6— LancasterFarming. Saturday; August' 16,'19i89'
• Sloping Wiro
(Continued from Page 1)
breeding hens were housed at
one-half square foot of floor
space per bird. Fertility averag
ed 95 per cent and hatchability
94 per cent over a 12 month
period.
Over a 9 month period, anoth
er experiment with SOOO breed
ing hens on sloping wire floors
allowing six-tenths square foot
of space per bird produced 95
per cent fertility and 94 per cent
hatchability.
Sloping wire floor experiments
now in progress at Penn State
involve 6100 leghorn breeders
housed at six-tenths square foot
of floor space per hen. After
8 month’s production, fertility
has averaged 96 per cent and
hatchability 93 per cent.
Wire floor pens were also
superior to litter floor pens in
freedom from bacteria. Litter
iloor pens averaged 9 times as
many bacteria in the air as in
wire floor pens. Bacterial counts
on eggs produced in litter floor
houses and litter nests were 25
times greater than on eggs from
Wire floor houses with plastic
1011-away nests.
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They Are Looking
For The World's
Largest Potofo
Plans for the annual contest
to find the world’s largest pota
to were announced here by the
Potato Chip Institute Interna
tional.
Grand prize in the 1969-70
contest will be a $lOO.OO U.S.
Savings Bond according to Har
vey F. Noss, Jr., business mana
ger of PCII, a world-wide or
ganization of potato chip manu
facturers.
Noss said that final judging
for the competition will be held
at the annual PCII convention
in Houston, Texas on February
1.
This year’s competition is
open to anyone with super-sized
spud, Noss said. He reminded
potential entrants, however,
that past winners have submitt
ed potatoes weighing between
three and five pounds.
Entries should be mailed to
the Potato Chip Institute Inter
national, 940 Hanna Building,
Cleveland, Ohio between Janu
ary Ist and January 15, 1970.
■ Dr Haggard pointed out that
u i since high moisture corn under-
Woodchuek Hunters goes changes similar t 0 all silage
Wear bright dolors processes it is important to pro-
Woodchuck hunters are again vide proper storage conditions
being urged by the Pennsyl- which excl ? de f or ™ mimize f
vania Game Commission to ox y° en penetration and prevent
wear clothing of a conspicuous mold growth.
color, preferably fluorescent “The concentrate mixtures
orange. that most dairymen are familiar
.... ... . „ . with contain about 10 percent
Although there has been an moisture or conversely 90 per
increase in the number of wear- cen t „ H d said
mg apparel items available in J
fluorescent orange, there is still
a noticeable lack of the eye
catching color in the field
The 1969 woodchuck hunting
accident total is at about the
same level as in 1968 Although
there are moie hunters now
than ever before, the accident
total is remaining about con
stant, which means the rate of
mishaps is going down How
ever, safety experts hope both
the total and rate will be re
duced substantially
Failure to take simple safety
precautions is at least partly re
sponsible for keeping the ac
cident total at its present level.
In fact, there has been at
least one woodchuck hunting ac
cident this year in which the
victim was wearing camouflage
clothing
I Research Data
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"We have never really consider
ed the good of the animal.”
The doctor listed several rea
sons for going to a high moisture
corn program including: earlier
harvest; five to ten percent low
er losses such as lodging, ear
drop and rodent losses and ease
of handling.
“The ideal kernel moisture for
high moisture snelled corn is
about 30 percent with a range of
25 to 35 percent,” he said. “In
snelhng operations, total losses
are the lowest at 30 percent."
For high moisture ear corn,
the desired ear moisture is best
in the range of 30 to 40 percent
and preferably 35 to 40 percent.”
In the research studies it was
shown that there is no difference
in the nutritional value for milk
production of a pound of dry
matter from high moisture corn
or air-dry corn. “The fact that
high moisture corn contained
more moisture and was ferment
ed did not hinder its acceptabili
ty or its ability to fully substi
tute for other energy ingredients
in the concentrate mixtuie,”
Haggard said.
with Ful-O-Pep Sow Ration Cubes
FUL-O-PEP SOW RATION CUBES are a complete feed de
signed for the brood sow.
Feed 7 to 8 pounds of Ful-O-Pep Sow
Ration Cubes per head daily during
the flushing period from 10 days prior
to breeding, through breeding.
From breeding until 5 days prior to
farrowing, feed each animal 5 to 7
pounds daily in drylot or 3 to 5
pounds daily on good green pasture.
Regulate the amount according to
condition of the animal. The higher
level should be used during the last
month of gestation,
Stevens Feed Mill, Inc. S. H. Hiestand & Company
Leola Salunga
Harold H. Good
"High moisture torn as a major ,mWur« ptjifhmpl#«<* corn
ingredient In a concentrate mix- plua protein and minerals to Wl
turc is likely to reault In a blend ancc the forages was eaten In
containing 85-78 percent dry mat- amounts adequate to sustain
ter This means that 20 to 30 per- high levels of milk production
cent more pounds of concentrate during peak yields of early lac
containing high moisture corn tation.
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