A42-Lancaster Firming, Saturday, May 1, 1999 West Snyder FFA Members Earn Sun Area Degrees (Continued from Page All) included Jodi Fetterolf, presi dent; James Wright, vice presi dent; Kate Heeter, secretary, Melissa McWilliams; treasurer, Heather Hollenbach, reporter; From the left, Kenneth Boyer, West Snyder High School principal, congratulates Jennifer McWilliams who was named the SUN Area Star Farmer at the SUN Area FFA fall meeting. Public Auction Register Closing Date Monday 5:00 P.M. of each week's publication Internet Sale Register will be updated every Sat. at 2:23 P.M. MAY sat may 1 - 9AM Lebanon Val c*v ..... , .. r ley Livestock Farm Machinery |*l' 1■ At Hauseman s consignment Sale 1 mile Eof pfu^,n 0 M Ri Rd »' Fredericksburg, Pa along Rt 22 hi » P |a " ,s ' r stlru “ )er V & Tractors, equip , lawn & garden, blue spruce trees Gary Hause- misr * man auct - 80 CONSIGNMENT AUCTION Whitney Point Auction Mart Rt. 11, Behind the Liquor Store, Whitney Point, NY 10:10 AM SAT., MAY 8,1999 From David & Ruth Goldstein, farm is sold; Murray 18 hp 46” mower w/bagger, JD Hd back blade, cement mixer, etc From Ron Cook’s, JD 318 w/46” mower deck, weights & chains, Agn-Fab 38’ lawn sweeper, blower on 2 wheel cart, ladder, etc. From Weber estate, cement mixer, hand tools, ladder, trailer axles, etc From local farmers, Auggie mixer wagon (no scale), Kubota B 7200 diesel. 4WD w/loader. IH 350 gas, wide front, utility IH 2050 TRUCK w/DETROIT DIESEL, ALLISON AUTO TRANS AND MOUNT ED 3300 GAL. TANK SPREADER, NH 310 BALER w/THROWER (Super Nice!), Gehl Hydra-Cat Skid steer loader, Freeman Front loader, Gehl #5O mixer grinder, 3pth Bush Hog #4O rototiller, 3 pth MF rake. Case 730 diesel tractor, wfe for parts, several truck consliuction caps, yVcu Single axle trailers, New tandem axle car/equip ment nailer. Construction type office trailer Woods 5’ hush hog mowei, LAWN & GARDEN; JD 650 diesel w/lront mtd snow blower. 3 pth Finish mower, chains. weights. JD Disc, JD I bot plow, JD lime sower, JD thatcher, estate rake, several 2 wheel carts, 5 hp chip per/shredder, Jacobsen gang mowers, JD 7R6 snow blower, etc Lincoln 225 amp welder, Onan 4000 watt generator. New bench model drill press, 6” pump, SPECIALS: 1954 CHEVY I TON PICKUP TRUCK. 1997 YAMAHA KODIAK 400 ATV. 4WD. HIGH. LOW & REVERSE (ONLY 650 MILES). RACKS. AND SNOW PLOW. 1974 FORD OFFICE VAN w/7000 Watt Generator, and Roof air, will be offered separately and together. MISC 1989 Ford Escort, 6 sets of wooden steps, metal doors, chains, 100 locust fence posts, wood cart, compressor, etc. GUNS: Ithaca Mod 37 12 gauge Deerslayer, Maihn 1898 Octagonal barrel 30-30 lever action rifle Daisey Model 1894 lever action BB gun. Crossman 761 XL BB gun, chest freezer, some hand tools, etc More items coming in Please bring equipment no later than Friday evening 6’30 PM Call To Consign Ten percent commission, 2% dis count to Farm Bureau Members. No buyers premi um/auctioneer fee Terms Cash, Approved Check, VISA, MASTER CARD, DISCOVER Larry Hagedorn 607-693-1110 “Charlie” Manasse Auctioneer 607-692-3516 and Craig Baker •, sentinel. Chapter degrees were bestowed upon second-year FFA members in the SUN Area. The Chapter Degree Team from West Snyder consisted of Charles SAT MAY 1 -10 AM Restaurant Equip Auction, Gregory’s Food and Spirits, Rt 22, 7 miles east of car Held at 2600 Strawbndge Ln, Huntingdon, Pa Marl< Baranows- New Windsor, Md Estate of <l ’. aut:l Arthur (Bucky) Haines Nevm E Tasto, auct MON MAY 3 - 3PM Reddini tion Service Exceptional tractors, SAT MAY 8 - 9AM kersletters vans cars, Ford Mustang Mach I, Consignment Auction Located Trailer, Camper, Tractors, Tarm along Rt 64, 5 miles N of Belle- Machinery, Lawn & Garden fonte, Pa , 1 mile from the Yat Equip , Tools, Etc Held at Red- Zion, Centre Co Barry L Kerstel dmg Auction Service located tak- ter, auct mg Rt 34, 1/2 mile N of Gettys burg, Pa Redding Auction Ser SAT MAY 8 - 9AM Household, antiques, tools, farm machinery. Kessler 111, president; Brad Rheam, vice president; Mandy Varner, secretary; Kathy Fry, reporter; Valerie Snook, sen tinel; and Todd Esbenshade, stu dent adviser. SAT MAY 8 -10 10AM Consign ment Auction, Whitney Point Auc tion Mart, Rt 11 behind the liquor store, Whitney Point, nY Charlie Manasse Auct How Low Is Too Low For Somatic Cell Count? GEORGE F. W. HAENLEIN Extension Dairy Specialist University of Delaware NEWARK. Del. - Years ago, when the somatic cell count (SCO was introduced as a quick and fairly reliable monitor of udder health and milk quality (this was for milk from cows, but later was applied to goat and sheep milk as well), the maxi mum allowable level was 1.5 million SCC per milliliter of milk. A few years later this maxi mum level was reduced to 1 mil lion and then to 750,000, where it has remained for cow milk. Because of physiological dif ferences in milk secretion between goats and cows, howev er, the goat milk level is still 1 million. There is a push to reduce this maximum level further to 400,000 or less. Proponents argue that in Europe the maximum allowable level is already at 400,000, putting United States dairy farmers at a competitive disad vantage in international trade. Also, it is argued that many United States dairy farmers already have successfully achieved such low levels rou tinely, so that a change would not create hardship; this refers to the level in the composite total milk of all cows in a herd, the so-called bulk-milk-tank somatic cell count. Individual cows may deviate from that average level at times, depending on individual physio logical and pathological condi tions. Pathological conditions, of course, will be subject to treat ment or culling of the cow and efforts of breeding selection against it. The widespread reduction from 1.5 million to almost one tenth that level is a great suc cess story for our dairy indus try's efforts in giving the con sumer the best possible quality of milk in a span of only 25 years. This has been achieved through the combined efforts of ever better cow and herd sanita tion procedures and equipment and through the effects of genet ic selection. How much further can this reduction be pushed? Is the count of somatic cells in milk an evil that it should be eliminated altogether? Somatic cells are mostly leukocytes, which are normal constituents in all body fluids and blood circulation. They are the watchdogs and aggressive defenders against invading bac teria and other harmful microoganisms. If not for the presence of these leukocytes, our bodies and those of animals would suffer constantly under the harmful infections and attacks of the many microoganisms present in our environment, despite strong sanitation procedures. Leukocytes in blood and body fluids are invaluable, migrating to microbial attack sites, if nec essary in great numbers, to ensure health and survival of the animal. They are necessary defenders of body and organ health, and in the case of dairy animals, of the mammary gland. Does this mean that a certain minimum number of leukocytes must always be present to assure health and prevent major mastitis outbreaks? And, if so, what is the minimum number? Obviously, if one draws a graph and plots a line from 1.5 million to 1 million and to 750,000, and then extrapolates down that line, the count could, theoretically, reach zero. But would that make sense, or worse, is it even advisable for optimum defense of the body against bacterial invasions? Some research studies help to answer this question for best strategy on the dairy farm. Penn State University researchers reported in the "Journal of the American Veterinary medicine Association" (volume 192, No. 6, pages 761-765, 1988) that the incidence of clinical coliform mastitis was significantly high er in low bulk-milk-tank somat ic-cell-count herds (LSCC) (<0.15 million). Yet the incidence of clinical mastitis due to two of the most prevalent offenders- Streptococcus agalactiae and Staphylococcus aureus bacteria was significantly higher in high bulk-milk-tank-somatic-cell count herds (HSCC) (<0.7 mil lion). They also reported that LSCC herds had a high inci dence of clinical mastitis during the first month of lactation, whereas HSCC herds had clini cal mastitis uniformly during the entire lactation period. Other studies have also npted that HSCC cow udder quarters were more resistant to E. coli infection than cows with LSCC. A new study in the Netherlands examined this question again, reporting ("Journal of Dairy Science" 81:411-419, 1998) under their conditions of LSCC - <0.15 mil lion compared to HSCC of only <0.4 million. At both low levels, there was no difference in the number of clinical mastitis cases. However, in the LSCC herds there was a greater, more widespread range of clinical mastitis with more severe cases than in the HSCC herds. Also, clinical mastitis due to gram-negative bacteria-E. coli, Klebsiella, Pseudomonas occurred more often in LSCC herds, while HSCC herds had more clinical mastitis cases due to Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus agalactiae and Streptococcus dysgalactiae, con firming the earlier Penn State study results. So do these studies mean that diary herds with low somat ic cell counts lose more money due to mastitis than herds with higher somatic cell counts? The Penn State finding of more mastitis in early lactation in LSCC herds is significant in more than one way. It is true that HSCC herds are more resistant to E. Coli infections, which are prevalent in early lactation, then LSCC herds are at increased risk to those mastitis infections. Moreover, a new study from Tennessee ("Journal of Dairy Science" 81:1285-1290) showed that cows with mastitis in early lactation had significantly greater numbers of services per conception (2.9 vs. 1.6), more days to conception (137 vs. 92) and more days to lirst service *■94 ys. 71) than cows without mastitis in early lactation.
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