BUY NOW AND SAVE Toke Advantage of OUR WINTER DISCOUNTS WINTER FERTILIZERS NEED NOT BE TAKEN BEFORE FEBRUARY Early Payment will SAVE on Spring Delivered Goods Call 392-4963 or 392-0374 for More Information ORGANIC PLANT FOOD CO. MFRS. OF COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS GROFFTOWN RD. Next to Waterworks HORNCO FEEDS... The Crowing Choice of Business Farmers Barkdoll's Poultry Farm CAGE EGGFACTORV no «• SIGNS All the time more and more successful poultrymen are dis playing the sign “FED ON HORNCO FEED”. Why are they changing to Borneo? Because they like it. They like the efficient results. They like the excellent service. They like the friendliness of a local with their personal problems. FEEDS D. E. Horn & Co., Inc York,?., ph. 854-786? In The Egg Business? Come to the EGG MARKETING meeting being held February,7th by YOUR Lancaster County Poultry Association. • Cattle Feeders (Continued from Page 1) ter, gait and mineral free choice 7—Keep dogs and strangers out of the feedlots ft—Don’t handle the animals any more than necessary UREA In discussing the advantages of using urea as a low-cost source of protein for steer feeds, Burdette said it should only be used with high energy rations. “It contains no energy, no vitamins, and no minerals,” the livestock specialist noted, “but it can reduce your cost per pound of gam when com pared to vegetable protein sources.” Ij RulhsPoiillfvbrni J [I FARM FRESH(§P ; " ,**■ s - —7 ~ r ';/ * r '* D.E. HORN SCO. PRODUCT PROVING FARM mi B ■ .» H B I I vantages of silage for beef cattle, and told the cattlemen how to get the most return for their silage dollar. , Harvesting silage at thq pro per time is impoitant, Baylor said. He noted that immature corn silage will result in low quality feed, and that a well foimed ear conti Unites about 40 percent of the plant’s feed ing value. But, he cautioned, “corn can get 100 mature.” He advised making silage when corn is in the full-dent Stage. Waiting until full maturity re duces the amount of dry mat ter per acre, and can account for as much as one-sixth of the chop never teaching the silo DOUBLE ROWS “High population coin gen erally gives lower quality feed —if it can be harvested at all,” Baylor said Using the “double-iow” planting system, the agiono mist noted, can increase yields by 10-15 pei cent But the plants per acie must be in creased to 25,000-35.000 The double rows should be spaced 6-7 feet apart, and plants should be 38-40 inches on cen ter, Bayloi suggested, noting that this system permitted bet ter utilization of light than simple, high-density planting “To get the best dollar value acie,” Baylor advised, “•grow corn at the right popu lation density foi your opeia tion, haivest it to yield a To tal Digestible Nutnent (TDN) content of 70 peicent, and sup plement it as needed ” per HAY SILAGE In explaining low-moistme hay silage. Bayloi told the cat tle feedeis that it involves less handling, yields moie feed per acie, the animals like it bet ter, it provides flexibility for stoiage, theie is no seepage, it has a good odor, and it doesn’t freeze To pioduce low-moistui e sil age, the cgionomist advised 1— Harvest .for best yield at the bud stage 2 Use a hay conditional 3 Wilt to 40-60 pei cent moisture 4—Chop as short and fine as possible 5 Use a covered wagon foi hauling it 6 Bill silo rapidly 7 Stoie it in a tight silo In response to a question on the best corn to use for silage, Baylor told the cattlemen that “The best coni for silage is also the best coin foi giain It should be a hybnd that will reach the right stage of ma turity at the time you Ivant it ” • Crops & Soils. (Continued from Page 1) eastern Field Research Farm. At 9 45, George Berggren, extension agronomist will dis cuss “Weed Control Practices To Boost Crop Yields”, 10-30 James Eakin, chair man agronomy extension sec tion, will handle discussion on four topics “Soil Testing Changes Coming”, ‘Soil Amendments", “Feitilizer Us age And Recommendations”; and “General Tiends In The Industry” T3O Lueck will piesent Corn Club and Hay Show awards 1 45 Claience Biynei, ex tension agionomist, “Getting The Most Fiom An Acie Ot Corn” 2:30 Larry Click, exten sion agricultural engineer, “Handling and Storage Of Farm-Grown Feeds”. The program will conclude at approximately 3-30 pm. LuecH said. _ , , < 9