6—Lancaster Farming, Friday, May 24, 1957 Brown Swiss Cow Sets World Record In Butterfat Produced in 365 Days A New Jersey cow has set a new world record for butterfat production. She is Active Acres Bessie, a Brown Swiss owned by Fred Schulter of Active Acres Farm, Titusville, near Princeton. Bessie completed her 365 day record with a total of 31,166.6 pounds of milk, testing 4.9 per cent butterfat, and 1,544.75 pounds of fat on a three time daily milking schedule. She freshened on April 24, 1956, at the age of 10 years, sev en months and fopr days. Test ing was started April 27, 1956, and ended April 26, 1957. At the last milking she produced a total of 752 pounds of milk. The previous world record hol der for butterfat was an Illinois Holstein with 1,523 pounds of RfrM-fotwihesfart/ Rear-Attached nßr You can be sure that your hay making will be off to a good start if you mow with a new Ford Rear Attached Mower. It’s sturdy and dependable . . . cuts fast and clean to help you get the job- done on time, before over-maturity robs you of much of the hay’s feed value. Convenient, easy-to-make adjustments, underserrated or plain edge knife sections, heavy dutyor standard guards ... all contribute to the excellent performance of this mower m a wide variety of crops and conditions .. . and it’s on or off your tractor in a jiffy. Models for all Ford Tractors and some competitive trac tors with similar 3-point hitch. Available with 6' or 7' cutter bar. Ask for a demonstration. , See us now for top HAY TOOL VALUES Sauder Bros. New Holland Haverstick Bros. Columbia Pike Lancaster Ph. EX 2-5722 Elizabethtown Farmers Supply Inc j Ph. 7-1341 { Conestoga Farm Service Qaarryville Ph. ST 6-2597 butterfat in a year, To produce all this butterfat, Bessie ate 30 to 40 pounds of grain, 35 pounds of hay and nine pound*, of beet pulp a day in ad dition to all the water she could drink. During' her lactation, Bessie was under the care of two dif ferent men, Alvin Bambridge and Roland Walker. Bambridge was in charge of cows on test and milked her from April to October, when he left Active Acres for a job he now holds at White Cloud Farm. After he left, Bessie was milk ed by two other men, but like many other high producing cows, she reacted to the change of milkers and dropped to a low of 65 pounds of milk a day. Bainbndge then returned to Active Acres to help complete Bessie’s record. Walker looked after the feed ing and care of Bessie while Bainbridge was away In addition to the change of milkers, Bessie was subjected to some other unfavorable condi tions. During the year, she had no-less than four different milk ers, plus being started on hand milking and then being switched to machine milking after the first four months. During the last two months, she was moved to a new farm. In making the move, cows that were in the same barn with Bes sie were moved to another barn, and a steam drill was moved into the bqrn to break up the con crete and remove stanchions. iff MAKING H QUALITY HAY Allen H. Matz Ph. AN 7-6502 Ph. EL 4-8721 Powder Post Beetle Activity Rising Now There are a number of small, dark-brown beetles that attack seasoned timbers and boards r in buildings, says County Agent M. M Smith. Some attack only the sapwood of hardwoods, while oth ers work only in pine and fir timbers The majority o‘f these powder posts beetles deposit their eggs in the pores of the seasoned wood during June. The tiny, white larvae or grubs eat into the wood and pack their burrows with fine powder-like sawdust. Some of this wood dust often sifts from the-infested tim bers into the floor and obj’ects be low If the infestation has continued for several years, the surface of the infested timbers may contain numerous round holds about the size of pm heads. These are exit holes that are made by the adult beetles as they emerge from the wood in early June. Smith says a coat of paint or here’s how to grow 1000 sturdy , hig-framed Purina pullets on 2500 pounds less feed Most poultry raisers recognize that Purina Growing Chows nave the quality and ingredients to grow sturdy, big-framed pullets. But not all realize that Purina Chow efficiency often makes it much lower in feeding cost than feeds with cheaper price tags. The comparison in the table above shows the important differ ence in number of pounds of-feed needed to grow out Purina pul lets, compared with the average in 9 leading poultry states. Rather than to claim the full amount of saving shown in this comparison, the Purina Research staff rounded off the figures to 2500 pounds leas ' Purina Chow for light breeds, and 4000 for heavy breeds. This saving of feed increases the - feeding value of Purina complete , Growing Chow by 60£ to 80i per FEED PURINA -iYQU J. Fred Whiteside Denver John B. Kurtz John J. Hess II Intercourse—New Providence ■ mwrmmmmm J m u mm mm m m -m m u Kirkwood Epbrata Dairy Cows Must Have Good Feed As Well as Breeding to Pr6duce TSc inheritance is not the limiting factor for efficient milk production, claims County Agent M. M. Smith. It’s lust that too many cows don’t get enough to eat! In 1955 there were 111 herds m Pennsylvania that produced over 500 pounds of butterfat per cow; in 1956 there were 176 herds over 500 pounds of fat. Breeding, or genetic inherit ance, of these 500 pound fat herds varnish will prevent the beetles* from laying eggs, but will not de stroy the eggs or grubs that may already be in the wood when the application is made. An applica tion of five per cent DDT made on infested wood before June 1, will give fair control. A five per cent pentachlorophenol solution painted Qr sprayed on the surface of the wood is also effective. The odor of pentachlorophenol may be objectionable for several weeks after it is used. * (100 1b5.)... or $1.20 to $1 60 a bag extra value for Growing Chow fed with scratch grain. Thousands of poultrymen have found that they can use high quality feed ... and make money doing it.We know this, and we’re anxious to show you_ how you may cut feed Cost with your pullets. Pulls! Health Hint—Now, with Purina Liquid Poultry Wormer, you can worm each 100 pullets - for less than 25)*! Best tune is when they are 10 to 12 weeks old, with a second .treatment just before housing if your ranges are used heavily. It takes only one dose in the drinking water.. Order Purina Liquid Poultry Wormer right hers at the Store with the red-and-white Checkerboard sign. CAM DEPIMP-ON JHI -CHECKERBOARD - Wenger Bros. Rheems James High GordonvlUe Snader’s Mill Ht. Airy John J. Hess Kinzers—Vintage could be purchased for a $5 breeding fee any place in the state. This is true Smith says be cause 72 per cent bf. the 500 pound fat herds used artificial breeding, and over 50 per cent of the actual cows in these herds resulted, from bulls used in the artificial breeding program. Today, almost one-halt the dairy cows m Pennsylvania are being bred artificially to the same bulls that sired the cows in the 500 pound fat herds. Average production of all animals result ing from artificial breeding is 100 pounds of fat below these 500 pound herds Thus, too many cows lust don’t get enough to eat of either forage or grain. Pasture is the best and most economical source of energy for milk production. Unfortunately, it’s the most neglected land area on. our farms, Smith continues. A good pasture program can be de veloped on every dairy farm in the state, regardless of the soil type or location of the farm. S. H. Hiestand Pequea B. F. Adams Bird-in-Hand Warren Sickman Salunga
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