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AS THE TRACTOR LABORS to pusn corn silage over the top of the 30 x
60 : foot silo, Edison W. Osborne, Jersey cattle breeder at Peach Bottom, contem
plates just how much forage the monstrous container will hold Size of the
/structure with its 30 foot diameter dwarfs the tractors and silage wagon. The 125
cows now in the herd are fed automatically by the auger system shown at the
bottom of the silo and extending toward the right behind Osborne. The silo has
replaced a 16 foot upright silo and a trench, but two other silos, a 14 foot and
a foot upright, will continue in service. L. F. Photo.
Researcher Recommends
High Grain Feeding Rates
Dairymen weie urged to feed
heavier gram rations and re
strict the forage to their cat
tle at a meeting Thursday.
Dr. Gilbert H. Porter, re
search nuti itiomst with the
Beacon Milling Company, Cay
uga, N. ¥ , told Guernsey
Breeders at their annual Field
Day Thursday at the Farm of
Rohrer Witmer, Willow Street
R 2, "The program will pio
hahly get a big boost this year
because of the shoit ncughage
supply.”
Porter cited research con
ducted at his company's re
search farm with several pans
of identical twin calves. He
said the calves which were fed
on a program ot restricted
loughage and high grain were
in better physical condition at
breeding time and consequent
ly calved in an eailier age
Milk production during the
first lactation was also high
er from the heifer on the
high gram ration.
IQ, recommending the pro
gram, similar to lead feeding
or challenge feeding wheie the
Farm Calendar
Aug. 27 g p m. Meeting
ot the directors of the Red
Rose Dairy Heid Improve
ment Association in the
Farm Bureau building, Dill-
erville Road,
Aug. jg State Guernsey
Cattle show in the Guernsey
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 25, 1962
cow is fed ahead of her ex
pected production. Porter said
best results could be expected
tiom the top cows in the herd.
He called for more indivi
dual attention to the cows.
“If you are going to feed up
to IS pounds of giam to a cow
during a day, you should
bieak it into at least three
feedings of six pounds each,
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Kiwanis Club
Scholarships
Announced
Two Lancaster County 4-H
club members have been nam
ed to receive $lOO scnolar
ship grants by the Lancaster
Kiwanis club next week
Accordiug to John C Long,
agricultural committee chair
man of the club the two
awards will be presented to
Roger Stoner and William
Maule next Tuesday at a re
gular meeting ot the club
The grants are made an
nually to two 4-H members
who are enrolled in the fresh
man class in agriculture or
home economics at the Penn
syhania State University.
The awards are made on the
basis of all-around participa
tion in 4-H work and applica
tion is made on the national
awards program form.
Stoner is the son of Mr. and is the son of Mr. and Mrs
Mrs. Raymond H. Stoner, 1051 Richard Maule,. Quarryville
Edea Road. Lancaster. I 1 . , -
Senate Passes
Stripped Down
Farm Legislation
The U S Senate on Thurs
day voted 47 to 37 m favor
of another farm bill which
included a whittled down ver
sion of the administration’s
plan for reducing government
holdings of feed grains
The vote, coming after onlv
two days of debate, will send
the bill back to the House
where a bill w ith even fewer
ot the President's requests was
passed last month
The House version of the
agricultural legislation does
Little more than evtens exist
in g legislation on feed
grams and wheat for another
year
The principal difference in
the two bills is the Senate
amendment which could wipe
out all price supports on feed
grama starting with the 19 6 1
crop
The proposal, which could
precipitate a fight 111 joint com
mittee, allows the Secretary ot
Agriculture to set prices sup
ports anvwhere between zero
and P 0 per cent of parity so
long the action would not
increase government-held sui
plusses
The action bv the Senate,
one in a senes of moves made
in a drive toward adjournment,
is expected to be ratified bv
the House, according to a
spokesman for majority lead
ers in that body.
Cornwall Jersey Farm
Builds Huge New Silo
How
much coi n does it
take to fill a silo that is SO
feet in diametei and GO teet
tali’
Edison W Osboine, Peach
Bottom dan jman will soon
be able to tell j r ou, and it
appears that the answer might
inn o\ei a thousand tons.
The huge conciete sta\e st
ructure recently completed
and already filled up to four
doois, was built to leplace an
upnght silo 10 feet in dia
meter and a trench which
■varied in capacity as was ne
eded Osboine figures the new
silo will hold nearly foui
times as much silage pei foot
of height as the old one held.
Anjone who has ever climb
ed a silo eveiv day to pitch
down enough teed tor the day
can imagine what a job it
would be to throw down en
ough by fork to feed 123
milk cows plus the heifers
and young stock. But think
how the job would be compli
cated If some o£ the silage
had to be carried thirtj feet
before it could be pitched
down the chute.
Silo unloaders, of course,
Darvin Boyd Exhibits His
Third Grand Champion
Darvin Bojd won his third
grand championship in the
Countv 4-H Swine club round
up Wednesday with a tiim
mediumweight Yorkshire gilt
The 20 yeai old junior at
Deleware Valiev' College of
Ag4 icu lture also took the
championship with his pen of
ten Yoikslures, and was a
close second in the showman
ship contest
Darvin, the son of Mr and
Mrs Elmer Bovd. Ephiata Rl,
made his farewell appealance
in 4-H swine club competition
culminating eifght of
show mg
In the 1955 show, his York
shire was named grand champ
ion as was his Duroc in I 9 60.
In 1939 he show'ed a York
shire to the reserve spot in
the competition
The current champion was
purchased from Arhe Ander
son of Masonic Home Farms
•on May 9 at a weight of 59
pounds She crossed the scal
es at 220 on Wednesday “But
I had to hold hei back for the
last two weeks to keep her
from getting too heavy.” Bojd
said
The pen of ten champions
were purchased from Ernest
Weatver, Manhcim Rd and
weighed 208 pounds each
at show time
Boyd had a total of 17 head
of swine in the show which
included the champion pen of
ten and the champion Duroc
Runner up in the individ
ual competition was the 195
$2 Per Year
haie been designed to take
most ot the woik out of this
job but in most s> stems, the
nnloadei has to be adjusted
e\eiy time the silage level
falls below another door. In
the silo on Cornwall Farm,
the Osborne homestead, a dis
tnbutoi in the silo at filling
time makes sure the chopped
matenal is spread out to the
edges of the silo and packed
e\ enly
But the most unique fea
ture of the distributor is the
cylmdncal pipe which forms
a natmal chute right dewm
through the center of the
silo The pipe about 30 inch
es in diameter, is drawn up
with the distributor as the
silo is filled, leaving a natural
opening from top to bottom
in the «ilo When unloading
time comes. the unloader
thiows the feed down the
chute and a conveyor carrya
it to the auger over the feed
trough and no doors have to
be opened or closed from top
to bottom
Osborne, who milks appro
ximately 125 head of register
ed Jeiseys is counting on his
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pound Berkshire barrow ex
hibited by David Heisey, Sher
idan Rl.
The 16 year old student in
vocational agriculture at Eph
rata High School purchased
his winning entrv from Mas
onic Home Faims He was
a March pig.
Heisey had a Duroc from
the same farm which placed
third in breed competition. A
Landrace, a Spotted Hog, two
Poland Chinas and two cross
bred hogs made up the rest of
the seien entues Heisey show
ed.
In lus seien \ears of com
petition in the 4-H club, Heisey
has exhibited eight breed
champions, but Wednesday’s
show marked lus first entran-
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FIVE - DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Saturday - Wednesday
Temperatures during the
nevt fne days are expected
to average near the normal
range of 03 at night to 8a
in the afternoon. Warmer
weather Saturday and Sun
day will gi\e way to cooler
temperatures during the
rest of the period. Precipita
tion during the period may
total 0.1 to 0.5 inch, occurr
ing as showers or thunder
,showers -about Sunday.