Dl2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 13,1981
Production progress
(Continued from Page DU) Jenny, the high fat producer
heifers ranged from better than which won the award, is bred to
16,000 to more than 20,000 pounds. Carlm-M Ivanhoe Bell and a stud
The top fat producer, a six-year- service has expressed interest in a
old, ended up with 1,125 lbs. m 365 bull out of her.
days, along with 27,102 lbs. of milk. The Kralls have also made some
“It looks as if another cow will acquisitions, including Polly,
now surpass her in butterfat,” Don whose 1S Benbro Kingpin
Krallsaid. Polly, 3E-96. Polly is also Ex-
In 337 days, she’s recorded 23,801 cellent 2E, with rnilk records to
lbs. of milk and 1047 lbs. of fat at 25,000. The dam milked to 26,000.
4.4 percent test.
No it's not a school, although facade and steeple with bell
give that impression. It’s the summer house portion of the
large brick farmhouse on the Krall farm along Flintville Road.
Bell was used to call family to dinner in years past.
Polly will likely be the next
subject for super ovulation and
embryo transplants. Jenny was the
Krall’s initial effort at supermg
and transplants.
“Jenny had only four good eggs
out of nine and only one resulted in
pregnancy,” Don Krall said.
_ “Our mam problem was that we
didn’t have a good batch of
recipients for the transplants. But
we’ve learned from the first try
and will attempt it again.”
Now up to about 65 milkers and a
similar number of replacements,
the Kralls did some expansion over
the past winter.
Twenty-one more comfort stalls
were put into an older section of
the bam that contained heifer
stables. A 20 X 64-foot silo was
added and an earthen bank pond
for manure storage was con
structed.
With tiie increase of stall
capacity to 70, the number of
milkers was increased to the
present level of about 65.
A total mixed ration is fed, and
RMomil
in the soil
For More Effective Control
Ridomil controls blue mold and black
shank in your tobacco. But for Ridomil to
do its best work, it should be applied to
the soil before transplanting.
Ridomil destroys diseases present in the
soil. Then it is absorbed by the roots and
moved systemically throughout the plant
to protect your tobacco as it grows.
For the best two-way action against blue
mold and black shank, follow your label
directions—use Ridomil in the soil.
Ridomil® trademark of Ciba-Geigy for metalaxyl
Rose funds available
iiEESPORT Mark S. approved for Berks County far-
Balthaser, Chairman of the Berks me , re onths cancellations
County Agricultural Stabilization an< * underspending have released
and Conservation Committee, f om f B *° A
announced that additional funds amount of 1981 ACP
have been made available for re^“e^ s are now taken for
multiflora rose control under the naultmora rose and other ACP
1981 Agricultural Conservation practices.
Program. Balthaser points out, however,
Although the original county that should the practice be started
allocation of ACP funds were aU **fore being notified of approval
one would not be eligible for the
cost-shares.
For 1981 Multiflora Rose Control
ACP benefits are 50 percent of the
cost of the chemicals not to exceed
$40.00 per acre. All that is required
is a private applicators cer
tification.
Applications for cost-share help
from ASCS are being taken at the
ASCS office in the Berks County
Agricultural Center in Bern
Township.
The next Berks County ASC
Committee meeting at which
action will be taken on applications
received will be Friday, June 19. _
Penn State is again being utilized
fortormulation recommendations.
‘ ‘I like to feed haylage or ryelage
to the milkers and prefer to be told
just what to add according to the
forage tests.” Don Krall said.
“To speed up the return of the
ration recommendations, we may
start using the new lab in southern
Lancaster County for the forage
tests.”
The Krall farm covers a total cf
some 121 acres, of which about 105
are tilled, essentially in alfalfa and
com.
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