32—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. April 3,1971 Facts Dairymen Should Know (Continued from Page 25) Use adequate alkaline cleaner in 110° to 120 °F water For circulation cleaning of pipelines and transfer systems, end the washing cycle with at least 110°F solution. This usually means starting at 140° to 160°F. Rinse the equipment with clear water. Use an acidified nnse, if the water is hard Sanitize all equipment prior to use. This destroys bacteria which are on milk contact sur faces. Use 220 ppm chlorine or 25 ppm idoine solution and flush all surfaces. Don’t splash r santitizer, solu tion on the walls of a bulk tank. Let solution drain and don’t nnse with clear water. Your milking equipment needs to be as clean as the dishes from which you eat. In ' addition, chemical sanitizing is neces sary before each use. 25 per cent of the mix or less. Higher levels may interfere with Failure to sanitize or once-a- util i zat;lon 0 f fat-soluble vita day cleaning causes poor keep- mins - n the cow ms quality and high raw milk . bacteria counts. The source of For insurance purposes the problem is not readily found, would be best to include 2,000 as everything is clean when the to 4 ’® Qo “ mts af fieldman checks during the day. vitamin A per pound of o ra n Twice-a-day cleaning and san- mixture containing ground soy itizing is the first step toward beans. consumer acceptability of fluid Since uncooked soybeans con milk Good flavor and keeping tain urease, an enzyme which quality must precede promotion releases ammonia from urea, to increase per capita consump- ground raw soybeans should not tloru ,be used in grain mixtures con taining urea. They may be used, however, in mixtures fed sep arately to cows receiving urea containing silages. | Sometimes heat-treated soy beans are available. If these processed beans are sufficiently low in urease content, they may be used in mixtures containing urea. On Using Ground Soybeans As a result of sharp advances in protein costs, some farmers are interested in the possibility of using ground raw soybeans as a protein supplement This can be done for dairy cows un der certain conditions. The level of ground soybeans in concentrate mixtures for dairy cows should be limited to “Ground soybeans have a high oil or fat content. Thus, they are relatively high in energy or TDN. This may make them an economical source of nutrients when other energy sources such as corn, corn by-products and small grains are relatively ex pensive. Their high oil content makes ground soybeans quite suscep tible to rancidity. Feed contain ing them should be mixed at in tervals of one week or less. Most important, do not feed grain mixtures containing ground soybeans to calves under COMPLETE CROP PROGRAM SOIL TEST REQUIRED PLANT FOOD BLIGHT RESISTANT VARIETY WEED CONTROL Plow down AGRICO based on Soil Test. Use AGRICO Starter Fertilizer. BROWN & REA, Et. Atglen, Pa. four months old. Rancid fats and on free-choice mineral feeding, oils may be quite toxic to young since cattle have a limited capa ca j ves city to balance mineral needs. HammermUJs used to gund When cattle are properly fed, soybeans should be cleaned out the intake of any single free as well as possible after each choice mineral should not ex use to prevent accumulation of ceed an average intake of 0.1 rancid material, which may en- 0 2 lbs. per head daily, ter feed upon subsequent use Avoid use of commercial of the grinder. mineral products that are ex- Free-Choice Minerals cessively palatable due to over- The ration fed to dairy cattle /use of palatable ingredients such should be balanced for minerals as dried molasses, live cell yeast as well as other items. Proper culture and brewers’ yeast, controlled-mineral feeding via When excessive intakes occur, inclusion of necessary supple- check ration balance, grain levels mental minerals in the grain and the possibility of excessive mixture, forage or complete ra- palatability. tion should be practiced. Limit 'intakes of any newly However, minerals also should o £ fered f ree -choice mineral to be provided free-choice to more fln average intake -of not over adequately meet the needs of 0 j q. 2 pounds per head daily cows fed considerably less grain durin g fi rs t 7to 10 days that than average intake for the herd, lt ig mal j e available. Excessive and those of cows producing at mmera i intake of any kind dur extremely high levels. irg a short period of time may In addition, consumption of 3{ j verse iy affect animals, even certain free-choice minerals may tQ the point of death help to control rumen pH. Free- . , . _ choice feeding also may help in Do not provide minerals free meeting needs of growing heif- choice to mineral-starved an-. ers that require little or no imals. Control-feed them for a CTrain . period of several weeks before ° One should not depend solely offering any free-choice. FRANK'S Vacuum Cleaner Service PARTS BAGS HOSES FILTERS & REPAIRS ALL MAKES. 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