Franklin dairy day focuses on water
BY RUTH BENEDICT
CHAMBERSBURG -
Approximately 100 area
farmers attended the
Franklin County Extension
Dairy Day held at the
Holiday Inn here in
Chambersburg on Tuesday,
December 18, from 9:30 a.m
to 2:30 p.m.
Franklm County Dairy
Agent, Philip Wagner,
coordinated the event and
said he felt turnout was
good.
Richard S. Adams, Penn
State Dairy Specialist, spoke
about “Water Quality
Problems and Their
Relationship to Dairy Cattle
Health and Production”. He
supplied area farmers with
valuable information on
water intake and water
quality for dairy cattle.
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Adams said water is o c ten
overlooked as an important
nutrient and that lack of
good water and water intake
“may limit milk production,
growdh and adversely affect
health.”
He went on to discuss the
possible causes for
inadequate water intake; the
visible signs of inadequate
and excessive water intake,
and the methods used to
determine water intake
Another area covered in
his talk was water quality
and the affects it has on
production and health
Adams said water quality
problems occur more
frequently with wells and
sometimes springs, and that
septic tanks and milkhouse
waste are often involved.
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Adams spoke on the
chemical and bacterial
quality of water. Both of
these areas can also have an
affect on the total per
formance of a farmer’s
dairy cattle, he said.
The second morning
speaker was Penn State
Agricultural Engineer
Henry Wooding, Jr.
Wooding addressed the
group of farmers with a slide
presentation. He focused on
the theme “Make Your
Water Supply Safe.”
Since many farmers m
Franklm County use a well,
Wooding concentrated
mainly on the well and its
supply.
He said there are
measures a farmer can take
to make his well safe and
unpolluted.
For those just drilling and
building a well, Wooding
presented methods of
making good well casings
and tops to help reduce the
chance of well pollution.
The location and good
protection of new wells were
also areas Wooding covered
during his presentation.
In ending, Wooding related
that there are three primary
methods you can use if
pollution still remains a
significant problem once you
have taken protective
measures for decreasing
pollution.
They are chlorination,
ultraviolet light, and the use
of iodine.
Of the three, Woodmg
recommended the use of
chlorination as it seems to be
the most common, most
reliable and mostfullproof.
Completing the morning
program was Dr. Robert
Eberhart, a Penn State
Professor of Veterinary
Science.
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Dr. Robert Eberhart, right, talks to a farmer during the Franklin County
Extension Dairy Day. Eberhart, a Penn State Professor of Veterinary Science,
spoke to a group of area farmers on "Coliform Mastitis.”
presentation dealt mainly on Depressed Appetites,
“coliform mastitis” which is Selenium Update’ revolved
a class of environmental aroun d milk fat test
bacteria. depression, why it goes
Eberhart focused on the d° wn > and methods to
prevention of coliform correct it
mastitis
He stressed to the group
the importance of keeping
cows and standing areas
clean and dry, and manure
scraped away from under
the cattle.
Dr. Eberhart noted that
one important prevention
measure is the washing of
the udder and teat, making
sure the teat end is washed
and dried off, thus giving
bacteria less chance of
entering the teat end.
Many farmers fail to do
this because it does require
some extra effort on the
dairyman’s part, he said.
Richard Adams again
spoke m the afternoon.
His slide presentation on
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He noted the importance of
not overfeeding, for over
feeding can decrease fat
test.
Adams also related the
partical size of silage and
gram, and the balance of
Richard Adams, left, talked with several Franklin
County dairy farmers at the county’s Extension
Dairy Day held in Chambersburg.
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minerals and protein in feed
has an affect on fat test.
Poor quality feed which is
high in fiber, low in energy
and protein (an unbalanced
ration) will depress your fat
test.
The dairy day concluded
with a question-answer
period which gave those in
attendance an opportunity to
direct their own questions
and dairy problems to the
speakers.
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