—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. April 7. 1973
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Birdsfoot , Grass Mixture
Is Tops In Forage
Pastures with highest yields for
beef cattle in Pennsylvania have
been determined in five years of
studies by crop and animal
scientists at The Pennsylvania
State University.
The highest yielding pastures
were those seeded to birdsfoot
Red Rose Beef Club
Has Panel Discussien
The monthly meeting of the
Lancaster County Red Rose Baby
Beef and Lamb Club was held
Wednesday evening at the Farm
and Home Center.
The business meeting was
conducted by the president, Ed
Hess.
The program was a panel
discussion on Feeding and
Showing. Panel members were:
Earl Dehmey, 4-H beef leader
from Dauphin County; Glenn-
Glenn Flickinger, Animal
Science enior at Delaware Valley
College; Bill Holloway, 4-H beef
leader from Chester County.
Members of the Club and Max
Smith a ag agent and Club leader,
asked questions of the panel.
The next meeting will be May 2
at the Farm and Home Center.
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trefoil and combined with any
one of the following grasses—
orchardgrass, smooth
bromegrass, orchardgrass,
smooth bromegrass, or reed
canarygrass. This combination
provided 151 grazing days per
season and gave yield ranging
from 2.8 to 3.9 tons per acre per
year.
Orchardgrass used alone
furnished 146 grazing days per
acre each season and yielded
from 2.6 to 4.0 tons per acre.
Grazing days per season dropped
to 111 with Kentucky bluegrass
pastures and total yields ranged
from 2.4 to 3 tons of dry matter
per acre. <
The results of the five-year
studies were announced recently
by Dr. John B. Washko, professor
of agronomy at Penn State,
during the -4th Forage Institute
held at Coshocton, Ohio.
Cooperating on the research were
Dr. Lowell L. Wilson, Professor
of animal science, and managers
ol the 210 Angus-Folstein cow
and calf herd at the State
Correctional Institution at Rock
view.
Dr. Washko indicates similar
results could be obtained in other
Northeastern states. The findings
will be featured again on March
22 during Livestock Day at Penn
State.
With the demand for beef
continuing to rise, the study
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Study
proved the value of using
marginal land, unsuited for row
crops, to produce forage for
livestock. The 210 crossbred cows
and calves were pastured on 325
acres of land, mostly unsuited for
row crops.
The crossbred cows and calves
were divided into five groups
ranging from 40 to 50 head of
cattle in each group. They were
grazed rotaticnally from the first
week in May until November.
From the time of lush pasture
growth in spring until July 1,
each cow and calf was provided 1
Vz acres of grazing land. During
the rest of the season, each cow
and calf was given 1 2-3 acres of
pasture. From 3to 5 pastures
were assigned to each of the five
groups.
Lime and fertilizer were ap
plied either in the Jail or spring
according to soil tests. Nitrogen
was applied in two applications of
50 pounds each, the first in early
spring and the second in July.
Forage yields and samples for
chemical analysis were taken on
each pasture prior to grazing.
The pastures were mowed after
each grazing to remove un
palatable growth and weeds.
protein and total
digestible nutrient content of first
grazed forage tended to be lower
than for second, third, and fourth
grazings. Crude protein content
of pasturage containing birdsfoot
trefoil was higher than that of
grass pasturage alone.
During the lush growth period
in late spring, surplus pasture
was mowed and removed as hay
in two of the five years for the
tall-growing species.
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increased 10 c from the previous
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In comparison to February
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up 49c ana excess up 46c.
The weighted average price for
the market was $7.28, an in
crease, of 49c above February
1972.
A total of 354 million pounds of
producer milk was pooled in
February of which 67.41 per cent
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Milk Price Up
year ago. 8125 Order No.' 4
producers provided 12.6 million
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