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—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 29, 1973
From local A
The article for this week was
prepared by Donald ML Robinson,
Adult Farmer advisor at Garden
Spot High School.
Developing A Feeding Plan
Recently Dr. Richard Adams,
dairy specialist and head of the
Penn state forage testing
laboratory, spoke to the Garden
Spot Young Farmers on
developing a feeding plan for
your livestock, and his comments
are worth summarizing.
With higher-than-ever feed
prices we cannot be bound to
tradition to feeding the same feed
we have been used to if it is not
the most economical source of
production and gain. In the ever
challenging race to increase
production we sometimes do it at
the expense of profit. It is
possible that the ration that gives
the highest production may not
always be the most profitable.
Developing a feeding plan
involves three basic steps. First,
the nutritional needs of the
livestock must be determined
based on age, size, and
production level. In determining
needs, be complete - not just
energy and protein, but minerals
and fiber as well.
Secondly, after nutritional
needs have been calculated, all
forages fed should be analyzed
for energy, protein, fiber, and
minerals. Forage intake must
also be carefully measured.
Many production difficulties
come from feeding inadequate
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amounts of forage or a low
quality forage.
And third, once needs have
been determined and forages
analyzed to see how much of
these needs are being met by the
forages, the nutrients still needed
must then be made up with
supplemental feeds. It is at this
point that much attention to cost
must be given and the use of
alternative sources of protein and
energy considered. Use of non
protein nitrogen such as urea,
anhydrous ammonia, urea
molasses mixes, use of cheaper
grains or grain by-products, or
dealer pre-mixes can be the
answer for lower feed costs if
carefully considered. But great
care must be exercised to be sure
the resulting feeds meet your
livestocks needs and are not
being fed at toxic levels. This is
where a competent feed dealer,
Extension service personnel or a
vo-ag instructor can be of great
assistance to you.
Probably the cheapest way to
cut feed costs is to produce and
feed quality roughages,
especially hay. Another con
sideration while thinking about
roughages is the relative
amounts of each forage being fed.
For dairy, all corn silage or all
hay rations can lead to serious
production and health problems
in the herd in spite of apparent
initial success in the early stages
of such a feeding program. This is
particularly true with dry cows.
Large mineral imbalances can
occur that willl have far reaching
effects.
I might add these thoughts to
those brought out by Dr. Adams:
The forage analysis is just
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resulting feeding plan are merely
guides or starting points - and
recommendations must be
carried out and tempered with
experience and a watchful eye to
the livestock response in
production and health.
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Being Distributed
To Rural Residents
The Pennsylvania Department
of Agriculture is cooperating with
the National Foundation - March
of Dimes in distributing
literature to rural residents on
health and baby care, it was
announced by Agriculture
Secretary Jim McHale.
The Secretary said that
regional personnel in the
department’s Bureau of Rural
Affairs are contacting farmers
and residents in remote rural
areas to give them educational
pamphlets and health charts
prepared by the March of Dimes.
“Many of these people haven’t
been to a doctor in years,” said
McHale. “The March of Dimes in
an effort to prevent birth defects
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literature on pre-natal care and
on keeping family health
records.”
McHale said the literature
encourages expectant mothers to
visit available dines or doctors,
instructing them on what family
health records to prepare for
their visits.
One pamphlet details the diet
an expectant mother should
follow, and lists complications
which would prompt immediate
medical attention.
“We have to realize,” said
McHale, “that many rural
residents have never heard of
blood types or bladder infections
and so forth. The information
capsulized by the March of
Dimes should prove invaluable.”
McHale said the distribution is
being handled by the rural
coordinators located in the
department’s seven regional
offices.
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