—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 11, 1972
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Few Differences in
In a comparison of rapeseed
meal and sunflower meal with
soybean meal as supplements for
dairy calf starters at South
Dakota State University, there
was no significant difference in
terms of calf performance at the
end of the trial. However, the
rapeseed meal did present a
slight palatability problem,
especially in the early stages of
the feeding period
Starter dry matter intake was
significantly lower for the
rapeseed meal at the end of the
first eight weeks (31 kg) com
pared to 52 kg for sunflower
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meal and .58 kg for the soybean
meal. The hay intake was
significantly lower for the calves
on sunflower meal (.22kg)
compared to .31-.32 for the other
types of meal. However, by the
end of the feeding trial the dry
matter intake was 1.79 kg per day
for rapeseed meal; 1.88 kg. for
sunflower seed meal and 1.97 for
the soybean meal. Sunflower
meal was the least digestible of
the three except in crude protein
where all three were about equal.
Keep closets, dresser
drawers, basements, any
place where mildew is likely
to grow, as clean as possible.
Soil on articles can supply
sufficient food for mildew to
start growing when moisture
and temperature are right.
Greasy films, such as those
that form on kitchen walls,
also contain many nutrients
for mildew organisms.
Thorough cleaning of all
soiled fabrics, regardless of
the kind of fiber in them,
may help prevent them from
mildewing.
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