12—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 1, 1973 Good Range Mana: Better management of the nation’s grasslands can mean more money for the farmer and more meat on the consumer’s table, says an official of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Kenneth E. Grant, Ad ministrator of the Soil Con servation Service, cites as an example a west Texas rancher whose 19,000 acres barely sup ported 300 cattle in 1961. Then he CHARLES E. SAUDER &SONS R D.l,East Earl HERSHEY BROS. Remholds BRANDT’S MILL SADDLERYSHOP 830 Maple St Lebanon, Pa. 17042 STEVENS FEED MILL, INC. Stevens, Pa PARADISE SUPPLY Paradise FOWL’S FEED SERVICE R D 2, Peach Bottom GRUBB SUPPLY CO. Elizabethtown switched to a planned grazing system accompanied by brush control andrange reseeding. This year his land supported 546 mature cattle, 255 heifers, 750 goats, and an estimated' 3,000 wild deer, on better-than-ever grass. “From reports reaching our range specialists, a 50 to 100 percent increase in range production through these H. M. STAUFFER & SONS. INC. Witmer HAROLD H. GOOD Terre Hill FEED SERVICE , R.D.2, Columbia * DUTCHMAN FEED WHITE OAK MILL R.D.4, Manheim ement Can Produce JE’MAR FARM SUPPLY INC. Lawn—Ph. 964-3444 ROHRER’S MILL R.D.I, Ronks MOUNTVILLE MILLS, INC. R.D.I, Stevens methods is not at all unusual,” reports the SCS Administrator. He says that the benefits - besides more forage for cattle ~ are stronger and more desirable grasses, resulting in better ground cover; less soil erosion; and more rain “insoak” into the ground. Improved grasslands generally provide better habitat for wildlife as well, he points out. Planned grazing systems now cover more than 36.5 million acres of grasslands, with 6 million acres going under a plan last year alone, according to SCS. Systems call tor improving grass growth and vigor by fen cing available grassland into a, number of pastures and allowing heavy, short-term grazing in rotation. After a grazing period, each pasture has a long period of “rest” to allow full grass HO HUM ... Oh what a lazy day, seems to be the sen timents of this hippopotamus. The Cleveland Zoo hippo is really begging for food. FOR BETTER MANURE HANDLING international 3200 Compact Loader USED HAY EQUIPMENT N.H. 1469 Haybine N.H. 469 Haybine N.H. 461 Haybine N.H. 36 Flail Chopper I.H. Model 8 Flail Chopper N.H. 1010 Bale Wagon Allis Chalmers Hay Crusher N.H. 404 Crusher N.H. 275 Baler w-Thrower TRUCKS 1952 Dodge 12 Ft. Bed 1962 Scout 4 wheel drive MESSICK FARM EQUIPMENT HI 2750 N. Market More Meat regrowth. Soil Conservation Service range specialists - who provide technical help to farmers and ranchers in planning- better grazing systems - hope to see several million more acres of Waiver of Finance on Haying Equipment Ph. 367-1319 John Kreider Home 367-6039 land go under some form of improved grazingduring the first part of 1974/ . v Grant added,, “With beef demand high - and'with rising feed costs facing the rancher - major imporvements in our grassland benefit everyone: the consumer, the animal producer and the wildlife enthusiast’ Planned grazing systems can help sotckmen to produce more - and protect more - in 1974,” SPECIAL 3 point Hitch Scraper Blades *llO.OO USED SPREADERS N.H. 365 Tank Spreader Hawk Bilt Tank Spreader USED TRACTORS 77 Oliver Diesel W.C. Allis Chalmers Farmall H Massev Harris Pony w-Cult. & Plow Farmall Cub Tractor with Plow & Cultivator USED HARVESTERS N.H. 717 Forage Harvester I.H. 50 Forage Harvester Fox 1 Row Harvester Elizabethtown, Pa. INC.
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