16—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 13, 1965 What Does It Cost To Keep A Bull For 1 Year? According to the Atlantic Breeders Cooperative newslet ter for January it may cost you more than, enough to have artificially bred 65 cows to maintain your own bull. They further point out that this doesn’t even consider the add ed value of resulting progeny fired by the generally superi or bulls available through the artificial breeding service. Nor does it consider the cost and aggravation of injuries, breed ing hazards, building and fence icpairs, time and labor to turn the bull out with each cow in heat, plus worry and anxiety for the family’s safe ty. In the Washington-Oregon ferea 'the cash costs of keep ing a bull were figured as follows: 1— Housing Investment .$9O About $1,200 per bull, or $l2O each year; same cost per cow is $3OO, or $3O each year. S9O represents the added hous ing cost for the bull. 2 Labor $260 About 120 hours per year per bull, compared with 60 hours per cow; if you sell the bull and use this labor to milk and care for two cows you can save $260 per year since each cow shows a labor re turn of $l3O per year 3 Feed Costs A 2,000-pound bull will eat 5 pounds of grain and 20 pounds of hay per day. In a year this will cost about $l5O. If you value the weight gain on this feed at $9O, based on 450 pounds of gain at 20 cents per pound, then feed cost, less _ate of gain, amounts to $6O per year. Totaling these three costs the breeding service finds that it actually costs a farmer $4lO to keep a bull for one year! USDA Urges Reduction In 1965 Potato Acreage The U. S. Department of Agriculture is recommending a 7 per cent acreage reduction in 1965 for both fall and late summer potato crops, and a 2 percent reduction in acreage for early summer potatoes. Acreage-marketing guides is sued by USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service call for the important fall crop to be cut to 904,390 acres, 7 percent less than last year. Acreage of late summer potatoes was recom mended at 136,720 acres, also down 7 percent. For the early summer crop, acreage of 79,- 710 acres was recommended, down 2 percent Individual State recommen dations range from reductions of 10 percent in acreage to acreages equal to 1964. In the major Northeast fall crop areas, the guides call for a 7 percent cut-back in acreage in Maine and 6 percent in Upstate New York, but none on Long Island, N.Y. However, the guides recommend a 10 percent reduction in Long Is land’s late summer potato acreage and 9 percent in New Jersey. The acreage guides just is sued, combined with guides previously released for the winter and spring crops, re commend that U. S. potato plantings in 1965 total 1,267,- 655 acres. 6 percent below the 1964 total of 1,347,200. With average yields obtained on the guide acreages, U. S. produc tion in 1965 would amount to 257 million hundredweight a markeiing guide which is 6j percent greater than last year’s below-average crop of 242.91 million hundredweight. t Poinsettia Plants For Next Christmas Horticulturists from Ohio State University recently offer ed a few tips on holding your Christmas Poinsettia plants for blooms for next Christmas. If you’re interested in keep ing your poinsettia through the year for bloom next Christmas, Ohio State University Exten sion horticulturists offer a few tips on how to care for it. Poinsettias are a little fussy about the kind of care they receive in our climate. They are normally a tropical plant, and to hold them over requires a little knowledge about their habits. Usually, during the growing season, poinsettias need' plenty of water. But as the season ends, gradually reduce the amount the plant receives un til all the leaves have fallen. At that time, cut the plant back to about 6 inches, then “Cycle” Laying Rations $6O Cycle #1 Cycle #2 Cycle #3 D. L Horn & Co., Inc. York, store It, pot and ail, in a base- "# All-American 'SliiOW'' ment or. room where the tem- ... American la*®- 1 perture stays about 60 degrees. (Continued from Page 4) received frt Je In 4 Vsk To keep the plant alive, you sion and the Pennsylvania other indlv/' will need to water it about "Dairy and Allied Industries zations In v " once every two to three weeks. Association. out the Urt|miibt& « «^vw£d» ft In the spring when new Dr. Howard Thoele, coach Secretary H,rflH^^A 3 . . shoots begin to develop, the 0 £ student dairy judging at the show t plant, will need more care. If t he Pennsylvania State Uni- size and success c I there is more than one plant versity, was requested to de- show. Entries tot. *Lvt && in the pot, you probably should V elop the intercollegiate con- dairy cattle repot them to one per pot. A test- states and Canada. > \ well-drained potting soil con- Harold R. McCulloch, gen- Clarence R. Hack, Berwick \ taming bone meal or super- j manager reported to the R 2, was named to the show S committee that added en- committee and to the PDAIA X. w f„T” g fv ol board^ri a Timi sunshine. When outdoor night 6b degrees, bring the plants S ene Harding, Brootov , r temperatures remain above 60 indoors. Keep them in a sunny slSned degrees, the plants can be window until October 1, then Nairn announced the Jan. placed, in their pots, in a sun- place them in total darkness 26 meeting, to be held in the ny spot in the garden. from 6 p.m. until 8 a.m. each Agriculture Building, will be When the shoots are 8 to 10 day. Poinsettias are known to open to exhibitors, show sup inches long, give them a pinch be “short-day” plants and re- porters, class sponsors and to cause them to branch and quire so many dark hours to others interested in the fltu> stay somewhat short. The last set flower buds. ther development of the ex pinch should be not later than Once the top letf bracts be- position. A permanent board about August 1. Feed the gin to show color, the dark 0 f directors will be named, plants every two to three treatment can be discontinued. week with a good liquid house Water the plants carefully, plant fertilizer, especially in keep them in a sunny spot and ... ... October and November. avoid cold drafts. With a, little rorgual w e may In the fall, before outdoor luck the plants should be very measure over 100 teet m night temperatures drop below colorful about Christmas time. length. From HORNCO! “Different Feeds For The Periods Of The Laying Cycle.” Three new laying Rations and a new layer feeding program designed to fulfill the nutritional requirements of the laying hen during the different periods of her laying life. (From 4 weeks after peak production and as long as the birds are laying 65% or more.) During this period a high energy, medium protein ration is needed to assure steady production, low feed conversions. If this type ration is not provided, body weight will slip and results will suffer. USE HORNCO NO. 102 LAYER RATION B-2. (When production is below 65%.) This is the period when the need for energy, protein and o«ther nutrients decreases, due to less activity of the egg making organism. The correct ration is needed during this period to prevent excessive fat accumulation and to help the bird produce up to her bred-in potential USE HORNCO NO. 103 LAYER RATION C-3. THE MODERN LAYING FEEDS DESIGNED FOR BETTER PERFORMANCE LOWER COST EGG PRODUCTION. Contact your Hornco Serviceman or call us direct for more information on CYCLE LAYING FEEDS. (From housing until 4 weeks after peak production.) The critical stage, the bird is still growing and producing eggs at the same time. Stress is heavy. The bird needs a high protein, heavily fortified ration USE HORNCO NO. 101 LAYER RATION A-I. CYCLE laying feeds one of the many reasons why more Lancaster County Poultrymen are using Hornco feed then ever before. Different 854-7867 Ph. Pa.
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