managing Editor LANCASTER Members of the Northeast region of the Nation al Agricultural Marketing Offi cials held their annual meeting at the Willow Valley Resort here this week to prepare for the July National meeting in Los Cruces, New Mexico. In addition, the group discussed the 1989 National Food and Agriculture Exposition to be held in Boston’s Hynes Con vention Center next May 15-17. A series of video presentations $lO.OO Per Year around the head, back, flank, hip, shoulder, neck, heart, jOenjs,. spi nal cord, and digestive tract, espe cially the abomasum., “Often, the only sign is the enlarged lymj»h glands usually around the head, neck, back, or flanks in what seems to be healthy animals,” noted Hutchinson and associate, C.W. Bums in an exten sion newsletter. “At other times, the lymph nodes become so large, pressure is applied on adjacent organs. Then the animals may exhibit signs of diseases related to the disturbed organ.” Death usually occurs within two to eight weeks of the sudden enlargement of the lymph nodes. According to current statistics, the clinical stage of BL V occurs in less than 5 percent of the infected cows. In other words, less than 1 percent of all adult dairy cows. “This percentage seems awfully (Turn to Pago A 32) outlined the National Food and Ag Exposition’s benefits and gave tes timonials of satisfied exhibitors. Boyd Wolfe, Pennsylvania Agri culture Secretary, and Jay Erwin, Lancaster County Agent, wel comed the group on Monday. Wolfe had earlier announced that PDA would sponsor a state pavilion at the Boston Exposition. He suggested the timing and loca tion of the food show presents a unique economic development opportunity for Pennsylvania’s food and fiber producers. “The (Turn to Pago A 22)
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