Bradford slates beef session
TOWANDA Bradford County
will hold an informational meeting
for beef cattle producers on
Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the
Bradford County Extension Office
located at 701 South Fourth St.,
Towanda.
The program will be presented
by Clair Engle, Extension Beef
Feeders
for every need!
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Oak Feeder Trough
with or without top Hay Rack
Available any length... on legs, skids, or with
a flat bottom
“V”-Neck Hay Feeder
Availble 10’ to 20’ long. All treated lumber
quare-Neck” Hay
Feeder
10’ to 20’ lengths. Treated yellow pine
Mineral Fe<
All treated lumber. Has gal
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Portable Shelter
B’xl6’ on ground, 6’ high. Rough sawn
exterior plywood over 2x4 braced frame
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Cattle Specialist, and Dr. Tom
Drake, Veterinary Science Ex
tension.
Engle will speak on the topic
“Improving Reproductive Ef
ficiency in Beef Cow-Calf Herds”.
On an average, Pennsylvania beef
cow herds wean only 83 percent
calf crops. Failure of the cow to
On skids
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Available in
3,4,5,7 and 9 Stalls
Sheep Shelters
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Feeder is constructed
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partitions. Treated skids, 13/8” oak
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Poultry House
and Laying Nests
12’x28’ building on treated skids. Has galv
steel roofing.
Laying nests are optional.
breed is a main cause, but other
contributing factors are dead or
still bom calves or death of calf
within two weeks of birth. These
factors take the profit from 4-5
cows who do wean calves to make
up the loss from the one that
doesn’t. Cows do not always wean
calves every 12 months but every
13-14 months. This is the same as
an 85-92 percent calf crop
For prices and ordering call Dave at (717) 48M388.
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Dr. Drake, research assistant in
the Veterinary Science depart
ment, will speak on the topic of
“Livestock Health and Nutrition”.
The incidence and economic im
portance of diseases related to soil
plant-animal environment com
plex has increased with intensive,
well-managed crop and animal
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Calf Condo
with summer/wini
ventilation panel
Regulate the air flow and keep
healthier. Fully assembled, on treated Jh
skids. 3’xB’ stalls have easy access feed- W'i
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production. Critical health
problems have even developed on
very progressive farms. Losses
due to infertility, metabolic
diseases, and other beef cattle
diseases due to nutritional im
balances and deficiencies are
costing the livestock industry
several million dollars annually.
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Cattle Shelter
Available 8’ or 12’ wide. 14’, 16’, 20’, 24’,
28’ long. Rough sawn exterior plywood,
treated skids, galv. steel roofing,
spouting, painted.
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