Management gest For Poison prevention proper management is still the best way to reduce the meat of livestock poisoning plants, U S. Department of agriculture Scientists say. Management is stressed be altSe the cost of eradicating „oisonous plants on the broad Lanses foraged by range llveS tock would be prohibitive. Research has shown that al most all poisonous plants are mipalatable to livestock; they e £aten only when no other f e ed is available. Exceptions include arrowgrass, lupine, laikspur. and locoweed. just why livestock eat the mpalatable types is not fully known, but toxicologists L. F. jitmes, Wayne Binns, and J. 3" Checkerboard News PURINA’S REVOLUTIONARY NEW HORSE CHOW CHECKERS! Here’s the product horse owners have been waiting for,.. Purina’s new, revolutionary Horse Chow Checkers ... with built-in hay. It’s tailor-made for folks with a couple of pleasure horses, or where hay is a problem. Roughage is built right into the product— no extra hay is needed. 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Kurtz Ephrata L Shupe of USDA’s Agricul tural Research Seivicc have observed several contributing reasons These include (1) low feed intake caused by over grazmgj drought, trailing, or trucking, (2) perverted appe tites caused by a deficiency of salt, phosphorus, or other min erals; (3) the tendency of animals to eat anything avail able immediately after getting water, especially if they have been without water for moie than normal lengths of time; and (4) lack of variety in normal diet. On the basis of what is known, ranchers can help pre vent livestock poisoning if they learn to identify poison ous plants; maintain healthy animals; provide ample feed to prevent overgrazing; and drive or herd livestock slowly. The scientists also recom mend against turning hungry animals on an area infested #ft«iisUr«d trademarks—Ralston Purina Co. Ira B. Landis Valley Road, Lancaster Wenger’s Feed Mill, Inc. Rheems Whiteside & Weicksel Kirkwood S. H. Hiestand & Co. Salunga with poisonous plants: putting salt m aieas that abound with poisonous plants, or relying only on medication Eancheis should piovide ample water, change sheep bed grounds of ten, tiy to control poisonous plants in problem areas, and graze species of animals least susceptible to poisonous plants in a given area. Livestock should be kept off areas where infestations of poisonous plants are heaviest, 01 grazing should be confined to periods when poisoning is least probable. Not all poisonings are caused by range weeds, the scientists point out Oat or other hay, corn, and weeds such as lamb’s quarter can contain excessive amounts of nitrate and be tox ic to livestock. High levels of nitrate may occur if these plants are grown on soils con taining excessive amounts of manure or artificial nitrogen fertilizer. Several cultivated plants and weeds —rhubarb, lamb’s quar ter, and sugar beet tops—can be high in poisonous oxalates And hydiocyanic or prussic acid is produced in such plants as sorghum, Sudan grass, Johnson grass, and arrow grass because of drought, frost or other injury. Fewer trips through the field... half the number of turns . . . and less field packing —that’s what a 2-row unit for the heavy duty John Deere 12 Forage Harvester will do for you. The PTO- or engine-driven 12 is a 1 d available with a heavy-duty 1-row iv.it, 6- or 7-foot mower bar, and a wir'row pickup. Stop in soon—get all the on the 12 Forage Harvester. Alan Beyer Christiana LY 3-5687 Wenger Implement Co. Landis Bros. Inc. Lancaster SO3-3906 A. B. C. Groff, Inc. Shotzberger's New Holland 354-8001 Elm 665-2141 H. S. Newcomer & Son M. S. Yeorsley & Sons Mt. Joy 653-3361 West Chester 696-3990 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 29, 1964 Wheat Growers Get Program Notices were mailed recent ly to wheat growers of Lan caster County, transmitting 1965 wheat program informa tion as applicable to the indi vidual farm, Fred Seldom ndge, Chairman, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee, said today. The notices list the 1965 farm wheat allotment, the farm’s normal yield, the allo cation for marketing certifi cates, the rate of the pay ment available for wheat di version, and the conserving base established for the farm. The Chairman urges farm operators to study the notice information carefully, so that farming plans for the next growing season may be com pleted while there is still op portunity to file applications under the 1965 voluntary wheat program The sign up was started August 24 and it will extend through October 2, 1964 Operation of the 1965 pro gram generally will be about the same as for 1964, Mr. Seldomndge pointed out, but some provisions have been modified The program is again Go 2-row John Deere 12 Forage Harvester entirely voluntaiy and is more flexible, offeung farmers a numbei of atti active choices Program benefits include pucesuppoit loans averaging $125 pei bushel nationally on the participating farm’s wheat production, domestic market ing certificates worth 75 cents a bushel on as much as 45 per cent of the farm allotment’s normal yield, and export mar keting ceitificates worth 30 cents a bushel on as much as 35 per cent of the allotment’s normal production. Wheat di version payments will be based on one-half the county .price support loan rate and the nor mal yield for the farm. New program provisions for 1965 include the opportunity for growers taking part in both programs to substitute wheat for feed grains or feed grains for wheat, and the es tablishment of an oats-rye base for a farm if this is requested Storage under bond of wheat produced in excess of the farm allotment may be ar ranged at the time of the sign up Growers who wish further information about these or other provisions of the 1965 program may obtain details at the ASCS County Office Red Rose Cow Joins Distinguished Ranks Brattleboro, Vt The 1,636 th yearly production re cord exceeding a half ton of butterfat has been completed by a Registered Holstein cow, Red Rose Invincible Elnora 3997598 (VG), owned by Red Rose Research Center, John W. Eshelman & Sons, Lancas ter. The Pennsylvania Holstein’s official record of production to talled 25.545 lbs. of milk and 1,006 lbs of butterfat in 365 days She started her lacta tion at the age of 8 years, and 2 months and was milked two times daily Red Rose Invincible Elnora was bred in the Eshelman herd She was sired by Curtiss Candy Invincible 1056882 (EX). Pennsylvania State Universi ty supervised the weighing and sample testing of her production in cooperation with the Herd Improvement Regis try program of the Holstein- Friesian Association of Ameri ca. PATZ Sales & Service LJarn Cleaners - Silo Jnloaders - Cattle Feeders Robsrt K. Rohrer Quarryville, R. D. 1 Hensel KI 8-2559 Stanley S. Hotter LIMESTONE and FERTILIZER Sowing Service Paradise, Pa. 68H-6860 11
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