*6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. March 13.1976
Dairy Day reviewed
IConUmsd irM r«|t 1 and how It abould b« han
improved remarkably. But died, Bodman, an extension
that wasn’t the point of the agricultural engineer at
film. Fanner cooperatives PSD. expressed a firm belief
are being challenged in the that manure was indeed a
courts; the film attempted to- resource. He advised far
give some background on the men to treat it as such —not
hows and wbys of only because of its values
cooperatives while stressing but because laws are being
the advantages and im- passed which will set
portance of belonging to such guidelines on how it can be
an organization. handled. He entitled his talk
QUALITY MILK “Manure Management -
Sid Barnard, associate
professor of food science at
Penn State, was the first of
five to speak. His review on
milk sanitation, entitled
“Procedures for Producing
Quality Milk,” included tips
and reminders known to
most dairymen, but it
“didn’t hurt to hear them
again," commented Fred
Crider, who moderated the
event
“Generally, bacteria
problems (high counts) are
not associated with cow
problems ... they result
from a lack of proper
sanitation and-or improper
cooling,” Barnard informed
the dairymen. He noted that
it takes two types of
cleansers to have a complete
sanitation program: an
alkaline cleaner to remove
fat and protein deposits; and
an add cleaner to eliminate
mineral formations. “There
is no one product for all
purposes,” the professor
cautioned.
The three critical factors
to keep in mind for units
which are cleaned in place
are; temperature, velodty,
time, and strength.
MANURE MANAGEMENT
“There is no such thing as
waste disposal,” Gerald
Bodman remarked while
pointing to brown areas on a
slide which was being
projected onto the screen.
“It’s management of a
resource,” he emphasized.
Speaking about manure
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The Problem, The Op
portunity, The Alter
natives.’’
As far as Bodman is
concerned, "if they
(suburbanites) can see it
(manure), they think they
can smell it. It may have
been intended as a hint that
all phases of proposed
regulations aren’t in
agreement with him, and
that the issues can be carried
too far, but that did not
lessen his conviction that
manure should be handled in
sue* a way so that its values
win not be lost
The Extension Service,
which aids farmers in
coming up with plans for
manure handling, is now
offering plans which comply
with standards recom
mended for 1963, Bodman
said. He described criteria
which would determine
which farms would be
required to apply for
“discharge permits,” and
cautiously added that any
size farm could be singled
out if and when complaints
are filed against it by a
neighbor. Applications for
“waste disposal” permits
are due by March 10 of next
year, he advised.
According to Bodman,
there is no “environmentally
approved” manure handling
system on the market,
although two farms in the
state have approved
methods. One of them is the
Young Brothers operation
near Peach Bottom.
SOMATIC CELLS
Sid Barnard returned to
the podium after lunch to
talk about “Somatic Cells
and Growth Inhibitors.” The
main thrust of the talk
centered around the fact that
on any given day, five to 10
per cent of Pennsylvania'!
dairy herds submit herd
milk samples which exceed
1.5 million on the somatic
cell count The estimated
loss of production is
calculated at 10 to 20 per
cent.
Penn State is currently
working with a machine
imported from Denmark
which may make it possible
in the near future to test
OHIA samples for somatic
cells, thereby giving
dairymen “early warning” if
certain cows show signs of
potential problems. Barnard
guesses die cost of such a
program might be 10 cents
per sample.
Another concern at Penn
State and dairies all across
the country are antibiotics.
"It happens too frequently
that we find them in milk,"
the professor warned. He
noted that approximately
two dairy farms per day are
caught. '"There is absolutely
no use for milk which con
tains antibiotics in it," he
stated emphatically, ‘"the
tolerance under FDA
regulations is zero.”
Barnard emphasized that
dairymen bold all milk for 72
hours from time of last
treatment from cows which
have been treated with
antibiotics.
DAIRYING’S FUTURE
“Food For People and the
Future of Dairying” was the
title of B. R. Baumgardt’s
presentation. Introduced as
a dairyman at heart,
Baumgardt recently suc
ceeded Dr. D. V. Josephson
as head of the newly created
Department of Dairy and
Animal Science at Penn
State. He bad previously
been primarily involved wifi)
the animal industry courses
at the University but took
over Josephson’s job as well i
management
when he retired last summer
and departmental changes
followed shortly thereafter.
To make a long story
short, Baumgardt is op
timistic about the future of
the dairy business, ami to
quote him: “I sincerely and
honestly believe that animal
agriculture will exist for a
longtime—although feeding
programs, etc., may change,
the dairy cow will persist.”
He bases his optimism on the
world’s need for nutrition
and health and that animals
have a definite place in this
program. Furthermore,
animals are a necessary
component of the en
vironment and economy,
regardless of what op
ponents of animal
agriculture say.
FORAGE FEEDING
Dick Adams concluded the
program with his speech on
“Effective Forage
Feeding.” He noted that the
most profitable forage
feeding programs require
the use of com silage and
hay and that both must be
made carefully and
properly. Alfalfa is the top
source of protein per acre,
and corn silage ranks first as
an energy source, Adams
pointed out.
All things considered,
Adams believes that it is
usually more practical to
keep as many cows as what
the land will raise feed for.
But be adds that there are
exceptions to the statement,
espedally when labor is
considered.
Speaking on forage
quality, Adams compared
hay, haylage, and wilted
silage for dry matter losses
and came up with the
following respective figures:
24.2, 19.7 and 18.8 per cent
Noting the lower loss level
with wilted silage, the dairy
specialist cautions that the
dairyman cant necessarily
except to overcome his
forage quality problems by
going the silage route.
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problem” and there isn’t a
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chanoee of having little or no
beat damage. They are: 1.
dont overwilt, 2. fill aflo (aat,
S. chop fine, and 4. go (or
proper moiature.
Adama flniahed hia talk by
mentioning the three moat
important "devtcea" for
coming up with good quality
forage, which are: The
moiatore teeter, acalee, and
a good manager.