Facts Dairymen Should Know
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second chance. It is Interesting
to note the improvement made
irvthe second lactation. Fifth-one
animals (418 per cent) were
stilt in the bottom fifth of the
herd, 32 were in the 4th fifth, 28
were in the middle fifth, and
only 11 were in the upper two
fifths. This means that less than
10 per cent improved enough to
rank above the “middle” group
Of the 61 cows that had a third
lactation, 26 per cent were still
in the bottom group and only
6 (still less than 10 per cent
were in the upper two groups
If we consider all of the lacta
tipns for the 122 cows that were
given two or more chances to
improve, we find that 42 (34.4
percent) never ranked higher
than the bottom fifth. On the
other hand, only 18 (14.7 per
cent) ever attained the upper
two-fifths for even one lacta
tion.
Tliese results indicate that
there is little justification for
keeping a heifer that ranks in
the' bottom fifth of the herd.
There is one chance in ten that
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she will be much more than
average during her second or
third lactation There is about
one chance in seven that she
will ever achieve this level.
Forage Fed Per Cow
A look at the 1968-69 testing
year summaiy indicates that
most dairymen (96.6 per cent)
fed both hay and silage, while
2 6 per cent fed hay only and
less than one per cent of the
herds weie fed silage as the only
forage It is of interest to note
that production in the silage
only herds was about 700 pounds
of milk lower than in heids feed
ing hay as the sole forage and
600 pounds lower than in the
herds fed a combination of hay
and silage.
Forage Fed
Hay only
Silage Only
Hay and silage
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The hay only herds were fed
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compared to 4750 pounds of
grain per cow for the silage on
ly herds and 5066 pounds of
grain for the hay and silage
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Danger Signals For
Electrical Overloads
If the lights flicker when the
refrigerator motor starts or the
TV picture wobbles when the
furnace goes on. you may have a
safety hazard According to the
Penn State Extension Safety
Committee, all these danger
signals point to one thing: an
overloaded electrical system.
' Cooler weather calls for space
heaters, extra lights, brooding
equipment, and electrically-heat
ed livestock waterers These are
some of the things that can put
an extra strain on wiring during
the winter.
The Safety Committee suggests
you have your wiring system
checked. It may be that the
load isn’t distributed evenly
enough over the circuits. Per
haps the wiring was designed for
the lighter loads of years ago
and it just isn’t adequate for
the modern farm
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 24,1970
Whatever you do. do not re
place a blown fuse with one of a
larger size. This will allow the
circuit to carry the overload,
and it may cause a fire when the
wire gets 100 hot. The best
thing to do is to call in a com
.petenl electrician or a repre
sentative from the power com
pany. They can inspect your
wiring and find out what’s caus
ing the trouble
Remember, electrical work is
dangeious for the do-it-y our
self er The money you save on
labor may well go up in smoke
Let a qualified electrician do li
for you.
Milk Outlook
A good supply of herd replace
ments, an easing of the tight
labor situation, top-of-the-recoi d
milk prices, and the present
high milk feed price ratio. All
are favorable to more milk out
put and indicate a small gain
for 1970 from the 116 2 billion
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pounds of milk produced lost
year.
More milk is available for man
ufacturing this year than last.
Output of cheese, nonfat dry
milk, and frozen dairy products
is running stionger
Also, compared with last year,
customeis have stepped up their
purchases of all these items
plus lowfat fluid milk products
and fiozen desserts But. over
all, dany sales aie not quite
matching 1969’s
With the slight drop in total
dairy sales and heavier produc
tion, the USDA is buying more
dairy products to support milk
and butteifal prices than it has
since 1967.
Faim milk prices have been
running about four per cent
higher than in 1969 And as of
now it looks as though farmers’
cash receipts from dairying this
year are likely to be some four
per cent above the $62-billion
level of 1969
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