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Nodular Worm Damage
As early as 20 hours after being swallowed, in
fective larvae enter the intestine walls Nodules
then form around the larvae and weakness,
emaciation, diarrhea unthriftiness, and stunting
may result
For control of costly worm losses, the pork producer can choose from two
programs. Continuous m-feed control during times when worm damage is most
critical, or purging.
Since worms can be in all stages of development in a hog at all times, purge
type wormers that get only the mature worms fall short of effective control
Purge worming helps remove adult worms, but the immature worms that remain
in the hog can mature and be a source of continuous reinfection
A continuous m-feed worm control program available with Hygromix® can
give effective worm control without production set-backs Hygromix® shuts off
egg producing ability of female worms, and reduces the adult worm population
Continued use of Hygromix® works to reduce the worm infection on the
premises
Gehman’s Pig Grower containing Hygromix® can increase your swine feeding
profits. Discontinue feeding Hygromix ® 48 hours before slaughter.
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Round Boles for Beef Cattle
Feeding round hay bales to
beef cattle right in the field where
the hay is grown is gaining in
popularity among cattlemen in
Pennsylvania, says Dr Lowell L.
Wilson, professor of animal
science at The Pennsylvania
State University.
Besides saving labor, hay in
side round bales left in the field is
just as good quality as hay in
square bales stored in the barn,
Dr Wilson pointed out recently
from studies at Penn State and
elsewhere. The round bales form
a tent, causing ram to run off
rather than being absorbed into
the bale
The technique is worth con
sidering for winter feeding of
beef cattle, he suggested, as well
as for dry weather feeding in
summer and fall when pastures
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 22,1973
may be poor.
“It is amazing how effectively
the cows use the small round
bales even with 12 inches or more
of snow,” he affirmed.
Small, round bales weighing 40
to 60 pounds have been used
successfully for many years in
several mid-western and mid
south states Now several
machines are available which
produce round bales weighing
anywhere from 1000 pounds to
3500 pounds. Other new machines
make hay stacks weighing one to
six tons.
Little or no labor is involved in
making hay this way except for
mowing, raking, and baling.
There is no manure to haul
during the fall or winter when the
cows are grazing on grass or are
eating the bales.
There is little if any labor in
feeding round bales to beef cattle
m the field. The cows go to the
feed rather than the feed having
to be taken to the cows. However,
tractor attachments are
available for moving large bales
and stacks.
Before heavy snow occurs, the
cows should be given access to
fields where the bales are
located This allows the cows to
graze the grass regrowth before
it is covered by snow, Dr. Wilson
explained.
Farmers are using two
methods of grazing round bales
and regrowth in the fields. A
farmer with several such fields
may simply turn the cows in with
the bales and let them have ac
cess to all the bales at one time.
Many beef cattle operators use
and like this method.
A more efficient way is to allow
the cows access to only what they
need for a two or three week
period at a time By using
electric fence, farmers divide
fields into strips containing the
round bales. Such a stripgrazing
plan will increase the number of
cow-days per acre by at least 35
per cent.
It is even more important, Dr.
Wilson claimed, to limit-feed or
stripgraze the large bales. In a
Penn State study, cows had ac
cess to large round bales during
September and October. This
provided enough hay for one
month The cows used about 74
per cent of the available grass
and round bales.
A study elsewhere found that
the best hay feeding rack wasted
14 per cent of square-baled hay
placed in the rack.
Beef cattle do the most
thorough job of feeding from
round bales if the water source is
away from the hay field, Dr.
Wilson and associates have
found Also, if cows stay m the
field all the time, there is d
tendency for them to he on (he
bales, thus reducing clean up of
the hay.
The small 40 to 60 pound round
bales seldom “crowd out" grass
underneath the bales In early
spring, a growing pasture quickly
re-establishes the small area
under the round bales However
bare spots will likely occur where
large round bales and stacks are
left in the field throughout the
summer, fall, and winter
Making hay into bales or stacks
means that excess hay can not be
sold through normal hay
marketing channels, the Penn
State animal scientist added
Experiments with round bales
and hay stacks are continuing at
Penn State
State Will Check-
Accuracy of Scales
Live weights of cattle, swine
and sheep ready for slaughter in
stockyards will be checked on up
to-date inspected scales, it was
disclosed by Pennsylvania
Agriculture Secretary Jim
McHale.
McHale announced at the 58th
Annual Conference of the Penn
sylvania Weights and Measures
Association that six heavy duty
trucks will begin making rounds
of stockyards October 1 to check
on the accuracy of the scales
used.
“With today’s meat prices
being what they are,” said
McHale, “it is doubly important
that no one gets shortchanged on
weights.”
The secretary acknowledged
that since the Bureau of Weights
and Measures was brought under
the jurisdiction of the Agriculture
Department in March, “we have
had more clout in the consumer
protection field.”
McHale said the new bureau
complements the department’s
Bureau of Food and Chemistry
which inspects foods sold at the
retail level. “With our Weights
and Measures inspectors,” said
McHale, “we can check the
accuracy of net weight labeling ”
McHale said, “We are all
consumers and we can well
understand that when we pay $2 a
pound for a cut of beef, the
smallest weight discrepancy can
mean a substantial loss to us in
terms of a year’s purchases ”
The secretary also announced
in his speech that the state will
hold seminars for county weights
and measures personnel in Oc
tober, January and April
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