qA Reports
0 Covers Save More Than Shows
tic covers that seal port issued this week shows.
3 . silos reduce feed More significant—but less
much more than
be indicated by com
the spoilage layers in
e silos With those in un
ed bunkers, a USDA re-
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BARRY E BENCE
Lincoln'
Ephrata High School
husquchawu University
KOBLRTJ KALIUCU
W Pit fin Street PoLtsullc
*.ali\jK P\ M n JR h School
luKintoColkgy
The ten outstanding high school seniors pictured
above have been selected from 400 highly qualified
a PPlicants as the i 961 winners of Pennsylvania
Tower & Light Company scholarships.
tp&l is proud to help further the education of
SUc h able young people. More than ever, our coun
s continued growth, and even its very existence,
obvious— s the reduction,
made possible by use of plas
tic covers, in silage losses
of a comparable unsealed
bunKfer.
JOANNE R. BOBEK ROGER F. EBNER BONNIE M. HORNE DAVID A JOHNS
747 Crane Street Catasauqua 722 N Joi dan Street Mlentowq 268 Itichlandtonn Pike, Quakertonn 347 T Market Street Marietta
Catasauqua High School Central Catholic High School Quakertown Community Donegal High School
to Moratian College to Lchijh Uutersity Senior High School to Buckncll Lmvcrsity
to Muhlenberg Collcga
KENNETH J. MYERS
412 BiooX Stiect Moomc
Moosic High School
lo Uimeraty of Suanton
WINNERS
of 1961 PP&L Scholarships
Students interested in competing for PP&L scholai ships
may secuie a preview of the program by asking,
at our nearest office, for a copy of this year's brochui e.
A new edition, giving details on next year’s
competition, will be axailable at CentialEastern
Pennsylvania high schools eaily this fall.
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THOMV3 L PIRMOT
JDO4 Chv Avtnue Dunmore
jjunmoie Hiph School
k to \\ likes College
Visable spoilage in sealed
and unsealed bunkers actual-
ly accounted for about one- Qn j jg percent in the seal
seventh the total dry feed e( j one
loss in a 2-year experiment
led by ARS dairy husband- In the unsealed bunker the
man C. H. Gordon and agri- following year, silage made
cultural engineer J. R. Me of a mixture of orchardgrass
Calmont. The v.sible spoil- and ladino clover lost 46.9
age layer never exceeded 3 percent of its dry matter
inches in thickness, even in Dry matter loss m the sealed
the unsealed bunker. bunker was 21.3 percent
Orchardgrass ens.laged in Gordon and McCalmont
the uncovered bunker lost figure the seal saved about
37 1 percent of its dry mat- 10 pounds of dry matter per
ter, compared to a loss of square ‘not of silo surface.
for BIGGER
YIELDS
of BETTER
CORN
A. H. HOFFMAN SEEDS/ INC,, Landisville, Penna.
BARBARA A SPENGLER GRAHAM M. WHITE
fc2o N Sixth Sheet Allentown 2669 S Second Slicet Sleelton
Louis P DiuufT High School Slccllon Highspne High Scitooj
to Liekmbon C olkgo to Lehigh I mv ei &uy
depends in large measure on the knowledge and un
derstanding of our young people and their ability to
meet fully the challenges ahead. We also extend our
sincere congratulations to the teachers of Central
Eastern Pennsylvania who have contributed to the
education of these young people, for the high
caliber of this year’s applicants is clear evidence of
a teaching job well done.
PP&L
AN INVESTOR-OWNEDI
ELECTRIC UTILITY
IN THE SERVICE
. OF THE PUBLIC
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 27, 19S1—
This much dry silage is nor
mally worth at least 15
cents A polyethylene seal 4
millimeters thick costs only
about two cents per square
foot.
On this basis, the cover is
worth the money, even if it’s
used only one season A
more durable experimental
material, neoprene-coated
nylon that's been tested six
years, hasn’t been assigned a
yearly cost because it’s still
in good condition
Had visible spoilage been
the only criterion for judg
ing the value of the »eals,
however, the covers would
not have appeared cconom c
al.
Much of the higher seep
age loss from the uncovered
bunker was due to moisture
from rain and snow tillering
through the silage Precipi
tation leached nutrients out.
On the other hand, seep
age measurements from the
sealed bunker revealed that
silage juices accounted for
the only moisture loss
The sealed bunker saved
more feed and produced bel
ter s.lage. Feed from the
sealed bunker was preferred
by dairy cattle. They pro
duced more milk and lost
less weight than cattle fed
from the unsealed bunker
Seals used in the study
were anchored to the surface
of the silage by covering
with 3 inches of sawdust.
• Lancaster Yards
(From, page 3i
520 last week. Trading mod
erately active Spring lambs
1 00 lower. Choice & Prime
50-80 lb slaughter lambs
21 SG-23 00, Good & Choice
19.00-21 50 A hundred head
string Cno.ce 50 lb leedcr
lambs 15 00
$ Vintage
(From Page 2)
grade Few lots 232-245 lbs.
2-3 18-18 60. Two lots No 3
271-280 lbs. 15 85-16 25.
SHEEP: 98. Spring slau
ghter lambs 1.00 lower.
Good and choice 50-90 lb.
spring slaughter lambs 19-
2r.
9 Chicago Yards
uin 2)
below and those weighing
under 1150 lb„ at minimum
decline Slaughter heifers 50-
1 00 lower, utility and com
mercial cows weak to 5C
lower, other cows steady to
25 higher, other classes un
changed.
Several loads prime 1200-
1330 lb. steers 25 50 26 00
Monday with load 1330 lbs.
26 00 but only three loads of
prime 1250-1325 lbs reached
25 25 Wednesday Bulk prime
and mixed choice and prime
1050-1460 lb. steers 23 00-25-
25. Bulk choice 900-1400 lbs.
2<j.00-23 50 but largely 23 00
down with many average to
high choice 1050 1350 lbs.
22 25-22 75 at the close.
Standard 18 00-20 00 late
with load mixed standard &
good 1200 lbs 20 25
Few mixed choice & prime
heifers 22 50-23 00. Late bulk
choice heifers 21 75-22 SC.
Commercial cows 15 75-
17.50 at the close, utility and
commercial bulls 17 50-20 50.
Good and choice vealers 25 -
30.
Several loads and small
lots good and choice 750-
1025 lb feeding steers 22 00-
23 00, load medium 675 lb.
stock steers 21 25
PASTURE COWS
CAREFULLY
Dairymen like to see lush
pastures come along for their
dairy cows, but Joe Taylor,
Penn State extension daily
specialist, sounds a warning:
he change from winter feed
ing can cause mastitis He
advises feeding some hay
and giain before cows go
cut to pasture each day caily
m the season
Weyhill Chief Mist-cs? a
registered Holstein sow own
ed by Vernon R Umblc, At
glen, produced 17,732 lbs of
mlk and 667 lbs butterfat
in 348 days on twice daily
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