VoJ. 42 No. 31
Tom and Pag Kelly, Tyrone, pose with some of their Spring-Lane Regis
tered Holstein herd In this home-farm scene. Tom has been unanimously
endorsed by the Pennsylvania Holstein Association as a candidate for vice
EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Managing Editor
TYRONE (Blair Co.) - For Tom
and Peg Kelly, Tyrone, fanning is a
spiritual calling they have been
successfully answering since 1974
when Spring-Lane Farm was
established in the beautiful Sinking
Three New Flocks Test A.L Positive
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming Staff
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
Wednesday afternoon three
additional flocks were found posi
tive for the avian influenza (A. 1.)
virus, all within the established
northern Lancaster County quar
Four Become Penn State
Extension Dairy Agents
VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Farming Staff
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) The are four new people
working as Penn State Cooperative
Extension agents in the state since
last fall.
The state univeristy’s extension
service had been losing staff for
years because of state and federal
Five Sections
Kelly’s Calling To Farm Adds Meaning To Life
Valley east of Tyrone.
Tom has been unanimously
endorsed by die Pennsylvania
Holstein Association membership
at die recent annual meeting to be
the candidate for the position of
vice president of Holstein USA.
The voting for this position will be
an tine zone, according to a veter
inarian for the state agriculture
department here at a news confer
ence Thursday morning.
Dr. Bruce Schmucker, V.M.D.,
chief, division of compliance and
regulations with the Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture’s
educational funding cuts. State
funding for extension was rein
stated under the current Legisla
ture and the administration of Gov.
Tom Ridge.
Restructuring also has been
occurring at Penn State with a new
president, new dean and the crea
tion of a dean-level extension
(Turn to Pogo A2S)
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 7, 1997'
held at the national convention in
Grand Rapids June 27-28.
Today the Cum consists of 390
acres with 130 head of registered
Holsteins and a rolling herd aver
age on 80 cows at 25,305 m 927 f
821 p. Current classification
BAA% is 105, and the herd has
Bureau of Animal Industry, spoke
about the additional flocks, which
brings to total seven poultry flocks
testing positive all within the
80-square mile quarantine zone
outlined in the May 24 issue of
Lancasttr Farming.
John Hoffman, executive direc
tor of the Pennsylvania Poultry
Federation, said so far a total of
237,000 new birds are in the flocks
tested positive Wednesday after
noon. Along with the four previous
flocks identified positive in May, a
total of 713,000 birds have been
destroyed. Losses to the industry
so far total about $1.5 million,
according to Hoffman.
Hoffman said there were three
new separate flocks within the
zone. All layers, they include one
farm with 44,982 birds; another
(Turn to Pago A 22)
president of Holstein USA at the national convention in Grand Rapids later
this month. Photo by Evaratt Nawawangar, managing aditor.
earned the PBR award nine years,
and the Progressive Genetics
award six yean. Spring-Lane is
one of the top2ooA- Value herds in
the United States. Exports have
June Dairy Month Special Issue
Index Of Dairy Stories
Dairy Week Al 6
Melodious Music A2O
Protecting Children A 22
Chester Milk'Lines A 26
Glenn’s Udderings A2B
$28.50 Per Year
gone to at least 11 foreign
countries.
The herd mostly traces back to
two full sisters, Apollo daughters
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Airville Dairy A3O
Top Dairy Growth A 33
Mast Family A 34
Brosius Honored A 37
Civil War Farm B 4
Dairy Contest Recipes B 6
Li’l Dairy Miss 810
Bradford Dairy Princess 812
SUN Dairy Salute 817
Lebanon Dairy Princess 826
Consistency With Change....B3o
Breakfast Promotion 834
DHIA Focus 835-38
Dairy Outlook C 6
Farming Love C 8
Choice Profession D 3
Conservatively Progressive.. D 6
Genetic Improvement D 8
N.Y. Dairy Industry Dll
Lost Hill Jerseys E 3
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