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your water system,
get the facts
on the complete
MYERS line.
WATER CONDITIONING
Fully Automatic or Manual, Cabinet
or Free Standing, Two Tank Models.
WATER FILTERS
Solves objectionable water prob
lems. Fully Automatic or Manual.
NIUE'S PUMP & SUPPLY
• (Main Office) 419-27 Dalton St.
Emmaus, PA 18049
AUTHORIZED MYERS DEALERS:
M.W. EISENHART WILLIAM S.PHILLIPS HARDWARE
Cantor Vallay, Pa. 18034 Routa 1
PHONE (215) 282-3550 Stain's Cornar, Pa. 18066
PHONE (215) 285-6290
EARL F. KEGERISE, INC.
Prioatown Road
Fiaatwood, Pa. 19522
PHONE (215) 944-8532
LONGACRE ELECTRIC, INC.
■ally. Pa. 19603
PHONE (215) 845-2261
SCHULTZ WELDING SHOP
2£^ L £2f u " ENTSHO ’‘ 235?*. i»«
m0NE(2151M74277 FHONE (2181755-IHI
RICHARD M. SCHAEFFER
SALES ft SERVICE
Route no. 1 Box ti
Lanhartavilla, Fa. 19634
Tel (215) 5924392
CLARENCE R. SEAMAN
Oaubarville, Fa. 19617
FHONE (215) 9294341
Getting shouldered out at
the community feeding
trough has got to be one of
the more unpleasant aspects
of a milk cow’s life.
But bossy’s lot could
become a little easier,
thanks to an electronic feed
dispensing system designed
and developed by ARS
researchers in Illinois. The
system lets each cow get her
full share - when she wants it
- from a stall in a loose
housing area where the dairy
herd is free to roam.
Cows aren’t the only ones
who stand to benefit. The
system would save labor, as
well as valuable feed
resources, by making
feeding more efficient.
Researchers emphasize that
when cattle feed at a com-
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SUBMERSIBLE
PUMPS
(for 4" wells)
Capacities to
3400 GPH, well
depths to 900 feet,
“Exclusive"
3 year Warranty
from date of
installation.
FRANCIS L. SHIFFERT
Box 80
Palm, Pa. 19070
PHONE (215) 679-7153
RICHARD B. SNYDER
Sth St., Mountain Rd.
Routa2
Emma us. Pa. 19049
PHONE (215) 966-9574
STEWART PLUMBING
& HEATING CO.
420 Stata St.
Hamburg, Pa. 19526
PHONE (215) 592-7006
SHOLLENBERGER
FARM SUPPLIES
4th Sr Pina St.
Hamburg. Pa. 1982 S
PHONE (219) 192-9096
mon trough outside the
milking parlor, it’s hard to
maintain grain corn
sumption levels that are
tailored to each cow’s out
put.
Group feeding outside the
milking parlor also involves
shifting cows from one group
to another to regulate their
feeding levels. Besides
taking time, transferring the
animals affects the social
order of the new group and
ultimately lowers milk
production.
On the other hand, cattle
that are group-fed in milking
parlors may not have time to
eat all their production
geared rations while being
milked. Parlor feeding can
also lead to sanitation and fly
problems.
CHLORINATORS -
PURIFIES POLLUTED
WATER!
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 14.1975
How does the new system
work? Each cow wears a
neck collar fitted with a
transponder • an elec
tronically coded device that
identifies the cow according
to her milk production. When
the cow moves her head into
the feed trough, a coded
device within the tran
sponder starts to charge
electronically, triggering a
feed dispenser that slowly
releases the cow's rations.
When the device is fully
charged, the dispenser stops
and the cow gets no more
Grass Clippings Being
Used As Poultry Feed
Turf farm grass clippings,
normally discarded as
waste, may be a source for
valuable poultry feed if
dehydrated.
USDA’s Agricultural
Research Service has
conducted tests with
favorable results. Tests were
conclusive enough to spur
turf companies into
operating grass
in California.
And a large farmer near
Denver, Colo., is planning to
integrate his turf operation
with a new 200,000-bird
poultry operation.
Researchers found that the
grass was high in xan
thophyll when fresh and
retained most of it when
dehydrated. It is high in
protein (25 per cent) and low
in fiber (20 per cent).
Additives helped to
achieve retention of 85 per
cent of the carotene and 75
per cent of the xanthophyll
over 12 weeks.
The turf farmer who is
incorporating a poultry
operation is devising an
efficient system: he feeds
feed. But as the charge
wears off, the cow may eat
again. Rations are computed
on a 12-hour basis, and may
be eaten in as many • or as
few - installments as the cow
wants.
Engineers found that by
calibrating the transponder
and feed dispenser fairly
accurately, errors in feeding
rates can be held to within 10
percent of prescribed rations
- a lot more control than
dairymen can expect with
conventional feeding
practices.
grass-based feed to his
poultry, and he feeds the
nitrient-rich poultry manure
to his turf.
COMPLETE
FARM PAINTING
WE USE BRUNING QUALITY
PAINT AND IT
DOES STAY ON!!!
AERIAL LADDER
EQUIPMENT:
* Modern and Efficient Method
* Reasonable Prices
* Spray-On and Brush-ln
Method
* Sandblasting if Necessary
FOR FREE ESTIMATES
WRITE:
DANIEL S. ESN
(C RALPH MILLER)
SPRAY-ON AND
BRUSH-IN PAINTER
80X350A.
RONKS. PA 17572
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