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—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 15,1967 • Soil Moisfruro
Angus Assn. Reports
Goin In Registrations
Registrations of purebred
Angus calves were up again in
March compared to the same
month a year ago, boosting
the total for the first half of
fiscal 1967 to a new record
high, reports Glen Bratcher,
secretary of the American An
gus Association, St. Joseph,
Missouri.
For the six months ended
March 31, Angus registrations
stood at 212.930 head, up 3 91%
from the first half of 1966.
Transfers of 170,338 were down
7 61% from last year’s unprec
edented high.
“Three important factors that
were not anticipated six months
or a year ago account for this
decline in sales,” Glen Brat
cher said “These are the con
tinued depressed fat cattle
market, drought conditions in
many western states that ac
count for a large range bull
market, and the USDA’s re
cent upward revision in total
beef cow numbers. All of these
factors are temporary, and the
continued increase in registra
tions of new calves indicates
our breeders’ faith in the fu
ture of the cattle business ”
Increased inteiest in breed
ing higher quality, more effici
ent cattle is shown by the pro
duction measure information
just released by the Associa
tion’s Breed Improvement de
partment. he notes
Some 52,588 head of animals
have been weighed and graded
in the Angus Held Impxove
ment Recoids (AHIR) pro
giam, since its beginning The
figures show conclusively that
breeders can successfully se
leet for both high quality and
lapid gains
The top 25 % of the bulls
that were creep fed until wean
ing averaged 535 pounds, ad
justed at 205 days of age They
had an adjusted daily gain of
232 pounds, and graded aver
age choice The low 25% of
this same group weighed 363
pounds for a 148 pounds daily
gam, and graded low choice
There is also an important
variation in the top and bot
tom 25% of the yearling bulls
that have been weighed and
classified The top group at
565 days weighed 963 pounds
for an adjusted daily gam of
2.83 pounds and they classified
2 Aungsl Cows
With V2-TOll Fat
Two registered Holstein cows
Owned by Hiram S Aungst,
■Elizabethtown Rl, have com-:
pleted their first yearly pro-j
duction. records exceeding a
half ton of butterfat in the of
ficial production testing pro
grams of the Holstein-Fnesian
Association of America. These
records rank among 2,250 sim
ilarly completed by registered
Holstein cows on official test
The official 363-day produc
tion of Stnckst Ivanhoe Cher
no totaled 23,395 lbs of milk
and 1045 lbs of butterfat
“Cheino” started her record
at the age of 5 years and 6
months She was sued by Os
borndale Ivanhoe, a bull that
has eained a Gold Medal Sire
recognition
Star Mata Hays produced
22,782 lbs of milk and 1,041
lbs of butterfat in 365 days
She was sired by Minnequa
Hays, a bull that has earned a
Silver Medal Pioduction Sire
recognition Her record was
started at the age of 7 years
and 11 months
Both “Cherno” and “Hays”
were milked twice daily and
bred in the Aungst herd.
Only a tenth of the earth’s
surface is suitable for grow
83.2. The bottom quarter
weighed 675 pounds for 2.05
pounds per day and classified
an average of 79.4. Figuring
the value of these bulls at
steer prices and using 30c for
tbe top animals and 25c for
the bottom, the difference
would be $l2O per animal.
On heifer calves the top 25%
with no creep or nurse cow
weaned at 475 pounds, gamed
2.02 pounds a day, and graded
average choice. The bottom
25% of this group weighed 335
pounds, had a 1.34 pound daily
gain and graded low choice.
The top heifers got to breed
ing weight much earlier and
also graded higher. The best
25% weighed 755 pounds at
365 days, had a 2.26 pound
daily gam, and classified 83 9.
The bottom group weighed only
522 pounds as yearlings for a
1 63 pound daily gain and clas
sified 80 9
These figures make two im
portant points, according to
Lyle Springer, director of
Breed Improvement for the
American Angus Association.
First they prove that faster
gaining cattle can be selected
for right along with excellent
type and conformation, and
that the top end of the Angus
breed has a tremendous poten
tial for improving both quality
and efficiency in the beef cat
tle industry.
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has started but has been im
peded by wet fields. In Lan
caster County tobacco growers
are “steaming” seed beds. This
is a process for sterilizing soil.
Most hay fields have green
ed up and arc starting to grow.
Some winter damage has been
noted in the southeastern sec
tion of the state. Most stands
look very good and could pro
duce a heavy first cutting de
spite some spottiness because
of last summer’s drought. Pas
tures are green and making
good growth.
Preliminary reports from
state fruit growers indicate
peaches were damaged by cold
weather on Feb. 6 and 7 and
again on Palm Sunday. The
Adams-Franklin-York section
appears to have escaped with
less damage than the Berks-
Lehigh area. Apples and cher
ries were not so advanced in
bud development as peaches
and escaped with a minimum
of damage.
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April is Bicycle Safety Month
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Good Soil Management Needed If
Irrigation Used, Specialist Says
Farmers planning to use ir- when an ample supply of wa
rigation practices should un- ter is available,
derstand that purchases of a Commenting on the amounts
pump, pipe, and sprinkler are of water that should be ap
not the cure for poor soil man- plied, he said most Pennsylva
agement, says an extension ag- nia soils can absorb about one
rlcultural engineer at Penn half inch of moisture per hour.
State University. Higher application rates usual-
N. Henry Wooding told farm ly associated with large noz
advisors and farm equipment zles may pack the soil and
dealers attending a Sprinkler cause erosion
Irrigation Conference on the
University Park campus this
week that irrigation will not
materially increase yields un
less crop producers use ade
quate lime and fertilizer, and
control weeds, diseases and in
sect pests
“Many Commonwealth farm
ers are finding that irrigation
helps to lower their unit cost
of production,” the engineer
reported. “In some instances,
yields have been increased by
as much as 25 to 30 percent
The wise use, or misuse, of
equipment usually has an in
fluence on annual income ”
If an adequate source of wa
ter is not available, perhaps
capital should be diverted to
« th f crop management techni- A often lessens th j o£
ques Wooding cautioned. Irn- Uvij f but seldoni the
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