16—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Jul;
Feeding Cut To 30 Minutes A Day
With New Automatic Bunk Feeder
In only 30 minutes each day, versity, accommodates 60 milk
a dairyman can set in motion cows and 20 dry cows.
. . , . •„ Feed is proportioned on the
an automated system that will basis Qf production and
feed 80 daiiy cows, a US. De- distributed to the four groups
partment of Agriculture sci- of cows automatically
entist reports
Now under test at the Uni- feed ingredients at predeter
versity of Illinois, the experi- mined quantities and rates
mental system is operated by from storage. It mixes the in
a 24-hour time clock, deliver- gradients into a ration. And v*
ing feed as frequently as every distributes the ration to each
two hours or as infrequently of the four groups of cows. In
as once a day. It is a complex gradients handled are grass
of three silos, four cow lots, a silage, haylage, corn silage,
feed processing and storage and concentrate ration, Mr.
area, two stall sheds, a hous- Puckett said.
ing shed, two feed bunks, a
milk room, and a milking par-
lor.
Agricultural engineer Hoyle loader units supported by ca
ll. Puckett, of USDA’s Agn- bles Each top unloader con
cultural Research Service, re- sists of an auger that gatheis
ported work on the system to silage to the center of the silo,
members of the American and and a blower that discharges
Canadian Societies of Agncul- silage fiom the silo at a con
tural Engineers, meeting joint- stant rate The third or hay
ly in Saskatoon, Canada The j a g e Sl j o j s airtight and un-
SiJXaS”
Olver and dairy scientist Ken- centrales giouna ml blend
neth E Harshbager of the Uni- ed in a hammermill auxiliaiy'
Kills Flies on Livestock Fast
Wayne Dairy and Livestock So'ay Concentrate . . .
• Lasts for a full week on beef and dairy cattle, horses,
sheep, goats and swine
• Controls Stable Flies, Face Flies, Horn Flies, House
Flies, Lice, Ticks
* Spray directly on livestock on feed lot fences, dany
barn walls, pens
• Contains Ciodnn—safer, ro hazardous milkcontam-
ipation
• One gallon makes 48 gallons of ready to use spray
Try this New working p?-tner with Wayne Feeds,
® Way ns Dahy and livestock Spray
Concentrate
HEISEY
FARM SERVICE
Lawn and Bellaire
WHITE OAK MILL
R. D. 4, Manheim
PARADISE SUPPLY
Paradise
H. M. STAUFFER
& SONS, INC.
Witraer
GRUBB SUPPLY CO. DUTCHMAN FEED
Elizabethtown MILLS, INC.
MOUNTVILLE R ' D * Stevens
FEED SERVICE C. E. SAUDER & SONS
R. D. 2, Columbia R. D. 1. East Earl
ROHRER'S MILL FOWL’S FEED SERVICE
R. D. L Ronks R. D. 1, Quarryville
_ _ R. D. 2, Peach Bottom
MILLERSVILLE
SUPPLY CO. HERSHEY BROS.
Millersville Reinholds
Support Your Lane. Co. Poultry Assoc.
1,1967
The system moves various
Corn silage and grass silage
are unloaded from the tops of
their respective silos by un-
system are stored in a tank.
Each storage unit delivers feed
ingredients to an auger that
mixes the feeds while convey
ing them to an elevator that
lifts them 10 feet above ground.
From this elevator, the mix
ed feed is diverted into anoth
er auger, 90 feet long, that
runs to the vicinity of the feed
bunks. When delivering feed
to the first feed bunk, the au
ger turns backward, operates
only the first 10-foot section,
and delivers the feed to a
smaller conveyor, which dumps
it in the feed bunk. If feed is
required at the second bunk,
the auger motor reverses, and
the entire 90-foot section turns.
Safety features include- (1)
indicate when the concentrate
tank is empty, (2) prevent
overloading of motors, (3)
show when silage is not being
delivered, and (4) prevent the
silo unloaders from gathering
too much or too little silage.
If failure in any equipment
develops, controls automatical
ly shut off the system
MOIST LIME
"The lime you can't afford to miss"
Why spend money to lime your neighbors fields when you con
use moist lime and keep it where you want it.
Quarryville
786-2126
Beef Bulls Win
Certification
At Penn State
UNIVERSITY PARK —Beef
cattle producers from various
parts of Pennsylvania and the
United States are using bulls
in sire performance tests at
Penn State University.
Five bulls in these tests—
one Aberdeen Angus and four
Polled Herefords—have just
been certified outstanding in
ability to transmit high qual
ity beef production qualities,
according to Lowell L. Wilson,
Herman R. Purdy, and John
H. Ziegler of the department
of animal science.
The bulls have won Certified
Meat Sire Awards from Per
formance Registry Internation
al, a non-profit organization of
Denver, Colorado. This organi
zation cooperates with land
giant universities and private
beef cattle producers in help
ing secure accurate, meaning
ful gain and carcass records on
AG WAY
For every ton of lime a dairyman applies, he gets back an
extra ton of milk during his rotation. With lime worth ten
dollars a ton, and milk figured at eighty, that’s a nice return.
Every crop you plant can benefit from correct applications
of lime. Your fertilizer will work better. Soil organisms
thrive. Organic matter releases nutrients more rapidly. Soil
structure is improved. More trace elements become-available.
And now is the time to spread lime. Equipment is ready
to work for you. The land is firm and dry. Whether you plow
this fall or next spring, the lime will be there, ready for plow
ing down to the root zone. Call your Agway store or repre
sentative and ask for immediate spreader service. But do
it now. „ *** v
FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL
AGWAY INC.
Lancaster
394-0541
breeding stock. Such informa
tion is essential for the pro
gressive purebred or commer
cial beef cattle breeder, Purdy
points out.
In the experiments, semen
from bulls to be tested is used
to produce calves in a 200-cow
herd at the Rockview State
Correctional Institution near
Slate College. Records on the
offspring are analyzed to de
termine a bull’s breeding val
ues. The results guide pure
bred and commercial breeders
in selecting bulls and heifers
and in using various manage
ment systems.
The Certified Meat Sire pro
gram includes comprehensive
evaluation of carcass and
growth characteristics on at
least 10 steer or heifer off
spring from each bull tested.
Performance Registry Inter
national sets relatively high
standards of excellence for
traits such as carcass weight
per day of age, rib eye area,
fat thickness, marbling, car
cass grade, and the percent of
boneless retail cuts in the car
cass.
Agway
New Holland
354-2146