•']' C — X<(‘ J ' /(,(/■ ||< I I • t , I t THESE ARE THE FEED bunkers used by running gear from an old sleigh. The bunk- Kurtz to feed hay and silage in the field. ers are pulled from place to place around Both are homemade. Notice that the run- the pasture to prevent the formation of ners on the silage trough are the former mud-holes as the cattle feed. (LF Photo) Pasture, Small Grain MATHIISON Increase your yields and your profits. Easily applied. Saves Time. Saves Labor. CLARENCE RUTT :■ ■ ■ NEW HOLLAND Ph. EL 4-8797 HIESTAND INC. MARIETTA RDI. I»h. HA 6-9301 •°*TI Off if * * t ,114 . and Corn ANHYDROUS AMMONIA 82% NITROGEN dealers L. H. BRUBAKER 350 Strasburg Pike. Ph. Lane. EX 3-7607 Lititz RD3, \**4 << * * i * N* { j, J r " Ph. MA 6-7766 * V* f i* j t I— y t' "* * >r. ** J. L. Kurtz Maintains 500 lb. Herd (Continued from page 3) rent price of molasses at about three cents a pound, this would mean six cents per animal per day. Selling to a market with a high per cent of Class I utilization, ANNOUNCING... MAY WILLIAM aBaBBBBBBBaaBBBBBBBBBBBBBBaBBaaaBBBaBaBBBBaaaiaaBBBBBaaBaaaaaaa 6-B—Lancaster Farming, Frii each extra pound of milk and butterfat means a lot. Kurtz feels that money spent for molasses is well spent. His experience with young on the proper handling of the stock has caused a lot of emphasis replacement heifers. THE INITIAL experience was gained when he and a brother-in lew were buying and raising calves to get foundation stock a few years ago so that they could go into dairy farming. It was the calves that he bought and raised that gave the herd the first 500 pound average. Some of these calves and heif ers are still in the herd and are still producing a respectable rec ord. The 529 pound average last year proves that beyond doubt. So young stock are treated to give them the best chance to grow and build body and vigor. They are kept in the barn until about six months of age. Then they go outside into a semi-loose housing arrangement. FEED AND HAY bunkers on skids are spotted in the pasture for supplemental feeding. Heifers are bred so they calve as they are turning two years old. This practice can cause trouble if the heifer lacks size or has been handled improperly. Kurtz finds this is no problem in his herd. When asked if he has any basis to compare the handling of young stock m this manner with any other method as far as disease freedom was concerned, he said he had none. «,► - <v< ‘^berV-CO " B CHICK We carry all the Super MA - CO Poultry Rations from M. S. Graybill & Son Clem Hoober Bareville Intercourse Pioneer Manufacturers of High Efficiency Poultry Rations. REPUBI sth, 1958 at 6;15 P. M. S. LIVENGOOD JR. , will be on WG A L T. V. Chick Starter to Breeder Mash S. O. Trupe East Earl, R. D. 1 iday. May 2. 1958 "This is the way I’ve always handled them,” he said. “I don't know of a much better way ot do it. Disease has never been a prob lem.” THE FEED BUNKER is hardly the exclusive property of the heif er herd, however. Liking to keep the cows out of the barn as much as possible, Kurtz uses a cart to (Continued on page seven) Highest! TEXACO QUALITY i*mk HEATING OIL GARBER OIL CO. Mt. Joy Ph. OL 3-9331 Ira B. Landis 779 Valley Rd., Lane.
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