Amancaster Farming, Saturday, November 28, 1992
Pennsylvania Holstein
Association Jr.
Dairy Bowl Set
STATE COLLEGE (Centre Co.) The Pennsylvania Junior Holstein
Dairy Bowl Contest is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 6, during the Pen
nsylvania Junior Holstein Convention, to be held at the Ramada Inn,
Wilkes-Barre.
A dairy bowl is a contest where teams of four members compete
against each other. Competition points are awarded for correctly answer
ing questions about the dairy industry and closely related areas.
Eligibility
• Each County may enter two junior age and two senior age teams.
a. Junior age team members must not have reached their 16th birthday
by July 1, 1993 in the year competing.
b. Senior age team members must not have reached their2lstbirthday
by July 1, 1993 in the year competing.
c. Juniors 16 under may be on the senior team, but may not com
pete in two divisions.
d. No individual may compete in the Junior division more than twice
at the National Contest No individual may compete in the Senior divi
sion more than twice at the National level. Individuals on a winning
National team are not eligible to compete in that division at the state
level.
e. Once on entrant has participated on a senior team, he or she is not
eligible for participation on a junior team.
• It shall be the responsibility of the team’s coach to doublecheck team
member’s eligibility. Any team competing with a member who does not
meet eligibility rule A thru E shall be eliminated from the contest.
• A team will be comprised of four members. One or more alterantes
may be listed on the entry form. Alternates may compete on the team
only in extreme cases where approved by the Dairy Bowl Coordinator. If
a team proceeds to National competition, and one member is unable to
compete, one alternate so designated before the State Convention may'
replace one team member. If more than one team member is unalbe to
compete, the second place team shall have the opportunity to compete.
The same rule shall apply to the second place team. In no event shall a
team placing lower than third proceed to National Competition. If no
alternate has been designed, second place team will automatically have
the opportunity to compete.
■ Team members must be national junior members of the Holstein
Association.
• Teams will be seeded by a test given on Friday, Feb. 5, 1993 begin
ning at 7:30 p.m. We will use the following procedure:
a. Each team member will answer a 25 question written exam.
b. The team total from the written exam will be used to seed the team.
c. Semes from the written exam will be used to seed the team. They
will not cany over to the team compeition.
• The three main question sources will be Hoard’s Dairyman January
10, 1992 to January 10, 1993, Holstein World January 1992 - January
1993, and the Progress of the Breed. Additional questions will come
from PA Holstein Profiles. Information section of the Red Book, Dairy
Herd Management, Purebred Dairy Cattle Association Score Card, Pedi
gree Information, 4-H Veterinary Science Project Bodes, Farmshine,
and Extension Dairy Publicfations. There also may be some general
knowledge dairy questions included.
• All teams must designate a team captain and a coach.
• Entry forms must be received at the PA Holstein Association 839
Benner Pike, State College, PA 16801 postmarked by Jan. 8, 1993.
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) Pennsylvania has recently
begun a new testing program
which will certify Test Negative
Farms for Johne’s Disease.
This is a cooperative program
among the herd owner, herd veter
inarians and the Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture (PDA).
The state will schedule and pro
vide free testing and technical
advice. The herd owner will main
tain records and implement man
agement practices to eradicate
Johne’s from the herd. The veter
inarian will collect and submit
samples for testing, provide
advice to the herd owner, and act
as a communications mediator
between the herd owner and the
PDA.
Dairy producers who volunteer
to participate in this program will
be divided into one of two
categories.
The fast track category includes
producers who have had no evi
dence of Johne’s disease within
the past five years. All cattle over
the age of 24 months will be tested
annually for two years. If all
results are negative both years, the
herd will become certified test
negative.
The slower track is for produc
ers whose herds have had Johne’s
exposure within the past five
years. These herds will be serum
tested for two years and fecal sam
ples cultured a third year.
The PDA laboratory at Sum-
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Test Negative Program
For Johne’s Disease
C.M. BURNS
Extension Veterinarian
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All cattle reacting positively
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Keystone Credit Scholarships
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
Keystone Farm Credit, ACA
annouces the availability of two
$5OO scholarships toward the
higher education of students plan
ning to pursue careers in
agriculture.
An applicants parents) or guar-
must reside in one of Key
stone’s 15 southeastern Pennsyl
vania counties: Berks, Bucks, Car
bon, Chester, Delaware, Dauphin,
Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh,
Monroe, Montgomery, Northamp
ton, Philadelphia, Pike, and
Schuylkill. Applicants must be
high school seniors planning to
attend a four year college on a
full-time basis with agriculture or
agri-business as the major empha
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tify three times the number of
cattle shedding Johne’s organisms
than the state’s previous fecal test.
Using these two methods of
testing, Pennsylvania should be
able to lest more cattle over the
same period of lime and find cattle
that were previously missed. Pro
ducers will be able to use testing
as another tool in ridding their
farm of Johne’s disease.
Cattle herd owners who arc
interested in the Johne’s disease
certification program should have
their veterinarian contact the
Bureau of Animal Industry for
information about the testing
program.
Notification of the availability
of the two $5OO scholarships has
been sent to the administrators of
the secondary schools in Key
stone’s territory. Keystone Farm
Credit, ACA also intends to reach
as many of the private schools in
the area as possible scholar
ships are not limited to the public
school systems.
Anyone whose educational
institution was not contacted
should not consider himself or
herself excluded from requesting
an application form. He or she is
encouraged to contact Keystone
Farm Credit, ACA, Attention:
Carl M. Mercner, P.O. Box 7397,
Lancaster, PA 17604 or call (717)
291-1999.
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