A34-Linc«ster Fanning. Saturday, March 7,1992
Farm Calendar
(Continued from Page A3l)
Library, 1-4 p.m.
Pesticide Licensing Exam, Adams
County Extension Office, 7:30
Fifth Toastmaster Meeting, Lan
caster Farm and Home Center,
8:30 a.m.
Regional tree fruit meeting,
Schuylkill County.
Western Pennsylvania Bred Gilt
Sale, New Wilmington Lives
tock Auction.
Pennsylvania Shorthorn and
Polled Shorthorn Association,
Garden Gate Restaurant, 6:15
alien annual banquet. East Ber
lin Fire Hall, 7 p.m.
Delmarva Safety Seminar.
Wicomico Youth and Civic
Center, Salisbury, Md., through
March 18.
Centre County 4-H Leaders Ban
quet, Niltany Lion Inn, Univer
sity Park, 7 p.m.
Southeast Regional Christmas
Tree Meeting, Schuylkill
Haven, Morgan Auditorium, 7
p.m.
Lehigh County Small Scale Farm
ing Workshop, Lehigh County
Agricultural Center, 7:30 p.m.
Chester-Montgomery Local Dis
trict 1, Moorehead's Catering
Service Banquet Hall, Trappe,
noon.
Morgantown Local District 8,
Elverson Fire Company, 7 p.m.
Agronomy Day. Wysox Fire Hall,
9 a.m.
Pennsylvania Forest Stewardship
Program, Claverack Building,
Montrose, 7:30 p.m.
Christmas Tree Growers Meeting,
Penn State Schuylkill Campus,
7 p.m.
Composting Dead Birds, Adams
County Extension Office. 7:30
p.m.
Chester County Holstein Club
Tour to Franklin and Cumber
land Counties, meets Dick Hos-
Carlisle, 9 a.m.
Susquehanna and Wyoming
County com meeting, Claver
ack Building, Montrose, 10
a.m.-3 p.m.
Tr-County Agronomy School,
Gratz Community Fire Hall,
Gratz, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
Dairy Day, Bloomsburg Fair
grounds Office Building, 9:30
a.m.-3 p.m.
PDPP promotional meeting.
Northwest District, Clarion
Clipper, Clarion, 9:30
a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Cumberland County Holstein
Club annual meeting and ban
quet. Penn Township Fire Hall,
Huntsdale.
United Dairy Cooperative Service,
Inc. annual meeting, Seneca
Falls, New York, 10:30 a.m.
Pesticide update training, Penn
State Fruit Research Lab,
Biglerville, 1 p.m. and 7:30
tion meeting. Pleasant Acres
Complex, 7 p.m.-9 p.m.,
repeats March 20.
York County Farmland Trust sec
ond annual banquet, Rutter’s
Restaurant East, 7:30 a.m.-9
a.m.
Wayne County com meeting.
Ag Chemical Safety Compliance
Conference, Italian-American
Citizens League. Kennett
Square, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Lancaster Conservation District
meeting, Yoder’s Restaurant,
New Holland, 7 p.m.
PDPP promotional meeting,
southwest district. Days Inn,
New Stanton, 9:30 a.m.-3:30
p.m.
Pennsylvania Agricultural Eco
nomy Conference, Days Inn,
Penn State, through March 20.
Pesticide test, extension office,
Towanda, 9 a.m.-l p.m.
Pennsylvania Forest Stewardship
Program public meeting, PDA
Conference Room, Tunkhan
nock, 7:30 p.m.
4-H leaders banquet, lona Grange
Hall, 7:45 p.m.
Poultry Marketing Information,
Days Inn, Penn State, through
March 20.
Adams County Conservation Dis
trict banquet, York Springs Fire
Hall, 6 p.m.
Fayette County annual meeting,
Shady Side Inn, Uniontown, 7
o.m.
agri
systems
Reproduction, Nutrition
Highlight Dairy Day II
Vetemarian Milliken gave some
practical advise in determining
heat detections and watching for
post-freshing infections.
Reviewing some of the familiar
advices such as providing sol
id, non-skid footing, making sure
animals aren’t unhealthy, watch
ing between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m., and
other similar precautions
Milliken said cycles can be set up
in which one problem can lead to
another.
He said a familiar cycle is when
a cow or heifer gets lame, for what
ever reason, she will not show
heats well, and she will lose weight
which can also cause her to not
show heats, even after the lame
ness is corrected.
He said also that efforts must be
made to make sure that what is
thought a cow is getting nutrient
wise, is really what absoibing into
her system.
For example, Milliken said that
copper can be in two forms copper
sulfide and copper-oxide, with one
form being easier for the cow to
uptake than the other.
Also, excessive amounts of
other minerals and nutrients or
unwanted materials, can interfere
with the uptake of desired nutrients
in the intestine.
For example, only 40 percent of
all the selenium ingested by a cow
at any time will be taken into the
system.
There are receptor sites along
the cell walls in the intestine which
carry the desired nutrients into the
blood stream. However, if another
chemical or mineral is present that
attaches to the receptor site, it
blocks the transport of the desired
materials.
There are 16 different materials
which can interfere with the cow’s
ability to absorb copper.
Most of the minerals can be
tested for either by serum or whole
blood tests, while there is no test
for manganese.
Some of the two major problems
with cow reproduction are cystic
ovaries and infection of the uterus,
whatever the cause.
Though it’s not a good sign, pus
at the vulva does not necessarily
indicate a uterine problem, he said.
“Normally I don’t like to see pus
after 30 days, but if you do see it,
have it checked before treating or
taking any action on your own,”
Miiliken said.
Do not be quick to self-diagnose
and treat the animal, Miiliken said.