The News-Chronicle from Shippensburg, Pennsylvania • 10

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 191! THfc NEtvS-CHTlONICLE, SHIPPENSBURG, PA. i IPAGE FOUR-B' dairy cows, it is necessary that all Commissioners Will home, is expected 10 comer with the commissioners this week to ej. plain his position in regard to faulty construction of a portion of the system. of this week by the Franklin county commissioners who will be in their office from 9 o'clock in the morning until noon and from 1 un cept Thursday, Thanksgiving Day. M.

Glace of Harrisburg, consulting engineer on the construction of the new sewage disposal system at the Franklin county Hear Tax Appeals Tax appeals were scheduled to be heard Monday through Friday ex til 4 clock in the afternoon, lufcruicr in tins campaign to get the best results." First County-wide Rat Drive He pointed out that this is the first county-wide rat-killing campaign ever held in Cumberland county. He urged that members procure the poisoned rat bait from dis- Itcted. It" is possible to determine their potential milk-j)roducing pacities by noting udder development when they are three to four months of age. In this way speci-1 mens can be avoided and much time land expense saved. Pedigree alone is not enough on which to base these selections." i He emphasized the importance of "ENTHUSIASM MARKS 5-GROUP I.

DAIRY BANQUET AS DR. KNODT EMPHASIZES TEED AND BREED' i trict chairmen before Tuesday and 5g asSi good dairy 'management: i "Research work now indicates -County's Largest Farm Fete Held with Over 200 from Five Improvement Units held at Mechanicsburg Thursday I night. The importance of good breeding, i feeding and management was em-1 hv Dr. C. B.

Knodt, pro get ready for putting eut the poison at one time on December 29. He said the bait sells at 35 cents a pound and that four or five pounds is the average requirement for each farm. Other association presidents to speak were Fred N. Naugle. and Fred L.

Heberling. The testers who spoke were Paul J. Shenk, Harold E. Boldosser, Glenn E. J.

Wilmer Lehman and J. Paul Gilbert T. Hess, Skippak, district dairy agent, preceded Dr. Knodt on the program. Bryon B.

Konhaus, Mechanicsburg, president of the third association, was toastmaster. The banquet that the primary approach to the problem in mastitis is through prevention. Dairymen must be more concerned about good milking proceduresbarn stable construction, adequate bedding practices and good feeding practices, as well as other factors, if mastitis is to be "kept at a minimum." As to feeding, he emphasized that more good quality roughage should be part of the regular dairy ration grass silage, corn silage and good legume hay. Farm Banauet fessor of dairy husbandry at Pennsylvania State college. "A carefully planned breeding program and a good testing program, the two of them jointly, are essential to successful dairy farming," he said.

Determines Good Producers "TeeHnc tplls the farmers which Gait Aids Program "Feed and breed" were emihasiz-as approximately 200 members -attended the 20th annual banquet 2f the Five Dairy Herd Improve-jiient associations in Cumberland -ounty. Spirited talks by the association presidents, and testers and two ft'" are good producers and from which good breeding stock can De expect -specialists from the state college; "featured the banquet, was ed. "Heifers must be carefully se- opened with two verses of "Ameri- aA Kit Vmf "Volt fllMc Assisting in the program for the banquet, which is the largest farm banquet held in Cumberland, county every vear, was County Agent 1 Local Men Train at Great Lakes Center Looking: for a bargain in safe and sound used tires? Stop in and see our big selection of "Trade-Ins on new Goodyears" some used only a few miles. Whether you need one tire or a set you'll find it here at a bargain price CONVENIENT TERMS V. I.

Gait. His work with these groups constitutes a great part of the whole agricultural program, as dairying is the county's largest farm industry. Statistical records of production for the five herd associations were distributed. Thev were prepared by Clyde N. Hall, Penn State college extension dairy specialist from records kept by the testers.

Sterrett Stresses Rat Campaign Robert B. Sterrett of Shippens-burg, president of the Fifth Cumberland County Dairy Herd Improvement association, stressed the importance of every farmer taking part in the rat-killing campaign to be launched December 9. He spoke of the great losses dairy Chambersburg Stores WILL BE OPEN Wednesday Afternoon, Nov. 24 CLOSED Thanksgiving Day Two Shippensburg men, Roy L. Burkholder, ion of Mr.

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