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N. Alan Bair
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by
N. Alan Bair
Associate County Agent
Reduce Grain Feeding
Levels
“Current prices for milk,
feed and forage dictate that
dairymen should reduce
levels of grain feeding on
many of our farms.” This
was the response I got this
week from Dr. Dick Adams,
Extension Dairy Nutrition
Specialist at Penn State to
my question on feeding
economics. The extent to
which this should be done
varies with the milk market.
Dick also pointed out that it
depends upon whether a
home-mixed or manufac
tured dairy feed is being
used.
Dairymen in the New
York-New Jersey order
should consider a more
drastic cutback in grain
feeding than those in the
Middle Atlantic or
Philadelphia order.
New York order dairymen
should consider feeding cows
during the first 5 months of
their lactation at a grain to
milk ratio of 1:4 or I:sVfe,
while using a 1:8 to 1:11 ratio
for those in later lactation.
The heavier rate (example
1:4) should be used if most of
the grain mixture is
homegrown grain, while the
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wider ratio (1:5%) should be
tried if it is a manufactured
dairy feed.
Dairy farmers under the
Philadelphia order should
consider a 1:3 or 1:3% ratio
for cows during the first 5
months and a 1:6 or 1:7 ratio
for those that are fresh
longer than this.
When grain feeding is
reduced, cows should be
allowed to eat good forage. If
returns for milk fall more
than savings in grain offsets,
increase the grain by in
crements until a level is
reached where the addition
of grain is no longer
profitable.
If one depends on in
creased forage intake and
body flesh to offset nutrients
lost through less grain in
take, it is important to
provide additional protein
and minerals. This is
necessary since sup
plementary items must be
contained in a smaller
amount of grain. In many
cases, the crude protein
content of a grain mixture
should be increased by 2 to 4
percent over what was used
with normal grain intake.
When it is not practical to
increase mineral sup
plementation in the grain
mixture, be sure to provide
free-choice minerals on
reduced allotments of grain.
Allow cows access to a
calcium-phosphorus sup
plement with at least 12
percent phosphorus as well
as trace mineral salt.
The current economic
situation in dairying makes
it more important than ever
to test forages and get help
with feed programming.
These services are available
from Penn State as well as
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Sept. 21,1974
various commercial con-
cerns.
Mark your calendar on able for awhile, disappear from
Monday evening, September the f«hion scene. and then reap
on mrM pear in a later fashion cycle in
30, 1974 to her Dr. Adams a somewhat modified form
talk and answer your Different silhouettes require
questions on feeding. This different types of fabrics, so this
Open meeting will take place f« cu "*" ce is * "»| ural swin B of
*7. ” . . the fashion pendulum
at the Fann and Home With the current emphasis on
Center at 8:00 p.rn. the fashions of the 30's, we will
be seeing a number of soft
Did You Know: fabrics
■ The most important job one of the timers making
i a reappearance is crepe de chine
on the dairy farm IS milking As the name implies, this fabric
the herd? Use the best originated in China, and is a
person for this iob. crepe structure French design
ers adapted it, hence the name—
_ crepe de chine
- For each head Of milk- The original fabric was of silk
ing COWS in your herd, you and very lightweight a deli
probably have at least $2,000 c ? te air /J crep * Th V, r * p ?
f . , . | * j chine of the 70’s is not likely to
invested in the cow, land, i, e since Sl ls expensive,
equipment and buildings? Modern variations may be of
sheer rayons, polyesters or
- That pasteurization only “nj acceptance of the natural
destroys disease producing way of life IS also having an in
organisms that might be in fluence on this year’s fashions.
the raw milk and that flavor You ; u see tots of homespun,
is not improved. T ' t cras , h a ? d pon f e f’J ll ln
their natural colors and textures.
- Breeding your COWS to *asy-care fabrics may have the
prntirhppf breeds can result look of these fabncs The true
exotic peer preeos can resuu naturals wrinkle badly and are
in your having to pruchase difficult to press. But modern
expensive replacements in technology makes them more ac
two Of three years? ceptable by adding easy-care,
man-made libers or special
finishes.
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