t Cow Makes Calories She Eats ■e c Department of Agri , Holstein cow is pro 'ntore calories of milk j sy than she is consum . feed. , lugh-producing cows coaled this remarkable 0 { production efficiency er under the conditions 4 on “Loma" by sci 0f USDA’s Agricultural c h Service. a 1S sealed in a plastic 8 r where measurements ■de of every bit of feed, , n( j air she consumes, milk and waste products educes under these conditions. tM LOANS The word quack, as it is used They point out that the aver today, is an abbreviation for age dairy farm of 152 acres the earlier form, quacksalver, has 10 to 15 acres of unused Using the cry of the duck to land suitable for beef cattle denote ignorant chatter and pasture. They believe it may boasting, the word “salver”— be possible for dairy farmers to salve or heal—was added, and part time farmers to sup- Thus, quacksalver came to plement their income by rais mean one who makes noisy ing beef-dairy crossbred cattle, pretentions to a medical skill Tested on pasture during the for profit and prestige. summer of 1963, 38 calves gained an average of 2 pounds per day from May 1 to Novem- Attend Church on Sunday, ber 1 and averaged 716 pounds p«m for Machinery, ,ck, Oars, Repairs, and my farm purpose. 0 year Farm Mortgage* ud part-time farms eligible u CREDIT OFFICE 1 V. Roseville Rd. lane. 893-3021 Here's one good answer to hot weather shell trouble, lay-bits ! Eastern States LAY-BUS are the outstanding hot weather layer feed . . . famous for helping producers beat the heat, lay-bits are fortified with extra tc| LJrn to make shells stronger, prevent production slumps, 1 help.more eggs get to market safely. LAY-BITS handle cleanly economically, too ... the modern feed for use in erratic equipment. If you want better quality/economy Production . . . with less breakage and * e r profits . . . order LAY-BITS from . . . ern States FARMERS’ EXCHANGE in the enegry-metabolism lab- r\ a * .. oratory at Beltsville, Md., that J OCCI Lorna produced 35,000 calories r , i. ft o C o C Pair of milk a day on an intake of viUBBC9 1 ✓ ' ■' ; Vi. ,%/ Sft* ' \ / ,\ A '' y v , 5 ' •< V v\s %w ‘Vv! v 21 VwV** .2 £.*•& '**' \ S 'V ' tX'# 4 S ••'/•■ A „1?n "P ' *■" '! " J*>S' ' "i ' j s^;~ c 5 . :;',. % ; s 'f< \ * <'" ■"/ -:: : ■ ■■ ; < ' -.- *■«{ ' >' ' 1/1 ' ' M , \ The experiments show that desirable beef-type cattle can be produced from beef-dairy crossbred animals fed mainly on high quality forage with limited gram feeding. Angus- Holstein crossbred cows were used in the experiments—bred to Polled Hereford bulls in the University’s beef herd. Animal industry researchers Jack Phillips and Robert D. Scarth, writing in the spring summer issue of “Science for Pennsylvania, 'i'Ai s "'A" >-// ■p '„''">>{& > s , '*i!Sr,, V*; ' v .. A " ; ■■'*:% K'<& -r „-?■<,/ ■V?W, >; - - - -Jf' i <''\' s A ' '* ' % ,vt **£X % '.s\ / V N s o / -- -*< * ' > \ * * \ V£, - ' *,t; "£'X> f * ' .'i -y Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 6, 1964 from grass feeding at about • Lancaster a year of age. Various man- , ~ „ agement practices are being (Cont nued from Page 2) tested this year to determine lbs. 16.00-16.50. possibilities of increasing rate SOWS; U. S. 1-3, 300 450 lbs. and economy of weight gains. 11.50-12.50, Few U. S, 1-2, 280- Exhibits showing potentials K lbs - 42 50 '3 K 0 n o ’, S ‘ 2 ' 3, for beef production from beef- ~b s J®' Few dairy crossbred cattle will be ' lO 50 - featured at the Forage Field SHEEP 40 1 ° Compared with Day to be held June 30 at the 425 u bead , la f week - s P ua S Centre Hall Agronomy Re- 4ambs lvl / actlve - and stead F search Farm of Penn State. sp R ™Ji dy SL a TIGHTER The farm is located on high- . b H way 53, between Centre Hall J'AJ 46 ® 25 9?" and Potters Mills, 15 miles 2 ®^ ood 22.00 24 00, few to east of the campus. 2100. SHORN SLAUGHTER _ T , , . , , EWES Utility to Choice No. The Mahons foods, dru ß s, 2 and 3 pelts 400.7.00, medical devices and cosmetics _____ are safeguarded by the Fed eral Food, Drug and Cosmetic Everything comes to him who Act, enforced by the Food and hustles while he waits. Drug Administration. —Thomas Edison. 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