White Oak Holds Dairy Meeting MT JOY (Lancaster Co.) —The annual dairy seminar sponsored by White Oak Mills drew a room full of farmers to hear various topics related to feeding and managing the dairy herd. “Getting a cow ready for lacta tion is like running a marathon,” said Dr. Ned Moser, DVM consul tant for White Oak. “The marython starts when she drops the calf, but what about the training period. For the cow, the training period is the dry period. Unless you have a good dry cow program she will not BEER REAL FOOD FOR REAL PEOPLE. December 26 - 31 Free Door Prizes & Refreshments 1739 Wei 1992 TILLAGE & PLANTER PARTS EARLY ORDER PROGRAM If you order tillage or planter parts before January 3, 1992, you will receive 15% Discount - Guaranteed Price. Parts available for pickup March 2 thru March 14, 1992 10% Deposit Required Some Of The Available Items On This Program: • MOLDBOARDS • CULTIVATOR SHOVELS • PLOWSHARES • CHISEL PARTS • LANDSLIDES • DISK BLADES • OTHER SELECTED TILLAGE & PLANTER PARTS i S HUEY’S ALES ERVICE be ready. “If you ask someone who has just been walking around to sud denly race 26 miles, they will not get far. And the cow must also be properly prepared for lactation with a good dry cow program, Moser said. “Protein is offen defi cient in the dry cow program. Many people will balance and rebalance their lactating rations but don’t consider the dry cows." Dr. Tom Sweeney, Church & Dwight, Inc., said the only way you can provide the energy that the high producing cow needs is to At Our Year End Sale Serving The Farmer Since 1914 WHITE FARM EQUIPMENT Division of ALLIED PRODUCTS CORPORATION Ono, PA 17077 Phone 717-865-4915 feed fat “Cows in negative energy ba lance at the begining of their lac tation need a lot of energy to pro duce milk, maintain body condi tion and be reproductively active, Sweeney said, ‘Traditionally you did not feed fat because it impaired the animals ability to be efficient Bui the new product Megalac is totally inert in the rumun and thereby gives the dairymen the opportunity to provide the energy to his cows as needed.” Other speakers included Dr. James Aldrich. Carl S. Akey. Inc. on the subject: WCarbohydrate and Protein Nutrition of Dairy Cattle” and Don Lloyd and Jorge Estrada with the White Oak Mills products -and services departments. Lunch was served and products were exhibited here at the Country Table Restaurant 10th CRP Results Released WASHINGTON, D.C. Deputy Secretary of' Agriculture Ann Veneman recen tly announced that producers signed contracts to place an addi tional 475,175 acres of land into the Conservation Reserve Program following the 10th CRP signup March 4-15. All told, CRP contracts have now been entered for 34,397,740 acres. The most recent addition of 475,175 acres were enrolled on 8,601 contracts which went into effect during the 1991 crop year. Data from the 11th CRP signup July 8-19 are not yet available. It has been reported that 1.12 million acres were tentatively accepted as a result of that signup. Bids for the 12th CRP signup will be accepted by county offices of USDA'S Agricultural Stabiliza tion and Conservation Service IF YOU CANT MAKE IT-GIVE US A CALL WE WILL SHIP THE PARTS TO YOU U.P.S, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 14, 1991-A27 .<ry <gm, w_ jy d, director, dairy department: Tom Sweeney, Church & Dwight, Inc.,; and John Wagner, president, White Oak. Tb Get Your Limit, You Need More Than One Big Gun. You need high-yielding corn hybrids like these, with different characteristics, to get the most bang for your buck. Ask your DEKALB dealer about them today. NOW DK522 Offers the yield and health required for early corn premiums • 102-day relative maturity DKSB2 Healthy plants provide consistent performance • Responds to high populations • 108-day relative maturity New DK646 Expect big yields • 114-day companion to DK 636 under favorable or dryland conditions DK677 Health, standability and high yields provide a total package • Excellent drought tolerance • 117-day relative maturity SELECTION. SOLUTIONS. Earning Our Way On More Of Your Acres. June 15-26, 1992, Vcnfeman said enrollment trends arc shifting away from the Moun tain and Great Plains States toward the Combelt and other states east of the Great Plains. “Many changes have been made to the CRP since the 10th signup including land eligibility criteria and processes that affect payment rates," Veneman said. -Because of these changes I strongly encourage those producers who earlier decided not to participate in the program to take another look at the CRP now." In Pennsylvania, there were 367 bids, 60 contracts made on 1,952 acres, for an average rental price of $57.44 per acre. The annual rental payment for the Keystone state is $112,123. Nationally, for the 10th signup, the federal program will pay $25,499,546 a year to landowners.
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