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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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