LANDISBURG (Perry
Co.) —County dairy producers
gathered at the Landisburg Fire
Hall recently to mark the 70th year
of the Perry County Dairy Herd
Improvement Association.
Fifty-nine county herds partici
pated in the testing programs this
past year, with 5,000 county cows
on test.
Awards were presented to
county producers whose herds
have excelled in production dur-
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Perry County DMA Holds Annual M
ing the past year. Accepting herd
management awards for produc
ing more than 21,000 pounds of
milk were Ben Dum, EUiottsbuig;
Dave Weller, Elliottsburg; and
Ken Benner, Millerstown.
Herd management awards for
production between
19,000-21,000 pounds were Oss
car & Winnie Campbell, Newport;
Duane Hertzler, Loysville; and
Max & Flo Reapsome, Loysville.
Accepting herd management
Case 4008, gas; Case-O-
Matic, nice; Case 0, L, LA.
Parting out: LA, SC, RC.
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Case 470 Diesel dean,
new dutch $4500.; Case
870 diesel rebuilt eng.
$4800.; Chester Co.
610/932-0756.
Case IH 7140 FWD 1025
hrs, exc. cond., owner
operated/service $69,500.;
540/234-9560 or
234-6437. '
Case tractors, 1936 L, runs
nice; 2 LA's, run but need
work. 10% off through Dec.
Parting out LA, SC, RC,
500, 930. 717-526-2943
8-B:lSa.m.
Case Wl4 wheel loader,
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and injector pump, new
paint, nice, $15,000.
610-932-5578.
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power shift, good 20.8x38
rubber, 3150 hours, nice
clean tractor, $23,000.
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Antique tractors, 2 JOB'S,
Oliver 60, AC-WC un
styled. All need work!
Styled WC runs nice.
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BACKHOE ATTACH
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BATWING MOWERS, new
WOODS 15' & 20', $5,500.
& $7,000. 410-833-9091
BELTING: We specialize in
flat belting, cut to order,
baler throwers, self unload
ing wagons, long table
blower bells. Franklin Co.
717-263-0573. NO Sunday
calls.
Bobcat 7753 skid loader,
1991, 1600 hours,
$13,500. or trade on equip
ment or diary cattle;
410/692-6028.
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Brillion 8’ & 10' packer/
seeder; Brillion s'4’ land
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CASE 900 Wheatland w/
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diesel, nice, $2,700.
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LPTO, dual hyd., no 3 pt,
85 hp, clean Colorado
tractor, $3,500.
410-833-9091
Case 1825 skid loader, ga
soline, 1425 hours, excel
lent condition, $6,500.
(717)243-7797 evenings.
Case 1845 skid loader,
new tires and bucket, fresh
engine, $7500.
610-932-5576.
Antique manure spreader
w/deat iron wheels, work
ing 1,000. Other antiques.
Rakes, plow, iron wheels.
410-756-4627.
1947 RTU MM tractor, re
cently painted, new tires,
calcium filled, needs some
work, $1,200 firm.
(717)725-3566.
1968 2 Cow Wooden
Cattle Trailer; 1,850 Gallon
Anhydrous Amonia Tank
and Wagon w/Meter and
Cdd Flow Box, Excellent
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Tire Scrapper, 3PL Hitch,
Good Condition.
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1978 7700 diesel, hydro,
hydraulic latch auger,
super immaculate,
$10,900. Trade & Finance.
Lany Stalter The Combine
Man’ 1-800-248-2151
1979 International 1440
axle flow combine, 2900
hrs., 13', 1810 grainhead,
4R 843 oomhead, 1 owner.
814-629-9566.
1982 Deere 6620, low hrs.,
Indiana machine, emma
culate, 90% tires*, $26,650.
6600 diesel, 50 hrs. on en
gine major, $6,500. Larry
Stalter, ‘The Combine
Man' 1-800-248-2151
1987 AC 8070 tractor, cab,
air, power shift, MFWD,
20.8x38 rear dual tires,
90% tread on ail tires, 3
remotes, 1600 hrs, exc.
cond. $32,000.;
609/894-4363.
1988 Bobcat 743, 2700
hours, can deliver.
717/738-2044 after
s:3opm.
1991 Jones Tub grinder
235 hp w/mag. separator
$28,000.; 609^94-4363
T only- New Demo Zetor
tractor #7711, 77hp, 10
speed, 3pth, hydraulics,
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approved credit and 20%
down. (716)296-5278.
(2) Case 380 parts tractors,
$lBOO for the pair.
610-932-5576.
(2) gravity bins w/running
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tractor, NF, fast hitch, ind.
live PTO, $2,500. IH 35 hay
rake, good shape, $BOO.
(610)857-5706.
2-Poly Rotec Fertilizer
Tanks, 22S0gal/each.
Franklin County.
(717)264-8900.
3940 JD chopper, 514'
pickup, 2RN, good condi
tion. Franklin County,
(717)762-6715.
3-pL hitch for JD62O, 720,
no top link, $750 firm.
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410 Knight Manure
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4600 Hess ton haybaler w/
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699 MF 4WD, 95hp,
$14,900. (Loader avail
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mixer, $1,050.
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diesel, 404 turbo, excellent
tires, IS' rigid head, ready
to go. (215)885-1032.
awards fear improvement in pro
duction for herds below 19,000
pounds were Tom & Shayne Dum,
Landisburg; Noah Sauder, Loys
ville; and Irvin Martin, Ickesburg.
Awards for high cows for milk
and protein were received by Ed
Brofee, Millerstown, 2-year-old,
28,859 pounds of milk; Nevin
Rice, Blain, 2-year-old, 867
pounds protein, 5-year-old,
31,332 pounds milk and 9v6
pounds protein; Jesse & Barb Sin
gleton, 3-year-old, 30,522 pounds
milk and 928 pounds protein; Carl
Kresge, Loysville, 4-year-old,
32,953 pounds milk and 1,039
pounds protein; Melvin Weaver,
Ickesburg, aged cow, 31,992 President Brooks Smith, third from left, congratulates
pounds milk; and Ray McMillen, award winners at the Perry County DHIA banquet. From
Loysville, aged cow, 969 pounds left, Oscar Campbell, Newport; Ben Dum, Elllottsburg;
protein. Smith; Dave Weller, Elllottsburg; Jesse Singleton, Landis-
For several years, the oldest burg; Nevin Rice, Blain; and Tom Dum, Landisburg.
milking cow in the county that
was on test was cow #29 owned
by Melvin Weaver, Ickesburg.
Ibis remarkable cow produced
293,192 pounds (33,700 gallons)
of milk in 16 lactations. This past
summer’s heat took its toll on the
old girl, and she didn’t live to
make 300,000 pounds.
Speakers for the evening ban
quet included Dave Slusser, gen
eral manager of PA DHIA. He
spoke in detail about the new
MUN test. He commented that
this test is another tool to assist
dairymen in feeding the cows
properly.
“With the variable forages we
MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
MAY REDUCE
SPIKING MORTALITY
SYNDROME IN
SUSCEPTIBLE FLOCKS
Dr. Regina Vasilatos-Younken
Associate Professor
Department Of
Poultry Science
In recent years, spiking mortali
ty syndrome (SMS) has been rec
ognized as an infectious disease
caused by a viral agent, possibly an
arena-like virus, that can result in
significant losses in turkey, broil
er, and some breeder flocks.
Broilers usually show symp
toms of the disease within the first
2-3 weeks alter hatching, and can
exhibit runting, enteritis, and, in
response to stressors such as feed
depletion, severe low blood sugar
or hypoglycemia that can ultimate
ly result in death.
Until recently, efforts to find
approaches to reduce the severity
or incidence of this disease in high
ly affected areas have not been
successful. However, the recogni
tion that SMS is a transmissible
viral disease raises hope for the
development of a vaccine for pre
ventative immunization o£ flocks.
From a management standpoint,
there may be some efforts that will
reduce the transmission of the dis
ease and minimize losses in
already infected flocks.
Darkling beetles have been
identified as a transmission vector.
Consequently, litter should be
cleaned out and houses disinfected
between flocks. High house temp
eratures between broods appear to
destroy the virus, so heating
houses to 120 degrees F. may be an
Lancaster Firming, Saturday, Dacambar 23, 1995-09
have stored due to the drought,
this tool will be especially useful
this winter," said Slusser. MUN
tests cost IS cents/cow for DHIA
members and SO cents/cow for
non-members.
Brooks Smith, Newport,
informed the group about new ini
tiatives taken at the PA DHIA
state board level in managing the
organization. Emily Dum, Perry
County dairy princess, stressed
how important dairy products are
to the nutrition and health of
adults.
Dave Shenk, regional manager,
spoke on some of the cost-cutting
effective adjunct to chemical
disinfection.
Rodents also are knownto be
carriers of arena- and bunyavir
uses, so an effective rodent control
program is essential from every
aspect of a good house manage
ment program.
One of the recent approaches to
control mortality in infected flocks
that may be highly effective,
although further controlled studies
are needed to fully verify this
approach, is through the use of a
controlled lighting program that
minimizes stress and, thereby, the
incidence of hypoglycemia and
spiking mortality. Such a program
is based on subjecting broilers to
increasing periods of darkness
from hatching until 2 weeks of age,
the period when birds are most sus
ceptible to clinical manifestations
of the disease, and when high mor
talities may occur.
Beginning at hatch, the dark
period is increased until, by the
second week of life, chicks are
subjected to 10 hours of darkness
from 8 to 14 days of age. After this
period, the duration of darkness is
decreased until birds are under 22
hours of light at the time of
processing.
In studies conducted by Dr.
James F. Davis of the Georgia
Poultry Laboratory in Oakwood,
Ga., birds that were experimental
ly infected with inocula previously
shown to cause SMS, and main
tained under 24 hours of light per
day, exhibited 18 percent mortality
in response to an induced stress. Of
the remaining live birds, 39 per
cent exhibited hypoglycemia and
22 percent had clinical symptoms
of SMS. In contrast, there were no
mortalities among inoculated birds
t J
measures employed by DHIA in
the past year, including the effi
ciency increases in employees
now that many herds have
switched to AM/PM. Dave had the
dairy farm families in attendance
recognize two of the technicians
that work in the county—Walter
Stydinger, Elliottsburg, and J.
Michael O’Toole, Blain. Shenk
complimented these gentlemen
for their excellent work and dedi
cation to their jobs.
Brent McMillen, Loysville, was
reelected to another term on the
county advisory committee.
maintained under the modified
lighting program and no clinical
symptoms of SMS.
Only 6 percent of birds in this
group were measurably hypo
glycemic. Use of this modified
lighting program by a broiler com
pany in Georgia reportedly virtual
ly eliminated SMS and ranting in
their flocks while maintaining nor
mal body weights at processing
and feed conversions within the
normal range. Positive responses
to such a program have been
obtained both experimentally and
in the field.
The mechanism by which modi
fied lighting reduces the clinical
manifestations of SMS and the
incidence of mortality is not
known. However, because physi
cal activity and sensory-perceived
stress to birds are decreased during
the dark period, glucose demands
would be lower.
It has also been suggested that
the sensitivity of birds to stress
related hormones, which normally
increase metabolic rate, would
decrease with reduced lighting,
again reducing glucose demands.
The combination of all these fac
tors may thus contribute to main
taining higher blood glucose levels
and reducing the likelihood of
hypoglycemia.