at large commercial dairy farm Farm was built and is their employees to learn create something positive operated as a management management inputs out of various negatives. research dairy farm to necessary to successfully “The Arkavallcy Dairy enable the company and operate a large dairy," i is Cows at "Arkavalley Farm" wait in Approximately 1,900 head of grade the holding area prior to walking into Holsteins are kept at the 802-acre the automatic washing area and research farm, finally the parlor at the far end. t \ As a condition ol salt pltast notastaltmant of limittd war ranty and rtmtdy on OEKAIB orders and tags ✓ Grab hold of one of those beautiful XL-78ears Notice those quality kernels You've got hold of a top-yielding, dependable corn You've got cash m hand Ask Donald Meckley of Glen Rock, Penn He produced 168 97 b pa in the DEKALB YIELDMASTER Club* "I like XL-78 because of good stand ability and high yield,” says Donald See your DEKALB dealer for XL-78 It means cash in your hand XL-54 XL-75 A top yielder of excellent quality Outstanding single cross with su gram Strong stalks penor stalk strength, big yields DEI DEKALB ’ is • r#glft#r»d brsnd nimt Numbers dtsignats hybrids visitors arc informed. A dairy conference was held here earlier this week which drew close to 1,000 dairymen from all over the eastern United Slates including several dozen from l,an castcr Farming's prime coverage area. The major purpose of the research farm was to find answers to common dairy farm problems such as. 1. breeding, 2. retained placentas, 3 adequate roughage, 4 cow groupings, 5 low fat tests, 6 calf raising, and 7. personnel. Workable solutions are made available to dairymen, as arc any other results of management and building experiments which have been tried. Aside from some product research, such as testing new feeds prior to marketing, the mam areas of study concern: 1. Buildings and equip ment and their most prac tical type and arrangement for these facilities. 2. Breeding, cow health A f i ND •DEKALB VIEirMASTEHS Club yields aie mechanically bar vested wwilhoi l gleaning from a measured acre of more ana computed to 'Jo 2 corn m the presence of impartial witnesses Lancaster Farming, Saturday. March 13.1976 Only about a third of the milking parlor is shown in this view. It has an 18-cow capacity and can handle 150 cows per hour. Milking the 1500 lac tating cows takes 20 hours per day and is done in shifts. Men and women do the milking. and mastitis problems commonly associated with large dairies and some practical measures that can be taken to reduce them. 3. Practical feeding programs and equipment needed to feed large herds. 4. Adequate pollution control measures. Asked at one point why such a large dairy operation was chosen as the basis for experiments and research, several spokesmen an swered: “Large, medium and small dairy farms have many things in common, but large dairies have some unique problems, par ticularly large dairies where cows are held in close con finement. Findings from a large dairy would be more widely applicable than those from a small farm.” Stressing a need for SEE THE ALL NEW M,e " SPRAYER FEATURING; • Rustproof 150 gallon fiberglass tank with mechanical agitation • Tests prove Super Mity Mist ideal for mature apple trees or semi dwarf plantings • Popular Myers Du All Pump handles dilute or low volume ap olications with liquid or wettable powder chemicals • High velocity 36 axial flow fan for good foliage penetration with air and chemicals • Low PTO HP requirements For rated performance 50 HP tractors recommended • Exclusive Drive Mist Nozzles for extra carrying power • Tank titled with propeller type agitator synthetic rustproof strainer and see thru sight gauge • Hitch pins reversible for Category I or II receptacles LESTER A. SINGER RONKS, PA PHONE 687-6712 Lancaster County's Only Dealer Specializing in Sprayer Sales & Service practical research and service to commercial agriculture, the giant feeds (Continued on Page 76] Survey Results A recent Food and Drug Administration survey found that shoppers were most concerned about making sure families got the nourishment they needed Ranked almost as high was the concern for saving money on food prices Those shoppers who know more about nutrition realized it was possible to follow a budget and still eat nutri tionally Of the shoppers polled, eight per cent said they would prefer having nutrition labeling, rather than recipes on product packages 71
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