Management Goals In last week’s column I discussed an article appearing in Hoards Dairyman. In that same issue there was a summary of a program being undertaken by the dairy industry of Virginia. Its basic philosophy was great. They listed production goals, economic guides, and quality milkgoals. Something like' that may be a good starterf I would like to build on their program and offer you some goals. Production Goals Increase your production per unit by 10 percent with a reduction in cost per unit of 10 percent. Use a DHI testing program, forage testing program, and soO testing program. . COOL SAVINGS - GET 'EM AT E.M. HERR'S -V :? ' " ' * •'; ' ' Power Tube Fan Sizes: 12"-18”-24”-30" POLY TANKS IN STOCK ■Sa>. Piam. Price 200 32" *lsB** 300 38" ’227** 500 48" *34s** Brackett's Ag Advice By John E. Brocket* Farm Management Agent Lewistown Extension Office' Aim for a total of cash operating expenses plus debt service of less than 90 percent income. Aim for outstanding bills (ac counts payable) owed to supply and service people of less man 40 days duration. Make all money borrowed for more than one year purchase necessary and profit making capital items. Dairy producers aim for a feed conversion of $2OO livestock return for each $lOO worth of feed fed (including a value for home raised feed). Swine producers aim for a feed conversion of 4 pounds or less of feed per pound of pork. Crop producers aim for a costof HAVING VENTILATION PROBLEMS? WE HAVE A F LICATION CP-S* Coiling Fan $ 99.95 SUBOM VDmUTM FANS tMM Diameter' List SALE 12" *90.95 *69** 16" $125.95 *93** 20” *135.55 *los** 24” *215.95 *ls9** Economic Goals 56" Cool-Air 36" % H.P. Capacitor Start and run with the new energy saver motor. less than $2.40 per bushel of com on a yield of no less than 100 bushels per acre. Promote your product by farm stead appearance, advertising, marketing a quality product, encouraging the use of your product to produce new and in novative items that appeal to consumers. Fanners should learn what the consumer wants then gear their promotion to that “want”. Dairy farmers produce top quality (minimum 16 percent crude protein) forage. Quality Product Goals Producers: Somatic cell counts under 300,000. (In Pennsylvania we have a somatic cell count program coupled with DHIA - you can get a count on each cow). Japanese beetles bug airports WASHINGTON, D.C. Ohio and Maryland are means to prevent Five airports in being required to use departing planes from Delaware, New Jersey, mechanical or chemical carrying Japanese Galvanized Reg. $299.95 SALE *2l9*® w/motor 11.000 CFM’s Also Available • Shutters and Controls For All Fans New Super Low Dog Food Prices SO lb. Chunk Style 50 lb. 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The five airports are Dover Air Force Base, Del.; McGuire Air Force Base, N.J.; Port Columbus International Airport, Columbus, Ohio; Kickenbacker Air Force Base, Columbus, Ohio; and Baltimore Washington-International Airport, Baltimore, Md. "Beetle numbers have become so high we’ve had to unpose regulations so departing planes won't carry beetles to uninfested areas,” said Moorehead. When an airport is regulated, Moorehead said, airlines must use mechanical or chemical means to keep the beetles off aircraft. Mechanical beetle barriers include sealed entryways to airplanes and screened service ' entrances for airplane galleys. Properly used mechanical barriers are an excellent non chemical alternative for ■ beetle exclusion, Moorehead said. Moorehead said more airports may have to be regulated in the next several weeks because of heavy Japanese beetle emergence in the eastern United States. ‘ ‘ USD A plant protection and quarantine officers monitor buildup of adult beetle populations at airports," he said. “When we find beetles flying around aircraft, airlines treat vegetation in those ramp areas to kill the beetles. If this doesn’t reduce num bers, the officers regulate the airport.” The precautions are to keep the beetles from being transported to uninfested western states and foreign countries, Moorehead said. Beetles are at tracted to large metal objects. They climb through openings in parked aircraft or are loaded witn the cargo, he said.
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