USDA Recommends Fourth
Quarter Broiler Limit
To avoid depressed broiler
prices, the U.S. Department of
Agriculture has recommended
that broiler output in the fourth
quarter of 1972 be held to the
same level as a year ago, except
that marketings be reduced by 10
per cent during Thanksgiving
week.
USDA's Agricultural
Marketing Service makes this
recommendation in its “Broiler
Marketing Guide for the Fourth
Quarter of 1972.” Broiler
marketing guides' are issued
quarterly to help the industry
plan production to meet the needs
of consumers and avoid an under-
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or over-supply and consequent
extremes in prices.
The recommended additional
reduction during Thanksgiving
week would mean a total 23 per
cent reduction from the
preceding week.
A 23 per cent reduction in
marketings for Christmas week,
compared to the preceding week,
is also recommended
The marketing guide recom
mends that the number of pullet
chicks placed for the broiler
hatchery flock be adjusted to
provide for an annual increase of
3 per cent in broiler meat output
in 1973.
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Control Flies
Flies can reduce production as
much as 20 per cent. If you want
good control, start NOW—before
the flies become a problem—and
perform ALL five of the following
practices;
1. Sanitation - Eliminate breeding
areas and prevent fly buildup.
- Clean Stable gutters, scrape
alleys and lots daily.
- Keep bedded manure packs
out of the dairy bam—unless
cleaned weekly.
2. Shade - Cows like shade, but
some flies do not.
- Keep cows in a clean, well
ventilated bam during the day.
3. On the Cow - Spray cows daily
for temporary relief from flies.
- Mist sprayers located in the
bam exit, or small hand sprayers
used at milking time, give best
coverage. Or,' use dust bags or
self-oilers in cow exits.
- Ciodrin is generally preferred
over Vapona.
4. In the Bam - Supplement
sanitation with one or several of
the following:
- Baits will probably give the
best control. Keep away from
feed and milk.
- Fogging With pyrethrins or
Vapona quickly kills'those flies
that are present in the barn, but
gives no residual control.
- Spraying walls, ceilings, and
stalls may give some residual
control for a few weeks. Results
are unpredictable, and repeated
applications are necessary.
Suggested materials, listed in
order of general effectiveness,
include; Dimetlioate, Baytex,
and Korlan.
5. In the Milkhouse:
- Use screens, and keep doors
closed to keep flies 'out.
- Pyrethrin sprays can kill flies
present; protect milk and milk
utensils.
Regular Attention
Cows are creatures of habit.
They adjust slowly to changes in
work routines and feeding.
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Production Slump
- Establish regular work
routines. Remember, on a dairy
farm the milk end of the business
is the profit end. Don’t neglect the
cows for the field work; the field
work may be more appealing, but
the bam work and the time spent
observing cows may-’ be more
profitable. A single missed heat
period could cost you up to $lOO.
- Avoid frequent and drastic
changes in the feeding program.
This can be a problem when
green chopping a variety of
crops, or when switching from
com silage to either grass silage
or haylage.
Shade plus Ventilation
Shade is not much good without
ventilation. Provide both. Heat
depresses appetite and lowers
breeding efficiency. Production
starts dropping at temperatures
of 65-70 degrees.
- Keep cows in during the day in
a clean, well-ventilated bam; it
could be the coolest, most fly : free
spot on the farm.'Turn cows out
at night; that’s when they do
most of their grazing.
- Open bams up for maximum
cross ventilation.
- Use fans. They won’t lower
temperatures much, but they
move air across the cow’s
backs—especially important in
holding areas and poorly ven
tilated barns.
- Pole bams should have: ridge
Merry Maids
The Lampeter-Strasburg
Merry Maids 4-H Sewing and
Cooking Club met for
reorganization on Monday, June
5.
The following officers were
elected: Joyce Houser,
president, Debbie Hess, vice
president; Kim Hess, secretary;
Kathy Good, treasurer; Marilyn
Groff, song leader; Lois Lehman
and Carol Myers, game leaders;
and Julia Bare, news reporter.
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vents, open sides and light
colored roofs.
Water
Water is your cheapest feed,
and it makes milk. Cows drink
more water if it is clean, cool and
convenient to them. Water in
ponds and streams may be warm
and stagnant.
- Install extra water lines or tap
into tile drainage lines for fresh
water.
Supplemental
Feeding
Some cows are actually un
derfed, even though they have
free access to pasture or green
chop. Lush pasture grass and
green chop are high in moisture.
Some cows fill up, and simply can
not eat enough to get the dry
matter and feed nutrients they
need for top pro'ductibn—or for
rapid growth in ’ the case of
heifers. Many permanent
pastures dry up in the summer,
and do not yield enough feed
nutrients.
- Feed extra hay (in racks),
haylage, silage or grain. 'Grain is
NOT a “hot” feed, as many
people think; so do not hesitate to
feed it at recommended levels.
-Locate the feeding area near
to shade and water; the bam is a
good place if you keep cows in
during the day.
- Plant a summer annual, such
as Piper sudan grass for summer
grazing.
Reorganize
County Council representatives
elected were Marilyn Landis and
Debbie Hess
Leaders present were Mrs. Jay
Robert Hess, Mrs. Elvin Hess Jr,
Mrs. Richard Hess, Mrs. Robert
Groff and Mrs. E. Robert Bare.
The next meeting will be held
from 12:30 to 3 p.m. Monday,
June 12 at the Martin Mylin
Lampeter-Strasburg High
School. News Reporter
Julia Bare
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