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HORNCO FEEDS... The Crowing Choice of Business Farmers
Barkdoll's Poultry Farm
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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.
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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.”
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Should you be using Borneo
Feed?
Why not check with your neighbor and f-hen
call us direct.
OYSTER SHELLS
Oyster shell as a roughage
substitute in high energy ra
tions has been getting a lot of
attention in the press, Bur
dette said, but he noted that
any research he had seen on
the subject was disappointing
ly inconsistent.
In discussing minerals, Bur
dette said, "The salt block
should be thrown out. Cattle
don’t get anywhere near
their proper salt require
ments from a block.” He add
ed that there is no one min
eral mix that fits all situa
tions.
Extension agronomist Dr
John Baylor discussed the ad-
company concerned
Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, February 4, 1967
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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 ”
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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 ”
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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.
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