iry Type Bulls Outgain
eers In Feeding Tests
Keystone state daaymen may
i c overlooking a good somee
( >\t,a income, lesearcheis at
(j U . Pennsylvania State Univei
slt\ believe
Ihomas B King, extension
qiuuial husbandly specialist,
‘ int l Di James R Nichols, ex
peiiment station daily scient
ist, have conducted a senes of
feeding experiments with dairy
type bulls in companson with
steeis.
King says feeding of dairy
type bulls for beef production
can be a profitable enterpme
since the hulls gain faster and
need less feed per pound of
beet produced than do steers.
In experiments at the Uni
versity, he said, bulls reached
gOO pounds 34 days sooner than
steeis. The bulls reached 1,000
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The steeis had a slightly
highei diessing percentage than
the bulls, but in percent of de
sued cuts, tne bulls outpointed
the steeis at both weights Tins
was pnmaiily due to less fat
thickness and moie squaie inch
of aiea in the nb eye muscle
on the bulls.
But more significant, the re
searches feel, is the amount
of feed consumed by the ani
mals The 800 pound bulls ate
576 pounds of feed compaied
to 616 pounds for the steers,
or a saving of 40 pounds oi
feed to reach market weight.
On the 1,000 pound animals,
the bulls ate 635 -pounds com
pared to 714 for the steers, or
a difference of 61 pounds per
animal The bulls ate less of
its killing action is residual as
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both grain' and hay to reach
market weight.
The steer carcasses in the ex
peument earned a gteater de
giee of maibling and moie fat
covering At the 800 pound
weight, the steci giad
ed shghtlj highei, but at the
1,000 pound weight the bulla
giadcd highei than the steers
King said feeding bulls is a
faiily common custom in many
countiies but the industiy heie
has not >el become awaie of
the piofil oppoitumlies avail
able
One of the leasons foi the
high mtei est m these investiga
tions is that the housewife has
shown an increasing mteiest m
leaner cuts of meat,” he said
“In the farmei’s terms bulls
provide just this ”
Dr Nichols pointed out that
retailing trials in Denver, Colo
lado, show that 90 percent of
the consumers who bought bull
steaks, without knowing where
they came from, said they
would buy them again. About
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LOOKING OVER A PEN OF Holstein steers are
Dr James R. Nichols, Penn State dairy scientist, left,
and Thomas B. King, extension animal husbandry
specialist The two departments at Penn State are
conducting experiments on the economic importance
of dairy bulls as beef.
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the same reaction was noted for
leasts from bull carcasses.
King noted that the increas
ed gam per pound of feed could
amount to nearly $l4 per ani
mal with -bulls This could
amount to $l3 million per year
in 'Pennsylvania if the estimat
ed 973,000 daily hulls were fed
out for beef
The expeiiments were ear
ned out in cooperation with
the Holstein-Pnesian Associa
tion ol Amenca, the Depart
ment of Animal Industry and
Nutntion at the University, and
the Coopeiative Giange League
Fedeiation
Spring Rains
Delay Seeding
Spring seeding of alfalfa and
ciovei is well advanced and
some Cohblei potatoes have
beer planted, but rain and wet
giound -have delayed most farm
woik in the state, according to
today’s weekly ciop and weath
ei leport of the Pennsylvania
Ci op Repoiting Seivice
Wmtei giams geneially are
in fan to good condition, the
lepoit stated although some
bailey had to be replanted in
the southwest aiea because of
poor germination dunng last
falls diought or fiom suffoca
tion fiom watei and ice
Grams and glasses were mak
ing rapid growth
Tobacco beds in the Lancas
tei county area weie being
steamed for weed and plant di
sease control
Fruit trees have come
through the winter in good con
dition, and apple buds are swell
ing rapidly 'Some chemes are
m bloom and a few peaches are
in the pink stage. 'Pruning work
has been completed
Plowing for oats and corn
progressed in southern and cen
tral counties, and some oats
and vegetables .were planted, in,
addition to potatoes
Most of the state had a long,
cold winter with plenty of snow
and temperatures ranging down
to 25 degrees below zero, but
the weather was milder by sev
eral degrees than the 1962-tfß
season.
Snowfall ranged from 100 in
ches in northwestern counties
to 50 inches in the southeastern
area The November March
rainfall totaled 15 to 18 inches,
or considerably above normal.
REMOVE MULCH
Remove mulch from rose
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inch into the -green wood, and
in addition, remove weak un
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