facts FOR DAIRYMEN by N. Alan Bair Associate County Agricultural , Agent i i You, Timing and Oxytocin Ever wished you coidd “beat" the milk out of a certain ornery cow? It just can’t be done according to Steve Spencer, our PSU Dairy Specialist, There is more to milking a cow than pulling four teats. Why can one milker get more milk out of a cow than someone else? Timing of the stimulation of the cow by the milker may be one of the answers. Oxytocin (let-down hor mone) is released by the pituitary gland at the base of the cow’s brain upon proper stimulation. It enters the blood stream and shortly thereafter enters the udder. The presence of oxytocin causes muscles to contract around the alveoli or milk cells. Actually, the milk is forced out of these cells. If the cow is frightened or subjected to pain, adrenalin is released which is an an tagonist to oxytocin. Thus, if a cow enters the parlor and is frightened, it is likely she won’t have any milk for at least 30 minutes or until she calms down. This is why you need to be easy-going and gentle with your cows during milking. The effects of adrenalin can be felt in lower production if the cow is irritated by the man doing the milking. Proper milking procedures involve washing the cow with clean warm water and then drying the Egg program hatched A proposed national promotion program for 1976 was one of the main discussion topics at the Executive Committee meeting of American Egg Board, according to Went worth Hubbard, AEB Chairman, and Hubbard Farms, Walpole, New Hampshire. Entitled a “Golden Op portunity” the new program will be presented publicly for the first time at AEB’s Board of Directors meeting, Spetember 9-10 in Chicago. The program was recom mended to the Board by the Executive Committee and includes a provision to ex pand activities in ad vertising, education, mer shandising, information and market research, if ad ditional funds are available . pin-headed for promotion during the last .° h ar ' s,gh ® d the half of 1976. These staff J2^“ g . ht Wlfe as was recommendations were f ° r * ™ g *r* h^ own ’ presented by Richard Rathe, where do f a d „ th p e pins t 0 AEB president and James anyway’’’ "That’s a difficult Huening, vice-president. A question to answer.” replied a portion of this consisted of a consoling husband "Pins seem to prototype of a national ad- be always pointed in one direc vertising media plan tion and headed in another ” SERVING THE FARMERS FOR 102 YEARS HAMBURG savings rDIG and FIBIRAL OEPOStI INSURANCE COMORAItON TRUST COMPANY Hamburg, PA Phone 215-562-3811 A FULL SERVICE BANK DHIA Monthly Report J. Harold Muuer & Son 36 GrH 7-10 Elmer E. 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Remember that the interval between stimulation and application of the teat cups should be short and constant each milking and Tender Loving Care is important. presented by Huening, and Bill Stein and Dave Seibel, senior vice-president and executive vice-president, Campbell-Mithun, AEB’s advertising agency. Revisions in expenditures were authorized by the Committee and will be implemented by the staff. Permanent changes in the budget will be confirmed by the Board at its next meeting. These changes reflect savings in personnel and operating expense without materially effecting program preformance, and are in keeping with the same adjustments required of other companies and organizations in the poultry and egg business, Kathe stated. 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