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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
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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 <xy
23,000 calories of estimated net I*. State TftSi
energy of feed. 411 4 CSI
This cow, bbviously, would Experiments with beef-dairy
be a money maker in any crossbred cattle at The Penn
dairyman’s herd. But to Dr. sylvania State University may
William Flatt and the other result in added income for
scientists at the Beltsville lab- Pennsylvania farmers.
oratory Lorna is an efficient
“milk factory” giving them a
chance to find out how a high
producer uses her feed, and a
lot of stored energy in her
body, to produce milk. The
knowledge gained from these
experiments may lead to dra
matic improvements in dairy
breeding, feeding, and manage
ment.
Lorna has been producing
her remarkable record, so far,
without losing any body weight.
“This will not continue,” Dr.
the Farmer,” College of Aigu-
Flatt says ‘‘Right now, she is culture quarterly, suggest that
using stored fat and replacing beef-dairy crossbreeding might
it with water. She cannot con- produce profitably a substantial
tmue to do this for very long.” part of the beef consumed in
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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
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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.
Checkerboard News
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2 weeks 500ner...32 lbs.
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40 lbs. less feed than just 10 short years agol
These benefits are a result of improvements con
tinually being made in Purina’s Hog Program.
Purina Hog Chow and your home-grown grain
will help you market your hogs fast and at eco
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Getting hogs to market in a hurry is important —
the longer they stay on your farm the more feed
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in a hurry the Purina Way. Ask for Purina Hog
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the reason why more farmers feed PURINA
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Salunga
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