D3B—Lancast*r Farming, Saturday, June 4,1983
DAIRY,
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Dairy
products from the milk of nearly
10,000 northeast dairy farms was
used in feeding over 5,000 reporters
from around the world covering
the 1983 Economic Summit of
Industralized Nations held in
Jjjjf Williamsburg, Va., Memorial Day
Head Start Program For Calves
joing announcement by the nor-
For dairymen, young calves is even less saliva produced, theast’s three largest dairy
represent their future profit so there is less natural cooperatives. Dairylea, Eastern
potential. That’s because buffering.” andNEDCO.
genetic improvements have Sodium bicarbonate there- The three cooperatives joined by
assured that each generation fore supplements the buffer- over 200 other dairy cooperatives
of dairy cattle is more pro- ing effect of saliva, especially making up the National Milk
ductive than the one before. when calves are fed inadequate Producers Federation provided
But even the highest pedi- fiber and ground or pelleted press with 13 meals over the
greed dairy calves need good starter rations. course of a fwe-day Summit,
nutritional management to Although results have been Through the Federation, trie
get off to a good start in life. inconsistent, Penn State ex- cooperatives contributed severs
For the first few weeks periments have shown trends hundred pounds of milk and nu -
after birth, dairy calves should toward greater feed intake based pr uc , I
receive a liquid diet of either and weight gains with bicarb chee!? yogurt icecream
whole milk or a high quality added to calf starter feeds, butter ’ y ’
milk replacer. Weaning from particularly around the time The re p orters were covering
this liquid ration at four to of weaning. Earlier tests con- eight heads of state at the Summit
six weeks is a critical time ducted in Australia reported meetings centered around
for calves. Proper composi- more dramatic improvements 1 sustaining an economic recovery
tion of the dry starter feed in consumption and gain, among the attending nations,
can help ease the transition. Research suggests that the International debt, the dollar’s
Sodium bicarbonate is one optimum bicarb level is Ito 3 strength and energy issues were
ingredient in starter rations percent of the toal ration dry among items discussed,
that can assist calves through matter, Dr. Muller said. The food service was provided
weaning, by improving feed “The most practical appli- by converting eight tennis courts
intake and increasing weight cation of feeding sodium bi- into a giant cafeteria. The courts
gains. Bicarb is a natural carbonate to dairy calves
component of saliva. appears to be at the time of
“A young calf has un- weaning through two weeks
developed salivary glands and after weaning,” he concludes
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secretes less saliva per pound
of body weight than does
a full-grown cow,” explains
Dr. Larry Muller, Pennsylvania
State University dairy science
professor. “When a calf is fed
limited fiber and forage, there
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wine, milk and dairy products.
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Summit meetings.
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Wm F Schrader
C E David
Albeck Farms Inc
Dix-Lee
Far View Farm
Long Gr. Farms
Allred & Flernng
& Flames
Pioneer Vally Fm
Lovdal Farms
Elm-Brook
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Participants in the Summit
discussions were: Ronald Reagan,
President, United States;
Margaret Thatcher, Prime
Minister, Great Britain; Pierre
Trudeau, Prime Minister, Canada;
Francois Mitterand, President,
France; Helmut Kohl, Chancellor,
West Germany; Amintore Fan
fani. Prime Minister, Italy;
Yasuhiro Nakasone, Prime
Minister, Japan; Gaston Thom,
Presidet, European Economic
Community.
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