—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, March 12, 1977 66 Stand-by princess I Continued from Page 65] Tammy can always find time to help with the evening milking, and on Saturdays she also helps her mother with the housework and cooking. “Sometimes I take care of the calves”, this busy young lady said, “but now my 14 year old sister, Tina, usually Performance tested butts for sale UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. • The gross income from a beef cow herd is based primarily on three things: percent calf crop, weaning weight of calves, and quality of type score, says Ben Morgan, Extension animal scientist at Penn State University. He askes: “If you are a cattleman, are you satisfied with your production in these three areas? Do your calves grow rapidly? Do they keep growing after weaning? Are they the type of cattle that will continue to grow and go to market at preferred market weight and grade choice with a maximum of muscle or lean meat?” “If your answer to each of these questions is yes, you are a most fortunate cat tleman,” says Morgan. “If the answer to any or all of yt %&*** 4 sigromatic quality , THE MODERN HYDRAULIC MANURE PUMP VRStmin HOPPER is I gauge st**l and 42" square Op- Thi large 12" X 12" plungar is designed (a move tional longar hoppar is standard Tha bos* of the largo amounts of manure at six (i) strokes ptr hoppor assures propor plungar alignment as it mmuta. Anglo iron guide assures perfect head enters the chamber. alignment. jsxasw. RYDER SUPPLY CO. /Tv,™ takes care of them. Tammy also has two younger brothers which help with the chores. In addition she finds time to help her mother with the record keeping. The Hafers milk about 80 cows and farm 500 acres. Tammy encourages eligible girls, to try for the upcoming dairy princess the questions is no, then you should be considering a bull for the coming breeding season that will improve your calf crop,” he adds. These above factors are affected by genetic make-up and environment. The only way to get bulls of known genetic background is to select bulls that -have definite records, explains Morgan. Pennsylvania cow-calf producers will have the opportunity to select bulls with definite growth records at the 4th Pennsylvania Performance Tested Bull Sale. This sale will be held on Friday, April 1, at the Meat Animal Evaluation Center on the Penn State Campus and begins at 12:00 noon. The Bull Testing Program is sponsored jointly by the Pennsylvania Department of FEED AND MANURE HANDLING EQUIPMENT pagent. “The contest was fun’’, Tammy reminisces, we went down to Philadelphia and were on “Dialing for Dollars.” “In all it was a very rewarding experience,” Tammy continued, I met a lot of interesting people and I learned also.” Agriculture and The Penn sylvania State University, with the cooperation of Pennsylvania cattlemen. Additional information can be secured by contacting Pennsylvania Meat Animal Evaluation Center, University Park, Pa. 16802. ) have a nice weekend... give the birds some water... 00 Next to the sun and the moon, the planet Venus is the brightest object in the si rCtpfe o fiUSBORO For Walls aid Ballings Glasbord is a ismi-rigid, fiber glass reinforced plastic panel available in 4' x 8* sheets and 4' x 45' rolls. It is ideal for use in milidng parlors, dairy barns or any other farm building where sanitation and ease of cleaning are important. • Mildew-proef, rot-preef • easy fe dean • unaffected by animal waste Mtirti Marchse wMi ACRI NO OTHER FOUNTAIN STANDS UP TO T^tichie. e will net harbor bacteria e CABLE BARN CLEANER 3£ey
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers