• Cows In DHIA
(Continued from Page 6)
provoment rale of about 121
pounds
U. S dairy cows not in r»l
-jA increased their aierage
production more slowly—4 319
pounds in 1940 to 6,790
pounds in 19 61 This was a
bout 103 pounds ot production
in pro i erne nt a year.
It is more difficult to im
prove high-producing herds
than low-producing herds, ac
cording to Dr J Frank Kend
rick, head of the Dairy Herd
Improvement program for the
USDA's Agricultural Research
Service He savs improvement Because Weigh -a - D.,v -
Jn the better herds requires a . Month * ab designed ‘to
better planning, feeding, and introduce dairymen to record
management Record keeping keeping. Dr Kendrick says
helps DHIA members meet the decrea.se means that f.nm
these requirements . prs *, Urt in thls ])ldn th( .„
The DHIA orosrannts t;row- shilt to one ot the otheis
in" Latest Insures show mat Tints the mtiodmtort plan is
on Jan L .1 total ot 2,727,- set must its purpose
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( As much as 40 extra bushels an acre-that’s the
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15 7 percent of
274 cows
the 1* S dairy cow population
—wore (nrollod in the DIIIA
Onh about 11 per 'em were waKon t 0 load con\entional
three >oars t } lo tnne needed to load
a ton \\a> 2S man-minutes
When two men were put on
ih( nation to load bales, the
time eonsumed per ton. of hav
loaded jumped to 35 -nan-Bim
nte-i.
Ihe program
ago
Kn Tollmen ts are increasing
in two of the three record
keeping plans offered by I>IIIA
Nearly 2 million cows are
now, enrolled in the Standard
Record Keeping Plan, about 5
per cent more than in 1961.
nearly 700,000 cows in the
Owner-Sampler Plan, a 6 5 per
eent increase; and about (>9.-
000 cows in the Weigh-a-Hav
a-Moafh Plan, a 3 percent
decrease from 1961
• Hay Drying
(Continued from Page 1)
But the dmcrrnce docs nor
end there. The cube bales can
be stored in the mow m ran
dom .stacks by one man w
throws the bales, from the wag
on into an elevator. Conven
tional bales need two men it
the barn one to unload the
wag-on, and one *o s'a-’k in
tin mow
When (ompared m the Im
versity trials, the saaing in
labor was 6 3 per < ent less lor
the tube balls ‘What this
means, ’ M Curdv ? aid 1-
that it mniired onh ,11 per
(ent as in nth labor to handle
the ( übe baits ’
now. For more information, write E. I.'du
Pont de Nemours & Co., (Inc.), Room 2543*N,
Nemours Building, Wilmington 98, Delaware.
On all chemicals follow label imlruelions and warnings earefulltf
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•titer Things for StHtr living... through Chtmrifiy
Laneaster Farming, Saturday, April 21, 1962
r>t«adtantages listed for the
small piles include dtfftcul'y
in nandnng if the hay is to be
sold difficulty in building a
load it the hay is to be moml
from one barn to another,
about a third more twine
will be needed but
jightfr string can be used, and
.here will be more string to
remoce at feeding time. Ran
dom packing of hay will cause
more side pressure in the barn,
but if the barn is stiong en
ough to hold loose hay, it will
probably hold random pai ked
. übe bales, he said.
Keem r said he had used tin.,
bale thrower and random paik
ing only one season, but he
would not like to go back to
the minentioual size bale
He -aid lit' felt heat dr\ing
in ide his h o < rop moie uni
form It didn’t seem to make
muih difieremi whetlui n
h is -et ond, third or fourth i ut-
MANZATE
ling, the tows ate it well
“Wo thought we would h.u o
enough haj this icar but
when >ou bait good hay, tluv
(at moie, and ul couise they
gue nunc milk ' Keener said.
"Tbe-ie is moii than $3 00 dil
tcienie in the \aluo of a ton
of heat iuicd hay ”
\ou ha\e to learn when to
hale the hay, Keener and -Ali-
Curdy agreed It the baling is
done when hay is less than 33
per cent moisture, there will
be shattering ot leaies, but if
the hay has more than 43 per
cent moistuie, you will tun in
to baling problems “The old
twist and squeeze* method is
still the best wav to tell when
it is ie*ad\ ” Kei ner said, 3k-
Curdy said he beicies it takes
a farmer one season to learfi
to use the licit di \ mg method.
Ciuiiitv aj,ent M M Smith
sn-icp sted that fanners us 3
lotanon lei till/ if ion puitKP .
Th.it is lie mk! put .is much
emph.isis on fei tiliirmn the
sod in the lot.Uioii .is vou do
Oil ‘-,1.1111 < I o[)s
s.nd,
c oi n-a ttc i -< oi n
pioi>i .mis appeal to lie “ne*-
tins? hv but he believes l
uood sod uop is the basis of
.i sound lot.ition
He said the leitili/ei i.m In
applied to the tom in the tall,
befoie the fiist rut!ms oi !>■-
fore oi alter the second i ut
tnut Feinli/cr can he appli"4
at am liine—-even when theie
is (onsideiahle qpovvth—bat
Nitrogen and Potash will bin n
the cap it theie is nioistiiii on
the leaves
The second of the two h >y
divimr mi etnius was held
Tlmisdav attoinoon at Hu
laim ol lames Kieidei Qua’-
rvville R 1 vvluie a natuial
an sv stein with duels tluouuh
the mows was examined
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State etcnsion home manage
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state then buy onlv tioni an
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