B2—Uncaster Farming, Saturday, March 1,1980 Berks beef producers look BY LAUREL SCHAEFF Staff Correspondent LEESPORT Berks County beef feeders were given the opportunity to attend a beef feeders meeting sponsored by the Extension Service in cooperation with Penn State, February 19 at the Berks. County Agricultural Center. The first such meeting in many years, featured techniques to feed cattle more profitably and ex planation of the new USDA feeder cattle grading system. Lester Burdette, Penn State extension specialist, stressed the use of con centrates, implants and feed additives. Remarking that investments on the proper implants can produce a relatively high return on investment, he urged cat tlemen to use them. He said that 85 to 95 per* Broiler placements off three percent HARRISBURG - Placements of broiler chicks in the Commonwealth during the weds ending February 16 were 2,132,000, according to the Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service. The placements were three percent below- the corresponding week a year earlier and eight percent below the previous weds. Average placements during the past nine weeks were three percent above a year earlier. Up to $6OO bonus buying power for early orders of John Deere Disks, Chisel Plows, or Hoy and Forage Equipment Preseason orders help John Deere plan production of most-needed models and sizes So from February 1 through May 31 1980 John Deere is offenng impressive bonuses for preseason orders This bonus is above and beyond our best deal to you on this equipment Your early order qualifies you for $5O to $6OO m John Deere money (or certain models of disks chisel plows balers mower/conditioners and pull-type forage harvesters Promptly after delivery you II be mailed your bonus John Deere money to spend for products or services at our store There s more You II gel pnce protection from SESJE2!J l iS.llL'i? HN DEERE MONEY F 0" NEW 1610 Drawn Rigid (19- thru 23-(oot) EOUIWIEMT ORDERS SIGNED DURING • 1610 Drawn Flexible FEB. MM (0 AFR., MAY *0 (Z - thru 27 fool) EQUIPMENT DISKS 111 and 115 210 215 310 315 34Q 1630 $l5O SH 220 230 235 350 <440 455 1640 331 and 360 CHISEL PLOWS 1610 Integral Rigid 1610 Drawn Rigid (11 thru 17-foot) ENFIELD EOmPMENr INC. Whiteford, MD 21160 Phone 301-452-5252 cent of the beef sold in supermarkets was raised with the use of implants. The beef specialist remarked that Rumensin, a commercial methane inhibitor, is the best discovery to “come down the road in beef feeding for 30 years.” When feed as a supplement this product saves 8-10 percent of the feed needed to produce a market steer. However, it can only be purchased in a com mercially prepared feed supplement. Implants increase feed efficiency and rate of gain, Burdette continued. Directing his attention to producers who specialize in naturally fed beef, Burdette remarked that if they weren’t getting eight to ten dollars more per hun dredweight they were losing out. Cattle under 600 pounds. Placements in the 21 key poultry producing states were 79,128,000, about the same as the previous week but six percent above the same a year earlier. Average placements during die past nine weeks were six percent above a year ago. Broiler-fryers slaughtered in Pennsylvania under federal inspection during the week ending February 6 totaled 1,758,000, with an average livewdght of 3.96 pounds. , , JtS' the time you order any machine in the bonus program Use a John Deere Finance Plan and no finance charges will accrue on any machine in the program until the first day of (he month which begins the 1980 use season in our area This earty-order program mdudes-a list of dozens of disks chisel plows and hay and forage tools But your preseason order must be signed before March 31 to earn the most John Deere money Come in soon check the list and ask uSTor our best deal on this new equipment You II be expected to take delivery of the equipment as soon as it s available 1610 Drawn Flexible (29- thru 41 foot) $75 S 1650 Folding BALERS $225 $l5O All Square and Round Balers $225 $l5O $375 $250 MOWERfCONPITIOWERS ssqq 1207 1209 and 1380 FORAGE HARVESTERS Pull Type 3940 $75 $5O Pull Type 3960 TtHfV H # 0 <*4l p* ** I inti't he said, should be fed a natural protein consisting of 14 to 17 percent of a ration, but can be fed a non-protein nitrogen - (NPN) sources above this weight level. “For cattle above 600 pounds, up to one-third of the protein in a ration can be from NPN,” Burdette said, “and entire protein level in the ration can be lowered iu 11 to 13 percent.” . „ He discussed several different types of additives to increase the protein level of silage. He mentioned urea, urea and limestone, anhydrous ammonia, commercial NPN, and bacteria, yeast and en zymes. With the present high overhead m feeding cattle, rate of gains exceeding two pounds per head per day are necessary for a profit, Burdette said. He forecasted there won’t be cattle marketed at 1,300 to 1,400 pounds in the near future. These weights will bankrupt feeders, Burdette explained. The producers were also told that marketing is probably the most important cost factor in producing cattle, but there were no easy answers to a marketing formula. Briefly discussing ship ping fever, the beef specialist explained that it is primarily caused by stress but is complicated by lack of potassium. It doesn’t matter if the cattle were shipped 20 miles or 2,000 miles, in hot or cold weather, Burdette explained. After shipping cattle, feed them alfalfa hay first, he advised for a good source of ‘n $2OO $125 S3OO $2OO $6OO $4OO $3OO $2OO $4OO $275 at better feeding techniques potassium. Grass hay may be substituted. Due to changes in breeding cattle away from the three- British breeds, a new grading system for cattle became necessary, Clair Engle, Penn State extension specialist, explained. The old system failed to reflect a difference in frame size or body type of feeder cattle, and it didn’t reflect the potential of the feeder cattle,” Engle said. The new system adopted by the USDA and presently in effect was designed to make grades more descriptive. It is a more effective basis for iden tifying and grouping feeder cattle. The new system grades cattle according to the size of their frame. The designation “L” means tall, long cattle for their age. These cattle should weigh 1,200 pounds or. more than when they acquire %-inch of back fat thickness as steers and 1,000 pounds or more as heifers. Cattle graded “M” are $ slightly tall and long for their age and will weigh from 1,000 to 1,200 pounds when finished as. steers and 850 and 1,000 pounds as heifers. Cattle graded “S” have small frames and should finish about with %- inch of back fat before they are 1,000 pounds as steers and before they weigh 850 pounds as heifers. Numerical grades for muscle thickness, include “1” for cattle that are well muscled and bulging; “2” ‘S2OO~ Todoy's Farming Demands Innovation The Innovatory 0€Ol» it twtitttfM»w mrn MwnMn «f»ntll nfjntt for medium muscled cattle ususally with dairy breeding; and “3” for very thin cattle. Engle also noted there is an inferior grade for cattle. Double muscled cattle are also graded in ferior because they do not acquire any fat, are infertile, and unuseable. Inferior cattle are matked with a blotch. STIHLO2OAVR THE PROFESSIONAL SAW FOR WEIGHT WATCHERS. 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