UrKjster Farming. Saturday. 9/6
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It's been a good year for York County hay
growers. Some of the crop got wet, but there was
lots of it made and most of it is of good quality.
Examining some second cutting alfalfa, above, is
David Norman, assistant county agent for York
County. There are substantial reports that a fifth
cutting of alfalfa is possible, and some even rumor
of a sixth crop.
Breeding time lessened
COLLEGE STATION,
Tex. Timely injections of
hormones could allow sows
to be bred three weeks after
farrowing without early
weaning, according to
scientists of USDA’s
Agricultural Research
Service.
In tests at the Beltsville
Agricultural Research
Center (BARC) in Maryland,
ovulation was induced in
sows by a single injection of
a combination of hormones
between the 14th and 17th
days of lactation. This was
followed by a second in
jection of an experimental
synthetic releasing hormone
at one of four doses three
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County Council meets,
7:30 p.m. at the Farm
and Home Center. Of
ficers asked to arrive by
7:15. Will be preparing
for County Achievement
Day on Thursday.
State Plowing Contest at Ag
Progress Show, Rock
Springs, near Penn State
Thursday, Aug. 26
Ag Progress of> <w continues
at Penn State Research
Farm, Rock Springs.
Lancaster County 4-H
Achievement Day, Farm
and Home Center Enter
exhibits between 1 and 2
p.m.; 2-5 pm. afternoon
programs; 5-6 pm. 4-H
supper; 4 30-7 p.m.
viewing of 4-H exhibits; 7
p.m. evening program in
the auditorium.
Friday, Aug. 27
Lancaster County Poultry
Outing to Mt. Gretna, 6
days later. The sows were
artificially inseminated 30
hours after the second in
jection.
Following the second in
jection at the highest dose,
five of seven sows became
pregnant.
Hormone induced
ovulation in sows would help
farmers produce more pigs
without resorting to early
weaning. Weaning pigs
before 21 days of lactation
brings sows into estrus
(heat) but requires extra
costs for housing and
management to prevent
baby pig losses.
The procedure under study
at BARC could also
eliminate the necessity of
estrus detection because
sows could be artificially
inseminated after the hor
mone injections.
Additional experiments
will be conducted to deter
mine how soon after
farrowing the hormone in
jections can be given and
Hay
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season have made ha) fields
Krow at an unusually rapid
parr Few ran recall has Inn
made a fifth rutting of
alfalfa within thr past 10 to
15 sears
Arcordlng to Paul King
and Donald Fanlom. both of
whom fann in southern York
County, ha) Is definitely in
abundance this >e«r In York
County Fantnm said "hay is
very good in this area " Both
farmers raise about 50 acres
of alfalfa, and are now in the
midst of their third cullinK
King described his first
cultinn as the best of the
three since none of it not wet
Fanlom put his first cutting
in the silo
The leaf hopper was
reported to have been a
threat early in the.season on
the Fan tom farm, but a
quick spraying program
eliminated the pest
Further north in the
County, near East Berlin,
the Welsh family farms
approximately 1000 acres, of
which several hundred are in
hay. To date they’ve put
away about 34,000 bales,
most of which is timothy.
Contrary to reports from
alfalfa growers, however,
Gary Welsh indicated the
quality was good while the
crop was short.
Assistant County Agent
David Norman described the
hay crop this year as
“outstanding” as far as
yields are concerned and
“pretty good” in quality. He
credits this year’s early
season to the possibility that
at least 20 per cent of York
County farmers may make a
fifth cutting.
Most farmers in York
County began their first
cutting early enough to avoid
the rams which have been
almost ever-present since
early June. Since that time
many farmers here, as well
as elsewhere throughout the
state, have had some of their
crop rained on.
Norman, whose original
home is in Tioga County,
observed that hay seems to
be plentiful in southern
Pennsylvania, but that there
is a shortage of good hay in
northern areas.
At the Lehman farm near
Wrightsville, the hay mows
are full and a fifth cutting is
a definite possibility. Ap
proximately 40 acres of
alfalfa and 30 acres to
clover-timothy are grown
here. Lehman described his
crop as being “real good” in
still achieve a high rate of
fertility.
PMSG and HCG have been
registered by the Food and
Drug Administration for use
in swine; the synthetic
releasing hormone has not.
Hay making in York County, with neighbor Bill Stoner stacking ttv
Barry Lehman piloting the rig and bales.
both quality and quantity come along without some weevil and three times since
and added he believed that problems and extra ex- then for the dreaded leaf
was true for most everyone penses. Lehman noted he homier “There were a lot of
in the area. bad to spray bin fields four toThopiS he
But the good hay didn’t times in April for the said.
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