C36—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, May 3,1980
UNIVERSITY PARK -
Poultrymen who grow grain,
buy ingredients and home
mix their feeds find they can
manage to cut their costs if
they do as follows:
Plant only varieties of
gram that will mature
completely by harvest time
and can be harvested at a
high nutritional value.
Manage crop and soils so
that harvesters can pick up
crop and completely
separate grain from all other
Md. FFA officer
named
WOODSBORO, Md. -
National Future Farmers of
America eastern region vice
president, a young Angus
breeder from Woodsboro,
Md., will be the keynote
speaker July 19 m Wichita,
Kan., at a dinner for
National Junior Angus
Association officer can
didates and voting
delegates.
- Don Trimmer Jr., 20,
serves nearly one-half
million FFA members m his
national officer duties in
addition to assisting his
family with 250 registered
Angus cattle. At the dinner,
he will speak to young Angus
leaders from across the
United States who were
elected by their respective
states to jom forces and
establish the National Junior
Angus Association.
This national group,
representing more than 2,000
Angus youth, will be
organized in Wichita in
conjunction with the
National Junior Angus
Heifer Show and National
Showmanship Contest. The
four days of Angus events
will be featured July 19-22 at
the Kansas Coliseum and
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HAVING TROQUE AMPLIFIER, CLUTCH
AND PRESSURE PLACE PROBLEMS
WITH YOUR IN TRACTORS?
There is a company in the West that has been rebuilding T A units for
several years now and having excellent results The basic reason for
their success is the sprag clutch they use In the areas where they have
been selling, they even have IH dealers that use this unit almost entirely
I am now stocking, distributing & installing their products Rebuilt this T A
system can save you money not only on initial cost but also in longer hours
of service I will do complete torque installation in your tractor or will in
stall components in your housing if you bring housing to the shop Com
ponents kits are also available & can be shipped by air, bus or UPS Also
have available new & rebuilt clutches, pressure plates & water pumps at
prices that will save you money l
J. EDWARD LEAMAN
How to cut cost on home-mixed feed
debris without breaking or
cracking com kernels.
Harvest only ripe or
mature grain when it can be
transported to the bin below
21 percent moisture and m a
whole form with highest
quality possible.
Save only the best gram
for poultry because they are
sensitive to moldy or high
moisture grain.
Dry all gram to 13 percent
moisture or lower and dry it
slowly so the gram is not
burned. Gram above 25
speaker
Livestock Facility in
Wichita.
Trimmer, a member of the
Walkersville FFA Chapter,
has served as state
president, chapter president
and chaplain, and received
his chapter’s Star
Greenhand Award. He was
on the 1976 state-winning
livestock judging team and,
m 1977, placed as second
high individual m the state
meats judging contest.
Trimmer also was active
in 4-H. He exhibited Angus
cattle for nine years and
served as a 4-H council
member and camp coun
selor. In high school,
Trimmer was a Student
Council member and was
active in chorus, theater and
sports.
Since graduation from
high school, he has served on
the State FFA Alumni
Council, Maryland FFA
Foundation Committee and
Maryland Joint Ag-Ed Staff
Committee, and has par
ticipated in state and
national Institutes on
Cooperative Education.
An agricultural education
major at Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and
State University, he has
taken a year's leave of ab
sence to cany out his duties
as national FFA officer.
Dealer Inquiries Invited
For More Information Write or Call
RD #l. Willon St., PA 17584
Ph; 717-464-2778
percent moisture may not be
economical to dry.
Therefore, it should be fed to
other animals rather than
poultry.
Store.only the best gram m
a dry, clean bin free of
trash, larvae, insects, mold,
fungus, vermin or debris.
Use gram, if possible,
before it becomes 18 months
old (after harvest) because
fresh gram is good gram.
Grmd only the right
amount and quality of gram
with low moisture content to
produce poultry mash of 10
percent moisture or less.
Mix all ingredients
carefully in a horizontal
mixer. If you use vertical
mixers they must be
managed closely. Keep them
clean and check feed for
particle separation.
Blend m all micro
ingredients or small
amounts so the complete
mixing takes place for
vitamins, minerals,
proteins, fats, car
bohydrates and other
ingredients such as fiber.
Store mixed feed in an
insulated, ventilated bin for
two weeks or less to keep
fresh feed before the birds.
Feed only high quality
mixed feed that is freshly
ground and unadultered with
harmful chemicals, trash,
molds, or weeds.
Clean up feed in troughs by
allowing birds to eat all the
feed once or twice a week.
Clean out the boot of the
bm and the upper bm and
augers and wood bins inside
the house once a month or
more frequently. Feed
hoppers on mechanical
feeders should be cleaned
every week.
Change rations only when
necessary and when the feed
consumption, season, sex,
age or reproductive cycle
dictates a nutrient change.
Experiment carefully with
birds by changing feed,
particle size, formulation,
and low cost ingredients, at a
gradual rate.
Keep water, dust, vermin.
dead birds and mice, insects,
trash, mold, shear pins,
bolts, nails and other debns
out of the feed.
Appoint a person on the
farm to spend at least one
hour per day on feed quality
control. Buying and holding
quality ingredients is a must
for poultry.
Listen to everyone who
talks to you about feed
quality but filter out and use
only that information which
will improve your situation.
Feed quality control is the
largest single problem for
some managers who mix
feed on the farm.
If all else fails, then buy a
ready mixed feed and let
these 3000 decisions up to a
capable feed manufacturing
firm. Home mixing feed is a
challenging, complex and
proftable task for some,
while many fail at this
venture - so if you try it, give
it your best management
ability.