ouu AND 9|9tOG[CAt SCIENCES LIBRARY STAT£ UN,VEfiSITy VOL. 12 NO. 10 More Beef Per Acre With Silage * v a i 11 And Additives, Cattlemen Told “You'll get nearly twice the • Hounds, of beef per acre, of crops naised when you feed ah all corn silage, compared to an" all grain -ration,.” extension • livestock specialist Lester Bur dette told county cattle feed ers Monday night at the sea- second cattle meeting at Brecht School, Lancaster. /iFeed accounts for 65-75 per cent’of your total costs, ex cluding- the initial cost of the "feeder,"’Burdette"told*the cat .demon. He .suggested that Many feed additives could help "reduce total feed costs. “A stress feed, for instance, .with antibiotics” He told of research on antibiotic feeds to catves after weaning, “Daily ’gains were nearly doubled and feed costs were lowered for fretated calves,” Burdette su'd ‘ ''When cattle are shipped to your feedldt, Burdette report ed, they are often under stress He recommended an eight . joint ■ program for getting them started" properly. - v , I—IS tart raft with either- an injection of ’ Vitamin A, or ■'add it to the feed Firms Slate 2nd Conference On Dairy Feb« 7th Four firms 'actively serving Lancaster County's dairy in dustry have set February 7 as 'fie date for a second dairy conference to be held at the Guernsey Sales Pavilion The first conference, held last year, wfee attended by some 500 dhirymen lAIli s-Chialmers, Curtiss Breeding Service, Inc, John W. Etehelman & Sons, and New MojQand Supply 00, Inc. are the agricultural firms' hosting this all-day informational meet mg. •The program, scheduled to rao -from 9:45 am to 3:30 p.m. ami from 7:30 to 10 p,m, will tCbntinued on Page 8) Farm Calendar February 7 9:45 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., and 7:30 - 10 p.m., Second Annual Dairy Con ference, at Guernsey Sales - Pavilion, Lincoln Highway East. 7:30 p.m., ASCS Wheat and Feed Grain informational meeting, Quarryville Fire Hall. 7:30. p.m., Ephrata Farm Records Course, “Deprecia tion Schedules and Records 1 '; at Ephrata High School. ■ 7:30 pin., Central 4-H \9lractor Club, atL. H. Bru baker Farm-Equipment Store, Strasburg. : —7:45 p.m., “New Look At •Egg Marketing”, 'Lancaster County Poultry Assn., at Lit ‘ its "Community Center; ' " ' (Continued -on 'Page-' 8) ' 2 Increase grain feeding slowly ' * . - - 3 Clean waterers. and feed bunks - 4—Sort and - separate sick animals daily; don’t put 'them back fbr-'at least -34 days 5 'lsolate new cattle fi>r 30 days 6 Supply ’clean, fresh wa (Continued on Page 9) Lane. Extension Assn. Sets Date For Annual Meet The annual dinner meeting" of the Lancaster County Agi> cultural and Home Economics Association will be held Feb ruary 14, at 630 pm, at the Dutch Town & Country Inn, Vantage, it was announced this week. Guest speaker for the event will be Dr J. Kenneth Stern, president of the In stitute, of Cooperation, 'Wash ington, D C. Stern is "no stran ger to Lancaster County, hav ing served this area in coop erative activities some years ago A brief business meeting is planned, including the election of five directors for three year terms Progress reports will be presented by several members of the extension staff Those interested m attend ing the dinner meeting are re (Continued on Page 7) Diagnostic Lab. Plan Explored By Poultry Assn. While county poultrymen may be located eqmdistantly (between diagnostic laboratories at New Bolton Center and Camp Hi 11, directors of the Lancaster County Poultry As sociation seem to feel the sit uation is one more of distance than equality. Art a board meeting Thurs dlay night at the Lancaster 'Farm Credit 'Building, direc tors said that Lancaster Coun ty’s national prominence in the poultry industry warranted consideration of its problems at the state level Poultrymen can’t afford half a day to take their sick birds to distant di agnostic laboratories, and even then have to "want several days for an answer to .their prob lems,' director's 'Said. “With the 'size "flocks we manage these days, and the in vestment at stake, we can’t waste 'that kind olf time any more; When we 'have "disease problems, we need speedy Sol utions,” one poultiynnan com mented.' ' Several possible approaches to the'matter of" getting ~a di-- (Ctotinued-on- Plage 4) ; Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 4, 1967 £ r ®P® * S ® ,,s Day Schedule Announced The theme “Achieving Great er Yield Goals in ’67” will set the tone for the Lancaster County Crops & Soils Day to be held next Friday, February 10, at the Guernsey Sales Pavilion. In announcing the schedule this week for the annual event, associate county agent Arnold Lueck noted that the doors will open at 8:30 a.m., and that there will be displays and ex hibits by agribusiness firms and dealers Lueck also said that a noon lunch would be available for approximately $1.25 Opening the program at 9:30 a.m., will be a talk on “Soy beans As A Crop For Lancas ter County” by John Yocum, supei mtendent of the South (Continued on Page 9) Pa. Leads Nation In New Holstein Assn. Members , BRATTLEBORO, Vermont 'Dairymen m "Peniisylvaiiaa led the nation with "the ’argest group of new memberships ap proved m the Holstein-Pnesian Association of Amenca Of 1,009 new names added to the national oigamzation’s roster, 200 came from Pennsylvania Forty-four states were repre sented in the membership list approved hy the Holstein boaid of directors at its year end meeting in Cleveland, 0 Other front-running states were New York, with 183 new mem bers, and Wisconsin with 98 Holstein Association mem bership entitles dairy cattle breeders to register and trans fer their animals at reduced rates. They also qualify for voting privileges and. can par ticipate. in breed improvement nroarams The Association now has over 45,000 members, plus an other 14,00,0 junior members who. are enrolled in Ml and PFA dairy projects with reg istered Holsteins Holstein breed activities in Pennsylvania are conducted by county clubs in cooperation with the state organization headquartered at State College NEPPCO Egg Film Fund Grows TRENTON, NEW JERSEY— -Over $7,000 from more than two dozen poultry firms has brought the NEPPCO Egg Film Fund close to its goal, but more money is still needed be fore production can start on the educational motion picture •which will explain how egg prices are determined on the New York egg market, the in dustry association reported. The film is to be produced in full color and sound. It will depict in dramatic and inter esting fashion how egg prices s sHi continued on Page -8) I !• i K * “MR. AGRICULTURE IN PENNSYLVANIA”, Ice land H. Bull, left, secretary of the state’s agriculture department, was the featured speaker Tuesday night at the, 3rd annual Farm & Home Foundation meeting. Shown with the secretary is Foundation piesident -B, Snavely GaPber, Willbw Street R 2. L. F. Photo Agriculture In Pa. Nears sBilllon Mark, Sec. Bull Tells 3rd. F & H Meeting “Last year there were 15, or so, states in the nation with gross agricultural incomes over one bullion dollars; with a break in the weather next year, Pennsylvania will rank among these agricultural gi ants,” State Agriculture Sec retary Leland H. Bull said Tuesday evening Speaking to 183 members and friends of the Lancaster County Farm & Home Founda tion at Meadow Hills Dining Room, the secretary said, “Pennsylvania’s agricultural fu ture looks bright; it is now part of the total program m Pennsylvania, and we’re com ing into our own” OFFICIALS ELECTED Five directors were reelect ed, and J Everett Kreider, Temperatures for the next five days, Saturday through Wednesday, will average near the normal range of 39 to 23 degrees. The weather man looks for the coldest part of the period over the weekend with milder periods late Sunday, and again Tues day. No significant snowfall is forecast, but precipitation may total -inch, melted, occurring in the early part of next week. $2 Per Year Qaarryville Ri, and. Harry K. Gerlach, Lancaster were elect ed to first terms Reelected were - Mrs Robert Molt, Lan caster, John H Herr, Lancas ter, Richard P Miaule, Quarry wile R 2, E I Robertson, Lan caster, and Larry H. Skromme, Lancaster Immediately following the meeting, directors named of ficers for 1967, reelecting B. Snavely Garber, president; Skromme, vice president: Mrs. Landis Myer, secretary Pharos [Continued on Page 4) Egg Marketing Talk To Be Featured Feb. 7 At Poultry Assn. Meeting A panel of local egg mar keting men will highlight the second in a series of three informational meetings next Tuesday night, February 7, at the Lititz Community Center. Talcing a “New Lock At Egg Marketing” will be Mel vin Mitchell and Art Leh man, both from Victor F. Weaver, Inc., New Holland; Raymond Sauder, R. W. San der, Lititz; and Earl Hess, Hess Bros. Farms, Inc., Ephrata. Subjects to be discussed will include: egg breaking, new egg products, egg qual ity from a dealer’s viewpoint, and outside competition. (Continued on Page 4)
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