’i' • Forage (Continued from Page 1)' weight, Adams believes. Generally high butterfat associated with high forage consumption, but it sometimes pays to feed lower quality hay hay with a lar ger amount ot fiber slow" down the feed in the cow’s digestive tract. With the stress on high glam feeding in the past few jeais, Adams said many dairymen believe they can cut back on the amount of forage and make up the nutritional difference with giam Furthermoi e, d a i r j men ***★★★★*★★★*★*^★*★****★*★****★**★★★★***★★***★**★*★★★★★**★★****★**★★**********************l .TIRES • BATTERIES . LUB * z * ' "EASTERN STATES SETS THE PACE" * . r I * £ > John E. Mt. Mourice Good Martin Wonnor Gordonville Jacob L. Kurtz Elizabethtown Should pay - particular atten tioa to the percentage of protein in the ration when supplies of hay are curtailed. Adams says the protein con tent in grain rations should go as high as 25 or 30 per cent when corn silage makes up most ot the forage ration When corn silage is used pumarily to replace hay and a pretem deficiency exists, the butteifat content mil be adversely atfected because the digestabihty of the forage is lessened. Most Cows Underfed The Penn State researcher said he believes 90 per cent FARMERS WIN THE BATTLE AND KEEP ROLLING WITH TOP PERFORMANCE UNDER RUGGED CONDITIONS HIGHEST IN VALUE-IN-USE POWEi ... at down-to-earth prices with EASTERN STATES FARM TIRES Deep bite, self cleaning modern treads far extra power . . longer traction life . . new bead rim flange to keep out dirt and grit . lug base support This is what you get with Eastern States CO-OP tractor tires Complete installation, and on-the-form service when you need it, are all part of Eastern States’ fast growing tire business. Put all your tractors, trucks, cars and implements on a good footing For the best tire buys, see the man from Eastern States now. Melhorn Joy Eastern States Farmers Exchange, Inc. TENS Hi 3-Woy SUPPORT Henry B. Hoover Enos R. Buckwolter Evihrata Farmers G and G Feed & Supply Feed and Supply Stephen Kurtz >ew Holland l»intz - Manheim -r Morgantown Lancaster Service Center Qnarryville Service Center r** ******** jl irkirkirkirkirirk*ir-kirk-k-kirkirk'k'k*-k'irkirkirkirk-kirirkirki'irli - I * of the dairy cows in the state are underfed at the present time. “We know that the average cow in Pennsylvania produces somewhere near 8,000 pounds of milk per year, and we have leasons to 'believe that the aveiage cow in the state is capable of making near 12,- 000 pounds. Most of this dif feience is due to improper feeding ” Adams said. But milk pioduction is not always immediately cut if cows aie undeifed In many instances, the cow vv ill con tinue to make milk, but il she is not being fed sufficient liud-m-Haiul Evan E. Dinger Kemholds Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 8, 1962—7 nutnemts, the butterfat con tent of the milk will be low eied. What happens in such cas es, he explained is that cows take body* fat oft and turn it into butterfat This increases the blood fat content and may cause a temporary boost m butterfat, but unless the cow is fed sufficient nutrients to lay down model ate amounts of fat on hei body, milk fat content w ill suffer. Aioid both thin or oiei conditioned cows, since a fatt\ cow also tends to pioduce m • • KANTS John Mortin Barcvillc Wilson Scott West Willow milk with low fat content A few yeais ago, Adams said, some local daily men puichased Canadian Holstems, but they were disappointed when the cows didn’t test any better than the cows they al leadv had, this was mainly because they didn’t feed them any difteieut than they' ted then othei cows In Canadi, for most pait, the cows weie on a high forage muon As one final woi d of cau tion, Adams it old dan > max that pool lentilation is one of the majoi causes ot light foi- age consumption He said cows must he encouiaged to eat laige amouii'ts ot forage but most of the so called ifoiage evtendeis cannot he considei ed in meeting forage needs. He said while ha> is scaice, it is one of the lequnemeins for satisfactom Inuteifat le\- els m the milk Order Fnut Trees ■¥ If jou plan to bet out some J fiuit trees next spung, place * join ordei now with a ieli<i •k ble inn sen, advises Call Bit it J net, Penn State extension * pomologist COUNT ON YOUR ffiffman SEED MAN TO HELP YOU PLAN BETTER PAYING CROPS THESE HOFFMAN SEED MEN ARE READY TO SERVE YOU! ELMER BRILL Elizabethtown 3(37-5441 FRANK H BUCHER Lititz 62C-G504 JONATHAN S. SHIRK Leola Gso-9302 LESTER ERB Elizabethtown 3b7-7112 EDGAR C. UMBLE Gap HI 2-4525 JASON H. MELLINGER Strasbuig 687-G546 Woffman C/ FARM SEEDS ALFALFA • CLOVER • PASTURE OATS • FUNK’S G-HYBRIDS
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