IBr-Lancaslcr Farming. Saturday. September 6.1969 Research Findings Could Change Methods Of Veal Production Two animal scientists at Brig ham Young University have re cently concluded a two-year re search project on the feeding of calves, and their findings could change veaL production. Dr. Robert V/. Gardner and Di. Max V. Wallentlne have es tiblisned that grain-fed calves cam produce the same quality veal as milk-fed calves if five per cent tallow (animal fat) is added to. their feed. Until now, giain-fed calves were considered lo produce veal inferior to milk fed calves. However, the milk cost alone is approximately $6O as opposed to only $23 for feed costs when using grain. This means that gram-feeding (including tallow) results in a saving of more than 50 per cent in feed cost-per-calf over milk ieedmg. Dr. Marion Bennion, chairman ol BYU’s Food and Nutrition De partment, said that a taste panel could not detect any differences xn the appearance of the cooked Equipment Feature At Penn State Field Day Demonstrations of harvesters for fresh market sweet corn and cabbage will be featured at a Vegetable Crops Field Day to be held September 9 at the Hor ticultural Research Farm of the Pennsylvania State University Located, 10 miles west of the Penn. State campus on State Route 45, the farm is pait of the new Agricultural Research Center at Rock Springs. Equipment will be demonstra ted, on a number of sweet corn and cabbage varieties planted especially- for this event, accord ing to C. J. Noll, program chair man and associate professor of olericulture Field Day visitors are invited to assemble at the Research Farm between 9'oo and 9 - 30 a ra on September 9 Lunch will be available at the faim for a nominal charge The day’s events will close about 330 p m The piogiam will show varie ty trials involving eight differ ent kinds of vegetables Weed control trials will be shown on several vegetable ciops Nutn tional studies involving nitro gen and magnesium will be fea tured Breeding plots will show experimental vai leties of. sweet corn, peppeis, eggplants, and tomatoes. Tomato plots will show com parisons, of staked varieties, for machine harvesting Experi ments with tomatoes will also show breeding lines Convenience Foods 'lt’s possible to have a well-bal anced meal with little eifoit and time with the use of convenience foods, points out Mis Ruth J Buck, Penn State extension roods and nutrition specialist A truit or vegetable salad and a glass of milk will lound out the missing nutuents Nututionally well-balanced meals eveiy day will piovide the vauety in foods each peison needs to maintain his health and vitality for living Current predictions for the ■state’s tuikey ciop indicate that 1,5§7,000 of the big birds will be ’•aised this year This would top last year’s figuie by 23 peicent and be the second largest crop .since 1956 A suivey by the Pennsylvania Ci op Repoitmg Seivice bieaks down the piesent foicast to 1,- 731,000 heavy bleed buds, and the balance of 256,000 in light oreed. Nationally tuike>s laised in 1969 are expected to total 106 4 million, less than 1 peicent be low last jear. Silo filling time is at hand and moat, or its flavor, odor, Juici- many tons of corn silage will be ness or tenderness. Dr. Gardner stored in our huge silos in the added that the chemical compo- com j ng weeks. The danger of sition (protein, (at) of milk andi s n o gas seems to be on the in gi am-fed calves is identical at. crease and I'd like to caution all equal carcass weights. The only f arme rs against this danger. We major difference in the raw meat have mo re trouble with this.gas is the intensity of red. Milk-fed j n the past decade because’ we calf meat is lighter since these are us i n g more fertilizer on our crlves tend to be anemic. corn crip and the silos are get- The grain-fed calves were fed ting larger, resulting in a great primanly barley and 20 per cent ® r concentration of this live alfalfa hay plus the five per cent stock feed. As the silage-fer tallow. Dr. Gardner said this was nients, there are a number ot the first time tallow had been gases that may bp- given off. added to the diet of grain-fed Farmers are urged to" warn all' veal calves and only three pound members of their family of this of feed was required per pound danger and keep them away of weight gain compared with 11 from the silo. The danger period pounds of milk for every pound is during the filling operation of weight gained by milk-fed anc j f or a W eek to ten days after calves Added tallow results in .. ~ . . an improved fat color and cover- the Sll ° 18 filled ’ Det£uls of this mg of the carcass, comparable to problem may be obtained by milk feeding. contacting our Extension Office. Smoke town SEE ME NOW! Ph. Lane. 397-3539 Silo Filling For Safety's Sake All poisons and household chemicals must be kept in their original containers so they are used according to directions on the labels, says Delbert L. Bier lein, pesticides coordinator with The Pennsylvania. State Univer sity Cooperative Extension Ser vice. He cautions against putting a chemical, into an empty food container. Toddlers can’t dis tinguish food from poison and will eat or drinK anything. Keep Quality In Eggs For best quality, store eggs promptly and large end up in your refrigerator, advises Cath erine Love, Penn State extension consumer education specialist. Storing with the large end up will keep the yolk from sticking No Other Protein Need When You Feed USE ONLY V* LB. SPECIAL TANVILAC PER HEAD PER DAY WITH GRAIN AND ROUGHAGE GET BIGGER PROFITS i FOR MORI PROFITS—MAIL COUPON * , THE TANVILAC COMPANY, INC. • consider when buying or making clothing for children, reminds Mrs. Ruth Ann Wilson, Pena State extension clothing special ist. Light, bright colors for jack ets and coats are, good choices and make children-more visible to motorists on* dark days. 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