t y // GREEN HANDS AT DONEGAL FFA Chapter at Mt Joy were initiated Monday night at a special meeting of the chapter. They are left to right, Kenneth Eshelman, 14, R 2 Mt Joy; David Forney, 14, R 1 Co- Selective Breeding, Hard Culling Brought Ranch Herd to Fore (Continued from page n) herd due to bovine tuberculosis “Those heifers were real milk producers, but the test was low only 3 3 to about 3 5 per cent,” Ranck said “Lucifer” is given credit for raising the test of the offspring of these animals. The average test of the herd rose to about 413 to 4 33 consistantly. And it was a soij of Lucifer out of one of the foundation cows of the herd that made a lot of the difference that exists in the held today ‘This bull was out of a cow that had a beautiful udder “Although we have always bred for production rather than type, I thought that if we could get that udder m the daughters, we would be doing well There was a fault lo his dam. She was a small cow, and I was sort of afraid that this might be passed along to the daughters. “So we didn’t breed too much to him “Then his daughters started to come into milk and we found that we should have bred everything that we had to him Those heifers not only had the size, but they were really milkers They all made ovei 400 pounds of fat in the first year ” Theie is also a dominant strain on the female side of the herd A Goldmaster daughter that stayed 11. the nerd until she was 12 years old was the foundation cow' She was a big cow and hei offspung still show the size that is so de sirable in daily animals. One of her daughters from Lucifer made a lecoicl of 861 pounds of butter lat on a mature basis Ranch has been growing and using his own foundation stock since 1949 But a heifer from a cow that has not made the 650 pound mark will never see the inside of the milking stable She will be sold long before she is ever that age This hard selection combined wuth the use of bulls showing high productive capacity seems to woik The herd average climb ed 47 pounds from last year to the now record aveiage of 612 pounds of butterfat Second and third cutting alfalfa hay and corn silage are the basis of the feeding program The home mixed dairy feed con sists of 500 pounds of corn, 100 Pounds of barley, 300 pounds of °ats, 200 pounds of bran, 200 Pounds of 36 per cent supplement and 200 pounds of 32 per cent supplement Minerals and salt are also added In the winter when it is avail able, a hundred pounds of soybean hay and molasses are added to the ration. Dry cows are given a special “flushing” ration just before fieshening to bring up the body weight and help conect any diet aiy deficiencies that might have been brought on by calving Parke ,H , 23, and Harry H Jr , 21, Ranck’s two sons, now assist in the operation of the farm As a matter of fact, they now do most of the milking and caring for the dairy animals while their fa ther devotes his attention to feed er cattle. Normally about 40 head of feed eis are kept on the farm. However HORNCO Cattle Conditioning Feed (Contains 500 grams per ton Terramycm) Stop Shipping Fever losses with 5-day feeding of HORNCO Cattle Conditioning Feed (containing Terramycin) 1. 2. Treatment of Shipping Fever Early treatment of entire herd helps curb spread to othr calves, gives seriously infected animals a headstart to a fast cure, with less cost than to treat individually Knocks shipping Fever fast and prevents weight losses 3. Prevent Scours and Bloat lumbia, Clair' Mumma, 14, R 2 Mt Joy, Kenneth Young, Chapter President, Har old Kain, 16, Rl Marietta, Barry Stoner, 13, Rl Mt Jov, and Ronald Ober, 14, Rl Mt Joy (LF Photo) A Must For Steer Feeders FARM TESTED! NEW! Prevent Shipping Fever losses Tests show Terramycm (at above level) in Cattle Conditioning Feed reduced Shipping Fever an average of 80 per cent Control of bacterial diarrhea or scours, aids in reducing the incidence or severity of bloat ' Manufactured by SELECT HERD SIRE In selecting a good meat-type boar, the swine giower looks for length of body, good topline, trim underline, uniform width, well-sprung rib, and wide chest, says Dwight Younkin, Penn State extension livestock specia list this year due to the lack of feed, only 28 are being fed out They aie black Southern steers They will be kept on hay and silage,over the winter and then fed out next year In addition to his two sons, Ranck has two daughters, Helen Mae, a student at Harnsonberg, Va, and Mrs John Miller, Vine land, N J D. E. HORN & COMPANY, INC. YORK, PENNA. Contact your local representative HENRY D. GROSS Pottstown, Penna. Slate Price Index 9 Points Above August; Hay, Milk Prices Re ‘sponsible The index of prices icceived by Pennsylvania faimeis tor the oioducts they sold, in mid Sep tember was nine points above mid-August and 11 points above a year ago, the State Department ai Aguculture said Wednesday following Fedcial-State surveys It was the tilth consecutive .month that the index showed an advance ovei the previous month he survey showed. September’s gain came laigcly through sharp increases in puces icceived for hay-and milk While the state index was 257 per cent of the 1910 14 base of prices received by larmeis, the national index was 245 per cent or three points below a year ago This decline maiked the fust time in six months that the national index went below the pieceding month The piolonged di ought in southeastern Pennsjlvama con Dead Animals Removed Promptly Will Pay Full Value For Dead Animals Dealers in Bones, Tallow and Hides FRY’S RENDERING WORKS Prop., John Fry 2114 Hollinger RD. Lancaster Ph. EX 2-4815 Toll Charges Accepted QUALITY CONTROLLED! Route 20 (Tel. Faculty 33284) Lancaster Farming, Friday, Oct. 4, 1957 tnbutcd to the highei Pennsyl vania index ot prices received. Farmeis during (he month ended Sept 15 averaged $29 60 a ton for haled hay, $l5O moie than a month earhei Milk at wholesale was up an average ol 40 cents for 100 pounds Model ate gains in prices re ceived for grain sovbeans, calves, milk cows and eggs ollset lower puces obtained foi apples hogs, potatoes, beet cattle, sheep, poul tiy and wool The meat index was down six points Vlilk cow prices aveiaged $lO moie per hundredweight for the largest inciease in meat ani mals Lowci puces weie received for beef cattle hogs and sheep The last time the Pennsylvania index of puces received was be low the pi erecting month was in May ot this year when it w.as 230 per cent of the 1910 14 base la Apnl the index was 237 pci cent 7
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