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.
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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.