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° Hereford certificate combines pedigree and performance
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The
American Polled Hereford
Association has announced the
release of a new performance
pedigree for the breed. The most
complete merger of ancestral and
performance data in the industry,
it combines pedigree and per
formance data in one certificate.
“Complete'’ 'is the key word in
describing the new certificate, as it
includes evaluation' for maternal,
growth and carcass traits.
Breeding values are calculated
and an accuracy rating is included
for each estimated breeding value.
For each animal, registered with
the APHA, the new certificate will
include a three-generation an
cestral record; EBVs and ac
curacy ratings for birthweight,
weaning weight, maternal traits
and yearling weight; the m
.dividual’s performance in
formation on the subject animal,
_ its sire and dam; and the progeny
? record of the subject, its sire, dam,
t paternal and maternal grandsires.
I All of this is oritinepiage iifasimple
rform that is easy to read and un
derstand with just alittl^prachce.
EBVs are current,
modem and up-to*date selection
! tools available in the beef mdustry.
’ They represent the step beyond the
| traditional performance records.
| In calculating- EBVs, the per-
I formance record of themdividual
| and all of its naturally raised sibs
I and half-sibs (on both the sire’s
I and dam’s sides), and the records
? of all the naturaUy raised progeny
| of paternal mid maternal grand
t sires are used.
' The greater the number of
- records contributing to the EBV,
i the more accurate it will be. With
• the wide-spread use of'per--
»formance /records and artificial
breeding to outstanding sires,
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there should be performance data
available on most APHA-issued
pedigrees.
Performance information will be
presented in three sections.
COLUMBIA, Mo. Cattlemen’s
efforts to reduce stress and
provide proper nutrition for new
feeder steers are important keys to
making profit in the cattlfe
business, contends Homer Sewell,
University of Missoun-Columbia
extension cattle feeding specialist.
“The death of a feeder steer
worth |3OO to $4OO can absorb the
profit from another 10 to IS head,
even when cattle feeding is more
profitable than it Iffis been in the
past couple of years, ’ ’ he says.
“Prompt delivery to the feedlot
and* other measures to reduce
stress in ' the marketing, tran
sporting and receiving of feeder
cattle will help reduce, sickness
and death loss.’’
■ Seytrell says proper nutrition of
Jnewfeeders is a big help m keeping
down health problems and giving
cattle a fast start in the feedlot. He
and other cattle feeding specialists
make these recommendations.
—Feed natural protein for the
first two to three weeks in the
feedlot. Then consider changing to
non-protein nitrogen.
—Feed two to three times daily.
That provides more opportunity to
observe cattle and make rapid
adjustments in amount of feed.
—lf adequate numerals are not
mcluded in the ration, provide a
supplement, free choice of salt and
di calcium phosphorus at a ratio of
60 to 40.
“Receiving rations should be
Production records include calving
ease, weaning weight and yearlong
weight; maternal records will
include the calving ease of an
Don’t stress
well fortified with nutrients to
supply daily needs of cattle. That’s
because the amount of daily feed
intake is low and certain nutrients
may have been depleted in the
animal during the off-feed tune
and stress period prior to arrival at
the feedlot,” Sewell said.
Protein levels of 13.5 to 20 per
cent of the ration’s dry matter
have been recommended for
receiving rations in calves, Sewell
says.
Recommendations also vary on
energy levels or the ration of gram
to roughage in iccc-iving laliuns
for new cattle.
California researchers found a 72
percent concentrate ration gave
them fastest gram for starting 180-
to 350-pound feeder calves. And a
New Mexico State University
study, showed that medication
costs were reduced providing
free choice hay the first week when
a 75 percent concentrate ration
was fed to 350 pound calves.
As for vitamins m receivmg
rations for cattle, Sewell says the
studies there are “inconclusive.”
For example, a Texas study
showed no value for vitamin B
additions to receivmg rations. But
some studies have shown a
response from 50 to, 250 parts per
million of a B vitamin m starting
rations.
As for vitamin A, studies show
stressed cattle may have unpaired
ability to convert carotene to
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individual’s first-call heifers and lean weight per day of age from
the weaning weights of their animals on the Gold Seal portion of
calves; and Gold Seal records will the APHA’s Superior Sire
calculate carcass cutabdity and Program
new steers
vitamin A for metabolic use.
“Receiving rations should be
fortified with enough vitamin A to
meet the animal's heeds without
dependence upon carotene sour
ces,” Sewell said. The cattle
requirement for vitamin A is about
2,000 I.U. per 100 pounds of body
weight or 1,000 I.U. per pound of
ration.
“Levels two to three tunes this
are needed for liver storage of
vitamin A. So about 2,000 to 3,000
I.U. per pound of ration should be
adequate for receiving rations.”
Ocker gets land judging award
CHAMBERSBURG - Wilmer
Ocker, a Vo-Ag student at James
Buchanan Senior High School, was
awarded a $5O savmgs bond from
the Franklin County Conservation
District Directors for being the
County Land Judgmg Contest
winner.
The contest was held recently m
conjunction with Vo-Ag Field Days
at Mont Alto Campus. Ocker is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Ocker,
Warm Spring Road, Williamson.
- Accompanying Ocker for this
presentation was Blame May,
President of the Franklin County
Vo-Ag Teachers Association.
Plans are being completed for
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Since Rumens in depresses feed
intake, Sewell said, it should be left
out of starter rations or fed at a
reduced level (10 grams per ton)
for the first two to three weeks
cattle are on feed.
He said buffers such as sodium
bicarbonate may help keep down
digestive problems when cattle are
started on com silage and high
gram rations. He recommended
sodium bicarbonate at the rate of 1
percent of the ratio's dry matter or
IM> to 2 ounces daily.
this coming spring. Order forms
will be made available at a later
date.
John Akers, District Con
servationist for the Chambersburg
office of the USDA Soil Con
servation Service, gave a report of
his office’s activities for the
month.
Beverly Kauffman, - District
Manager, gave an update of
erosion and sedimentation com
plaints received during the first
quarter of new Erosion and
Sediment Control Program ad
ministered under the DEE, Bureau
of Soil and Water Conservation.
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