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.
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Paradise - New Providence
John B. Kurtz
Cedar Lane
James High
Gordonville
John B. 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
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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,
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pickup. Stop in soon—get all the on
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Alan Beyer
Christiana LY 3-5687
Wenger Implement Co.
Landis Bros. Inc.
Lancaster SO3-3906
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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.
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