A26-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 19, 1994 Lancaster Dairy Days, Tie-Stall Remodeling Meetings Set LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.) Lancaster County Dairy Days are scheduled for Tuesdays, February 22 and March 1, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Lancaster Farm and Home Center. The theme for this year’s Dairy Days is Managing High Producing Cows Profitably. Both days fea ture dairy consultants and practi tioners who have a lot of field ex perience working with successful farms in New England, New York, Pennsylvania and the Mid- Atlantic states. On February 22, Dr. Brian L. Perkins and'Robert C. Fry will team up to share their experiences and thoughts on managing dairy farms for profit with an emphasis on nutrition, reproduction, and management practices for helping to improve the bottom line. Dr. Perkins had worked several years in the Lancaster area as a nu tritionist before moving to Ver mont and starting his own consult ing service. Dairy Management Services, Inc. He services herds through out the New England states and upper New York. After working on his family’s large dairy farm in Chestenown, National FFA ANDY ANDREWS Lancaster Farming Staff GREENVILLE. N.Y. Liam Brody, FFA eastern region vice president, wants all FFA’ers to know that, internationally, Japan holds FFA in high regard. Despite what is happening on the trade front (with a possible trade war looming in the spring, according to current reports), the message that he took to Japan from the U.S. was positive and rein forced the attitude that two coun tries can work together. Brody, 19, son of Pat and Bill Brody, Greenville, is a member of the Greenville FFA. He partici pated, along with six other national FFA officers, in the National FFA Officer International Experience Program at the end of January. During their trip to Japan, the group visited a large number of agricultural businesses and histori cal landmarks in Kyoto and Tokyo. Brody said some of the Japanese people view our government as “overly aggressive, almost to the .sixm officers recei atth h National FFA Con vention. Front row, from left, Curtis C. Childers, 20, national president, Nemo, Texas and Andrew McCrea, 21, national secretary, Maysville, Mo. Back row, from left, Raquel Lacey, 21, central regional vice president, Nokomis, III.; Tyler Grandll, 20, western reg ion vice president, Gilbert, Ariz.; Steven Mitchell, 19, southern region vice president, Plnevllle, Ark.; and Liam Brody, 19, eastern region vice president, Greenville, N.Y. Md., Dr. Robert C. Fry set up his own consulting service and prac tice, Atlantic Dairy Management Services. He advises a large range of dairy farms, from small family farms to large corporate enteipris es. Are your heifers and dry cows in good enough condition to begin their next lactation with a running start? Will they consume enough dry matter and will their ration be formulated in a manner that will enable them to peak well and sus tain high levels of milk production without losing excessive amounts of weight and without developing metabolic problems such as fatty livers, ketosis, DA’s, Laminitis, etc.? Will cows breed back well and will they be healthy enough to slay in the herd long enough to re ward you with some good off spring, some satisfaction and some profit? That is a tremendous challenge for today’s progressive dairy farmers and for this year's Dairy Days speakers. On March 1, the focus will be on herd health with an emphasis on: vaccine and cows' immune systems, reducing somatic cell counts, controlling and preventing mastitis and Johne’s disease, and ’er Says Japan Trip Was Great Exchange With Positive People teacher, who simply made “learn- president