Apple Pomace Makes Good Feed For Beef Cattle Beef animals may not need an apple a day to keep healthy But hcet heifers on test recently put on weight when they aie pressed apple cores, stems, and peelings as an experimental roughage in winter rations. Cooperative research by the V mginia Agricultural Experiment Station and USDA’s Beef Cattle Research Station at Front Royal, Va, showed that the pomace as the apple leftovers are called - is every bit as nutritious as Kically.grown feedstuffs And the animals eating it not only thrived but gained more than animals eat mg the locally grown feed This is good news to Virginia's apple growers, who annually pro duce several thousand tons of pomace in processing apples for cider At one time, a maiket for apple pomace existed in the pre serve industry, which extracted pectin for jams and jellies BUT THIS MARKET has shift cd to citrus That prompted re searchers to investigate nearby cattle feeding as a possible mar ket for pomace Feeding tests were set up to see how apple pomace compared with locally grown roughage for wintering cat tie Animal husbandman B M Pn ode, of ARS. and M J Bums, of the state station (now with ARS), fed two types of apple pomace to cattle having access to sparse winter forage. One type was wet containing 70 per cent moisture The other was dry, derived from the wet pomace by partial dehy dration with steam heat to a mois ture content of about 4 per cen* The wet pomace was stored in a covered shed with no packing or pieservative. Even under these conditions, the sugar-rich pomace remained nutritious, palatable, and unspoiled SAMPLE COPIES FREE Copies of LANCASTER FARMING are not always easy to find—they are not sold on newsstands —and perhaps some of your friends may not be ac quainted with our weekly service. We’ll be glad to send, without charge, several copies of LANCASTER FARMING to your friends or business associates. Just write their names and addresses below—(You’ll be doing both them and us a favor') To Farm Name- Street Address & R. D City To Farm Name- Street Address & R. D City (You are not limited to two names. 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This undoubtedly accounts foi part of the greater gain Heifers within each group gain ed uniformly, showing that com netition for feed was low under self-feeding Animals fed apple pomace were in much bettei con dition at the end of the tests than those on mixed silage Pregnant cows were also fed ap ple pomace, but in fixed amounts. The pomace was fed to the am mals with, cottonseed cake and hay, or cottonseed cake alone This gave as good or better re suits than mixed alfalfa-barley sil age fed with cottonseed cake and hay or cotton seed alone ALL PREGNANT COWS lost weight during tests as a result of calving, suckling, and use of wmt enng rations But cows lost about the same (and their calves gained about the same) as groups fed other roughage Animals stayed thrifty despite weight losses In each group on ’united rations, some cows lost much more weight than others The scientists think this was due to competition for the limited feed supply resulting from na tuial variations in aggressiveness among animals There was no evidence of toxi city in any of the pomace rations But processors should be alert against hardware and foreign ma terials. ■State- State- It’s The Law “It’s the Law” with simple an swers is offered by LANCASTER FARMING in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Bar Association, General interest questions are welcomed, and will be answered as soon as possible. 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Q I live in a village in Penn sylvania I own eight acres of ground and would like to dig a dam or pond If anyone got drowned in it, could I be sued for damages 1 ’ G M A Yes, even though you have fenced in your pond and have pioperly posted it, as a pond owner, under certain circum stances, you can be held legally liable for injuries or death in the pond For this reason it would certainly be advisable to carry comprehensive liability insurance for protection fiom financial loss should such accidents happen Besides the usk of being legal ly liable for injuries or death of Researchers feel that the re sults obtained in this senes of tests could also be applied in plan ning various dry lot feeding op ciations jjiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim | New Jersey Green Sand - Potash | Rock & Colloidal Phosphate (Calphos) NATURAL SOIL BUILDERS Stables Poultry Houses Increases: Potash Content, Manure Value Safe Absorbent for Moisture Apply on I Lawns ~ New Grass Fields | And All Fall Grains | Will Not Burn Odorless | BULK OR BAGS H Place Your Order Today With One of These Dealers | MILLERSVILLE | MERVIN McMICHAEL | BIRD-IN-HAND | SMUCKER BROS.. | LANCASTER- I ROY B. 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TR 2-4377 SO 8-3610 LO 9-1580 not know it the deed to the house has been changed If it has could occupant have done it with out remaining heirs signing off or without their knowledge of said transaction 9 I W A Undei the Wills Act ol 1947 the shaic would go to the daughters of the deceased nep hew unless the uncle died with a wife or issue surviving One of the hens who occupies the home could not sell it with out the signatures of all the hens unless he were also the executor or administrator of the estate of the decedent You should obtain counsel to investigate the han dling of this estate Q How can a man go about getting a diverse from a woman who had four children and only one is his 9 Does hs have to pa> support for the four children even though all are not his 9 A The first step in seeking to obtain a divorce from a wife who is allegedly guilty of adulterous conduct during the marriage is to see the advice of a lawyer as to whether there are grounds for divorce, and if there are grounds, whether or not they can be proven in court As to the husband's dutj to support children of whom he claims he is not the father, the law raises a strong presumption that children born to a married woman are legitimate Any effort by the husband of the married woman to avoid his obligation to support such children bom to his wife would have to be supported by stiong and convincing evi dence that he was not the father of the children LANCASTER FARMING CLASSIFIED ADS PAY Phone STterling 6-2132 Lloyd M. 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