Linear Programming Is (JSDA Amends Now Available, From rp, r» pc n i Pa. Extension Service » r& O IvUleS The Cooperative Extension Seivice of The Pennsylvania State University is adding an other educational service to Pennsylvania agriculture, ac coidmg to Thomas H Patton, extension director This service, called “linear pi ogramnung,” will use elec tions computers to provide fanners and agricultural busi nesses more accurate answers to their management pioblems and aid in decisions where a number of factors enter into consideration It will help in solving complex pioblems or assist in choosing other sys tems that would be more feasible in the farming enter pnse. K James Becker, extension faim management specialist, has been testing linear pro giammmg as a faim planning technique duung the past seveial years Piofessional woikers and farmeis who have used this planning tool feel this is a step forward in help ing fanners make more profit able adjustments in their busi nesses One farmer had a problem of committing sizable amounts of capital to expand his bus ness. Linear programming helped him malje a sound de cision on the proper size of operation to maximum profits The technique was used to help a greenhouse operator make a decision on determining the most profitable crops to pro duce. Also least-cost machin ery combinations have been woiked out Minor problems on leasbcost feed formulas have also been programmed. Linear programming is now available on a fee basis to any pei son engaged in agricultural business in Pennsylvania The Dairy Herd Improve ment Association and Forage Testing Sen-ice have been us ing computers to process re ports and furnish data which has aided hundreds of farmers in improving herd manage ment “This progiam may correct existing problem situations, suggest alternatives that are most profitable, or in many cases, eliminate problems be loie they arrive,” Beekei points out. Penn State To Hold A Dairy Clinic Series In Chester Co. In Mar. Dming a series of milking clinics to be held in March, Penn State specialists Ste phen Spencer and Dr S'amuel Guss will discuss function and stiuctuie of cow’s udder, piopei milking techniques; !v nlk handling and milk qual hj, caie of milk equipment, and i educing mastitis inci dence m the dairy herd. On Mai ch 3, 10, 17, and 31, Iheie Will be an afternoon uinic at the Honey Brook * lle Hall at 1 pm, m the eienmg, Bpm, the same ma deual will be given at the Ox -101 d High School Libiaiy Each Wednesday’s session will be different, but will be 1 elated to each of the other sessions Therefore, interested daujnien are urged to plan to attend all the meetings where Possible. A -n The U 'S. Department of Agriculture has announced amendment of the Packers and Stockyards Act “prompt payment” regulation to extend its protection to agents who use their own funds in pur chasing livestock -or other persons. The amendment which becomes effective April 1 was proposed in November by the Packers and Stockyards Division of USOA’s Consumer Aerial View, McMillen Feed Research Farm, Decatur, Indiana CALF FEED RESEARCH POULTRY FEED RESEARCH BEEF FEED RESEARCH BARN and Marketing Service, It amends current regula tions to require meat packers, maiket agencies, and dealers to fully reimburse their agents for transactions made by the agent with his own funds be fore the close of the next business day following notifi cation of the transaction, un less an alternate agieement was made prior to the pur chases Any such agreement must be disclosed in the rec ords of the principal. Packers and Stockyards of ficials explained that the Act’s (Continued on Page 17) moaster Farming, Saturday, February 27, 1965 County Agents Advise Farmers On Purchases Of Forage Seeds Farmers currently buying Pennsylvania 'State University, seed of sudangrass or sudan- When harvested for silage sorghum hybrids for summer and gieen chop, the hybrids forage were advised to buy outyielded Piper sudangrass Piper sudangrass for pasture by about 38 percent Hay and or hay and the hybrids for pasture yields were about gieen chop or silage. equal from the two forages. The suggestions came from The agents reported that county agricultural agents on Sweet 'Sioux sudan-sorghum the basis of field trials in hybrid produced over 5 and Westmoreland, Centre, and one-half tons of dry matter Lancaster Counties as carried per acie at the heading stage, out in 1964 by the Agricultur- compared with only 3 and al Experiment Station of The . (Continued on Page 18) MASTER MIX Livestock and Poultry MANAGEMENT pi n M \ / surrounding Counties McMillen Feed Research at Decatur, In diana, is the beginning of every Master Mix Feed! In the laboratory and in actual perfor mance tests in the feed lot, McMillen Feed Research works constantly to assure you that Master Mix Feeds perform their specific jobs with the highest efficiency at the lowest pos sible cost. EBY'S MILL Litltz, Pa. HEMPFIELD MILLS ROSS H. ROHRER & SONS East Petersburg, Pa. Quairyville, Pa. S. S. BUCKWALTEK, INC. BLEND & McGINNIS Spring City, Pa, Atglen, Pa. SECOND SECTION RESEARCH FACILITIES serve farmers in Lancaster and ty'/j # i \% # MASTER % Area Dealers LEROY M. SENSENIG Hinkletown, Pa. L. J. DENLINGER CO. Paradise, Pa. 13
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