20—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. February 7.1970
Lack Of Energy Triggers
Livestock Health Problems
N'umeious miirition.il health
pioblenis affecting livestock aic
caused by the lack of ample
amounts energy intake. Lcstei A.
Burdette, Extension animal scl
ent. st at The Pennsylvania Stale
Unitei sitv. reported heic during
the annual Lime and Fcitilizci
Confcicnce
“Low levels of energy often
tnggcis a boidei line mmeial or
vitamin deficiency into an acute
pioblem commonly known as
‘hollow bellv." " Buddette said
Conditions which can and do
often cause livestock deaths in
dude low levels of magnesium
and vitam.n E and high levels of
mtiates, he pointed out
"The most common and usual
ly uniecogmzed animal health
Heavy Applications
Of Magnesium Needed
Heac\ applications ol magncs
mm a e lequued in o c!pi to an
piecubh mu ease the magnes
mm content of plants an E\ten
sion agionomist at The Pcnna\l
lama S,rte Umveisity po ntocl
out duimg the iccent Lane and
Feitihzei Conference
Dr. Jlilfoid R Heddleson, who
repoited the findings of liming
and magnesium field expen
ments. conducted by Penn State
specialists, emphasized that w'hen
dolomitic stone is applied on the
suiface of peimanent pastuies, a
long peuod of time is lequued
foi plant uptake even though
heavy rates aie applied
“Supplemental feeding, dust
ing or spraying should be earned
out if soils and plants are known
to be low in magnesium,” Hed
dleson said
Surface applications of magnes
ium oxide appear to be more
effective in increasing magnes
ium content of plants, he added
Dolomitic stone applied at noi
mal liming rates works very well
in building up plant magnesium
levels when thoioughly mixed
with the soil
All faimeis aie uiged to give
some attention to the U S Cen
sus foims leceived in the mail
The 1969 Agucultuial Census is
to be taken by mail and the
foims aie to be completed and
letumed to the Buieau of Cen
sus by Febiuaiy 15 Since agu
cultuie statistics a±e impoitanl
foi many leasons, I’d like to
iuge that all faimeis complete
these foims as soon as possible
and letum them as requested
Some folks may be reluctant to
lepoit the information that is re
quested, but accuiate facts are
needed and could be of help to
agucultuie
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Burdette emphasized that live- i elated occupations, consist of
stock p.oduceis must hold main- two eight-week periods a year for
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at the same time they cannot and continuing through March,
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feed rations. equipment seivice and sales, or-
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