16—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 23, 1961 • Lead Feeding (From page 1) Charles Craig, Nottingham R 2, has about- 170 cows in production. When he began the lead feeding program a bout the middle of October he found his herdsman was feeding the cows in the late stages of lactation more grain than they needed in an effort to keep production from fal ling off Some were being forced to rob their own bod ies of the nutrients needed to make the milk. How did Craig get into the lead feeding program? What does he think of it? The first thing this young, energetic dairyman did when we sat down around his kitchen ta ble was to open his Dairy Herd Improvement herd book. In answer to the last ques tion first, he said, I am not milking any more cows now than I Was in October, but the milk production went up from 1,800 pounds per day to 2,500 pounds of milk a day on one farm. “And it’s not costing any more’’ he said. Craig said he felt this was a good year to try heavy grain feeding because this was a good grain year. “I knew my cows ought to be milking better ” he said, “But I didn’t know just what the trouble was.’’ A neighbor, Harry Wilson, was feeding some of his higher producers as much as 25 or 26 pounds of grain a day, Craig said, and production was higher than it had ever been. HIGH CONTENT SUGAR CORN H.S. 50 FOR SILAGE Order it while the supply lasts. REIST Seed Company MOUNT-JOY. PA. OL 3-3821 WOLGEMUTH BROS., Inc. florin In a - trouble-shooting ses sion with Paul (Pete) How ard of the Quarryville branch oof Eastern States Farmers Exchange Cooperative, Craig decided to try ajprogram of additional grain feeding On the advice of Howard, he increased both protein content and amount of feed to cows in early and middle stages of lactation and notic ed an immediate increase in production. The herd averag age jumped from 793 lbs. of milk and 31 pounds of but terfat in October to 877 lbs. of milk and 35 pounds of fat per cow in November. Craig, cited examples of three individual cows in the herd to show the increase. Cow number one made 37 1 pounds of fat during the month ending 117 days of her lactation. She made 40 7 pounds during the month ending her 147th day of milking. Cow number four jSHAVINGSI HAROLD B. ZOOK [ ■ 220 LAMPETER ROAD LANCASTER. PA. ” PHONE EX 4-5412 J • CLEAN DRY PINE • SEMI DRY PINE • MIXED BAGS OR BULK DELIVERIES OVER 2 TON AND ■ TRAILER LOAD PRICES g ■■■■■■■■■■l■■■■■■■■■»■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■^ 6*l Today t*. _y . jne man bale and load faster than a 2- or 3-man team! The new system consists of a New Holland Haylmer plus a sim pie, foolproof mechanism that “airlifts” the bales into a trailing wagon. It cost surprisingly little In. fact, the lowest pric ed Hayhner—the new Compact Hayliner 65 with Tele- Flow feed—costs no more with Bale-Thrower than many balers without automatic wagon loading! You get the job done m half the time—all by yourself! Ci imp choice' . ay, yo. time with New Holland conditioners No matter what type of mower you prefer—mounted, semi-mounted or trailing—you get more field-proved features when it’s a New Holland! For example, check the quality features on the New Holland “47” semi mounted mower SEASON’S QREETINQS Your Local Lancaster County New Holland Dealers went from 41.2’ lbs. at' 115 days to 46.7 pounds on the 145th day. Cow seven gained from 44.9 at 116 days to 49.3 pounds at 146 days.' “And the cows near the end of their lactation did not drop when we cut back_on their feed ” Craig said. Just how does the lead feeding program operate? Pete Howard explained it this way. “You begin by giv ing the cow a six to eight week dry period. She needs the proper rest to rebuild her body, mammary glands, and body weight, and produce a healthy calf. You have to determine the cow’s expected peak of production in her coming lactation by studying her former lactation records, her probable inherited abili ty and her type potential”. The next step is to calcu late the amount of grain needed, with the available forage, to produce at that ATTENTION FARMERS! ASK US ABOUT NEW ADVANCE DELIVERY that peak l level/ , - ture' at Solanco High School. Ten days before freshen- Predd, who is encouraging ing you begin feeding "the adoption pf the feeding pro cow two-thirds of the amount gram by the Young Farmers of feed needed to produce in his classes, says also more at her peak. On the day after ketones, and the possibility ‘freshening, you begin in- of greater incidence of Ketos. •creasing the amount of feed is, are produced when the by one pound every day un- cow must convert body fat til her peak production has to butterfat. been reached. The grain ra- . . . tion- should be held at that ‘ This » s a Program for level until milk production hl S h Producmg cows ’. Predd begins to taper off and sa y s - does no } J . belleve should then follow produc- with low production m tiondown. "hentance will respond as as well as high producers. “It is false economy to fat- While the program is rela ten the cow during the dry tively new to this area, the period and expect her to use dairymen- who have tried it body-fat during her milking appear to be convinced that period ” says William Fredd, lead feeding can lead the teacher of vocational agncul- way to greater dairy profits. J Use Concrete Masonry for Structural Strength ■ I New Holland Concrete Products j ■ NEW HOLLAND, PA. ELgin 4-2114 ■ When Vou Buv.,. (add 1 INTEREST TOYOUR PURCHASE! f ADD) NEW HOLLAND QUALITY TO 1 1 YOUR MECHANIZATION! add[ one question-ask us about; .. A. D. D. NEW HOLLAND’S NEW you a m curing ADVANCE DELIVERY DIVIDEND HOLLAND'S DIVIDEND! Buy now—with down payment, trade-in or payment in full—and get a BIG interest dividend. You get paid at 6% per annum to July 1, 1962, on payments or trade-ins made during the special program period. CALL US.., OR COME IN NOW ... for full-details on New Holland’s Advance Delivery Dividend! 16 s
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers