bulletin The Cows It’s the animals who decide for P « r i n a how Chows v,ill look, feel, smell, and taste . . . how they will be made and what they will be made of. Traditionally, a milk “look good'* and rolled grains an . .. conta: most tea years of Dairy Researchers pr( tion wrong! A long series of tiir. Traditional “good-looi and the cows responds milk per lactation. While dairymen traditionally said “no” . . . the cows said “yes” to this change, and Purina high-energy milking rations came into being. One e| these rations is Purina Cow Chow D. We sug gest you try it. If you do you’ll prove to yourself that Purina feeding costs you less. Do V©« Know . . . Sows Produce 100 Gallons Of Milk Each Year A brood sow is a factory a “pig factory” and she needs help to produce to capacity. At the Purina Research Farm on the Purina Hog Program, sows each year produce more than 100 gallons of milk; wean 18 pigs; and maintain their own bodies. These are mighty big jobs. Purina Sow Chow fed with your grain is designed and researched especially for these big jobs. Get Sow Chow at our store with the Checkerboard Sign. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 13, 1962—1 S Tindall Holstein Is High In D.H.I.A. Lactation Records A registered Holstein cow m the held of Chailes Tindall, Peach Bottom, completed the highest 305 dav lactation m the Red Rose Dairy Herd Im provement Association during the August testing period. Five year old “Lucinda’’ produced 833 pounds of butt eitat in 19,578 pounds of milk with a 4.3 per cent test. Tyn dall had three other cows completing lactations with ov er 400 pounds of butterfat. Second high lactation com pleted during the month was lecorded by a registered Hol stein in the herd of Edwin X. Kuitz. Ephrata Rl. She made 78G pounds of butteifat in 17,431 pounds of milk with a 4 5 test. High butterfat average for the month, accoiding to the association’s newsletter, was made by the herd of Titus hi. Hurst, Lititz R 2. The 22 regis teied and grade Holsteins made an average of 57 pounds of butteifat, 1,625 pounds of milk and a 3 5 test. Another herd of 22 regis teied Holsteins registered the second high aieiage of 54 pounds of butterfat in 1,430 pounds of milk with a 3 7 per cent test. The herd is owned b> Dan S. Stoltzfus, ait. Joy R 1 The registered and grade Holstein of Paul hi Yeagley had a herd average of 53 pounds of butterfat for the month, another 53 pounds per cow was produced by the 4S registered Guernseys in the herd of Raymond and Louise Witmer. Three other herds had 30 or more pounds of butterfat per cow during the month, the 21 registered and grade Holsteins of Amos B. Lantz had a 52 pound aver age. Willis S. Xolt's 12 Hols tems had a 51 pound average Statffj* and the Red Rose Research Center herd made a 50 pound average. Twenty other herds aver aaed 45 pounds or more. In addition to the two top lac tation recoids 13 other cows made in excess of 700 pounds of butterfat dining the lacta tion ending during the month. Conservation Districts Are In 60 Counties HARRISBURG Elk Count} has been declared Penns}lvama’s 60th soil con seivation distuct, according to State Secietai\ of Agncultum William L Henning, chairman of the State Soil Conservation Commission. The new district provides technical conservation services to faimers and other landow ners; plans and construction guides will be furnished for eiosion control, water storage* drainage and recreational im provements. Districts m Pennsylvania am managed by a board of five directois who serve without pay. Four are farmers nomin ated b> county farm organiza tions and one is a county com missioner. The commissioners appoint all five. The number of districts in the state has increased over 10$ per cent in the past sere* jea rs Soil conservation districts also sponsor upstream water projects for flood prevention and water supply, and provid es soil surveys to aid econo mic planning and development. Company
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