—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, hint 10,1978
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Beef falsely accused as
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. -
“Despite recent price in
creases, beef is not an in
flation leader, andin fact is a
bargain compared to other
consumer goods,” contends
Dr. C. K. Allen, executive
secretary of the 39,000-
member American Angus
Calf housing
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NEWARK,, Del. - There’s
been an* unusually large
amount of interest in calf
and dairy replacement
housing this. Spring. To meet
this need, the Delaware
Cooperative Extension
Service has made available
plan No. 6234, “Dairy
Replacement Housing.”
According to Delaware
Extension agricultural
engineer Ernest Walpole,
the plan shows several
arrangements to suit herd
sizes ranging from 50 to 100
milking cows.
The structure is an open
front (to south) shed with
several sizes of free stalls to
fit calves of various ages.
Thought has been given to
provide the correct number
of stalls of each size for the
probable number of animals
in each age group.
For example, there are
nine crates for new calves;
six stalls for calves four to
five months old; six stalls for
calves six to eight months
old; 16 stalls for calves nine
to 15 months old; 18 stalls for
calves 16 to 20 months old; 16
stalls for calves 21 to 24
months old; and 15 stalls for
dry cows.
This would be a good
distribution for the dairy
farmer with 70 to 80 cows
with 60 to 65 milking at all
times.
The plan provides for hay
and silage feeding while
keeping each age group
separate. The location of
each group is controlled by
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“Since 1973 the price paid
to farmers and cattle feeders
for beef on the hoof has in
creased only 18 per cent,”
Allen reports. “During this
same period retail beef
prices have increased 30 per
gates to facilitate feeding
and manure scraping.
This sytem, featuring
loose housing, south facing
open sheds and free stalls
sized for the animals, is a
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saving way to raise young
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Plan No. 6234, “Dairy
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Walpole, Extension
Agricultural Engineer,
University of Delaware,
Newark, DE19711.
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cent, food prices are up 48
per cent and the average
price of all consumer goods
Is up 46 per cent At the same
tim per capita disposable
income is up 53 per cent.
“It is true that beef prices
have gone up dramtically in
the last few weeks,” Allen
said in a letter to USDA
officials and national
legislators and in a news
release to the nation’s food
editors, “but this price in
crease is the result of a
decreased supply of beef
coupled with continued
strong demand. The prices
of most products such as
labor, steel, automobiles,
postage and taxes go up
continually and are almost
never reduced. On the other
hand, beef cattle prices go
up and down as supply and
demand change. Over the
years this has resulted in a
lower overall price increase
for beef than for most other
products.”
Allen said that he is ex
tremely concerned about
adverse publicity the beef
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inflation leader says Angus official
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“The headlines indicting
beef as the major cause of
inflation today are clearly
inaccurate. Beef prices are
just recovering from a
drastic decrease that
provided beef to consumers
below the cost of producing it
on U.S. farms and ranches,”
he said. “There was no in
tervention then when cat
tlemen were losing their
lifetime savings at the low
part of the beef cattle cycle
and there should be none
now that prices are
recovering
“While beef prices may
seem high in comparison to a
year ago, it is in the best
interest of consumers to
allow the free market,
supply and demand situation
to function.” Allen said.
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dependent on American
political leaders to insure a
continued adequate supply
of high quality, healthful
beef. This can be ac
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