A24—Lancaster farming, Saturday, February 27, X 982 HAIR Atlantic Breeders Cooperative, Lancaster, and the Agricultural Extension Service teamed personnel and programs tor the annual York County Dairy Day, held last Thursday at the county’s 4-H Center. Eight ot the county’s top herds were honored for their ac complishments with certificates from the breeders cooperative. Herds qualifying for the award recognition were required to rank at least 15 percent above state average in milk or fat production, with a minimum two-thirds of the cows sired by Atlantic bulls. Representatives highlighted the past year, calling it one of the most Atlantic Breeders recognized York County’s top herds and dairy producers: front row, from left, Wayne Myers, Martin York Dairy Day haylage panelists compared om left are Joe Stump, Ralph McGregor, and Gray, and Robert Charles: back row, from left, Bob Smyser, test results on samples of the popular forage. Bob Smyser. Lynn Wolf, Jeff Wolgemuth. BUTLER MFG. CO. Attn. P.E. Hess Box 337, Oxford, PA 19363 Dealer Inquiries Available in; Pennsylvania Counties; Armstrong, Indiana, Erie, Crawford, Warren, Elk, Cameron, McKean, Clinton, Lycoming, Sullivan, Wyoming, Luzerne, Columbia, Butler. Mercer, Lawrence, Beaver, Bradford. Susquehanna, Cum berland, Adams. York. New Jersey Counties - Sussex, Morris, Passaic, Atlantic, Cape May No Dealer Fees, Name Address County City Phone York Co. holds Annual Dairy Day successful in Atlantic's hisiory. A one-percent conception rate un proved was established on a total of over 300,000 cow services by field technicians with an average of 12 years experience. Semen sales to a variety ot domestic and overseas distributors also showed sigmficant increases. Featured on the afternoon Atlantic portion ot Dairy Day was a highly informative and detailed film on reproductive efficiency. Following up that presentation, cooperative general manager David Yoder encouraged in creased herd record keeping tor better management. As an aid to dairymen, personnel of the stud SEK YOUR AORI>BUILDER FOR SPECIAL PRICES Bethlehem BUTLER .State. distributed pocket-sued Herd East Berlin Bead. They ventured management booklets, one handy into haylage making just two years aid in which tanners were urged to ago at the urging ot county agent umnediately make note ot cows John Smith and store the har seen in heat, or ui need ol health vested product in conventional treatment. silos. Haylage harvesting, another Only the first-cutting at the management angle, got a share of Smyser farm goes into haylage, attention from three county cut and wmdrowed preterrably at dairymen during the morning early bloom stage. When weather Extension Service portion ot the is cooperative, 24-hour drydown program. Tips m putting up the takes the haylage rows to their valuable forage came from Bub ideal harvest moisture. Smyser, York, Kalph McGregor, Stems go through the chopper to East Berlin, and Joe Stump, York come out the spout as lung as New Salem. possible usmg no screen, but with Smyser is pan ot a dairying knives set as close as possible. An partnership with lus lather, uinoculanlisaddedbetorestorage Kichard, and brother, Rodney, on ICTHKHqJ I ”Fj More good news: when specified as roofing or siding Galvalume is warranted, under exposure to normal atmospheric conditions, for a period of twenty years against rupture, perforation, or structural failure. LEASE BUILDINGS & BINS ON MONTHLY PROGRAM i CONSTRUCtFoN LEROY E. MYERS. I K PH*Bl4^326-41M 8 Ro^ e f 1 ’ Rox j Clear Spring, Md. 21722 I PH: 301-582-1552 A. E. ENGEL, INC. C&M SALES INC. ORVILLE MACK W.R. MOODY, O. A. NEWTON P.0.80x 216 R.D.KI P.0.80x 47 CONTRACTOR & SON CO. Marlton.N.J. 08053 Honesdale, Pa. 18431 Naareth. Pa. 18064 ,7' '7n7.n Bridgeville Delaware 19933 I PH: 609-983-4404 PH: 717-253-1612 PH: 215-759-1331 20 YE AR WARRANTY O. E. SMITH. INC. Mifflintown, Pa. 17059 •PH; 717-436-2151 Last year, ihe final loads were "A f treated with an application ot " " YORK Chemslore, twenty pounds to the forage crop ion, enabling the Smysers to begin teedmg the haylage immediately. “It's easier and taster to get ott the held than bales,” - attests Smyser. He added that the first summer on haylage, the cows received no other silage feed, and performed well at the milk pad. Last year, some corn silage was included in the ration, and production dropped somewhat by comparison. 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