AjQ-uhctlw Farming, Saturday, February 11, 1995 (Continued from Page AlO) that are the most productive. Pennsylvanians for the Respon sible Use of Animals (PRUA) sponsors such programs as the Code of Ethics for animal hand ling, the “I Care” initiative for young animal handlers to raise their awareness of humane animal care and other educational pro jects to demonstrate that the man agement practices of livestock producers are no accident. More over, livestock producers practice proper animal care because inhu mane practices are morally repug nant to them. This is only one example of the erroneous statements that were made in the article. As a defender of animal agri culture, PRUA has responded to Ms. Diantoniis’ article by sending a letter to the editor of Apprise magazine. (.Apprise is the publica tion for WITF-TV and radio, the public broadcasting network for central Pennsylvania.) While the damage has been done by her arti cle, PRUA hopes to correct the situation so that Apprise readers are given the truth about our in dustry. Many members of the animal rights movement have declared war on meat consumption. But this is only one aspect of their “agenda.” They also target the elimination of animal use in bio medical research, entertainment, personal companionship and sport. In a Recent University Trial, Impact Outyielded 43 Varieties Over A Three Year Period. Beating Such Varieties As Centurion, Agressor, DK 125, Alfagraze, Apollo Supreme, Multiking 1, OK 135 And Many Others!!! Variety IMPACT CENTRURION 111% AGRESSOR DK 125 APOLLO SUPREME 110% DK 135 ALFAGRAZE MULTIKING 1 Resistance To the Major Alfalfa Diseases!!! PHYTOPHTHORA ' ROOT ROT VARIETY IMPACT NORTHAMPTON COUNTY SEEDS COMPANY, INC. Members of PRUA, which con sists of 17 Pennsylvania groups and associations, affiliated organi zations and hundreds of indivi duals, have banded together to fight the misconceptions, myths and misinformation being spread by individuals like Ms. Diantoniis. PRUA works to maintain our right to continue to utilize animals in our daily lives. We support the humane treatment of animals and strongly oppose those who seek to end man’s use of animals through acts of terrorism, misinformation and intimidation. Furthermore, PRUA’s programs provide infor mation, education and support for endangered industries and animal users. PRUA encourages indivi duals who are concerned about their livelihood or who simply en joy the companionship provided by a pet to become a member of our growing family. To learn more about PRUA or to become a mem ber write to; PRUA, P.O. Box 61, Elizabethtown, PA 17022. Ken Brandt Executive Director PRUA Editor, There is a light at the end of the tunnel and the tunnel is getting shorter for dairy farms! In the past, the number of farms and the separation of numbers and ages of farmers kept federal orders pricing to suit the many handlers. Now the last report from Market Adminis tration shows the bend of just who is going to be in charge. The num- 3 Year Average Yield (Yield % of Check) 113% 111% 111% 109% 108% 106% VERTICILUUM WILT HR 647 Georgetown Road, Nazareth, PA 18064 610-837-6311 ber of farmers, their ability to group, their power in producing large quantities of quality milk hey, come on, there is power in numbers! Intelligence, integrity, initiative, perseverance and com mon sense, are all good ways to describe the very few, few power ful dairy farms, that are left. Fe deral orders have the lowest num ber of dairies in history! Federal orders are started by farmers and can be ended by farmers, by ma jority vote. So just like the good witch said you had the power to go home all the time you just didn’t know you had it! There’s no place like home. So don’t depend on that big bal loon to take you anywhere or do anything fra- you. You must do it for yourself. Stand strong behind your Constitution and Bill of Rights. Say, “I am an American Farmer, I deserve to vote as I choose and if I choose not to vote that’s OK too! But untie my right to vote as an individual. That's against the law of the land, that’s what we as American Fanners de serve.” When you find a new alfalfa that combines these high yields with these genetic defenses - you plant a winner BACTERIAL WILT FUSARIUM WILT HR HR Peter A. Seman Thompson A LESSON WELL LEARNED*., LANCASTER FARMING'S CLASSIFIED ADS GET RESULTS! ANTHRACNOSE MR Ag Seminar Provides that producers using the product need to look a each cow, keep them healthy and in good body condi tion, and actually they need about S percent extra feed (all feeds, not just top dressing grain). No one saw any relationship to mastitis and BST, except that BST is not a cure for mastitis. Snavely said he doesn’t use it with cows with a high somatic cell count; Drager said he just saw that infected cows he injected kqpt the infection. Sammons said he actually saw some happy farmers this past year because of BST. He said smiling farmers is something he hasn’t been seeing for the past four or five years. As far as a glut of milk on the market causing lower prices, Sam mons said that myth should be debunked. He said that national milk production increases attri buted to BST are insignificant. The real increase in milk pro duction has come from the indus try wide use of calf hutches, which has reduced calf mortality signific antly, Sammons said, down to MARCH 15, 1995 • LANCASTER, PA >peal * Dr. Charles E. Gardner, D, V.M. - Mission Statement and Job Descriptions • Mr. Dale VanErden, Dairy Farm Owner - Bring the employees into the team for greater success. • Mr. Steve & Joe Graybeal, Dairy Farm Partners - Creative compensation of employees that works & motivates. FINALLY A seminar that deals with the most important item on your farm: PEOPLE. This One Day Seminar, On March 15th Will: • Enable you to find and keep good employees • Release the power of teamwork to help your farm succeed • Teach you how to write job descriptions that you can use to hire and evaluate employees • Empower you by helping create a mission statement that will guide all future decisions • Open new creative ways to tie employee pay to performance • Emphasize ways to keep employees long term MAXIMIZING the POTENTIAL of AG A DIVISION OF FISHER & THOMPSON, INC 15 NEWPORT RD., LEOLA, PA 17540 PHONE: (717) 656-3307* FAX: (717) 656-4530 (Continued from Page A 24) about 10 percent from 25 percent or more. More heifer calves sur viving to replace or expand the milking herds have more to do with milk production increases than BST, he said. “BST (represents) less than 1 percent of die (milk production) increase across the country. It doesn’t work on every farm,” he said. Further, he said SS percent of those using BST are those with herds of fewer than 100 cows. The bigger herds don't have the intimacy with their animals to keep on top of the individual cow health. In order to do what the smaller producer can do with BST, the large operations would lose the efficiency advantage of large scale and few employees. In other presentations, Albert Murry, LVNB president and CEO of the bank, discussed what len ders expect from borrowers; Char lie Parrott, LVNB vice president and business development officer talked about methods for passing on a family farm; and H. Louis Moore, PSU proffesor gave his .economic outlook. ers Sponsored By:
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