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coolest, most fly-free, spot on the
farm. Turn cows out at night;
that is when they do most of their
grazing.
For maximum cross ven
tilation, open the windows and
sides of barns. For additional air
PROTEIN PROBLEM SOLVERS
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Roaring Spring, PA 16673
Uni-Forage Harvester.
Big capacity, separate blower,
competitive price—plus!
Uni-Forage Harvester
This Uni-Forage Han ester is priced the
way you like it. Competithe with other
self-propelled choppers
The separate blow er means the cutter head
doesn’t ha’ ■ to double as a blower And
the spout is d ser to the wagon so forage
is saved on turn., in contoured fields, and
in crosswinds. Spout direction is hydraulic
ally controlled
Three upper feed rolls and six spiral knn es
A. L. HERR & BRO.
Quarryville
KIXZER EQUIP. CO,
Kinzer
LONGENECKER
FARM SUPPLY
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movement, use fans if necessary.
Fans will no t lower temperatures
very much, but they do help to
move air across the backs of
cows; this is especially important
in holding areas, in poorly
ventilated barns and in stables
with low ceilings. To accomplish
this it may be necessary to use
extra fans in addition to barn fans
already installed. In pole barns,
It’s got everything.
CHAS. J. McCOMSEY
& SONS
Hickory Hill. Pa.
LANDIS BROS., INC.
Uni-Power Unit
cut hour after hour with a more uniform
cut, down to 3/16 of an inch. The Uni-
Forage Harvester is a great chopper. And
it's part of Uni-System.
The s\ stem of self-propelled harvesting
equipment that needs only one inter
changeable Power Unit.
Uni Forage Han ester—with its big capacity
and competitive price—is one of the rea
sons \vh\.
Uni-System just makes
more sense!
Lancaster
you can perm it the heat to escape
from the pea k by providing ridge
vents and by opening up the
sides, light-colored roofing
materials w ill also help to reflect
the heat.
Water
Water is your cheapest feed,
and it makes milk --use it! Cows
drink more water if it is clean,
cool and convenient to them.
+ V
Windrow Pickup
STOLTZFUS
FARM SERVICE
Cochranville, Pa.
ROY H. BUCH, INC.
Ephrata. R D. 2
N.G. HERSHEY & SON
Manheim
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 2,1973—21
Water in ponds and streams may
be warm and stagnant.
Therefore, it may be necessary to
install extra water lines to the
pasture or feed-lot, or to tap into
tile drainage lines and springs for
fresh water.
Supplemental Feeding
Some cows, even when they
have free ac cess to lush pastures
or an abundant supply of
greenchop, are actually un
derfed. Lush pasture grass and
greenchop a re high in moisture,
some cows simply get full and
cannot eat enough roughage to
get the dry matter and feed
nutrients they need for top
production-o r for rapid growth m
the case of heifers Also, many
permanent pastures dry up m the
summer time and do not yield
enough feed nutrients This can
be corrected by feeding extra
hay-in racks-or by feeding
haylage, silage, or gram. Con
trary to wha t many people think,
grain is a “cool” feed; do not
hesitate to feed it at recom
mended levels.
For max unum feed intake,
locate the feeding area near to
shade and water; the barn is a
good place if you keep cows in
during the day time Summer
annuals such as Piper sudan
grass can also be planted to
provide a dditional summer
grazing. Sal t and minerals should
also be prov ided both in the grain
mix and free choice to cattle the
year round.
Beacon Golden Test Rations
C.A.F.— The Cow Acceptability Factor
determines how much grain your cows
will eat. Beacon Golden Test milking rations
are partially pelleted, contain a proven level
of crimped corn for extra palatability. Even
finicky eaters clean these feeds up well, re
sponding with higher milk production than
when fed less palatable feeds.
The Cow Acceptability Factor helps get
more grain into your cows in critical periods
of milk production. Call us today for Beacon
Golden Test Rations with C.A.F.
H. Jacob Hoober 0. Kenneth McCracken
Intercourse, Pa. j Jgp
Manheim, Pa.
H. M. Stauffer &
Sons, Inc.
Leola, Pa,
BEACON FEEDS
The Beacon Milling Company, lm
Htodqnritrs: C«y*9«, N. Y.
Pecking Order
In Dairy Cows
Everyone’s heard of the
“pecking order,” right 9 Sure you
have...it’s the social system by
which chickens feed. Well,
almost, but it’s also the way cows
in a dairy herd decide who eats
first
And according to Joe Taylor,
Extension dairj\ specialist at
Penn State, it’s a well-established
system, from the “boss cow” that
no other cow in the herd would
dare challenge, all the way down
to the meek cow that runs from
all the others in the herd.
This social system in dairy
herds shouldn’t present any
problem as long as enough
feeding space and stalls are
provided for all cows in the herd
However, research shows that
this pecking order is upset when
one cow in the herd is in heat No
matter what her social status is
with the rest of the herd, a cow in
heat upsets the whole herd
because she disturbs the pecking
order. As a result, the entire herd
becomes restless and a loss in
milk production is often the
result.
Taylor reminds all dairymen
that there is really only one way
to prevent this problem. As soon
as a cow comes mto heat, she
should immediately be isolated
from the rest of the herd. In this
way, the rest of the herd won’t be
affected, and neither will your
milk production
Earl Sauder, Inc.
New Holland, Pa.