A demonstration of horse shoe ing and hoof care is scheduled at noon, presented by farrier Mark King, Jennersville. Other participants include Anne Bates and Helen Fletcher of Gradyville who return every year to spin the wool and demonstrate knitting techniques. A special children’s comer with farm related activities, will be led by the Friends of Springton Manor Farm, a volunteer group who assists in special programs and activities at the park. />• Jiu&SL A A Full In If you could look inside a micro capsule of Partner* herbicide, you’d see something remarkable. A full season’s worth of grass control plus the added bonus of superior crop safety. TIMED-RELEASE, SEASON-LONG GRASS CONTROL IN CORN AND BEANS. Because of its unique encapsulated for mula, Partner “meters out" grass control throughout the growing season. The kind of effective preemergent control Music will be provided by Michael McGrath, West Chester. You can also stroll-through me entire farm complex which houses pigs, cows, chickens, turkeys, horses and more. There’ll be lots of new animals to meet and greet as the farm is expecting the arrival of piglets, lambs and chicks in time for the special event The bam will be open all day, with periodic rest breaks for the animals. ' -s" V , /j ' * mi/* Season Of Grass Control Every Mkro-Capsule. Contact the Monsanto Representative In Your Area Jeff Vance Rex Petit Sloan Rausser Lancaster, PA Monroeville, PA Salisbury, MD 717-860-8894 412-373-8633 410-843-1235 Mike Kuhns Jay Baratelli Bill Tucker Sellnsgrove, PA Annapolis, MD Amhsrst, VA 717-374-3734 410-268-5813 804-946-7184 fj* -/- - * ■“« vN * ?v -* ♦ * / '■'■! "X # _ t I v> Afe-f- you need to stop yield-robbing grasses like foxtails, fall panicum and bamyardgrass. Plus, the timed-release action of Partner provides maximum crop safety. Especially when young plants are most susceptible to herbicide stress. CONVENIENT DRY FORMULATION MIXES QUICKLY AND EASILY. Unlike other grass herbicides, Partner comes in an easy-to-handle dry for mulation. And while it mixes quickly and Sheep and Wool Day is a free event, food will be available for purchase, provided by Hopewell Most producers were very knowledgeable, but what sdll concerns me is that this data also indi cates that there are a significant number of beef producers within the industry that remain una ware that the proper and preferred site for giving IM or SubQ injections is in the triangular muscle jy" " "id , / *■ *' completely in your tank, there are no meters to mess with, no pumps to replace and no containers to rinse. This year, ask your dealer for timed ■release Partner herbicide from Monsanto, SEASON-LONG CONTROL THAT'S EASY TO HANDLE. flltf Is9sW Utoti 4MiM to A (tot Pmtm% to « ftowto Af to<WMW» Owpwy • fNCMMMrHi Cam pryAlff 43*1 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 15, 1995-A25 Boy Scout Troop #ST ” Route 322 in Guthriesville. For Springton Manor Farm is five information and directions, call miles west of Downingtown, off (610) 942-2450. Livestock Ledger (Continued from Pago A 24) bp* 4a mass area of the neck and not in the rump or top butt! There are a host of other skills related to sani tation, cattle handling, proper drug usage, and a good veterinarian/client/patient relationship that also need to be presented to cattlemen across this country. We need more Quality Assurance prog rams for livestock producers and more participa tion from livestock producers. Beef Industry Consolidation After many months of intense and sometimes healed discussion, the beef industry appears to be heading toward a plan that will bring two of the industry’s strongest organizations into one entity. According to Beef Industry Council Chairman Ron Curtis, the move will place the Beef Industry Council of the National Livestock and Meat Board and the National Cattlemen’s Association within the same organization. He says there’s plenty to like about the new plan. “The one thing that is really a strength is that is maintains the synergism that exists between the staff here in Chicago—the professional staff— the board of directors of the Beef Industry Coun cil of the National Livestock and Meat Board and the state professional people—professional staff—and the directors that exist for the state beef industry councils. That to me is the real, real strength of our marketing program domestically.” Curtis, a beef producer from Hastings, lowa, says there has been a big turnaround in attitude since some changes were made. “The people who were negative toward this thing now are positive. We have an opportunity to now go ahead and develop it. If this new struc ture is developed in the spirit in which it was pre sented and accepted, then I think we have an opportunity to have a really strong beef organization.” ""I According to Curtis, legal opinions about the structure presented at the end of February helped move the discussions forward. Transition teams are currently working to further develop the new organization. Pork producers are a hardy group. They work long hours, and endure changeable weather and difficult market conditions. Most fanners and their families readily admit the existence of prob lems connected with fanning but few will admit that these problems create stress. Farm stress is inevitable, given the condition of farming today. What is not inevitable is the damage stress can do to the health and the emo tions of farmers and their families. For most farmers stress is not severe enough to cause serious health problems. But for a few, and that number is growing, stress is life threatening. Some farmers display symptoms such as habitual smoking, heavy drinking, irritability, insomnia, fatigue, and restlessness. Stress interferes with their ability to make good judgements, slows their reaction time, causes them to cut comers, and stress symptoms generally make life miser able and uncomfortable for those around the farmers. Stress is that uncomfortable condition a per son experiences when the body creates excess energy to protect itself. This condition is caused by hormones being released into the body and by increased blood pressure, heart and breathing rates, and changes in blood flow. Not all stress is bad. If it weren’t for stress none of us could operate. Stress is harmful when it's not controlled or managed. A farmer can offset the harmful effects of stress by practicing the three R’s of stress man agement: remove, response, and revamp. Remove the attitudes and emotions that some times bog you down. Though you can never know yourself completely, the more self-aware you are, the better equipped you are to avoid stressful situations. Respond by learning and using techniques to help reduce the harmful effects of excessive stress. Revamp your life and your health, so that you have the physical and psychological strength to resist or easily combat the distress that stress can cause. Stress is an important and necessary part of life. How we handle it is the question. If we don’t .deal with it or we deny it is a part of our life, then we may feel the ill-effects of it Pork Producer Stress
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