High moisture corn for hogs takes management performance may result, NEWARK, Del.-Somehog however, when grain and producers like to use are fed moisture com for finishing separately, swine in order to eliminate For top feed efficiency, drying costs and waiting Fowler suggests using high time at the unloading point, moisture grain rations on There’s nothing wrong with pigs over 60 pounds. One this practice. But it does should complete rations, require some careful rolling the com first, then management to prevent blending the supplement throwing away your savings with it before putting the on poor performance, mixture into the feeder, cautions University of Pelleted supplements may Delaware Extension swine incorporate better with the specialist Dr. Richard rolled grain. Separation in Fowler. some feeders is also reduced High moisture com is by using a pelleted sup grain that is harvested at 24 plement, rather than meal, to 30 per cent nroisture. a person should mix only Tests show that per- the amount of feed the pigs formance with this wet grain will consume in one day, is similar to what one can when feeding a ration expect from fully dried com, containing high-moisture when either is used in com, and use stainless steel complete rations. Poor feeders to prevent corrosion. SELLING YOUR GRAIN? LOCAL GRAIN FARMERS WILL DO WELL TO INQUIRE ABOUT OUR NEEDS. WE PAY TOP MARKET PRICES FOR ALL TYPES OF QUALITY GRAINS ... INCLUD ING SHELLED OR COB CORN! RTSSKffIS&I LEHIGH GRAINS, INC. PHONE* RD #2. OREFIELD, PA 18069 /o ICI oac onoA (Village of “Leather Corner Post”) (2 15) 995-2030 DIVISION OF JAINDL’S AROUND THE BARN PIPELINE BOU-MATIC MEANS THINKING OF DOING SOMETHING SUCH AS EXPANDING? Mi LITITZ UNO»S SHENKSFARM * SERVICE MILLPORT RD ■ AIRPORT LANCASTER Changing present pipeline from 11/2”tol 1 / 2 ”to2 M . Adding more milker units. Adding to present parlor system. Considering parlor. Automating your present system. "Professional Milking for The Milking Professional" • PLANNING LAYOUTS • SALES • INSTALLATION • SERVICE STAUFFER Iroad 501 E. Woods Drive 4 / i . M PAYMENT I *A \ I n y PLAN LrLLLmim* AVAILABLE There are alternatives to the complete ration system, says Fowler, but they result in less satisfactory per formance. The separate feeding of com and supplement usually results in over-consumption of grain and too low an in- Dairy herd health program UNIVERSITY PARK - A dairy herd health program being offered by The Penn sylvania State University is saving dairymen thousands of dollars by holding down medical costs and keeping milk production at maximum levels. Called the Somatic Cell Testing Program, the system involves the measurement of somatic cells, otherwise known as leukocytes of white blood cells, present in the cow’s* milk. The measurement is The annual migration of the gray whales - a 12,000 mile roundtrip trek from the Artie seas to the Baja Peninsula - is undertaken without a single bit of food. The whales prepare for the migration by feeding almost continuously m the food-rich region of the Bering Strait. BETTER AAILKING herringbone stalls with CONCRETE CURB & GRATES SHENK'S FARM SERVICE Lititz, PA. 17543 Phone: 717-626-1151 After Business Hours - Phone Curtis Cassady 717-626-1065 Paul Repine - 717-626-2837 or Mervm Nissley - 717-872-4565 Our Service Trucks Are Radio Dispatched 24 Hr. Service Offered take of the supplement to support rapid, efficient growth. Calcium and phosphorus deficiencies are among the first signs ob served when this happens. Feeding just the bare limit per pound of a supplement once a day often results in made tor a percentage of herds enrolled in the Penn sylvania Dairy Herd Im provement Association. “There is a direct relation between the number of somatic cells in milk and the presence of mastitis,” says Herbert C. Gilmore, Ex tension dairy specialist. “The normal cell count for a healthy cow is about 200,000 per milliliter of milk. ” He points out that cell counts above 200,000 indicate an infection is present in the cow’s udder. When the level goes to two million cells, a cow has a serious mastitis problem. “When the leukocytes in the udder reach abnormal proportions, milk production is impaired. The largest drop, based on research, occurs when the cell count goes from 200,000 to 250,000 per milliliter of milk,” Gilmore notes. The Pennsylvania PARLOR STALLS With the Fail work over, your thoughts may be turning toward making changes in your dairy operation. Whatever it is, nothing is too much trouble at Shank's Farm Service. Call us collect at 717-626-1151 By the way, there’s still time to take advantage of Year End 10% Tax Investment Credit and Tax Rebate. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 2,1978 uneven nutrient intake. This can also mean poor herd performance. The above guidelines also apply to the use of acid preserved high-moisture grain. Without proper management, savings will be lost program, now being offered to 1000 herds, is designed to monitor the health status of every cow in these herds. Initiated January 1, 1978, the Penn State program will not necessarily help those cows who already have mastitis problems. Dairymen use the test results to pinpoint cows that may be developing mastitis and then carry out measures to control the disease. Gilmore says this system is another part of the regular Hydroponics (Continued from Page 120) distributor for the hydroponics system which was developed by a company in Panama City, Fla. Paul Montgomery, his son ex plained the costs involved in *• But when the supplement and corn are blended together as recommended above, the pig will be getting a balanced ration with each bit, and one can be reasonably sure of top performance. offered DHIA testing and recor dkeeping system. The DHIA supervisor collects the milk from each cow in the herd. Samples are shipped to the Penn State Central Milk Testing Laboratory where they are measured for butterfat and somatic cell content. Two electronic machines record the leukocytes present in the milk. Up to 20 per cent of Pennsylvania’s herds may be added to the program. constructing a building. “The whole house comes in a kit which includes seeds, tubes, pumps, etc. This kit costs $12,500. It supplies everything except the concrete and lumber for the growing tables.” Paul said it would cost about $17,000 to get the building up and running, that is if you pay someone to do it for you. After labor and costs your first years income should be in the $lO,OOO neighborhood, he stated. The Mon tgomery’s will replace then roof every two years. “It will cost a little over $4OO to replace the two layers on the roof. We can change the roof in two hours” Paul said. “The house takes up one tenth of an acre and does the work of one acre” Paul said. “You can put six houses on one acre of land,” he added. Won’t these houses over flow the vegetable market? According to Paul, “In the Philadelphia area, ac cording to 1975 figures, they used 129 million pounds of tomatoes in one year. Even with a large number of houses, we’d only touch a small percentage of the market.” Paul said the “demand is great.” People pay more for the tomatoes (the Mon tgomery’s are getting about 70 cents per pound wholesale) “because they are aesthetically attractive, and vine ripened.” Presently there are two hydroponic houses in Lan caster County, and one in Chester County with two more being built. ♦ MEMO ♦ HAY, : STRAW & | EAR CORN | « SALE EVERY MONDAY AT 11 A.M. EVERY WEDNESDAY 12:00 NOON NEW HOLLAND SALES ♦ STABLES, INC. ♦ Phone 717-354-4341 ♦ Lloyd H. Kreider, Auct. T 121
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