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Salurdhy. 6rt»>bff 3.1970 Facts Dairymen Should Know (Continued fiom rage 17) chop matnial cos; hundieds of pounds ol milk Whin Uu pas.me dries up in mid to late summei and when green euoppmg, watch out foi the weeds The hast they can do is g,\e a bad tlatoi to the milk and the wo.si thing may be sick or dt'id cows Sample Forages At Hanest Best use of foiage testing and tied piogiamming can bt madi when foiages aie sample I dost to haiMst This enables up-dal aim of fiednm piogianis tluou J; can the 'tnirnei and ea 1 K fa 1 mouths 1 he'O ait ci.jial months in ,i dan i Ik id espicia’ 1\ one wi.n a lo’ ol fall fii'shen in- lO,\s Hu nutnUon ami man ai.iiiu.it o 1 tows dm mg this pt iod of i a appe u s to 'ti on, I ', milium e .he subsequent health and upiOtliii.'te status of the cow s Pi ,01 sampling also can ledutt the UiiU' leqimed lot develop mini ot feeding piogiams ie queued dm mg ,he lemamdei of the stoied Reding season Mo-, cuttings of ha> have ahead.' ■been comple.cd llavs aie leadv for sampling as soon as thev aie safe to stoie without cui mg aids Sample grasses 01 mixed mainly grass hays should be sepaialed from legume 01 mixed mamlv legume ones Fu»t cutting foi ages should be sampled sepat ate 1> trom afttimath cuttings whicn may be combined foi samphng purposes within major forage types Perennial or small giain sil ages that aie being fed can be sampled now "Why wait until ■winter 7 In fact foiage that is sufficiently low in moistuie to not cause a silo seepage pi oblem may be sampled as it is ensiled This means that mateual to be ensiled at 70-72 per cent mois ture or less can be sampled as the silo is filled Take sub-samples fi om loads throughout Silo-filling Fieeze them and submit a composite sample of these upon completion of the operation Am alteinatue is to submu a sample of silage taken midway thiough haivest Oi at the end of haiccst, if one war's a gieatei maigm of saietc in hi-, feeding Numeious foiage testing pio giams aie atailable to faimeis, including The Pennsilvania State Unneisity piogiam Sample con tainers, hay sampleis and de tailed information on forage test ing and feed piogiam lequests ma> be obtained at our county extension office All larmei s should at least get standard tests on then foiages Tnese include moistuie, protein, fibti and eneigy Farmeis vath above average ciop yields or animal heaKh pioblems also should get rmneial tests loutine ]y Seveial additional tests also may be obtained in pioblem situ ations thiough the Penn State Foiage Testing piogiam Put foi age tests to use with piofessional feed programming also is avarab'e fiom seveial souiees including Penn Slate Results of Blueboy Wheat Blueboy is a soft, ted wintei whe.-t vanetv selected as a line from ciosses involving foui pat ents It was leleased by the Noith Caiolina Agricultural Ex periment Station in 1966 The vanety is being giown quite extensively in states wheie the wmteis aie relatively mild Based on research ti lals in Penn sylvania, it appeals sufficiently win er-hardy to be giown in the Ctn'ral and Southeastern coun ties in the state Blueboy did not yield well in Cravvfoid and Wcstmoi eland county research tnals in 1968, avei aging about 15 bushels be low Redco.it In the same jeai, it aveiagtd about bushels hetlei .ban Red'o,it in Ccntie, Columbia. Fi.mk’ln ami l.nncas tei »oimiu ' In 1069. In ih«' same fom um.iuli tii.ils, Rluelioy ,nci aged H Inishci. boiler than Hulco.i: Comp.ii isons of Niue- i,- acU |> a | rympn should Know bo\ .mil Redcoat b> faimers. who titm*boy should be planted on topdies'i d nitiogen, found Rlue- t ; u . better drained. more fertile bo> vie dm,; 10 to 11 bushels. floI(Js The p „ shoulcl bc hiKheith.inHedeo.it. mound 6 5 Theie should bc an llluebov has a semi-short, adequate supply of phosphorus stiff sti.iw It has shown exeel- and potash in the soil or applied leu! lesf-i.iiui to lodging The tl planting time In the absence haves h.iu a bluish coat until 0 f n sol j apply 20 pounds m.itmilv The variety is four to 0 f nitrogen. 40 pounds of phos *iN divs l.il ll thm Redcoat pij.ile and 40 pounds potash on S, id ol R.uebov is sonuvvh.it feitile soils On less fcitile siu.il’n on the nveiage than fields, apply 20 80 80 In the o.liei ivhe.-is commonly mown e.uly spnng, top chess with 40 11] I’fii'.ss I\.ini.i It will clean to 60 pounds of mtiogen cut ~i to 10 i.cuent mo-e small Dull five pecks of cleaned . d tli .n OibcM \auel.es Uushcl seed pel aeie Lodging has been \.c _h. i' ii'i’allv tluee to foin obseived with seeding Kites of |,mn !s lowt'i than Redeoat oi S i\ to eight pecks when top t\ mol; dussed with high uios of nitio-i Tlu \.nie:\ i> vei\ susceptible gen j Time To Think About.. - BLACKTOP PAVING ROADS DRIVEWAYS PARKING LOTS RECREATION AREAS Completely equipped to Handle any Pro ject in the Lebanon, Lancaster or Berks County Area. 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