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.
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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.
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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
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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
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no meters to mess with, no pumps to
replace and no containers to rinse.
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SEASON-LONG CONTROL
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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.
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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.”
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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