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This Registered Shropshire from
the Warn G. Menhennett flock,
Cochranville, took grand champion
honors in breed competition at the
recent Eastern National Livestock
Exposition at Timonium. Md. The ram
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Daily Market Report Phone 717-354-7288
Abe Diffenbach, Manager
LEON M. MARTIN, INC.
RD3, Ephrata, Pa. (Hinkletown)
PHONE 717-354-4114
ROOFING
ASPHALT SHINGLES AND METAL ROOFING
SIDING
ALUMINUM SIDING INSULATED OR PLAIN
ALUMINUM SOFFIT AND FASCIA
SPOUTING
WHITE SEAMLESS ALUMINUM GUTTERS AND
OLD STYLE HALF-ROUND SPOUTING
STORM WINDOWS
AND DOORS
CUSTOM-MADE BAKED ON FINISH.
AWNINGS AND
PORCH ENCLOSURES
SHEET METAL WORK
VENTILATORS
FARM BUILDINGS AND INDUSTRY
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is a spring lamb born in February, and
weighed 92 pounds when it was 90
days old. Holding the lamb is David
Lytle, 4-H club member from New
London.
Satellite Forecasting
Plalnned
The U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) will join
with two other federal
agencies in an experiment to
study the degree to which
computer-assisted analysis
of data acquired from space
can contribute to crop
forecasting.
The experiment is one of
many that will be conducted
by government agencies in
various earth resource fields
using the second Earth
Resources Satellite (ERTS-
B), scheduled to be launched
in January.
Called the Large Area
In large pens of cattle,
certain animals finish faster
than others, so it’s common
practice to "top-out” a
portion at a time.
But what if they’re heifers
receiving a feed additive
such as MGA which must be
withdrawn from the ration 48
hours prior to daughter?
“No problem,’’ says Dr.
John B. Herrick, extension
veterinarian for lowa State
University.
It is important to recognize
that the 48-hour withdrawal
period refers to the time
between withdrawal of the
drug and the time of
slaughter, not the time of
shipment
If a time lapse of 12 to 24
hours between shipment and
slaughter can be assured, a
feeder can reduce the “in
lot” withdrawal time to 24 to
36 hours, says Herrick.
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Dr. Herrick recommends
three easy methods to top
out part of a pen of MGA-fed
heifers.
The first method is to feed
a non-medicated withdrawal
supplement to all cattle in
the pen for the necessary
Crop Inventory Experiment
(LACIE), this one will be a
joint investigation by USDA,
the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA), and the National
Aeronautics and Space
Administration. The purpose
is to find out if use of data
gathered by spacecraft and
analyzed with the aid of
computers can improve the
timeliness and accuracy of
major crop forecasts.
Wheat will be the test crop
for this experiment. At the
outset, LACIE, which will
continue over several
growing seasons, will con
centrate on a major wheat
producing region, such as
the Great Plains.
The experiment will rely
on statistical sampling in
order to permit the rapid
assembly and analysis of
data.
If successful, the
techniques and approaches
developed in LACEE will be
made available for expanded
international coverage as
well as for incorporation into
routine USDA agricultural
forecasting programs.
LACIE stemmed from
recent studies which in
dicated the potential of
combining meteorological
and climatological data with
information derived from
survey satellites to get better
crop forecasts.
JL^
ODDITY . . . lia Jennings,
of VVoostei, Ohio, was sui
prised recently when he
cracked open an egg only to
find another smaller egg
completely encased in its own
shell Jennings was told it was
a ‘billion to one" chance fm
this occunence
Withdraw Feed Additives
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time period. After the heavy
cattle have been removed
from the pen, the medicated
ration can then be added.
Virtually no cstrus will occur
among the remaining cattle
if they miss the MGA feeding
for a short period.
A second alternative is to
remove the medicated
supplement entirely. After
market-ready cattle are
shipped, replace the sup
plement. Again, few, if any
heifers will come into heat.
And third, feed a non
medicated withdrawal
supplement continuously
until all animals are
marketed. Some heifers will
come into heat during the
prolonged period, but
research trials show no
detrimental effects on
carcass quality, even when
heifers have not been fed
If you could see the amino
acids in a hog ration
...YOU’D FEED PURINA
Baby Pig Chow® is ammo acid balanced to furnish the nutritional
requirements at this critical age
The beads represent the amino acids that are so essential to a
baby pig You can't see the ammo acids m a ration, but if you
could, it would be very apparent how much variance there is m
ammo acid balance between different brands of feed. The short
age of any essential ammo acid can greatly reduce performance.
The baby pig requires an ammo acid balance totally different
than it will when it is older As the sow’s milk supply begins to
dwindle, the baby pig’s nutritional requirement is increasing
rapidly The fact that the small pig's tiny stomach can only hold
a small amount of feed further complicates the situation.
Intensive research at the Purina Research farm determined the
baby pig’s ammo acid requirements The information gathered
from the research has been used to formulate Baby Pig Chow
with its special fortification and ammo acid balance.
Baby Pig Chow even smells and tastes like sows’ milk to entice
the pig to eat Open a bag of Baby Pig Chow m your farrowing
house and place the open end near one of the pens Let the
pigs show you how much they like it
Wenger’s Feed Mill Inc.
James High & Sons
Ph. 354-0301
Gordonvtlle
West Willow Fanners Assn., Inc.
John). Hess, 11, Inc.
Ph. 442-4632
Paradise
0. Kenneth McCracken & Son
2'New Charlotte St., Manheun
Ph. 717-665-2186
KHftBH-KC
MGA for as long as 22 days.
Following a prolonged with
drawal period, the MGA-fed
heifers graded, yielded and
cut equal to controlled
animals and the incidence of
bruises was no greater, the
lowa State specialist
reports.
Herrick emphasizes that
feeders should not be
reluctant to use feed ad
ditives because of drug with
drawal.
In this period of high-coSt
feed grains, for example,
MGA improves feed ef
ficiency by more than 6
percent and increases rate of
daily gain by 10 percent, he
says. For heifer feeders,
these feeding benefits far
outweigh the slight in
convenience encountered
with drug withdrawal at
market time.
Ph: 367-1195
Rheems
John B. Kurtz
Ph; 354-9251
R D. 3, Ephrata
Ph: 464-3431
West Willow
Ira B. Landis
Ph: 665-3248
Box 276, Manheim RD3