12—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. May 27, 1961
Balance Pasture With Grains
For Faster Livestock Gains
With many cattle feeding opeartions m southeastern
Pennsylvania there is a place for the utilization of pasture
in the fattening piogram Many feeders inquire about the
proper use of this pasture for puttmg on-the most pounds
of beef and whether or not any gram should be fed to the
cattle while on pasture, County Agent M M Smith said
this week-
A study of the research
done in this area at a num
ber of experimental stations
from Virginia to Missouri re
veals that the 'most efticient
•use of the pasture will be
gained by grazing the cattle
on pasture alone during the
early summer months In
some cases the steers were
feci corn and cob chop daily
along with the pasture to in
crease the daily gams but this
also ran up the costs of the
pounds of gam. When the
pasture grasses are lusli dur
ing May, June, and July, it
is definitely known that it
does not pay to feed protein
supplement Vo the cattle,
Smith said.
During late July or early
August when most pastures
begin to dry up it is suggest
ed that cattle be either led
a balanced ration of corn
and cob chop plus protein
supplement .while still on
pasture, or that - they be put
into a dry lot and grain
fed for at least 60 to 90
days, without any pasture
In addition to the more ra
pid gains obtained while m
the dry lot on grain feeds,
tiie grade and Quality of the
cattle will no doubt bo in
creased and a higher market
value may be realized.
In addition, it is suggest
ed that cattle feeders utiliz
ing pasture for the early
summer months provide free
choice of some dry matter
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such as first cutting haj or
straw in order to reduce the
problem of scouring and' of
bloating This is especially
true if the pasture mixture
contains large amounts of
legumes jsuch as clover or
alfalfa The regular mowing
ot the pasture every four to
six weeks will encourage a
new growth and provide
some dry matter in the form
ot the clippings.
Comparative experiments
of similar gioups of cattle
on different mixtures of gras
ses and legumes resulted in
the cattle on the pastures
containing legumes such as
alfalfa, clover, or trefoil
making the highest daily
gains; these were not straig
ht legume pastures but fix
tures containing grasses and
legumes Steer calves on
good pasture should gain
from 10 to 1.5 pounds per
head per day; while year
lings should gain from 15
to 2 0 pounds per day.
Smith urged local feeders
to utilize pasture to help
fatten and grow their cat
tle in the early part of the
summer and in the early
part of the feeding period
‘ For late summer and for
finishing the cattle* the use
of dry lot and cither grain
feeding, or a mixture of si-,
lage and grain feeding, will
no doubt give. the cheapest
grains and the highei qual
ity beef,” he said.
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Elizabethtown
Phone EM 7-1341
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Phone ST 6-2597
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Best For Most
Vegetables
Between now and the ti
me early garden vegetables
will be ready for canning,
check your steam-pressure
canner. advises Louise Ham
ilton, extension foods and
nutrition specialist of the
Pennsylvania State Unmer
sity.
Processing hi the steam
pressure canner is the safest
and nest way to can non
acid vegetables, such as as
paragus' and peas. Because
it takes a temperature high
er than that of boiline water
to destroy spoilage organism
in nonacid foods, the pres
sure canner is recommended.
An accurate pressure ga
guc is essential to get and
hold the processing tempera
tures needed to destroy or
ganisms and prevent food
spoilage A weighted gauge
needs only to be thoroughly
clean, but a dial gauge ne
eds checking before the can
mng season and also during
it if the canner is used of
ten. Your county extension
home economist can give
you information on checking
the dial gauge
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