24—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 30,1971 Local Beef (Continued from Page 1) judgement on each animal’s desirability for breeding. Grades from six to 17 were given, with a score of 13 or above considered good enough for the animal to go back into the purebred herd for breeding purposes In addition. Twin Oaks used the occasion to give any needed medicine, including worm medicine, which is considered important in maintaining healthy animals and efficient gains But the medical program is not directly related to the per lormance testing The testing is usually done at two phases in the development of the animal The first testing comes at the six to seven month old stage, which was the stage of the Twin Oaks animals Burdette ex plained that the weight and performance of the calf at this stage is based largely on the milk producing ability of the cow Thercloie, the first test is con sidered primarily a measure of the milk producing ability of the cow The second weight or test is taken when the animal is about one year old This test primarily measures the ability of the animal to convert feed to meat Burdette emphasized that the results of the tests are not the exclusive means of evaluating animals He termed it “another management tool which gives the beef producer more information to use in his breeding program ” He said the program is par ticularly good in helping to cull the low-production cows He said the breeder should keep the high producing and even the average cows, but it is important to “cut the low end ” Twin Oaks also is planning to send six or seven steers by one sire to Penn State for a complete perlormance and evaluation which will include daily gain, feed conversion, type score and complete carcass evaluation, including USDA grade and taste tests Poultry Waste (Continued fiom Page 1) Dr Tony Stemberger, Penn Stale University agricultural economies professor, will speak on “Economics of Manure Handling” at 11 20 a m Lunch will be catered at 12 noon The afternoon program chairman is George Knott, manager of the West Penn Farms ol Agway at Shelochta, Pa At 1 15 p m , Dr Floyd Hicks Penn State University poultry science professor, will speak on “Modify your Cage House for Manure Drying ” At 1 50 pm , Dr Ted Long, Penn State University associate animal nutrition professor, will discuss “The Economics of Recycling Converted Poultry Wastes Through Cattle ” Dr Owen Keene, Penn State University assistant poultry science specialist, will talk on “New Ideas for Use of Converted Waste Products” at 2-30 p m Jordon will speak on “Ren dering Off-grade Eggs for Feed” at 3 10 p m At 3 30 p m , Jay Irwin, associate Lancaster County ag agent, will head a panel of producers telling how they successfully convert and use poultry manure in large quan tities The panelists have managed several million birds. Persons desiring lunch at the Farm and Home Center are requested to make advance registration by November 5 by contacting and sending the registration fee of $7, which in cludes the lunch, to Jay Irwin, 1383 Arcadia Road, Lancaster, Sam Wylie helps protesting calf open his mouth to get squirt of worm medicine Thursday during performance testing at Twin Oaks Farm The pressurized medical system is reported the latest technique in the business. The animals were among those pound range, tested Thursday at Twin Oaks The steers to go to Penn State Farm. are from Collasal’s Image, the Most of the animals tested Twin Oaks bull which has won Thursday were in the 400 to 550 many of the top national shows. f r ss: mge^^mz -n. into your cattle feeding program. Get either supplement now for earlier weight gains and more pounds of beef per feed dollar. DEPEND ON US . . . FOR ALL YOUR FEED NEEDS. Wolgemuth Bros., Inc. MOUNT JOY, PENNA. gable roof, there’s usable space overhead. A floor, or even a partial floor, will hold more than you expect. Use 2 x6s or 2 xBs set 16 inches c an“ e rSe^S?a S mS Mahfas*’many shelves as QiirniiK <? tor a 2 g itGrns off you can on both side walls, your garage floor as posse Oh 1* 56 hack wall, you can &e. if the garage fas a JJ*Jf ** Fix-It Tip READ LANCASTER FARMING FOR FULL MARKET REPORTS HERD DISPERSAL SATURDAY, NOV. 6, 1 P.M. Sharp 65 HEAD HIGH GRADE HOLSTEINS This herd consists of 44 head - 34 Holstems and 10 Red & White cows. 25 fresh or due by Dec. These cows are all home raised and very well taken care of with plenty of size and dairy quality. Also 20 head top fresh and close cows from Maryland and Pennsylvania. Farmers! If you need milk plan to attend this sale as every cow must be sold Kersey Bradley, Auct. Everett Eschbach, Clerk WEST VIRGINIA at the Shady Lane Dairy Cow Stables located Vi mile West of Quarryville YOUR PROFITS GROW BIGGER WHEN YOU INTRODUCE FLORIN STEER SUPPLEMENT FLORIN ECONO-BEEF Consigned by GLENN FITE Quarryville RD2 Phone 717-786-2750 OR PH. 653-1451
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