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V 01.43 No. 32
Dr. John Enck Heads PDA Animal Health, Diagnostic Bureau
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) The Pennsylvania Depart
ment of Agriculture has
announced several staffing
changes, including the director of
the state Bureau of Animal Health
and Diagnostic Services, one of
the most important programs to the
productivity and safety of the
state’s livestock and pet industry,
as well as human health.
John Enck Jr. VMD, of Dills
burg, has been named director of
the Bureua of Animal Health and
Diagnostic Services, replacing the
retired Max Van Buskirk. Enk is to
supervise the bureau and the state
diagnostic laboratory, located
adjacent to the state Agriculture
Building in Harrisburg.
Enk is to also serve as executive
director of the Animal Health and
Diagnostic Commission, on which
Governor Glendening
Unveils Rural Legacy Areas
KAREN BUTLER
Maryland Correspondent
COMUS, Md. Maryland
Governor Parris Glendening un
veiled the first Rural Legacy areas
in the state at a news conference
held at the Comus Inn here in
Montgomery County. The Rural
Legacy program is a land pre
servation initiative designed to
protect agricultural land from the
development encroaching into
Maryland’s rural areas. Rural
Legacy is a component of the gov
ernor’s Smart Growth plan to pre-
Farmers are having field days—days suitable to be in the fields —right on
their own farms this week. After the storms of last week, field work prog
ressed rapidly. According to the Pennsylvania Agricultural Statistics Ser
vice, corn planting was near completion by the beglnlng of this week. That’s
slightly ahead of last year and the five-year average. Soybean planting was
still behind the average. Adequate soli moisture and sunshine aided
emergence of both the corn and soybean crops. Average corn height was
six Inches throughout the state.
Apple and peach conditions were rated mostly good to excellent.
Reports Indicate that a number of growers are experiencing an unusually
heavy fruit crop.
The quality of hay cut was 83 percent good to excellent, 13 percent fair,
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he has served since the commis
sion started up in 1988. Over the
years, he has served as vice chair
man and chairman of the AHDC’s
Laboratory Design Committee,
which was formed to address the
building needs for the new diag
nostic laboratory in Harrisburg.
The diagnostic laboratory and
updated equipment was needed in
order for Pennsylvania to earn
national testing accreditation to be
able to conduct instate testing
associated with the exporting and
importing of agricultural animals,
and diagnose and help control ani
mal diseases.
State Secretary of Agriculture
Samuel Hayes said, "Animal agri
culture is the cornerstone of Pen
nsylvania’s No. 1 industry. Dr.
Enck brings a wealth of experience
as a veterinarian and as a leader in
serve some of the state’s resources
including open space land and to
limit the adverse impacts of
sptawl on agricultural lands and
natural resources.
Surrounded by representatives
from Montgomery, Frederick, and
Washington counties who had
jointly proposed the protected
area. Governor Glendening said
he is setting aside $8.25 million to
purchase conservation easements
that will create a corridor of pro
tected natural land that spans the
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 13, 1998
the agricultural community, both
on a state and national level. His
familiarity with current animal
health issues will be valuable as he
begins his new position."
Hayes said that part of the goals
Three generations of the Fritz family are active on the farm In New Windsor, Carroll
County. Shown standing at the farm sign, from left to right, are Sharon and Daniel,
George, and Jessica Fritz. In front is Jeffrey Fritz with “Rusty.” story page A 32.
Riding Program Provides Therapy For Disabled
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Fanning Staff
LEACOCK (Lancaster Co.)
For folks with handicaps, riding a
horse can teach them many things.
When the horse moves, children
set for the Bureau and the diagnos
tic laboratory are expansion of
efforts to provide efficient, effec
tive service to all Pennsylvanians
and to animal health professionals.
"I am interest in developing
riders with disabilities learn to
evoke better control of their mus
cles. Warmth from the animal
allows them a sense of comfort and
puts them in touch, with nature.
A riding instructor, who walks
and four percent poor. Lack of rain and cool weather slowed growth of pas
tures. Overall, the condition of pastures has gradually declined over the
past few weeks.
As shown in the photos, barley harvest has progressed nicely with many
fields completed and grain-runs good to excellent except where storms
affected the stands. Monday afternoon, Mervin' Leid was running Frank
Weaver’s custom combine for Allen Newswanger (no relation to the editor)
along Hoover Avenue Just south of Huyard Road between Ephrata and New
Holland. Laid said this field was producing about 100 bushels per acre, bet
ter than most fields he had done. By the time rains came in mid-week, an
estimated 70 percent of the barley had been harvested in southeastern
counties. Photo by Evaratt Nawawangar, managing adltor.
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even stronger relationships within
the unique tripartite Pennsylvania
Animal Diagnostic Laboratory
System (PADLS), working
cooperatively with the University
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with the handicapped on one side,
helps them leant to interact in new
and profound ways with the horse
itself, the sidewalker, and the
leader.
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