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Vol. 44 No. 44
If Passed, State Bills Could Have Large,
Long-Term Effects On Animal Boarders, Farriers
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Fanning Staff
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
Two separate bills from Pen
nsylvania and New Jersey state
assemblies, if passed, could have
long-term, dramatic effects on the
ability to administer health care to
animals.
Friends of Swan Hollow Vanguard Maude, the supreme champion dairy cow at the
Allentown Fair, gather for a picture. They are from left* Katie Steiner, Shane Betz, Robert
Weidenhammer, and Donald Harwood, judge. Photo by Everett Newswanger, editor.
Del Val Has Supreme Cow
At Allentown Fair
EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Editor
ALLENTOWN (Lehigh Co.) -
Delaware Valley College at
Doylestown brought a string of
show cattle to the Allentown Fair
Wednesday that gave them wins
to include the supreme champion
dairy cow.
Swan Hollow Vanguard
Maude, the stylish cow that was
the grand champion Holstein, was
named supreme champion over all
breeds. They also had the grand
champion Ayrshire, the reserve
grand champion Holstein, the
reserve grand champion Jersey,
Alfalfa Yield Improvements ,
Drought Strategies Focus
Of Next Foraging Around
The next Pennsylvania Forage and Grassland Council (PFGC)
newsletter, Foraging Around, is scheduled to appear as a special
section of Lancaster Farming next Saturday. The issue contains
information about alfalfa nitrogen stubble treatment to improve
yields and survival strategies used by producers during drought.
Also included are special reports from the Council and other useful
information to the grazier.
Four Sections
Farmers Who Care For Own Animals Not Affected
The separate bills, incomplete
because they arc undergoing legi
slative review and public commen
tary, further regulate animal care
to such an extent that to do some
thing as simple as administer Vita
min C to a horse, boarders would
have to buy the nutritional product
from a vet or get a veterinary pre
and the reserve junior champion
Holstein.
Timothy Betz from
Doylestown had the junior
champion Holstein.
Katie Harwick, Kempton, had
the grand champion Jersey.
Jennifer Neiman had the junior
champion Jersey, and Jill Neiman
had the reserve junior champion.
The Neimans are from Fleetwood.
Jill Vail, Myerstown, had the
reserve grand champion Ayrshire.
Amber Knoll Farm, Bechtelsville,
had both the junior and reserve
junior champions in the Ayrshire
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 4, 1999
scription, according to some.
Right now, even with the bill,
people can administer health care
to their own animals. But if the
legislation is enacted as it is writ
ten, those who keep others’ 4-H
project animals or operate kennels
or boarding houses could be lim
ited on what kind of animal care,
At the Elizabethtown Fair Petting Zoo last week, a curious pygmy goat nibbles straw
offered by five-month-old Sarah, daughter of Toc{d and Marie Good, Manheim. Articles
wrapping up Elizabethtown Fair coverage appear on pages 810, 812, and 814. Photo
by Lou Ann Good.
without a veterinarian's approval,
they could give to animals they
don’t own.
New Jersey Assembly Bill 3344
and Senate Bill 2048, in addition to
Pennsylvania Assembly Bill 1418,
provide amendments that could
restrict the prescription and admi
nistration of “any drug, medicine,
biologic, apparatus, application,
anesthetic, or other therapeutic or
diagnostic substance or technique
on any animal including, but not
limited to, acupuncture and acu-
Dairy Farmers Approve
Overhaul Of Milk Pricing
EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Editor
WASHINGTON, DC - The
United Slates Department of
Agriculture (USDA), announced
Tuesday that dairy farmers
overwhelmingly approved- an
overhaul of the way milk is priced
around the country. In the
referendum held Aug. 2-6,
eligible dairy farmers voted in
favor of consolidating the current
31 federal milk marketing orders
into 11. In addition, several other
important reforms were supported
that included the minimum
pricing of Class I (drinking) milk.
An individual referendum was
held for each of the consolidated
orders. (See chart with this story.)
More than the required two-thirds
$31.00 Per Year
pressure, dentistry, animal psy
chology, animal chiropractic, ther
iogenology, alternative or com
plementary veterinary medicine or
surgery, including cosmetic
surgery,” according to N.J.A3344.
The law could even regulate who
could implant, subcutaneously or
intramuscularly, an animal
transponder.
According to Pa. H.B. 1418,
sponsored by Rep. Art Hershey
(R-13lh) et. al. and referred to the
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ol participating pioducers
approved the reforms In fact the
lowest pcicentage ol approval
among voting producers was 90 5
percent in the Northeast, and all
othei regions were highci
“ The milk marketing ordci
program ensures the fair
marketing and pricing ol milk It
is not a dairy support program
The current dairy support
program expires on December 31,
1999, unless Congress chooses to
extend it. Milk marketing orders
classify milk by use, set minimum
prices that handlers must pay for
each class of milk, and provide
for paying average prices to all
dairy farmers who supply a
marketing order. In the 1996
60c Per Copy
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