New Feed For Animals Organic refuse such as food and fiber processing waste, and poultry waste, is suitable for cattle feed, according to animal scientists at The Pennsylvania State University. Several Penn State researchers have been successful in feeding porducts AERIAL LADDER EQUIP!. FARM PAINTERS BRUNING QUALITY PAINT WE SPRAY IT ON AND BRUSH IT IN. Call Now For Free estimates HENRY K. FISHER 2322 Old Phila Pike Lancaster, Pa. 17602 Phone 717-393-6530 Can you look them square in the eye WM w •. ...and be 100% sure they are on the most productive feeding program possible? Maybe you can Maybe not. Either way we can tell you with our free dairy herd analy is We call it the Doubt Remover. Just give us the facts about your herd. Our nutrition experts will analyze your current feeding and offer you a new recommended program, if needed. We may say, "No change needed in our opinion." On the other hand, you could get a program that better balances your forage and feed. Or one that shows you how increased or decreased feeding will pay you more profit. Walter Binkley & Son Lititz Brown & Rea, Inc. Atglen Elverson Supply Co. Elverson L T. Geib Estate G. R. Mitchell, Inc. Manheim Refton, Pa. I. B. Groybill & Son Mountville Feed Service Strasburg Mountville E. Musser Heisey & Son Musser Forms, Inc. R. D. #2, Mt. Joy, Pa. Columbia such as apple pomace, paper, sawdust, and poultry waste to cattle. The findings show that most organic wastes possess some nutritional value. Generally, such wastes must be sup plemented with other nutrients In the meantime however, try one sure feed that works for everyone. Red Rose Medicated Milk Replacer. After colostrum it gives calves more nourishment than dam's milk, gives you more dam’s milk to sell. But for your free dairy herd analysis, feeding program, and maybe more-profit write us now. Unless of course, you’re 100% sure. Dairy Herd Analysis, John W. Eshelman & Sons, 244 N. Queen St., Lancaster. Pa I7fifu Heistond Bros. Elizabethtown Red Rose Form N. H - M - Sfouffer & Sons - Inc. David B. Hurst Bowmansville such as protein, energy, minerals, and vitamins, state Dr. T. A. Long and Dr. Lowell L. Wilson of the Department of Animal Science. Prior to World War 11, apple pomace was acceptable as a feed for cattle and sheep. However, the spraying of orchards with DDT and similar insecticides made apple pomace unfit for animal feed. Such pesticides are no longer used in orchards, making apple pomace acceptable again as a livestock feed. Results from digestion trials using sheep show apple waste to be 60 per cent digestible. Results from cattle feeding trials indicate apple pomace is a satisfactory energy source for ruminants when fed at levels supplying one half of the total energy intake. The pesticide level was ac ceptably low for all animals in the feeding trials. However, because of the zero tolerance for n^isi IRed RooelepJ I^irvfceos^^M E. p. Spotts, Inc. Honey Brook Witmer Martin's Feed Mill Ephrata, Pa. Chos. E. Sander & Sons Terre Hill Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 25,1972—1 DDT in milk, apple pomace should not be fed to any type of milk-producing animals. Waste paper such as newsprint, when ground up into fine pieces and used as an absorbent for molasses, was acceptable as a carrier for feeds such as molasses. One pound of paper absorbed up to three pounds of black strap molasses. When dried, the paper-molasses combination was eaten readily by dairy cows and dairy heifers. The Penn State scientists claim such organic wastes will become increasingly important as sources of animal feeds. Wastes will increase, they affirm, and the wo "Id food shortage will become more severe. Livestock fed such wastes can produce valuable nutritious food for humans. “Perhaps the greatest problem is in convincing the consumer that the quality of the end product is not lowered by the use of organic wastes in such feeds,” Dr. Long and Wilson point out. They claim the technology to convert waste materials into usable animal feeds is available in most cases. Equally im portant, the value of these processed wastes as feeds will more than pay the processing costs. In other studies, Hereford steers were fed rations con taining oak sawdust at 5 and 15 per cent levels with three particle sizes—fine, medium, and coarse. The results showed that sawdust can be used as a roughage sub stitute up to 15 per cent of the ration. In additional studies, steers were fed finishing rations having all of the supplemental ntirogen provided by soybean meal, steam-sterilized poultry waste, and heat-dried poultry waste. ' GET YOUR CROP OFF TO A SUPER START Smoketown, Pa. 397-3539 TM s OSTHO CHEVPON DESIGN UNIPEL PEG U S PAT Off Milking Short Course Set A three-day Milking School will be held at The Pennsylvania State University, March 29, 30, and 31, (according to) Max Smith, Lancaster County Ag Agent. Members of the Extension staff and faculty of the College of Agriculture will instruct in a wide variety of subjects which are aimed at improving the techniques and skills of milkers. The subjects that will be taught during the three-day school are: Wednesday, March 29 - The Dairy Industry Today; The Development of the Mammary Gland; How the Milking Machine Works; Cow Handling Psychology; and Practice Milking. Thursday, March 30 - Anatomy of the Udder; Air Flow and Vacuum; Hormonal Control of Lactation; Milking Labor Studies; Hormonal Control of Let Down; Milking Routines; Mastitis - The Disease; and Practice Milking. Friday, March 31 Milking Systems; Maintenance of Equipment; Cleaning Principles; and Summary and Questions. Most of the classes will be held in Borland Laboratory. Registration fee for the course is $lO dollars. For further information, contact the Agricultural Con ference Coordinator, 410 J. 0. Keller Building, The Penn sylvania State University, University Park, Pa. 16802. The various rations were eaten readily by the steers. There were no appreciable differences in rate of gain, feed efficiency, carcass characteristics, or meat quality, compared with steers fed routine rations. 1
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