Efficiency in Dairy Operations Determined
For greatest overall ef
ficiency in housing and feed
storage, dairy herds of the
future could expand to about
400 cows, says Dr. Lennie 6.
Kizer of The Pennsylvania
State University. Dr. Kizer,
a College of Agriculture
economist at Penn State,
bases his statement on
computer studies comparing
herds of 100 and 400 cows.
Four hundred cow herds
would have lower costs of
producing milk than 100
cows herds, he found. This
reflected economies that
would result from more
intensive use of resources
where total cost would not
increase proportionately
with herd size. The lower
production costs ranged
from 2 to 9 cents per hun
dredweight for free-stall
systems and 11 to 18 cents
per hundredweight for
stanchion systems.
Free-still barns in the
study always had lower costs
of producing milk than
"stanchion bams, Dr. Kizer
reported. The difference
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ranged from 41 to 49 cents
per hundredweight for 100
cows and 29 to 40 cents per
hundredweight for 400 cows.
These results, he observed,
reflect lower labor and
> capital requirements for
free-stall barns.
The most economical
storage and delivery
systems for forage included
bunker silos and wide alley
, barns with wagon forage
delivery -equipment. These
were found superior to
bunker silos, conveyor
forage delivery equipment,
and narrow alley bams.
Costs of producing milk
was always lower for bunker
silos than for tower silos
regardless of the forage
delivery system. However,
where farmers prefer tower
silos to bunkers silos, narrow
alley barns with conveyor
forage delivery equipment
would be more'economical
than systems with wagon
forage delivery.
Regardless of barn type
and herd size, the most ef
ficient operations would
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feature five factors. These
are (1) growing a continuous
com silage crop rotation, (2)
storing silage in a bunker
silo, (3) feeding a ration of
grain concentrates and com
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Home and Farmstead
Improvement Award
The National FFA
Foundation, Inc., has an
nounced the signing of a
memorandum of un
derstanding for sponsorship
of the Future Fanners of
America Home and Farm
stead Improvement
Proficiency Award by the
Upjohn, Asgrow, and TUCO
Organizations, Agricultural
Division of The Upjohn
Company. The agreement
was signed at Upjohn
headquarters in Kalamazoo
by Dr. David A Phillipson,
Vice President and General
Manager, Agricultural
Division of the Upjohn
Company, and Keith Mobler,
National FFA Vice
President of the Central
Region.
The Home and Farmstead
Improvement Award is one
of 18 FFA proficiency award
programs recognizing
achievement in activities
related to studies in
vocational The
award is presented at local,
state, regional and national
levels to FFA members who
have demonstrated
significant achievement in
the application of skills and
knowledge gained through
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wagon, and (5) producing
15,000 pounds of milk per
cow. To avoid possible
animal health problems
from feeding only corn silage
as forage, a “safe” feeding
system should include 3 to 5
pounds of alfalfa hay per cow
per day.
their vocational agriculture
instruction program. To
earn the award students
must show how they have
been involved in home or
farmstead improvements
such as developments of
outdoor living areas, land
scaping and ground im
provement, and im
provements to the house,
farm buildings, or other
related facilities. In ad
dition, applicants must show
their involvement in FFA
and other leadership
development activities.
“We are hopeful that this
award will prove to be an
incentive to young people to
improve and beautify their
homes,” said Dr. Phillipson
prior to signing the spon
sorship agreement. “As I
drive across the country, I
find it disheartening at times
to see the deteriorating
conditions of some of our
nation’s once beautiful
farmsteads,” he said. “I
hope that this award will
encourage FFA members to
take an even greater interest
in making their homes and
farms a show place for
American Agriculture.”
As sponsored of the FFA
Home and Farmstead Im
provement Proficiency
Award, the Upjohn, Asgrow
and TUCO Organizations,
Agricultural Division of The
Upjohn Company will
provide funds for the annual
awards consisting of cer
tificates, plaques and cash
awards as well as un
derwriting some of the ad
ministrative cqsts of the
program.
All members of the FFA
who complete activities in
home and farmstead im
provement as part of their
vocational agriculture
training are eligible to ap
play for the award. Awards
are presented at the local
level in the form of a medal.
At the state level, the first
place winner receives a
plaque and a check for $lOO.
State winners then compete
for recognition in each of the
four FFA administrative
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 13,1974
District
Judging
Lancaster County placed
third in oyer-all competition
at the 4-H District 6 Horse
Judging Contest held July 6,
1974 at J-Bar Stables and
Rye-Gate Stables, Cum
berland County. All the 4-H
members who attended this
event are trying for positions
on the Lancaster County 4-H
Horse Judging Team which
will participate at 4-H State
Days August 5-7 at the
Pennsylvania State
University.
Jane Gregory, Lititz, was
the high scoring individual in
oral reasons. She was fourth
high individual in overall
competition.
Donna Bare, Witmer, was
sixth high overall individual.
Cherri Gochnauer, Lititz,
was first individual in class
placings.
Othet Lancaster Senior
competitors included: Dan
Fellenbaum, Neal Ehrhart,
regions where the regional
winner earns a check for $250
and a plaque plus partially
paid travel expenses to the
national FFA Convention in
Kansas City, Missouri. Here
his or her home and farm
stead improvement ac
tivities are judged against
winners from each of the
three other regions. During
the National FFA Con
vention a plaque and a check
for $5OO is presented to one of
the four regional winners
judged to have made the best
use of their knowledge and
technical skills to improve'
their home.
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