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of your lambs if you’re not wat
ching”
longenecker likes to see his
lambs weigh between 10 to 12
pounds at birth and reach about a
110-pound finishing weight.
Because he raises different breeds,
not all lambs reach that weight.
Dorsets, he said, are ready for
market at 80 to 90 pounds, Cheviots
at about 70 pounds, and the Suf
folks and Hampshires do reach
between 100 to 110 pounds.
About 90 days are needed to
reach finishing weight,
Longenecker said. The lambs are
on creep feeding and gain about
one-half to one pound per day.
Feed consists of hay, pasture grass
and some grain.
The ewe flock is also pastured,
and receives hay and grain. In
feeding the ewes, Longenecker
said he determines feed based on
the ewe’s own individual condition.
If the condition is good, he said,
some ewes don’t need grain ducing
the winter and are fed only hay.
“A quality hay with good protein
is sufficient,” Longenecker said.
•‘I don’t feel the need to sup
plement feed.”
Many farmers overfeed their
sheep, said, and they
get too fat. A lamb with a good
meat type, leg type and long loin is
what he looks for in his market
animals.
Longenecker said he would like
to continue improving the quality
of his sheep and also look into other
outlets for his market lambs.
Direct marketing would be good,
he said, but then he would need to
raise more sheep.
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Other goals he has set are to
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1969 to 1974, he was a pastor in
Salunga, and from 1974 until this
year, he served the Church of the
Brethren in Mt. Wilson, Lebanon
County.
Currently, he substitutes at area
churches and conducts preaching
missions. He has brought his
farming into his work by spon
soring church functions at his
farm.
He would also like to use his
sheep in his work, and has taken
some to church programs during
the Christmas season and to Bible
study sessions.
Some day, he said, he would also
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shepherd in his own sorts.
Pennfield
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includes a good feeding program
that provides cows with proper
nutrition.
"Think of the cow as an
athelete,” said Shirk. “She needs
good lungs, and must be free of
respiratory disease. Digestive
disease can inhibit efficient feed
utilization.’’
A “positive program for
breeding dairy cows” was the
subject of a talk ’given by Brian
Perkins, Pennfield manager of
dairy and livestock nutrition.
Perkins stressed the importance
of feeding the correct levels of
protein and vitamins to assure
reproductive efficiency. Adequate
vitamin A is necessary for good
reproductive function, he said.
Vitamin A helps guard the in
tegrity of the epithelial lining of the
reproductive tract. ,
“Feed 'em to breed 'em,” said
Perkins. “Look at the cows, ob
serve them throughout the lac
tation to make sure they look in
good flesh.”
For high producing cows or cows
under stress, Pennfield introduced
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with more nutrients per volume.
This helps cows in early lactation
whose feed intake may be limited
by bulk and thus are not able to
meet their nutritional
requirements.
John Fidler, Pennfield manager
of technical services, said, “Im
provements in the genetics of dairy
cows must be matched with im
provements in nutrition if she is to
reach her genetic potential for
production.”
High-Yield feeds help high
producing cows to overcome the
problem of dry matter limiting
nutrient intake during the first
quarter of lactation. Fidler
recommended these feeds for
herds with a rolling herd average
greater than 17.000 M.
The amino acid methionine,
sodium bicarbonate buffers and B
vitamins are what helps to give
High-Yield feeds a nutritional
boost.
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Mahlandt said these dairy day
sessions held in Lancaster were
the first in a series of 10 such
meetings scheduled throughout
Pennfield’s marketing area.
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