PDA Meat Evaluation Center
Accepts Performance Testing Applications
UNIVERSITY PARK (Game
Co.) —The Pennsylvania Deport
ment of Agriculture's Meat Ani
mal Evaluation Center is accept
ing applications for Pennsylva
nia’s performance testing
programs for nuns and boars.
At this writing, there are only a
few pens still available for the
Boar Testing Program. The nomi
astion period consumes for several
more weeks for the Ram Perform
ance Testing Program. We will ac
cept both fill born ram lambs be
tweea Sept 1.19?7 sod Dec. 31.
1997, and spring born naq limbs
bom in. January and February of
1998.
The mass nominated will be de
livered April T, -1998. They will
then be given a adjustment
period. On April 14. 1998. die
rams will be weighed on test The
rams will be weighed every 14
days and prograss reports wdl be
sent out to owners and requesting,
interested parties. The 84-day teat
will conclude July 7 and the rams
will have their average duly gain,
lifetime weight per day of age. and
respective ratios calculated. The
rams wfll be shorn, scanned übrs
tonically to determine fat thick
ness and loin-eye area, and under
go breed character and structural
evaluations. The rams will have a
breeding soundness exam which
will include a comprehensive se
men evaluation on the fidl-bom
isms.
After all of the objective
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evaluations, approximately 75
percent of the rams are selected to
be offered in Pennsylvania’s Per
formance Tested Ram Sale. This
year's Pennsylvania’s 20th An
nual Performance Tested Ram
Sale is scheduled for Saturday,
Aag. 1.1998. The ram sale will be
held in conjunction with an invita
tional ewe sale and the Pennsyl
vania Sheep Producen Held Day
at Perm State’s Ag Arena.
' Pennsylvania’s 23td Perform
ance Tested Boar Sale is slated
Expansion
Seminar Set
CHAMBERSBURG (Frank
lin Co.) - Is an expanded or new
dairy facility on your goal list for
the foreseeable future? If so,
you should consider attending
the half-day expansion seminar
sponsored by Franklin County
Cooperative Extension on
March 17.
The program will be held
form 9:45 a.m. until noon at the
Franklin County Administration
Annex Community Room,
Ghambersburg. Tbpics addres
sed will be "Facilities and
Financial Planning," Program
participants will be Agricultural
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Choose from 6 all-new models—from 70-145 PtO hp—engineered
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RD 1
Bachtelavllla, PA
610-845-2911
LEBANON VALLEY
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Wednesday evening, Ang. 19.
This is scheduled to coincide with
Penn Slate’s Ag Progress Days.
For more information on Penn
sylvania’s performance testing
programs or to nominate nuns or
boars, contact Glenn Eberly.
Director, Pennsylvania Depart
ment of Agriculture’s Meat Ani
mal Evaluation Center, 651 Fax'
Hollow Rd.. State College, PA
16803. Phone (814) 238-2527 or
(814) 865-5857 to leave a mes
sage or send a lax.
Engineer Dan McFarland and
Farm Management Agent
Roland Freund.
Prom 1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.,
Dan McFarland will be die*
cussing "Free Stall Dairy
Shelter Designs That Enhance
Management." The day's educa
tional program is two individual
presentations that stand alone.
Feel free to attend either the
morning or afternoon program
or both if you care to do so.
Lunch is on your own.
Preregistration is not
required. For more information,
contact extension agent Philip
Wagner at (717)263-9226.
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Route 22 *Bl9
Groonaburg, PA
412-668-2276
Hayes Appoints Purchase
To Head State
Veterinary Laboratory
HARRISBURG, (Dauphin
Co.) - Agriculture Secretary,
Samuel E. Hayes, Jr. announced
that Dr. H. Graham Purchase of
Starkville, Mississippi, has been
named chief of the Division of,
Veterinary Laboratories of the
Bureau of Animal Health and
Diagnostic Services.
"This position requires the
hands of a capable, leader with
the experience andimqdm to
ensure that Pennsylvania's ani
mal agriculture industry
remains healthy and safe from
disease." said Hayes. "Dr.
Purchase enjoys a national and
international reputation in vet
erinary science and is an out
standing administrator who will
be a tremendous asset to our
laboratory system."
Purchase will be responsible
for Veterinary Laboratory
pathology Service, Veterinary
Laboratory Microbiology
Services and Administrative and
Maintenance sections of the
division.
Gov. Tom Ridge officially
opened the department's new
$6.7 million state-of-the-art
Veterinary Diagnostic
Laboratory in September 1996.
The two-story building replace a
65-year-old laboratory in
□□WHITE
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Unc*«*r Farmhfl, Saturday, dwell 14,199ft€3
Summerdale, Cumberland
County. The new lab beside the
Agriculture Department
Building in Harrisburg, has
32,000 square feet and a staff of
50.
Working as the director of
research in Mississippi State
University College of Veterinary
Medicine since 1988, Purchase
received the dean's "Pegasus
Award" for external service to
the college.
He had preciously served
with the U.S. Department of
Agriculture's Agricultural
Research Service from 1974 to
1988. He served as special scien
tific advisor to the director,
Beltsville area; acting chief,
Livestock and Veterinary
Sciences, National Program
Staff; staff scientist for poultry,
National Program Staff and vet
erinary medical officer at the
Regional Poultry Research
Laboratory, East Lansing,
Michigan.
Purchase received a Ph.D.
from Michigan State University
in 1970. He also earned a mas
ter's degree from the Royal
College of Veterinary Surgeons,
London, England, in 1961.
A member of the American
Veterinary Medical Association,
Purchase also is a member of the
Royal College of Veterinary
Surgeons; American Association
of Avian Pathologist; American
College of Veterinary Microbio
logists; American College of
Poultry Veterinarians; U.S. ani
mal Health Association and
Council for Agricultural Science
and Technology.
Purchase is married and has
tow children.
Conservation District
Receives Awards
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
—The Lancaster County Conser
vation District was honored
March 3 by the Pennsylvania
Recreation and Park Society. Inc.
at its annual conference at the
Lancaster Host Resort
More than 250 people were in
attendance at die 1998 Awards
Banquet at which professionals,
students, volunteers, civic or
ganizations, and individual agen
cies are lauded fer their outstand
ing contributions and dedication
to die leisure field.
The conservative district re
ceived an Agency Publication
Award for the 1996 Annual Re
port, “Let’s Make One Thing Per
fectly Clear.” and an Excellence in
Programming Award for the En
vironment Education Program.
BREAKING MILK RECORDS!
Lancaster Farming Carries
DHIA Reports Each Monthl
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