Lancaster Farming. Saturday. June 20 r 1970 26-! DMA MONTHLY REPORT HIGH DAILY BUTTERFAT AVERAGES Name Breed Ken K. Stoltzfus R&Grll Dnvid L. Landis R&GrH Jacob M. King R&GrH 31 Amos & Eleanor Hershey R&GrH L’aul B. Zimmerman RH Dale & Hiestand RH S. R. Shellenberger R&GrH Warren B. Griffith RH J Rohrer Witmer RBrSw J Z. Nolt RH Melvin H. Ranck R&GrH John C. Metzler RH Amos E. King Jr. RH J Floyd Kreider R&GrH Albeit E. Fry RH Benuel S. Beiler RH Alvin K Bollinger RH • Facts ciency than most dairymen could Be sure to provide your heifers Provide ample shade Spray ever achieve and dr >’ cows with an adequate the animals as needed to protect supply of fresh water, salt, and them from insects, other minerals or supplements. Next year ’ s profits . wi n b e If pastures aren’t adequate, sup- influenced by the caie plement them with other forage you give heifers and dry Cows or gram this summer I Keep Cows Out of Ponds Cows often go wading when the weather is hot and there is no shade. But there are hazaids to wading in stagnant ponds which can lead to killing dairy animals Seveial oigamsms capable of causing acute fatal mastitis are commonly found in muddy man ure contaminated watei These may be able to enter the teat canal and kill the cow in a mat ter of hours Danymen should provide shade or guide the cows into the bam duung the hottest pait of the day When cows go wading they soon turn the wading pool into a health hazard Buying Profitable Cows Many Pennsylvania dairymen will be buying dairy cows as herd replacements to help boost sum mer milk production —Spiinging heifeis are the best bet for obtaining replace ments which are free of mastitis and other diseases Making such a choice also helps insure against getting culls from another herd. —lsolate the newly acquiied animals from the rest of the herd for two weeks And have your veterinarian check them for disease. —Be sure the newly purchased animals are protected against shipping fever, —Buy animals from top A I pioved sires if possible —Know the seller, and you buj older cows, insist on pioduction lecoids. Heifer, Dry Cow Care A dairyman keeps pretty busy at this time of yeai In addition to his many chores, it’s impoitant that he give special attention to his heifeis and diy cows during the summei Feed the younger heifers enough to keep them growing Oldei heifeis need to be bied at the pioper time. Those near calv ,ng should be moved in close to the faim headquaiters wheie they can be watched closely Diy cows may need supple mental feed so that t hey’ll fieshen in good condition Visit the pasture daily and <ib seive heifeis and diy cows closely. P'ol best use of time and facilities, gioup'helfer to b£ bred 1 m a pastme wheie you can ob- (Continued from Page 19) % No, Cow Days Milk Cows In Milk Lbs. Days On Test 924 27.1 94.1 27.8 941 18.0 98.5 26.1 79.5 29.0 91.4 34.0 941 68.8 95 7 134 880 211 84 9 33 7 93.4 36 0 95 4 410 90 5 290 92 3 400 966 290 97.0 342 90.9 240 serve them two or more times daily. Over 1,000 Amish fanners at ready have. 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Rasmussen, producer 202 of "Go,” 'a filled milk product. charging “restraint of trade” 1.95 against American Dairy Associa tion, United Dairymen of Ari -1.94 zona, Arizona -Milk, Inc., other producer associations and 25 193 individuals. !jg Judge Muecke granted a mo tion to dismiss the case against 1 92 ADA. members of its executive committee, and the other named defendants. 1.91 American Dairy Association, in cooperation with its affiliate, Arizona Milk, Inc., and United Dairymen of Arizona, initiated a public relations, advertising and consumer education program in Arizona in 1969, Its purpose was to identify milk products in the dairy case. Newspaper ads car ried the theme line, “If it doesn’t say milk on the carton, it’s not milk ” 190 190 189 189 189 187 186 185 Filled milk’s market share in the Central Arizona order area declined from 10 4 percent of Total Class I in January, 1969, to 2.5 percent in April, 1970. The dismissal of the lawsuit by 185 185 VA to 45 H.P. 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