■■ « !■■ * «KH VOL. 34 No. 40 Anita Meek Reigns As State Poultry Queen Anft* Mack (toft) won th* 1989*90 Lancaster County Poul try Queen into at the August 4 pageant. She also will reign as the PA Poultry Queen. Shown wtth her are Valerie Hoy (cen ter), former pa Poultry Queen, and Altssa Hoober, former Lancaster County Poultry Queen. To read more about the pageant, turn to page 814. State Livestock Assn. Pledges $50,000 To PSU Judging Teams EMLENTON (Clarion Co.) The PA Livestock Association made a commitment of $5,000 per year for the next ten years to the Pennsylvania State University’s judging Team Endowment Fund. This fund was created for the pur pose of providing financial assis tance to members of the Penn State Livestock, Meats, and Horse Judging Teams. Spearheading the PLA commit tee for the funds were Henry (L to ft) Honey Gruber, Now Tripoli, Dr. Haroty Harpster, PSU faculty, Poter Krall, Catasauqua, and Dennlo Grum blno, Lebanon. Ail four men were Instrumental In aocurlng the pledge of $50,000 to the PBU Judging Team Endow ment Fund. ; ouiw «»» PERIODICALS Plo&liHV _.,u WPOV PATtEE L £ “-* w >«"■• 'i Six Sections Gruber, New Tripoli, and Peter Krall, Catasauqua, both Pennsyl vania State University Agriculture graduates,-They both believe that by assisting in the funding of the Judging Teams, they are helping to educate a younger generation who are the future stockmen of the industry. Judging team activities are an important part of the undergradu ate program at the University. (Turn to Pago A 34) Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 12,1989 Tuberculosis Found In Dauphin Dairy BY JOAN L. LIESAU Special Report HALIFAX (Dauphin Co.) Seven dairy cattle tentatively have been diagnosed as having tubercu losis according to Doctor Ronald Yoxheimer, chief of Cattle Health, Pennsylvania Department of Agri culture. Pennsylvania has been tuberculosis free since 1978. A routine Annual Herd Test, done on July 21, showed positive results three days later at the Hali fax, Dauphin County, farm of Rod ger and Kathy Campbell’s “Key stone Guernsey’s”. Local veterina rian Dr. Howard Todd of Elizabetbville found seven of the 118 cows and heifers to be reactors to the tuberculosis (IB) test Of the D ™®^ nlo y^ onstratlons that pit com P etln 0 machines together in one field at Ag Progress Days. This large ag event is scheduled next week, Aug. 15-17 at PSU’s Rock Springs about the 1989 program and where to find the commercial exhi !° u . nd '"* torle * and ■dvertlslng throughout this Issue. A specific schedule of ?^ an *?’ a wthlbHors and a map to locate these exhibitors can be found on Pages Fl 7, rio, Fl 9 and F 24. ROCK SPRINGS (Centre Co.) —A wide range of agriculture-related programs from farm safety to conservation to Pennsylvania crafts will be part of the 21st annual Ag Progress Days sponsored by Penn State’s College of Agriculture, August 15-17. Held at the University’s 1500 acre Rock Springs Agricultural Research Center near State College, the three-day event attracts tens of thou sands of people from farms, small towns and large cities. Ag Progress Days is one of the largest outdoor showcases of agricultural research and technology in the East Nearly 300 commercial exhibitors will show and demonstrate approximately $2O million worth of agricultural equipment The event also features tours of research farms and conservation education areas; exhibits and presentations by Penn State faculty on areas such as water quality, food safety, radon, dairy health and child care; exhibits and demonstrations of Pennsylvania’s heritage crafts; a game show with prizes; a work ing computer classroom; a museum full of antique home and farm implements; and more. This year, College of Agriculture faculty and State Loses Clean Health Status seven, four were positive, one sus pect and two in this negative area in the second test. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Diag nostic Laboratory in Summerdale was immediately notified. “We had no idea,” Campbell said. “We have had a closed purebred herd for three years. We had no indication that there was anything wrong. The cows were milking very well, and they looked as healthy as they can be. They were breeding well and eating well. Even with the ones we took to the lab, you would have sworn there was nothing wrong,” Camp bell explained. “As a matter of fact, it was hard to believe,” the dairyman said Ag Progress Days To Open Next Week At Rock Springs 50* Per Copy staff have put a special emphasis on exhibits and demonstrations that are exciting and fun to watch, as well as educational. Farm and home safety will be a major focus of attention. One exhibit shows how quickly agriucl tural machines can cause serious injuiy. It allows visitors to test their reaction time against the force of a com picker. Another exhibit will use a scale model tractor to show how different grades, obsta cles and loads affect the likelihood that a tractor will roll over. The new Agricultural Emergencies Tent will feature demonstrations that combine Penn Stole Cooperative Extension’s First-on-the-Sccnc and Agricultural Accident and rescue programs. The first part of the demonstration will explain what farm family members and neighbors can do when they find the victim of a farm accident. For the sec ond part, trained rescuers will simulate a rescue at a farm accident scene. The fire safety exhibit includes a large trailer with a side enclosed by plexiglass. Inside, a simu lated living room is set on fire. A sprinkler system will automatically extinguish the fire, demonstrat (Turn to Pago A 36) $12.50 Per Year m mJ quietly, “They had to convince me by showing me tissue samples and pictures.” Tuberculosis, or, TB is a com municable disease of both animals and man. It is caused by a micro organism, Mycobacterium tuber culosis. The rod-shaped bacterium manifests itself in lesions of the lung, bone, and other parts of the body. Although transmitted by contact or ingestion, the pasteurization of raw milk kills any TB bacterium, insuring milk’s safety. The State Health Department was also immediately notified due to the family members consuming raw, unpasteurized milk, and per . (Turn to Pago A2O)
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