THIS IS THE electrified pipe arrangement that Levi Brubaker uses to control self feeding in his bunker silo. Note how evenly the cattle eat down the silage. Brubaker says that the cattle soon learn how to eat near the barrier and that none of them show a fear of it. (LF Photo) ATTENTION ALLFARMERS! oxrx.'sr ss Join the thousands of farm families who get LANCASTER FARMING by mail EVERY WEEK. PUBLISHED EVERT FRIDAY . . . Order Your Subscription Now! LANCASTER FARMING QUARRYVILLE. PA. I year $2.00 52 Issues Please put my name on your list of new subscribers for a one year subscription. Enclosed find check, cash, or money order for $3.00. Bill me later. \ame (Please Print) ' ddress 52 Weeks of COUNTY AGENT Max M. Smith (left) and Levi Bru baker explain some-of the advantages and disadvantages of trench and bunker silos at the trench silo tour Tuesday. Smith said that corn is preferred for silage, but that high quality silage can be made from almost any other crop, as long as it is handled properly. (LF Photo) 5 Area Holstein Herds Complete New HIR Lactation Averages The Holstein-Friesian Assn of America, Brattleboro, Vt., has re ported the completion of a new lactation average by the register ed Holstein herds of five area dairymen. The herd of 22 cows belonging to Paul H Eby, Cochranville, averaged 13,607 lbs of milk and 498 lbs. of butterfat on a two milkings a day 305 day ma ture equivalent basis. 4 The J. Mowery Frey, Lancas ter, herd of 38 cows aveiaged 13,- 020 lbs. of milk and 516 lbs. of butterfat on -a two milkings a day 305 day mature equiva lent basis. The nine cow herd of Harvey Rettew, Manheim, averaged 13,- 063 lbs. of milk and 502 lbs of butterfat on a two milkings a day 305 day mature equivalent basis. Eight cows belonging to Earl L. Umble, Atglen, averaged 11,545 lbs. of milk and 437 lbs. of but terfat on a two milkings a day —. 305 day mature equivalent basis. The herd of 34 cows belonging to M. M. Wenger, Rheems, aver aged 13,672 lbs. of milk .and 500 lbs. of butterfat on a two milk ings a day 305 day mature equivalent basis. Pennsylvania State University supervised the weighing and test ing of the herd’s production in Herd Improvement Registry 9,697 Million Lbs. Of Milk in January An estimated 9,697 million pounds of milk were produced on the farms of this country during January, according to the Crop Reporting Board. This is one per cent above last year and 15 per cent above average for January. A reason given for the high output is .the record rate of feed ing of grain and concentrates which more than off set adverse weather conditions across much of the country in January. Pro duction per cow in crop report er’s herds was also at a record high rate on Feb. 1. It was four f»er cent above the previous high for that date last year and 24 per cent above the Feb. 1 average. Lancaster Farming, Friday, Feb. 23, 1957 an official breed improvement program of the national Holstein organization. _ The program, in continuous op eration since 1929, provides in dividual lactation and lifetime production records valuable tools in the practical selection vital to continued improvement on every cow in participating Holstein herds. «• ♦♦ | Cramer’s York Fertilizer | «» ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ |: SAVE LABOR by Using Our Spreader H :: - s ♦♦ ■JT p Truck to Spread Lime or Fertilizer or a H ♦1 || Combination of Both. H , | You’ll like our ATTRACTIVE PRICES. | $ I H Distributed "By p n zi I West Willow Farmers Association I tl 3 H WEST WILLOW Ph. Lane. EX 4-5019 i *• ♦♦ ♦4 ♦♦ ♦♦ 444444444444*4*«»»»»*»4444444444»4«44444f*4*4444444t444»»f44»^4444»»44*44»«4»4444444444444»M4 \ Fly Control Methods Aid Milk Production Cows protected from flies gave 86 more pounds of milk per cow during a 56-day test period at the Arkansas agricultural experiment station The fly-control methods consisted of with met}}- oxychlor plus Crag Fly repellent apd with metboxychlor only. specifically, during 56-day test period, the cows sprayed with methoxychlor plus Crag Fly Repellent each gave an average of 1,256 pounds of milk; those sprayed with methoxychlor only gave 1,245 pounds; and those getting no treatment gave 1,190 pounds