10—Lancaster Farming, Friday, June 20, 1958 Small Paved Strips TVear Feed Bunk Can Increase Feeder Cattle Gains Beef cattle kept out of the pmd vi 11 gain extra pounds When the cattle have a firm fotmg they put on more weight than when they have to wade around in muddy % arcis, say animal husbandry re search men at Pudue University Dr W M Beeson and Dr T W Peuy found out that even a small stup of concrete alongside a feed bunk will more than pay for itself in incieased beef gams In a re search trial (using two lots of 14 steels confined for 112 days) the LIVE POULTRY PHILADLPHIA JUNE 18 Unsettled Demand was fair but veiy selective on size and quality Supplies of all classes were more than adequate for immediate re qmrements Receipts June 17 - 90 000 lbs including Maryland 2,000 lbs Delaware 3,000 lbs Wholesale selling price No 1 and fancy quality Broiler and tryeis heavy type 3-4 lb 23-27 Pullets 4*2 lb and over 28-30 Hens heavy type 22-27, light type 15 21 Old roosters 11-12 Ducks Pekins 27 30 "Nick-Chick" leghorns; FOR MORE EGG PROFITS We can prove that H&-N Balanced Breeding will increase j our egg production Get more income from \our laying house start with HiN "Nick Chicks” today Write for FREE price list and illustrated literature •Mso Ist Generation White Van. tress broiler chicks . 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EX 22659 average gam per steer in the lot with a 16-ft concrete strip on one of the feed bunk was 95 pounds compared to only 62 pounds for each steer confined to the unpaged lot EACH STEER on concrete gam cct 33 additional pounds The steers m the unpaved lot ate less total feed, but each steer required 35 pounds more feed to make a pound of gam Income from this extra beef means that paved strips are pro fitable And by paving a small sec tion of the yard each year, you will soon have a complete paved holding area which will lessen cioxetime and i educe labor. ALSO, VALUABLE manure can be saved—and more easily handled on a paved yard. This and other valuable re search infoimalion was made a 1 ailable to faimers, stockmen and agricultural editors attending Pudue s Cattle Feeders’ "Day, Friday April 25 A copy of the full research re port on the paved versus unpaved strips is available on request to the Portland Cement Association 33 West Grand Ave, Chicago 10, 111 I ATTENTION DAIRYMEN Limestone Sand For Use In Dairy Barns D. M. STOLTZFUS & SON. INC. Asphalt Paving & Crushed Stone Quarryvifle STerling 6-2191 &&rr> ps bt , *AfJ r ' iX " * f ••* ~~v t ys*\ / < Wk ~n •'*;"'£**/',v>.f ‘ "i* y X ?*-' f "~ < ■ / L. J. Deulinger Co. Eby’s Mill, Inc. Master Mix Calflac is the quality milk replacer that's proven itself in the dairy barn. Calflac costs less than milk sells for. It contains fat, vitamins, minerals, and proteins just as milk does . , . plus antibiotics to prevent scours and digestive upsets. It will pay you, Mr. Dairy Farmer, to use Calflac and sell your milk! Paradise Hempfieltl Mills, Inc. 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