STRATEGIC PARASITE CONTROL At a recent beef production in service that ! attended. Dr. Tom Drake, Penn State extension veter inarian, outlined a simple but ef fective deworming program for cow/calf producers introduced as strategic parasite control. The primary objective of this plan is to develop and maintain “parasite-safe” pastures through out an entire grazing season. This goal is easily accomplished by preventing pasture contamination through the shedding of worm eggs in feces during the first three months of the grazing season, thus presenting parasite build-up dur ing the rest of the grazing season. For a cow/calf producer, the simple, effective guidelines to fol low are: 1) Deworm all animals at the end of the grazing season with a Class II dewormer (a dewormer that kills both mature and imma ture worms). The best time is after the first killing frost Do this step now! 2) Again, using a Class II pro duct deworm all cattle in the cow/ calf herd six weeks after grazing began in the spring (four weeks for a stocker grazing program). That’s it! A process that is sim ple, effective, and economically sound, considering parasitism costs beef producers from $2O to $2OO per head. Properly designed cattle handling facilities are sure useful in getting this task accomp lished. In many cases, your next question will be what products should I use? Please consult with your extension agent, beef spe cialist, veterinarian, or animal health supplier, for this informa tion. Authorized Distributors: M Dealer Inquiries Invited. Ask for our FREE catalog. We cater to Amish systems and mobile hydraulics in general. Free engineering. UPS, RPS. Federal Express, and common carrier (truck). United Parcel Same* Livestock Ledger By Chester D. Hughes Extension Livestock Specialist Biosecurity and PRV As a recent Lancaster Farming article indicated. I was "alarmed” at the results of a biosecurity sur vey conducted by Penn State’s Veterinary Science Department among swine producers in Lan caster and Lebanon counties. In an area where diseases such as TGE, PRV, and PRRS take their toll on swine herd health, I would like to think that biosecuri ty is a front burner issue for local pork producers. The survey indicated different ly with important, effective prac tices such as replacement stock isolation, shipping truck disinfec tion. proper dead animal disposal, rodent control, and cautious farm visitation procedures receiving poor marks. Ranging from 20 per cent - SO percent, producers an swers to questions about these is sues indicated a lack of good bio security. Penn State Cooperative Exten sion is willing to help with im proving biosecurity on your farm. A resource entitled “Pennsylvania Swine Health and Biosecurity Manual” is available from Penn State University for only $B. The workbook, compiled by extension veterinarians headed by Dr. Larry J. Hutchinson, is designed to help pork producers keep their herds healthy and economically produc tive. . Biosecurity refers to those man agement practices that protect the herd from the entry of new diseas es and minimize the spread and adverse effects of diseases in a herd. Ask your county extension agent for help with planning bio security for your operation. Focusing on PRV (pseudo rabies), I want to invite interested producers to a meeting on Tues- Shipping Parts Your Way! X ■! n i r»fl X R9MUUII Hose Reels Cord Reels > X Saylor Molt Air . 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Despite all the challenges, sheep production in the eastern United States can be a profitable experience, with success often de pending on your approach. As reported in the October 1993 issue of the National Wool Grow er, Greene states, “I think most people approach the sheep busi ness the wrong way. They go out and buy sheep and then ask them selves what they’re going to do with them. The first thing you should do is investigate the mar ket, pinpoint what would be most profitable and then meet the needs of that market. That’s the prefer red approach but one that usually is not taken. “With the industry the way it is here with so many part-timers a lot of people think you must not be able to make any money at all,” said Greene. “It kind of clouds the thinking of everyone else. In actuality, you can make money very easily if you go about it the right way.” Through an organized direct marketed, freezer lamb program, David Greene and his wife, Nan cy, have been able to be profitable with their 100-ewe flock. David has also prepared a Sheep Man agement Guide aimed primarily at the small flock operator. A copy of the guide can be obtained from the Carroll County Extension Ser vice, 700 Agriculture Center, Westminster, MD 21157, Lancas ter County Cooperative Exten sion. 1383 Arcadia Road, Room 1, Lancaster, PA 17601. ' Duramasti Air Cylinders > / Industrial Air Compressors ' Coupl Accessor Prince Pumps Motors Valves Permco Pumps Motors WlMam’t Machine A To PTO Pumps DC Pumps f HfentikMr'flannlta A Gehl skid-steer loader forges through a muddy quarry on Trackman endless rubber tracks from Goodyear. Gehl recently Joined the growing list of agricultural and Industri al equipment manufacturers offering Trackman as original equipment or retrofit. Trackman provides better maneuv erability, traction and less damage to terrain than wheeled vehicles, according to Goodyear. Gehl Offers Trackman On Skid-Steer Loaders AKRON, Ohio—Farm and in dustrial equipment manufacturers are making tracks to a product that makes their equipment more man euverable, versatile and environ mentally friendly. The Gehl Co. is the most recent addition to the growing list of equipment manufacturers to en dorse and use Goodyear’s Track man endless rubber track. Gehl of fers Trackman on its line of skid steer loaders. Manufacturers endorsing Trackman as original equipment or as a retro-fit through their deal ers are: JI Case, Melroe and Mus tang. Stock Items Shipped Same Day! ness News “We also arc working with a number of other manufacturers such as Kinze Mfg., Christianson Inc., Byron Enterprises, Kelder man, DeSheppers, Gilbert & Riplo and H&S C 0.,” said Rob Andrew, marketing specialist with Good year. “Goodyear’s rubber track keeps their equipment on the job in conditions that would sideline conventionally wheeled vehicles.” Trackman fits over convention al rubber tires as a retrofit and is installed by letting air out of the tires, slipping the track onto the ■vehicle and reinflating the tires. It also can perform as either friction or positive drive on OEM under carriages. \ nm
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