818-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 26, 1998
To learn how to be more effective dairy promoters, 81 dairy maids, ambas- mini-seminar sponsored by Pennsylvania Dairy Princess and Promotion Ser
sadors, and junior representatives, with 28 adults attended the ninth annual vices, Inc.
Mini Seminar Teaches Basic Dairy Promotion To W 9
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) One hundred and nine po
tential dairy promoters 81
dairymaids, ambassadors and
junior representatives and 28
Changing Cows Diet
There was a study on changing
cows’ diets to reduce the risk from
E. coli. Can this really work?
The study you’re talking about
does sound promising, but it will
take a while to see if those find
ings translate into new farm prac
tices.
In a nutshell, it seems that some
strains of E. Coli a common
bacterium found in the intestinal
tracts of humans and animals -
have become resistant to stomach
acid. Since our stomach acid
doesn’t kill them, they wreak
havoc on us.
In a study published in Science,
U.S. Department of Agriculture
How Do
You Clean
Pillows?
The filling bed pillows can be
down, foam, rubber, foam chips,
polyester fiberfill, and kapok. The
safest method to clean a pillow is
based on the type of filling. If the
filling in the pillow is fiberfill, it is
usually best t launder it Foam
chips can harden with time and be
gin to crumble. It is probably best
not to clean these types of pillows.
Down-filled pillows can be
cleaned using a pillow machine.
The down is removed from the
ticking and placed directly into the
pillow machine. The down is
sometimes deodorized with ozone
or sanitized with ultraviolet light.
The feathers are then blown from
the pillow machine in to a new
ticking and additional feathers
may be added to fill out the pillow
if necessary.
Washing down pillows can pre
sent several problems. The fabric
ticking may be too fragile to
handle the agitation of washing
and tumble dryiong or so soiled it
would be best to replace it Often
the ticking is sized with water-siz
ing. This sizing helps hold the
down in the ticking. If the sizing is
removed in washing, feathers may
leak out.
adults gathered at Penn State’s Ag
Arena recently for the Ninth An
nual Mini-Seminar.
The one-day seminar conducted
researchers at Cornell University
found that switching cattle from
their traditional diet of nutrition
packed grain to hay for five days
before slaughter could reduce the
number of E. coli bacteria resist
ant to stomach acid. That way,
even if E. coli bacteria resistant to
stomach acid. That way, even if E.
coli is in your next burger, your
stomach acid would be able to
deal with it
How does it do that? Ohio State
University animal scientists sus
pect that the diet change suggested
■in the study would change the pH
in the cattle’s digestive tract
enough to reduce acid-resistant E.
coli numbers dramatically. In a
■ County dairy princesses from New York and New Jersey
attended a training seminar recently to learn how to effec
tively represent and promote the dairy Industry. The fol
lowing participated: Bottom Row, from left, Kristin Tuller,
Chenango County; Christine Buschor, Oneida County;
Abigail Adams, Ontario County; Tiffany King, Cortland
County; Amy Basil, Tompkins County; Charlotte Oakley,
Steuben County; Jennifer Boerenko, Saratoga County; Mi
chelle Pierce, Delaware County. Middle Row. from left:
Elizabeth Learn, Schuyler County; Mylissa Corlew, Wash
ington County; JoAnna Deßlock, Orange County; Kassan
dra Bennett, St. Lawrence County; Kirsten Haughton, Her
kimer County; Ann Beckerink, Chautauqua County; Jenni
fer Godin, Franklin County; Jessica Boise, Wayne County;
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by present and past state dairy
royalty is designed to teach the
basics of dairy promotion through
several workshops and lectures.
The workshops included informs-
Could Reduce E-Coli
grain-based diet, a cow’s rumen
usually has a pH of around 4.S to
S.S. Feeding a cow hay instead of
grain could change the pH to 6.5
or above. That sort of decrease in
acidity could deliver a knock-out
punch to bacteria that prefers a
more acid environment
However, this kind of change in
feedlot management can’t be done
overnight Feeding cows hay is
moer time-consuming and takes a
different type of equipment Feed
lots would also need to figure out
where to store all that hay, which
packs less nutrition per pound
than grain (meaning cows need to
eat more of it than grain). Also, no
one knows how a sudden change
tion on cows, dairy industry facts,
nutrition, public speaking, person
al appearance and social conduct
Also included this year for
those who had previously attend
in diet lilke this will affect the cat
tle, or if it will reduce their weight
gain a serious consideration for
feedlot owners who get paid per
pound.
Finally, researchers would like
to see these results replicated in
other studies before they make re
commendations based on one
study alone even if it is in the
highly respected Science isn’t
something scientists are comfort
able doing.
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The Ohio State University. Send
questions to Chow Line, do
Martha Filipic, 2021 Coffey
Road, Columbus, OH 43210-
1044, or filipic3@osu.edu.
Claudette Walck, Nlagara-Orleans County; Dawn Babcock,
Tioga County; Shannon Proudman, Schoharie County; Tif
fany Drape, Madison County; Roxanne Herman, Second Al
ternate State Dairy Princess; Meghan Fulllngton, First Al
ternate State Dairy Princess. Top Row, from left: Marla
Lant, Chemung County; Rachel Moody, Rensselaer Coun
ty: Shanna Castle, Genesee County; Rebekah Feuchter, Al
legany County; Jessica Degan, Otsego County; Melissa
Wyant, Wyoming County; Tammy Gabriel, Sullivan County:
Nicole Land, Cattaraugus County; Christa Porter, Jeffer
son County; Renee Farney, Lewis County; Nichole Ste
phens, Onondaga County; Mindy Lee, Broome County; Ju
lie Kelsey, New York State Dairy Princess.
the Mini-Seminar, was a work
shop on going from young pro
moter to dairy princess or alter
nate and public speaking skills.
The adults in attendance were giv
en a tour of the PA DHIA Labora
tory in the morning and joined the
seminar program in the afternoon.
Tammy Weaver of the Pennsylva
nia Beef Council spoke about the
importance of promoting both
beef and dairy products and how
they are related.
The 1996-1997 Pennsylvania
Dairy Princess Angela Werley and
Alternate Merideth Weiderspahn
conducted workshops for the
young promoters assisted by
reigning Pennsylvania Royalty
Nichole Meabon, Heather Riley,
and Eileen Murphy. The adult
leaders for the seminar were
PDPPS Coordinators Charlene
Ranck and Wanda Yoder and Ar
lene Wilbur and Jan Harding the
program directors.*'Also assisting
was Donna Werley of Berks
County.