VOL. 10 NO. 44 THIS NEW 60 x 134-FOOT BUILDING on the farm of Clarence Keener, Jr. has a capacity of .about 200 head of steers. The above view is of the west end. Slid ing doors at either end, plus plywood panels on the north side, enable this build ing to be closed completely on three sides. The twin, concrete silos in the back ground have a combined silage capacity of about 1500 tons L. F. Photo Egg Quality & Disease Clinics To Be Show Features At NEPPCO Poultry pa odueers from 14 northeastern states wall have a chance to take their egg qualify and disease iproblems to special eknacs when (they gather at Harrisburg for the annual exposition and conven tion of the Northeastern Poul try Producers Council ONEiPPiCO) on October 12-13- 14 A poultiy health dime and an egg’ quality dime will! (be among the many services, oM (Continued on Page 8) Groff And Lapp Top DHIA List For August 'The Red Hose Dairy Herd' I mup’ro vemi e n t Association newsletter for August showed a i egistered Holstein, in. the he'd*. of John. C Groff, at Quau>wile El, had conaplet edi the highest individual 305- day 'lactation duiing the month. “L'eadei” produced 21,- 038 libs milk and 878 of but teifat with a 42% test The (Continued on pace 16) Farm Calendar Ootobtei 4 10 am Puibilic hetuyng on,Della wdre Valley Millie Older begins at Syl- Vanua Hotel, Pbfiladelp'hia —8 pm Lancaster Couinty 4-H Leaders Council at the Cl'airenoe Stauffer farm, EI. Ocltote - 6 Manheim Fair, oc(t. 6-8. —6 3it> p im. Baby Beef Show 4*ll and FFA.—at Mdnheim Flair. (Continued on Page 8) Poultry Litter Not For Dairy Feed, Guss Says Dr S. 'B Cuss, extension veterinarian of Penn State Univeisaty, advises dairymen in a special extension letter to avoid feeding poultry lit ter to their milking herds as a souice ot protein Although many beef cattle tluougbout the US are being fed in this way, Guss said, Male re known about most aspects of the practice. He listed some of the following hazaids 1— Pesticide residues from poultry houses may be depos ited in the cow’s body or se creted into h’er milk. 2 Tuberculosis the avian variety is known to be able to sensitize cattle and swine (Continued on Page 8) Penna. Holstein Sets New Record For 3-Yr.-Oids The l>2-:month production rec ord for senior three-year-old jegistered iHollsteins on official ite:t has been raised 40 pounds (by a Pennsylvania cow. The new class leader is (Mbwiry iSikyllinea Esther, owned /by iMbwiy Farms of ‘Roaring Spring, EOair ICbunty She breaks a previously esitab -1 shed uedord that has lasted ifoi foux years I Star ting her lactation at thiee yeais, six months jof 'age. "Esther” imlilked. twice ■daily for 265 days to produce 30 BS7 libs -of aquik and 1,136 libs of tmttertfat. Her average test was 3.7% of Ibutterfat. “Esther's” level of milk pro- (Continued on Page -6) Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 2, 1965 County Farmers Assn. Sets October 19 For Annual Meeting Date The Lancaster 'Gaunty Farm ers Association has announced ('Continued on Page 15) THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD SHERYL WEAVER, New Holland Rl, shown with the Angus which won the championship title for her at the New Holland Fair. On the left is Larry High,'with his reserve champion. L. F. Photo Steer Feeding Program Of Clarence Keener, Jr. Is Based On Silage and Urea iln recent years, steer feed eis have come to accept and use the principle of heavy sil age feeding; they have also come to accept a protein sup plement relatively high in uiea content Both of these feed sources weie accepted for economy reasons A further economy measm e, and one which is probably more controversial than either of the others, is being tried by at least one /county steer feed er ith s year Clarence Keener, Jr, of Manhe m RH is one of the new breed of young fann ers m Lancaster County who believes not only in using ev'eiythmg he knows, and can Miss Weaver Has Grand Champion At New Holland Fair Steer Show M'j=s Sheryl ‘Weaver cele brated her thirteenth blrthidlay Thursday iby showing hei Aid gras steer, “Toby,” to the grand championship at the New Holland Farmers Fan. This wias a double victoiy for IVLss Weavei in the sense that she had finished in last (pflace $2 Per Year learn, but also in. being witt ing to try something new. H* is blending h‘is protein supple ment, in the form of urea, di rectly into the silage as the latter goes into the silo. Keener is we3l aware of the dangers Miheient in this ittsthod and is applying all possible caution to be certain the urea as /properly distrib uted To each ton of silage he adds 10 pounds of urea and 10 pounds of limestone, using a metering device He is try ing thus feeding approach for two reasons. li—Economy by buying hs pi o tem in thus undiluted (00-qnnued on Page 16) in her initial show ring ef fort i«ar Judge Haiold farm 1 agent fiom Diaupb n (County, described the champion steer 'as “hav ing imare thictkness over the top 'and imore quarter (than, any steer in The show.” (Continued on Page 8)
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