44--Uinc«fttr Farming, Saturday, Oct. 11, 197 S From Lorn I Ag Teacher*: By James Green Ag Instructor E-Town High School I wonder if, on one of these rainy days, you sat back and took a look at your dairy program. If you did can you point to its strong and weak points. Of course there are AGRI-KING'S OBJECTIVE - SHOULD IT BE YOURS? One of AGRI-KING'S main objectives is to get the inherited production of your livestock relatively trouble free. Why do we say relatively trouble free? Because this is the only way we can get the production out of the animals that the purebred people have bred into them. There is no way we can get this inherited production if our animals are sick. Recent research has shown that all animal sickness if not caused by poor nutrition was at least agrivated by poor nutrition. Most ketosis, mastitis and udder edema are caused by a protein - energy imbalance. Most breeding problems, milk fever. It doesn't take any more feed to feed a cow through her 4th and sth lactations than it does through her Ist and 2nd lactations, but there's a lot more net profit feeding good cows through their 4th, sth and 6th lactation. Southeastern Penna George F Delong Regional Manager 225 West Woods Drive Lititz Pa 17543 Call Collect 717 626 0261 Pastern Lancaster Co vi -i —□ Henry Delong, Jr Melvin Herr RR2 New Holland PA 17557 I* 131 Bo * 7i 7 ocji col? Quarryville PA 17566 Rhone 717 354 5977 phone y l7 284-2683 Northern Lane £q, Southwestern Lancaster Go Leo Elliott Ben Greenawall 313 Wynwood Dr RD2 Conestoga PA 17516 Willow Street PA 17584 phone 717 872 568 6 p hone 717 464 4235 some areas that you can’t one that comes to mind is change easily, like the layout milking and it sure is im of your buildings or the size portant Did you ask yourself of your bam, b»jt these are what you could do to reduce things you need to spend mastits? Do you need to use time on making long range a treat dip? Is the water you plans. But how about those use to wash the udder warm other areas that we call and clean or are these things management and often end just chores? Is the milking up being chores. The first machine pulsator set j^MM^****^***********************^MMMMMHMMMMMMMMMMMMMHMHM^ *************-¥**■******** TEST YOUR HOME-GROWN FEED AND BALANCE IT THE AGRI-KING WAY! North Western Lancaster Co Earl 6 Gmder RD2 Manheim PA 17545 Phone 717 665 3126 Southern Lancaster Co The fourth in a series of six articles . The first three available on request Phone 717-394-3047. Chester Co William Windle RDI Atglen PA 19310 Phone 215 593 6143 Lebanon Co Marvin Meyer RD2 Box 157 Annville PA 17003 Phone 717 867 1445 [ornery & SE Berks Co Monl Cy Arnold 739 Rosewood Drive Douglasville PA 19518 Phone 215 385 6249 properly and is the vacuum pressure high enough even at the far end of the barn? Another area that comes to mind i* program set up for breeding your cows. This la probably one of the most important areas in managing a dairy. If this importance isn't realized detecting heat and breeding of cows can easily become just another chore. The real important part of this comes in the actual planning that should be done before the cow is bred. Sire selection should be made on a sound managerial basis with such traits as udder support, feet and legs, and size and strength given consideration along with milk production. I KEY TO PROFIT AGRI KING,- PERSONALIZED FEEDING PROGRAMS cleaning problems and sore feet are caused by an improper balance of calcium, phosphorus, vitamins and trace minerals. The first law of nature is survival, and the second law of nature is reproduction, and reproduction is the number one problem in the dairy industry today. There are more good cows sold because you can't get them bred than any other single reason. Sometimes it can be a mechanical problem but this is rare. It's mostly caused by an imbalanced nutritional program. is our national average. Consequently our better cows never reach their prime production. This is also why the average herd has 25 to 60 percent first calf heifers and turns over 85 to 90 percent of its cows every three years. These are some averages AGRI-KING would like to help the farmer change for the better. There is only one way these problems can be held to a minimum and your cows brought to their peak production. That is to test your roughage and balance your ration according to your tests, the body weight of your cows and their breed. Any other way you cannot get the inherited production relatively trouble free for any length of time. Northeast Berks Co Roger Heller RDI, Robesoma, PA Phone 215 693 6160 Thomas Heist Mam Street Alburtis PA 18101 Phone 215 965 5124 Belleville Area Louis S. Peachy, Sr ___ far! H Moyer RDI # 5B c Merino M. Rosier RO5 Box 277 Reedsville PA 17084 RR4 Gettysburg PA 17325 Hagerstown MD 21740 Phone 717 667 3291 Phone 528 4849 Phone 301 739 5199 ILTON, ILL. These are some of the reasons why only 2.5 lactations per cow [h & Northampton Co. believe every dairyman needs to become familiar with the sire summaries from different sources and use them. The old saying that the bull to half the herd is Just as true today. However, even more truth lies in the fact that to be a dairyman instead of Just keeping cows you need to make decisions based on methods and information The American turkey gqt ita name from being confuted with European Guinea fowl which at one time were im ported from Turkey. South Central Penna d VJ d Marlin E Ebersole DB?°n M r Ber R 5 Carhsle p A 17013 RKi Box HI phone 71? 77g 7324 Chambersburg PA 17201 Call Collect 717 264 9321 Charlie Campbell cm —.ri • Newville PA SJ?" •***■. . Phone 717 776 7573 RDS Waynesboro PA 17268 Phone 717 762-3576 Eastern Frankin Adams Co. Area proven to increase production and profits Sometimes it’s not as easy or convenient to implement new practices and it may require a greater in volvement in areas you are not familiar with, but it is worth it. Once you've decided what you need to improve don’t Just sit there. Get out and do it better. The results should be rewarding! Cumberland Co lon Co Western Washini Eastern Washmi in Co.
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