016192 12" f r< tCv j Hi VOL 37 NO. 21 New York TB Dairy Herd Causes 28 Farms To Be Quarantined VERNON ACHENBACH JR. Lancaster Farming Staff ALBANY. N.Y. Twenty eight dairy farms in Pennsylvania and New York state are under quarantine against possible bovine tuberculosis. All farms are suspect because they purchased cattle from a herd dispersal sale at a New York farm where bovine TB-infected deer and elk apparently transmitted the disease to some of the cows. The TB incident is the first for New York state in more than 12 Holstein Sells For $25,000 In Tioga County Sale C.J. HOUGHTALING Tioga Co. Correspondent MIDDLEBURY CENTER (Tioga Co.) — The tent next to the bam overflowed with neighbors, friends, farmers and businessmen. Five hundred sale catalogs bearing photographs and breeding history of the merchandise had been dis- Nutrient Legislation Needs Amendments ANDY ANDREWS Lancaster Farming Staff LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.) Item 1: A Lancaster County township board passes a law that curbs all “unhealthy odors” emi nating from a nearby poultry farm, making it illegal to apply manure within 100 yards of a 65-tract housing development Item 2: A Lebanon County township supervisor board is con sidering passing a law that will stop the application of any and all Eckstine’s Christine Is Grand At Spring Holstein Show From the left, Made Campbell holds the halter of the reserve grand champion of the Pennsylvania Holstein State Spring Show, while Thomas Eckstine and Judge Glenn Tripp hold the grand champion banner. Hve Sections years. All dairy cattle purchased from that herd have been condemned and slaughtered or were awaiting slaughter by presstime this week. Results this past week were not all available on the carcass evalua tions of the 73 milking age cows which had been condemned by their respective state agriculture agency and slaughtered. Gerald Moore, director of publ ic affairs for the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, said this week that initial tributed. Three phone lines had been installed to handle out-of state bids. Thus began the com plete dispersal of the Double-B Farm owned by Bill Appel on March 23. As lot number one paraded around the sale ring, calls came from as far away as Wisconsin and '‘dangerous chemicals,” includ ing commercial fertilizers, within 200 yards of newly constructed townhouses. These items are fictional. Do they sound possible? Perhaps so, if some form of statewide nutrient management legislation is not passed. And, according to the Lan caster County Farmers’ Associa tion, if nutrient management legis lation is not agreed upon and enacted soon, local township ordi (Tum to Pago A3O) Lancaster Arming, Saturday, April 4, 1992 .> slaughter results of the 45 New Yak animals showed one 3-year old cow had lesions. It means a complete slaughter of that farm’s herd. Those farms under quarantine are still able to ship milk because pasteurization kills the tuberculo sis bacillus. The disease is transmitted main ly by one animal inhaling expired air from another animal. The infectious animals eventu ally form lesions on their lungs (Turn to Pag* A2l) California. When the bids peaked, the auctioneer rapped his gavel and Novagen, Inc., managed by R. Bentz Rhoads, Jr. of Leesburg, Va. purchased Highlight L Secret Velour for $25,000. Next on the auction block was Velour’s daughter, Double-B-B Leadman Veticia, a yearling heif er. Her new owners, Ronnie Kling and Wayne Schrock, both of Acci dent, Md. paid $14,200. These are no ordinary cows. They are registered Holsteins. Velour’s genetics are the reason Rhoads expects to have embryo contracts to Japan and European countries. In other parts of the state or country, the price paid for such an animal is not unusual. Indeed, Velour’s dam’s maternal sister sold for $40,000 at the 1988 Top Breeders Sale. But for Tioga County, the prices Appel received for his herd shocked the community. Appel attributes his success to knowing pedigrees, understanding (Turn to Pago A 32) Mennonlte Central Committee Coordinator Lowell Oetweller and Mennonlte Disaster Service Director Paul Brubaker work on a mortise Joint tor a new timber frame barn destroyed by fire In the Belleville, Mifflin County area. Burned Bams Rebuilt, FBI Investigates GAIL STROCK Mifflin Co. Correspondent BELLEVILLE (Mifflin Co.) Late at night, on Saturday, March 14, six Mifflin County Amish families lost their bams, livestock, and livelihood to an arsonist’s torch. The bams of Michael J. Hostet ler and Esle Michael Hostetler on the Back Mountain Road; Isaac S. Yoder on Church Lane; Samuel Isaac Yoder on Plum Bottom VERNON ACHENBACH JR. Lancaster Farming Staff HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) A 4-year-old Hanover Hill Starbuck daughter owned by Thomas Eckstine, 23, of Mcrcers burg, was named grand champion of the 39th Pennsylvania Holstein Association State Spring Show held at the state Farm Show com plex last Friday. The homebied Eckstine cow, “Meadow-Vu Starbuck Christ ine,” was senior champion and was also named best udder of the 4-year-old class. The win was the first time Ecks tine took home a grand champion trophy from a state show. “I’ve been in 4-H since I was about 8 years old and I’ve been going to state shows ever since,” the 23-year-old reserve Marine said. “I’ve shown grand champ ions at county levels and district levels before, but not at this level.” He said the win was everything it seemed it could be. “I feel pretty good. It’s just 60s Per Copy Road; Christ R. Yoder on Coffee Run Road; and Samuel Moses Yoder on Allison Road were com pletely destroyed. Michael J. lost 21 cattle and 10 horses while Isaac S. lost 33 cattle and 7 horses. One horse survived the fire at Esle M’s 10 perished. Financially, the state police estimated at least $1 million in damages. The sun rose the following morning exposing the gruesome (Turn to Pag* A2O) makes everything worth while, all the effort you put in,” he said. “But everybody ought to be congratu lated for having outstanding ani mals at the show.” Competition was stiff at the show, with some of the big names in Pennsylvania Holstein breeding showing. According to Kenneth Raney, director of member service for the (Turn to Pago A 26) Daylight Time Starts Sunday One of the rituals of spring hap pens at 2 o’clock on Sunday morn ing, April 5. Daylight Savings Time officially starts. Using the old adage of “spring forward," you will want to advance the clocks at the house and at the bam ahead one hour that night before retiring. But animal feeding schedules, espe cially for dairy cows, should be advanced gradually over a period of several days. 19.00 Per Year
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