C32—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 28,1981 Tall fescue pasture affects conception in ewes ATLANTA, Ga Sheep grazing on tall fescue pastures take longer to conceive than those grazing on orchardgrass pastures, says Paul Lynch, an animal scientist witn USDA’s Science and Education Administration. In tests at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center in Maryland, ewes eatmg tall fescue took two to three times longer to conceive than those eatmg or chardgrass Delayed conception extends the lambing season and is costly to sheep breeders, adds Lynch A long lambing season increases the need for farm labor In addition, iambs may be born during the summer when heat and parasitic infections decrease the LEHIGH VALLEY FARMERS The full service dairy co-op • Assured milk markets • Quality and production bonuses • Special order 4 & 2 pay price plans • Packaging and balancing plants • Group insurance - fire, storm, milk, lost payment • Profit and growth oriented • Monthly newsletter - effective representation DAIRYMEN - JOIN TODAY! 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Woods Dr., Lititz, PA (717)626-5996 Sales Representative - Gerald Shenk ★ Dealer Inquiries Invited ★ feed efficiency of lambs Also, delayed lambing interferes with producers’ chances of having three lamb crops in two years In the Beltsville experiments Lynn, James Bond and their coworkers divided 36 crossbred ewes into six groups and placed them in acre pastures from June to November All pasture contained pure stands of forages, two contained an experimental variety of tall fescue, two contained KY-31, a commonly grown tall fescue, and two contained orchardgrass Ewes were bred by rams placed in the pasture and the rams were periodically rotated from one group of ewes to another In November, the ewes were IKIfREE PREHEATER EE] UNIT Galvanized Tank • No water run off moved into drylols and fed a half pounu of gram per day each, plus all the hay they would eat Hay was made from the pastures on which the ewes had been grazing. The type of pasliiie and hay did not affect the weight gains of the ewes Delayed conception time was the only difference among sheep from fescue pastures Ewes did not exhibit changes in eating behavior, nor did they show symptoms of fescue toxicity, Lynch notes (Cattle grazing on adjacent plots exhibited signs of summer syn drome ) There were also no significant differences in gestation length, average number of lambs, weight of lambs at birth, or lamb survival to 60 days of age Lynch reported the scientists findings in Atlanta before the ORANGES THRIVE AT Three Mile Island! YES...This Big MSSOODT ORANGE KUBOTA IS ALIVE AND LOOKING FOR WORK AT T.M.I. * -5k f 4 •< ii. * Above, standing at tractor, is Chris Becker with son Marlin sitting on The big Orange. KELLER BROS, took one of their Big Orange 4-WD KUBOTAS to the Becker Farm to demonstrate, well that did it, Chris recently told Dave Keller that they are well pleased with their new 4 WD Kubota Diesel. They found out like many other happy Kubota owners that Kubota is “LOOKING FOR WORK.” OVER 60 KUBOTA ORANGES IN FULL BLOOM AT: KELLER BROS. TRACTOR CO. Buffalo Springs, PA 717-949-6501 Rt. 419-1 Mile West of Schaefferstown, Lebanon Co. W w * E t £ R annual meeting of the Southern Section, American Society of Animal Science “These studies show that fescue contains a factor that delays conception in sheep. We plan to follow up with further experiments to determine why this delay oc curs,” said Lynch Tall fescue is sometimes called the ‘wonder grass ” Ordinarily, it is a valuable forage. It is the predominant cool-season grass in the southeastern United States from Georgia to Maryland, west to NEED MORE ROOM? Read The Classified CCrt'C CU You 6U¥i Mcvt 6V|E»/ Real Estate Ads - J ' * B« C S Nebraska and north to Minnesota. It is hardy, will tolerate drought as well as wet weather, does well in poor soils, and tolerates alkaline as well as saline soils Tall fescue grows particularly well during cool weather, staying green longer into winter than most other grasses Once established, this bunchgrass is durable, producing a dense turf that holds up well under grazing Currently, there are over 35 million acres of tall fescue grown in this country | * j
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