. crops, livestock meetings
FLEMINGTON. N.J,
annual wmter field crops, dairy
livestock meetings are well*
ii-underway in Hunterdon’s Ex
tension Center, reports Calvin G.
Wettstein, Hunterdon County
Agent.
The first meeting was held
Wednesday evening and included
subjects on alfalfa production,
insect control strategies in field
crops, weed control, and a report
on recommended soybean and
forage varieties.
Farmers from a three-county
area, Somerset and Mercer in
addition to Hunterdon, attended
the opening night session. Cook
College Extension specialists in
Feeding Savings
More Dollars over feed
cost
Improve Herd
Health
The Cow
1. A feeding stall allowing her to eat unmolested.
2. A feeding area protected from the weather.
3. A control of the quantity and type of concentrate.
4. A gradual increase and decrease of concentrate.
5. Feed control that will eliminate fat cow syndrome,
displace abomasum and other feed related health
problems.
EXECUTIVE COMPUTER & TERMINAL
Computer and input/output terminal, no assembly
needed.
Suggested List *4893
Feeder with Computer Sensor Plate
Motor controllers, cable plugs into feeder and
computer - feeder has motor, no wiring needed
Suggested List *870#40
soils, crops, and in entomology
were speakers.
The
Also participating were the three
County Agricultural Agents who
plan and conduct the annual
senes: H.N. Repair of Somerset,
Jonathan Repair of Mercer, and
Cal Wettstein, Hunterdon.
Upcoming are a second night on
field crops, followed by beef night,
then dairy, and finally sheep.
Oates and topics are:
Wednesday, Feb. 10 - Corn
management; soil and crop
management inputs for corn and
soybeans; wheat and barley
varieties; growing gram
sorghum...an alternative.
Tuesday, Feb. 16 - Beef-heat
★ STALL BARN FEEDING IN YOUR LOOSE HOUSING SET UP *
Computer controlled feeding provides you with all the advantages of individual cow
feeding in your free stall housing. For many years dairymen have known that tie stall
barns are the way to feed cows and loose housing is the way to house and milk cows.
NOW the computer feeder gives the dairyman in loose housing the answers to feed for
Max Feed Conversion as in a Tie Barn.
Cow#
001
002
003
004
005
The cow number, feed quantity and choice of
rations are entered on a keyboard. The computer
looks at a tag permanently fastened to the cows
ID rope and will allow her to eat Vz of this each 12
hr. period.* At the end of each 12-hour period,
the computer will record on tape the con
sumption of each animal programmed.* Other
time intervals available.
SUMMARY’
I Feed
Programmed
20 20
10 10
3 3
25 25
17 17
TOTAL FEED 00075
THE 8085 WILL PROVIDE FOR
synchronization, care of embryo
recipients, eartag fly control, and
lugh-tensile fencing.
Wednesday, Feb. 24 - Dairy -
complete rations for dairy cows;
an up-date on mastitis; new
concepts in fly control; and heifer
raising...how one farmer does it.
Tuesday, March 2 - Sheep -
feeding and care of ewes, high
tensile fencing, managing grass
legume pastures and hayfields.
All sessions begin at 8 p.m. and
are conducted in the Hunterdon
Extension Center, Rt. 31, north of'
Flenungton, N.J.
Ration Fed
ToThis Cow
DABli
AFFOR
• ID/Activators Suggested List... $ 13.20 each
(One per cow)
• Conversion Kit
Growers hold annual meeting
DALLASTOWN - Some 90 „ u
members and guests of the York Belton, Greg L
County Sheep and Wool Producers f^> anviile ’ and steve £bersc
feasted on roast lamb and heard . „
some innovative new ways to th( . Fa *h gl 'h Ull ?> WIU
promote their product last 0f s ! iephe f' , annl
Thursday at their annual meeting JfiJ f
at Blymire’s Church. May 22. Other events set for t
Speaker for the evening meeting IfL l h he t summer pictl
was Rick Harbaugh, northeast .
manager for the American Lamb aad wool h pr ? ducers 1
Council terested in membership in tl
During the business session,
three directors were reelected to Fa S Dallastow
additional three year terms on the d f ° r 01
board.- Thev are Norwood y e¥4 '' J ‘ B -
KEYBOARD & PRINTER
DAILY PRINTOUT
SUMMARY
The dairyman
1. A feeding system that will provide the correct
amount and type of concentrate.
2. A means of changing amounts and types of rations
with no cow handling.
3. Less health problems.
4. More milk with less feed.
5. A printed copy twice daily of the feed used by each
animal or animals that need attention only.
Converts your present magnetic feeder to a
computer feeder
Suggested List
NOTE: The only additionof material needed would he cable
between computer and feeder, and between computer
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 6,1982—i
York Sheep and Wool
• Program Each Cow to
receive the amounts of
feed as compared to
production.
• Easy To Operate
• Simple Installation
This is a completely automatic system that
allows the dairyman to limit and select the
concentrate fed to each cow, and know
how much each cow has eaten. There are
systems to
x handle high
A
moisture or
dry con
centrate.
*558.90