A2B-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 20, 1988
Menu Of Nutritional
GETTYSBURG Dairymen
were served a Grade A menu of
nutritional management recom
mendations and updates on worm
ing and foot problems at Agway’s
Annual Cooperator Meeting held
here last week. Similar meetings
were held in two other locations
the southeast region of the state.
Dr. James Nocek, Director of
Dairy and Livestock Research and
Applied Technology, addressed
the topic, “Feeding and Managing
the High Producing Cow.” He
started his presentation noting that
a cow’s gestation-lactation cycle is
divided into four parts and these
are the four phases dairymen
should gear their feeding program
towards.
These four areas include early
lactation when the body stores are
being used for milk production,
peak milk production when feed
intake peaks, a decline in produc
tion when the body stores are
regained for the next lactation, and
finally, the dry period.
While Nocek strongly endorsed
a total mixed ration feeding sys
tem, he acknowledged that diffe
rent management conditions may
call for a different feeding
approach. However, regardless of
how the cows are fed several
recommendations still stand.
Nocek stressed that energy is the
key factor in balancing rations for
high producing cows. Stated
Nocek, “You must get enough
energy, or carbohydrates, into the
cow’s rumen. If you don’t have
enough, then she can’t utilize her
protein efficiently. If you have too
much, the protein is wasted. The
ultimate feeding system is one in
which there is a synchronization of
rumen available protein and
carbohydrates.”
Other management techniques
Nocek urged the audience to con
sider were to maintain a 12-12
hour milking schedule rather than
a 10-14 interval, using superior
genetics, 3x a day milking, and the
use of bovine somatatrophin.
Dr. Carl Johnson, DVM, with
the research department of the
Student Chapter
To Hold Farm
Toy Show
DOYLESTOWN Toy col
lecting is a growing hobby in
which whole families participate.
Farm and antique toy collectors
from Connecticut, Delaware,
Maryland, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey and New York will meet at
the Delaware Valley College Stu
dent Center on Saturday, February
27, 1988.
The public are admitted from
10:00 a.m. on to observe displays,
negotiate purchases, or discuss
collections. At 4:00 p.m. an auc
tion of consigned toys will be con
ducted with bidding open to all.
Admission for children under 5 is
free; 6 to 14, $l.OO and adults
above 14, $2.00.
Farm toy collectors lend to con
centrate on different sizes, brands
or time periods. One collections
will be John Deere toys of the
1930 s including both horse-drawn
and tractor-drawn. Others will
include many brands and models
popular in the 60s and 70s.
This activity is sponsored by the
National Agri-Marketing Associa
tion, Del Val student chapter. The
college is located on U.S. Route
202, southwest of Doylcstown,
Pennsylvania. Specific informa
tion can be obtained from Maryann
Vogt at (215) 345-6314.
Pfizer Company, gave dairymen
an update entitled, “How to
Strategically Use Wormers on the
Dairy.”
Stated Johnson, “If we can
effectively time the use of these
products (wormers), we can break
the life cycle of these parasites...
The hallmark of a strategic
deworming program is a spring
worming program.”
Johnson explained that a spring
deworming program helps cattle
minimize the effect of residual
worms on the pasture from the pre
vious season, plus it aids in reduc
ing re-infestation. Also, spring
deworming allows the life-cycle of
the worms to be interrupted before
the warmer months when larvae
infestations multiply more rapidly
due to the warmer temperatures.
Johnson recommended
deworming cattle when they are
put out to pasture, again one month
after they have been on pasture, in
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Management At Cooperator Meeting
the fall, and prior to freshening
While Johnson ranked first-calf
fresheners as the most important to
deworm, he noted that dairymen
can benefit from whole-herd
deworming plus regular deworm
ing of all dairy herd replacements.
“Using Feed Additives Intelli
gently,” was the topic of the day’s
final speaker Dr. Normand St.
Pierre. After relating the different
types of products on the market
and their chemical reactions, St.
Pierre told dairymen that they must
measure the value of a feed addi
tive by four criteria.
He labeled these criteria the 4
R’s. These include: 1. Does the
additive yield positive results? 2.
Is the response what you antici
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were updated on their feeding and management techniques
by these Agway specialist- (l-r) Dr. Carl Johnson, Dr. Nor
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