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mil pens that I make oul of
used lumber. The pens aic
solid on thicc sides and the
floor is skilled and raised a
boul eight inches The building
is unhealed with the south
side open
Calves aie fed coloslium foi
3 01 4 days and milk icplaeei
until about 3 oi 4 weeks of age
They aie offered call lalion
f:ee choice after 4 days and
hav aftei 6 weeks At about 8
weeks they aie moved outside
wheie they aie giouped ac
cording to age until they
freshen They aie provided
with shelter and all weather
waterers
As for feeding outside fiom
8 weeks to 1 year they get all
they will clean up in about 20
minutes, with a maximum of
6 lbs per head, per day, of a
14% commercial daily ration,
plus good hay free choice at all
times From one year to calv
ing they get corn silage from
a feed bunk, plus 4 lbs of my
ration per head, per day and
hay free choice I have been
on this program for about
three years and like it a lot. I
wouldn’t even consider going
hack to raising calves inside.
IjANDIS—The calf is on the cow
for three days and then given
milk replacer for a month with
freechoice grain and water
Calfration fice-choice is given
up to foui months We believe
in giving the calves at least
foi the fiist four months, the
best quality hay Aftei four
months old they aie given a
mixed dairy feed concentrate
of 3 lbs a day and all the hay
they can eat After they are a
year old they aie given some
silage too
EBY —We leave the calves with
then motheis about a day, and
then wean them We wean all
calves whether bulls or heif
ers raised for replacements or
veal. We feel this makes for
better management of both
cow and calf. We use whole
milk for our calves We ship
to a dairy which pays a bonus
-for quality milk. We use 4 or 5
lbs. of milk diluted with a
pound of water twice daily,
adding grain in the bucket as
soon as the calf will eat it The
grain is a home mix of calf
growers We keep our calves
in individual pens until 6
weeks old and stop feeding
milk at 6 weeks to 2 months
of age. Hay is placed in front
of the calf ns soon as it will
cat hay.
SHELLENBERGER—When our
calves aic bom, we feel it is
impoitunt to immediately
paint the calf's navel with iod
ine. Then make sure the calf
gets colostium milk within a
few hours The cafe is permitt
ed to nurse fiom the cow foi
two days Then calf is placed
in a stalling pen away fiom
adult animals Calves aie then
fed cow’s milk from a nipple
bucket foi two more days
Aftei this we use a good milk
substitute until calf eats suffi
cient starting lation This us
ually is about 4 to 6 weeks of
age In the starting pen calves
have access to all the mixed
hay and fresh water they want
along with salt and minerals
and their allotted grain ration
Aftei four months they are
moved to a growing pen Here
they have access to all hay
they can consume along with
3 lbs of grain ration per am- CONTENTED COWS at the S. R
mal Again we feel it is very Shellenberger Farm Home, Mt. Joy R 1
impoitant to have free choice Shellenberger (right) and his son Richard,
water, salt and minerals In look over part of the milking herd that last
summer all animals 7 months
of age or older go on pasture
How do you feed your cows for no^
high records? Do you practice SHELLENBERGER —To get
lead feeding? high lecords, we beheve cows
need to be conditioned befoie
freshening We feel it is im
poitant to give each cow a six
to eight week diy period We
feed dry cows a fitting lation
two weeks befoie and two
weeks after calving Then they
are changed over giadually to
milk lation fed at a one to
thiee ratio In other words
they are fed 1 lb of feed to 3
lb of milk Howevei there are
a few exceptions such as cows
in their first lactation, we feed
a little stionger to piomote
growth Also a cow who is
poor in flesh at freshening
time, needs more feed
NISSLEY—They are fed com
silage 45-50 lbs , alfalfa hay-8-
10 lbs and grain A cow gets
all the grain she will clean up
for the fii st 90 days, after that
she gets fed according to pio
duction and body condition
LANDIS—In feeding our cows
foi top production, we feed a
good dairy ration —40 lbs sil
age and plenty of hay—given
often The more often hay is
given the more they will eat
We feed mostly alfalfa hay and
some mixed, alfalfa, clover,
and timothy Pertaining to
lead feeding we depend mostly
on the weight of the cow We „ , „
practice lead feeding on cows *? ow y 0“ put up yol,r ~ayt
hat milk that excess weight Your silage,
off
NISSLEY —Hay is cut eaily if
EBY—We tiy to feed the cows possible and field dned Cora
all they will eat hut still be silage is cut at about 62-68%
hungry for more They get moisture and chopped fine It
about 55 lbs of silage in two is stored in one concrete silo
feedings and about 1 2 lbs of anc * Dne Sll °
hay divided between first, sec- LANDIS—We put up our hay
ond and third cuttings We by mowing it and then crimp
lead feed if we can Some cows mg We try to cut the alfalfa
will eat an increase of gram m bud stage at 30% bloom
Do you know how much milk
your cows can really give?
Did you ever hear of a pouitryman who
gathered his eggs and then decided how
much feed to give his hens 7 Or of a hog
man who weighed his pigs and then
decided how much feed they ought to
get next day?
But how many dairymen do you know
who weigh Bossy’s milk, then decide how
much feed to give her?
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56 8 cows of 16,101 pounds of milk and 612
pounds of butterfat. L. F. Photo
We use a hay fan with no heat
to eliminate sweating Silage
is put up on a pile and conven
tional upright-type silo We
add a preservative of silo
guaid
EBY—We mow with a side
mounted mower ti ailing a con
ditioner in one trip aiound the
field, and rake when diy but
befoie leaves shatter We bale
with a bale thiowei attach
ment and landom stock in the
barn with veitical elevation
and mower conveyer Theie
are fans and ducts in three
different mows which aie used
as a safety measure and also
gam an edge on the weather
We make the first cutting in
the bud stage and the second
and third in early bloom stage.
Corn silage is cut in the late
dent, glaze stage and stoied in
20 by 60 stave silo with top
unloader
SHELLENBERGER—Our roug
hage consists primarily of al
falfa haylage and alfalfa hay
The fust alfalfa we
aim at cutting in the bud stage
of which 80% is made into hay
lage—4s% moisture—and stor
ed in oxygen free storage The
othei 20% is baled at 40%
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moistme and fan cuied in the
bain Each cutting theieafter
we refill the haylage stoiage
and the balance is handled m
the same mannei as the fiist
cutting We also have a conven
tional silo which we fill with
coin silage once a yeai This
is put in in the dent stage
What concentiate mixture do
>ou feed?
NISSLEY—We use a commer
cial supplement and oui own
giains, giound and mixed on
the faun by a custom mobile
mill, to get a finished feed of
about 17% protein
LANDIS—We use 32% concen
trate, coin shop, oats and mo
lasses which is a 15% protein
mix feed The concentrate is
about 15% uiea Last yeai we
fed Full-O-Pep cattilizei Since
the middle of Maich, we aie
now on Honeggers
EBY —We mix oui home giown
com and barley with a 32%
concentrate One half of the
supplement is urea piotem
concentrate, the other half is
a vegetable piotem concen
trate
SHELLENBERGER —A poi table
hammer mill comes to our
faim twice a week to grind
and mix oui home giown giam
—ear coin, bailey, wheat and
oats To this we add enough
50 r r soybean meal to give the
desued piotein level Also mo
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• Fastest thing on loots
has actually giown a
measuied 4 feet in 22
days
• Leafiei plants
Tiudan is a totally new
achievement equally
valuable loi hay glazing,
gieen chop, haylage oi
silage.
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COMPANY
SINCE 1925
MOUNT JOY, PA.
Ph. 653-4121