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Farm Calendar
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Monocacy Water Quality Demon
stration Project, meet at USDA,
Frederick, Md., 9 a.m.
Bucks County Holstein Club picn
ic, Kevin Bishop’s, Hilltown,
11 a.m.
Clarion County Fair, New Beth
lehem, thru July 30.
Conneaut Valley Fair, Conneau-
Jefferson Township Fair, Mercer,
thru July 30.
Kimberton Fair, Kimberton, thru
July 30.
Shippensburg Community Fair,
Shippensburg, thru July 30.
Troy Fair, Troy, thru July 30.
Potter County Fair, Millport, thru
July 30.
Western FFA Dairy Show, Butler
County Fairgrounds.
Northeast DHIA
Members Win
Quality Awards
ITHACA. N.Y.
Among the approxi
mate 4,500 Northeast
Dairy Herd Improve
ment Association
(DHIA) members who
are measuring the quali
ty of milk produced on
their farm with the
DHIA Somatic Cell
Count Report, 715 have
won Outstanding Quali
ty Milk Awards based
on 1993 records.
The DHIA Somatic
Cell Count Report is a
valuabale monthly
monitor of individual,
group average and herd
average somatic cell
counts. Somatic cells
are white blood cells
and milk secreting cells
normally found in milk.
The major factors con
tributing to high somat
ic cell count milk are
clinical and sub-clinical
udder infections. Low
somatic cell count milk
comes from healthy ud
ders and a clean, well
maintained environ
ment.
Northeast DHIA’s
Quality Milk Award
winners care about pro
ducing quality, low so
matic cell count milk.
They know that high so
matic cell count milk is
generally off-flavored,
has a decreased shelf
life and a decreased
yield of cultured milk
products. They also
know that high somatic
cell counts cost money,
as increased somatic
cell levels correspond to
permanent, significant
losses in milk produc
tion.
Constant monitoring
of barn and pasture
cleanliness, working
condition cleanliness
and cleanliness of milk
ing equipment, milking
technique, and udder in
fection is necessary to
achieve the low level of
somatic cell count re
cognized by the DHIA
Quality Milk Award.
The Northeast DHIA
congratulates all Qual
ity milk winners.
Penn State Field Diagnostic Clin
ic, Rockspring Research Farm,
9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
On-Farm Composting, Dick and
Bonnie Bleiler’s Farm, New
Central Maryland REC Field Day,
Upper Marlboro Facility, 8
a.m.-2 p.m.
Beef Cattle Evaluation Workshop,
Live Evaluation, New Holland
Sales Stables, New Holland, 7
p.m.; carcass evaluation Stolt
zfus Meats, Intercourse, July
29, 7 p.m.
Northeast Region Sustainable Ag
Summer Farm Tour, begins
Holiday Inn in Windsor Locks,
Conn., thru July 28.
Forest Landowners’ Workshop
Tour, Blair and Mary Carfoaugh
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Fayette County Fair, Uniontown,
thru Aug. 6.
Northeastern Championship
Show, Fairgrounds, Stoneboro,
9:30 a.m.
Lancaster County Holstein Show,
Solanco Fairgrounds, Quany
ville. 9:30 a.m.
Shippensburg Fair Holstein Show,
Shippensburg Fairgrounds, 6
p.m.
Bedford County Holstein Picnic,
Martinsburg Park,
Martinsburg.
Seedman’s Assn. Summer Meet
ing, Founder’s Hall, Milton
Hershey School,-10 a.m.
Water Quality Workshop, Union
Bridge Community Center,
Maryland, 9:30 a.m.
Maryland Grain Producers’ Assn.,
Queen Anne’s County 4-H Park
near Centreville, 11 a.m.
Keystone National Rib Cook-off
and Music Fest, York Fair
grounds, 11 a.m.-10 p.m., thru
Beef Cattle Evaluation Workshop,
Stoltzfus Meats, Intercourse, 7
p.m.
Northampton County 4-H Round
up, Northampton County 4-H
Center, Nazareth, 11 a.m.
Integrated Sustainable Farming,
Preston and Wanda Boop, Mif
flinburg, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Adams County Crops Field Day,
Winters Farm, McSherrystown,
9 a.m.
Southwest Championship Show,
Fairgrounds, Uniontown, 9:30
a.m.
Lebanon Area Fair, Lebanon Fair-
Morrison Cove Dairy Show, Mar
tinsburg, thru Aug. S.
Goshen County Fair, West Ches
ter, thru Aug. 6.
Clearfield County Fair, Clearfield,
thru Aug. 6.
Mercer County Grange Fair, Mer-
State 4-H Achievement Days,
Penn State, thru Aug. 4.
Jacktown Fair. Wind Ridge, thru
Aug. 6.
New Stanton Farm and Home
PIG SAVER
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NURSERY PENNING
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Show, New Stanton, thru Aug.
Southwest FFA Dairy Show, Mor
rison Cove Memorial Park,
Martinsburg.
Fayette County Holstein Show,
Uniontown Fairgrounds, 9 a.m.
Nutrient Management Field Day,
Burkholder Dairy, Fayetteville,
10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Adams County Fruit Growers
Association meeting. Fruit
Research Lab, Biglerville, 7
p.m.
Cecil County, Md. Fair Ag Show
case, Fair Hill Natural Resour-
ces Area.
Franklin County Holstein Field
Day, Robert Eckstine Farm,
Mercersburg, 10:30 a.m.
Livestock Pasture Session, DeHart
Farm, Milton, 7 p.m.-9 p.m.
Thursday, August 4
Ag Technology Day, Intensive
Grazing Pasture Management,
Westmoreland Fairgrounds, 1
p.m.-4 p.m. and 7 p.m.-9 p.m.
York County Holstein picnic.
South Central FFA Dairy Show,
Shippensburg Fairgrounds.
Potter County Holstein Show,
Millport Fairgrounds, 10 a.m.
CONFINEMENT
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laatanara oHar Improvad durability
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