WANT *MORE MILK? LESS COST? FEWER PROBLEMS? Phone Our Dairy Specialist at 392-2145 He’ll help you with programming, planning and management of your dairy needs and suggest using Green Pastures Dairy Feed for your cows. You’ll get; PROTEIN QUALITY and unsurpassed amino acid .balance After feeding Green Pnstures you'll experience these chnnges: AND GET THESE PRIMARY RESULTS: MORE MILK HIGH ENERGY VALUE high total nutrient value Lower Replacement Costs Better Herd Health and Breeding Regularity .. . Rohrerstown, LESS COST MILLER & BUSHONG FINEST SER VICE ANYWHERE MINERAL BALANCE complete and accurate VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION including the new recognized levels of added A + D + E FEWER PROBLEMS OMWSfy, 9 * ' ' ' 'VWJkv v» % <s ft* Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 24,1969—7 Select A Horse For A Purpose So you w.mt to own a hoise' Befoic you slait looking in the papei at the “hoise for sale” column, oi hop in the car to tour sales stables, better make some decisions, suggests Dr. Robeit Hammond, Extension veterinarian, Umveisity of Maryland. What do you expect fiom a horse 9 There aie pomes, western horses, race hoises, draft hoises, show hoises, jumpeis and many otheis Each is suited foi a special puipose. “I know a tiucker who owns 12 ponies simply because he en joys iclaxing aiound them I know a faimer who keeps a diaft hoise just because it gleets him with a whinny eaily each morning as he approaches the barn,” Dr Hammond savs. The fust step in buying a hoise is to decide what puipose jou want him to fulfill Do you have any experience with hoises 9 How much tiainmg do you ic quire a horse to have 9 If you have never ridden be fore, or if you have childien who will be riding, you need a calm, quiet, well-mannered and well-trained animal usually an older animal. If you have considerable experience, a younger horse that you can train yourself would be appio pnate Can you affoid to buy and keep a horse? Hoises range in puce fiom one hundred to several thou sand dollars, but the initial cost is only a small part of the ex pense. Boarding a horse may cost fiom $25 to $3O per month where you rent the stall, pro vide the feed, and do the work yourself, to about $6OO per j month to keep a horse in train ing at a race track A common charge for stable, feed and mini mum care is $65 to $7O per month Do you have a place to keep a horse? Check your local oidmances to see if you will violate any local laws when you bring the horse home Do you have a building that will piovide ade quate shelter in both summer and winter’ Do you have a method for disposing of the manure? If you have answeis to these questions you may be icady to start selecting the hoise Be sure to wnte down what you want, then take an exuei i enced horseman or a veteunan an with you before you make the final deal You will have a much better chance of being happy with your new hoise Heavy Feeder Calves * Big Money Makers Cattlemen pm chasing cattle ai a feedei sale should select calves that are big for then age, says Lester A Burdette, animal scientist at Pennsylvania State University The calves in the heavier pens will cost moie per head, but they’re most likely to be the money makers foi cattle producers The heaviei calves at a feeder sale have giown fast since bulh and will usually continue to make rapid gams in the feedlot, Biudette says Since late of gam and feed efficiency aie i elated, cattle that gam the fastest usu ally require less feed per pound of gam. r/2=s At one time Rome ceased to be capital of the Catholic woild. In 1309 the papal court was le moved fiom Rome to Avignon, Fiance. This period was known 70 Years’ Captivity
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