Lancaster Farming. Saturday. May 23.1970
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To Get Most Value,
Cut Hay Crops Early
Cut hay c ops cailv foi maxi
mum feed value, says Di Wil
li. m H Mitchell, extension agro
nomist at the Umvcisity of Del
awa.c
Hav that is cut eaily provides
a blither quality feed than that
which is cut too late The young
plants aie usually tender and
palatable; older plants tend to be
slifl and stemmy, points out Mit
chell
Alfalfa should be cut in the
bud stage befoie it blooms or
chaid-gtass duung the boot stage
betoie the heads emeige, and
oats should be cut m the boot or
early head stage, explains Mit
chell. Although hay yields are
lower when the ciops aie cut
duung the eaily stages, the total
digestible nutuents (TDN) will
be highei
When cut at the piopei stage,
• Sprague
(Continued fiom Page 29)
The Poultry Queen Committee
is looking foi candidates foi the
Queen Contest The contestants
■will have then expenses paid
foi their two day stay in Hei
shey and all contestants will be
awarded prizes
Qualifications aie that the girl
be between the age of 17 and 23
and that she is a lelative of a
poultryman or an Allied indus
tiy man Complete infoimation
can be secuied by wilting to the
Poultry Fedeiation Office.
Any information as to good
candidates fiom this contest
would be gieatly appi eciated by
the Queen Committee This com
mittee is compused of Harold
Mussei, Chairman, Robert Wood
ward and Dick Wilson.
A joint effort between the
Pennsylvania Depaitment of Ag
ncultuie and the Pennsylvania
Poultry Fedeiation is being used
to constiuct a new egg pi emo
tional display.
The Greater Allentown Fair,
which will be held August 7
thiough 15, has offeied space
and are interested m the Feder
ation setting up and manning the
display
The display will also he used at
the York Inteistate Fair Sep
tember 15 through 19. and will
be used at the Poultry Festival
at Hershey August 25 thiough
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hay ciop'i aic hinh in moisluio
content If the wcalhci is cool
„ncl iain\. you can still make
lush quality hay by using a hay
conditional after the ciop is cut
Use of a hay conditioner can
i educe the time required to cure
hay fiom thiee to two days, says
Mitchell Thus, your hay can be
stored eailiei with more leaves
intact and with less damage fiom
leaching
Hay should be conditioned no
moie than 15 minutes aftei be
ing cut and wmdiowed to ietdin
its maximum feed value.
• Delaware
(Continued fiom Page 28)
“With automatic feeders, you
don't know when a bud or pait
of the flock goes ot£ feed By
hand feeding, we can tell when
something is wiong in a few
houis”
Efficient feed conveisions is
the lesult of good management
piactices Last yeai, one flock
of tin keys in the Haas opera
tion had a feed conversion of
32 1 (3 2 pounds of feed per
pound of gain) at the end of the
22-week grow out period.
In spite of the time required
for his farming enter puse, Haas
finds time to play an active role
in community piograms He is a
membei of the New Castle
County ASCS Committee and
the New Castle County Soil
Conseivation Service Commit
tee In addition, he is also a
member of the Delawaie Faim
Buieau and Delawaie State
Grange.
Pompon Producers Drop
Decline in number of pompon
growers continued in 1969
Pennsylvania lost 32 growers
and has 299 remaining, the na
tion lost 163 and now has 2,-
497 pompon pioducers
The average pompon price
was down slightly, from 84 to 83
cents abunch, nationally, but up
slightly in Pennsylvania from
82 cents to 83 cents a bunch.
Production nationally was
higher in ’69 by 8 per cent,
lower in the state by 4 per cent
And 1970 9 Expect 2 6 per
cent more supply in the nation
but a continued decline in the
Commonwealth
• Foots
(Continued fiom Page 17)
per l*a -2 pounds of excessive
diop in milk I'se the I's pound
flume foi cows pi educing ovn
70 pounds
In addition, check uddei
health using a suitable scioen
in? test and closel.v observe the
cow for other possible piob
lems If a number of cows aie
involved check ration balance
Held Infertility Program
Calving provide cows with
the cleanest possible environ
ment at calving time.
Retained placenta be sure
that afteibuth is passed and if
not, obtain jour veterinarian’s
assistance Dairymen should
not attempt to icrnove retained
placenta This is a procedure
which demands competent vef
ennaiy assistance.
Pre-breeding examination
have your vetermauan examine
all animals sometime following
the fust three weeks after calv
mg.
Recoid all heats and watch
for abnonnality good bleed
mg lecoids aie essential foi
diagnosis of abnoi mahties
Never bleed animals which
show the slightest evidence of
infection (abnormal discharge' l
Check especially at heat and
following heat for abnormal dis
charge.
Have all cows examined be
tween 45 and 70 days follow
mg last service Earlier exa
mination is not lecommended
except for problem cows.
Woik out a good woiking re
lationship with your AI techni
cian and your veterinarian
Less than complete cooperation
among the three of you will cost
you money.
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