The Mountain Messenger, Thursday June 28, 1990 9A
operate an animal farm. Our
crops are from our sheep and
but they are not the only ani-
living on this farm. For several
did not have a dog. During
we became more closely
with some of these ani-
was the skunk that liked
She would come onto the
and dance delicately on her
making a fussing noise at
They would desert their
milk which she soon claimed
own. She dismissed me with
glances when I chatted to
she ate. I was always careful
the storm door between us,
h I am not sure such precau-
n.ecessary because I have
upon her unthinkingly. I would
back away while she would
leave the porch, cross the
and crawl through the hole left
broken picket.
first fall she began her visits
didn't know her gender. This
was settled when she re-
the following spring with
kittens. Although she pa-
kittens close to the house,
brought them in the yard.
they grew big enough to
their own fortunes she again
company and hospitality.
le last summer we saw her,
and her family hunted grubs
a newly laid water line. That
had three kittens. One of
~Was odd colored being ginger
instead of the traditional
and white. Probably a conser-
officer or naturalist could ex-
this peculiarity.
visited us for three years. I
know if she finally out-grew her
milk or if some disease or
claimed her. I sorta miss
was better than any watch
one would venture onto my
she was there.
Only do we feed our cats milk
also keep a pan of dry food
in the barn. That is how we
opossums are.~{o food
food Robert gru~bl{~"that
were worthless critters --
half starved -- while letting
the sheep gram. He had to
to them when we found
boarder standing off the
he chowed down on their
~, few days later Robert almost
him up from the gram bar-
he was feeding the sheep.
to watch and hunt for him
SUppose this constant distur-
finally maae mm seek a
of Farmin
Ella S. Galford
quieter habitat.
Deer abound in large number
throughout our state and they claim
our farm as part of their range. We
.deplore the damage they cause m
the meadows and grain field and
nothing is sadder than seeing a
sheep dragging it's paralyzed hind
quarters caused by deer disease.
Yet we watched with pleasure as
a doe led her twins along the creek
each evening. There she chose and
cropped tasty morsels from the bank
before heading to the apple orchard
At first the twins were timid and sky.
Soon they became bolder and
sometimes unruly. They would run
ahead of their mother and often
make circles around her. Sometimes
they would test their strength by
shoving and pushing each other.
Suddenly, because of some sus-
pected danger, or was it just a whim,
mother would give an alert and all
three would bound across the field
into the woods.
Our farm is near the Black Bear
Reserve so I suppose it is natural
the bear would include it as part of
their territory. It is quite common to
find bits of their hair on the barb wire
where they cross our fences. They
have limited our sheep grazing
range as bear kill no longer makes it
profitable for us to graze them on
our ridge pasture.
One audacious bear critter killed
a ewe within a few hundred feet of
the sheep barn. It was a foggy,
rainy, afternoon when the crysng of
her twin lambs sent us looking for
her. She had been freshly killed and
we probably scared him away. He
returned about midnight to be met
with dogs and hunters. Other than
giving the dogs a good chase the
hunters had no luck. They did send
him to the other side of Elk Moun-
tain. Later we heard of farmers in
that area losing sheep to a bear. We
had no way of knowing whether ~t
was the same bear. We only know
he didn't kill near our barn again.
I have seen the worrying ano
mournful crying el~lwes whose
lambs have been eaten by a bear,
and I have tried to teach lambs or-
phaned by bear to eat from a bottle.
have little sympathy for a sheep
killing bear. however, all bear cannot
be condemned because some have
turned thief and killer. From the
many sightings of bear Jn our area ~t
is obvious most bears make their liv-
ing honestly. Yet it takes oniy one
rogue to eliminate the sheep farm-
ers' profit.
Bluegrass Market
Saturday ,Jtm{, 2:{. 1{.)90
?,02 head sold t{) 77, l)~Pvcr~L
Amounling t(} $78.979.33
STOCKER & FEEDER
STEERS HOGS
Under 500# 89.00 1 I2.00 SLAUGHTER ,t9.OO
500 --750# 85.00 88.0{} SOWS .12.00
Over 750# {~3.00 BOARS :'~7.(}0
HEIFERS
Under 500# 79.00 89.0(} PIGS & SHOATS
501 --750# 74.00 85.00 By Head ,IO.O()
Over 750#
BULL CALVES 88.00
BABY CALVES 100.00
VEAL CALVES 98.00
104.00 PONIES
2,10.00 HORSES
56.0(}
,19.25
.1 1.50
5~, ). O0
950O
SLAUGHTER CATTLE SHEEP & LAMBS
STEERS none BLUE 53.50
HEIFERS 61.75 RED
COWS 49.50 57.00 OTHERS 50.00
BULLS 57.00 75.00 BABY
Under I000# 57.00 75.00 EWES 12.50
Over I000# 60.00 75.00 BUCKS
WETHERS
COW & CALF
PAIRS ,180.00
COWS, BH
52. O0
18.5O
84 0.00 GOATS
GOATS,BH 15,00 70.{}0
National Dairy Month
Salutes Local
June Dairy Month (JDM) has
been celebrated since 1937 when it
was launched with the theme, "Keep
Young -- Drink Milk." Every year
this month-long salute to the dairy
industry is observed in homes and
restaurants, in supermarkets and
stores and wherever dairy foods are
sold. It has become the accepted
lime of the year to extend a special
"thanks" to the dairy families of
America who produce the milk we
drink and consume in dairy-prod-
ucts. The most recent figures indi-
cate that in 1988, 10.24 million cows
produced 145.5 billion pounds of
milk. That's 16.9 billion gallons of
milk. Even more remarkable, the
10.24 million cows in 1988 outpro-
duced the 17.5 million cows in 1960.
Since 1957, the American Dairy
Association -- the promotional pro-
gram of the Umted Dairy Industry
Assoc~ahon -- has chosen June
Dairy Month to kick off the summer
season for dairy products wlh a ya-
nety of promohon prog~l~1'~: In
Ohio, western Pennsylvania, and
parts of West Virg,ma ano KentucKy,
Mid East United Dairy lndustW As-
sociation (UDIA) extends these ad-
vertising aqd promotional efforts to
focus on both June Dairy Month and
July Ice Cream Month•
Foodservice promohons remind
consumers that they can hven up
their out-of-home dtning expenences
w~th real dairy products. So as we
settle into the slow, hazy days of
summer, it seems only right that we
join in the June Dairy Month salute
and toast the dairy industry -- with a
refreshing glass of milk, a generous
scoop of ice cream or a serving of
our uwn special dairy treat.
Mid East UDIA is the dairy
farmer-funded and directed promo-
tion program serwng Ohto, western
Pennsylvania and parts of West Vir-
ginia and northern Kentucky: In a
co(~rdinated effort w~th 25 nahon-
wide member orgamzations and af-
filiated Dairy Council Units of the
United Dairy Industry Association,
Mid East conducts umfied program-
ming through advertising, retail qqer-
chand~smg, foodservice develop-
ment, numt~on educahon food Dub-
hclty and communications.
How Do Artificial Hormones
Affect Finished Product?
Should people drink milk or eat
milk products produced by dairy ani-
ta, sis that have been treated with
hormones?
Recent advances in genetics,
and the potential application of bio-
technology to animal production and
animal health gives a new perspec-
tive to the components of the food
chain. Scientists can now isolate
animal genes that produce useful
protems.
There are animal scientists in
hundreds of corporate, university
and government laboratories investi-
gating the application of sciences to
and the use of such proteins in the
animal industry.
A hormone known as bovine so-
matotropLn (BST) can increase milk
prod uction.
"BST is a naturally occurring ani-
mal protein that improves the effi-
ciency of milk production in dairy
cows. While BST is produced natu-
rally by cows, it can also be in the
laboratory using bio-technology,"
according to Dr Nancy Rodriguez of
West Virginia University.
By giving dairy cows a small
amount of BST on a regular basis,
milk production can be increased by
10 to 25 per cent.
Traditionally animal health prod-
ucts have played a significant role in
helping farmers and producers pro-
vide an abundance of quality and
inexpenswe food to Americans. The
new bio-technology will do just that.
With BST, producers can main-"
tain current production levels while
lowering production costs. Lowered
production costs will ultimately
benefit the consumer by lowering
food costs and keeping food prices
stable.
Production improvements can
also help alleviate food shortages in
developing countries and may pro-
vide protein for the wortd's growing
population.
But how safe are dairy products
that are the result of such tampering
with nature?
"BST has no direct influence on
milk composition. Published reports
on the effect of BST on milk compo-
sition indicate that there would be
no significant impact on the nutri-
tional quality or the dairy product
manufacturing characteristics of milk
when BST is administered under
proper management conditions," Dr
Rodriguez said.
"As one might suspect, the gov-
ernment has a major rote in the
regulation of use of such sub-
stances and acts o~q behalf of the
public with regard to product safety.
The Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) regulates animal drugs in a
manner virtually identical to those
applied to use of pharmaceuticals
for humans," Dr Rodriguez noted•
"The manufacturer must prove
that the product is safe and effec-
tive. tf the product is intended for
use in a food-producing animal, the
manufacturer must prove that no
harmful residues remain in the food.
Therefore the consumer is pro-
tected.
"Since BST is a naturally occur-
ring protein, any residue that may
possibly remain (at the given level of
acceptability for consumer safety)
would be digested and used by the
body like any other dietary protein,
imposing no risk to the consumer.
There is no scientific reason to avoid
dairy products derived from BST-
treated animals," according to Dr
Rodriguez.
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