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Multiple Feeds Make
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming Staff
MEADVILLE (Crawford Co.)
Using multiple feed and
keeping it in front of the cows to
eat all the time were contribut
ing factors to improving the Jersey
herd at Spruce Row Farms.
Plus, going to wrapped 50 per
cent moisture bales contributed to
overall herd improvement and bet
ter milking for the 110 (50 replace
ment stock) all-registered Jerseys
at Spruce Row, according to busi
ness partner Jeffrey Peters.
Switching to the baylage system
was “one of the best things 1 ever
did,” said Peters.
Peters, in partnership since 1982
with Charles Hotson, farms 359
acres (220 tillable). The dairy farm
uses a 48-stall bam to’pipeline.
The latest milking averages are
17,337 lbs., 810 f, 632 p. Spruce
Row Farms was honored by the
Plan Now For
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Spring Calving
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ses of the efforts of commercial cattlemen. Quality
calves and a good calf crop are not a happenstance,
they’re the result of careful planning, superb herd
heatlh care, and good breeding practices.
If you have a spring calving program in place,
there are steps you can take now that will help
ensure a successful calving season and healthier
newborns and brood cows that recuperate more
quickly after birth.
Dr. John Hough, director of education and
research for the American Polled Hereford Associa
tion said that by taking a little extra time with your
herd in winter, you can potentially increase profits
come spring.
“If possible, it’s best to separate cows and heifers
in advanced stages of pregnancy from the rest of the
herd,” Hough said. “This helps avoid injuries and
possible abortions from riding, butting, and
fighting.” t
He recommends sorting pregnant cows and heif
ers about halfway through gestation if there are
adequate pens and pastures. This will save a consid
erable amount of time when calving starts because
the rest of the herd will require less intensive
monitoring.
Immediately prior to calving, Hough said it’s
advisable to place the cows and heifers into calving
pens or sheds if they’re available. If not, the next
best alternative is a small, clean pasture.
“Keeping winter rations at recommended nutri
tion levels during the first stages of pregnancy is
essential,” Hough said. "During the last 30 to 45
days of pregnancy, however, cows generally need a
10 to IS percent protein increase in the ration, espe
cially if they’re being fed a stored roughage such as
hay. This can be an extra two pounds of hay per day,
as long as an additional pound of total digestible
nutrients (TDN) is provided.”
Keeping stresses down is also recommended.
Maintaining familiar surroundings, reducing weath
er stresses with windbreaks, if feasible, and continu
ing a solid nutrition program will combine to keep
prospects of a profitable calf crop high.
Hough said you’ll also want to keep an especially
watchful eye on the pregnant cows or heifers to be
sure they don’t contract a threatening illness. While
most cows will make it through the winter with little
difficulty, the possibilities of sickness exist If you
have any concerns at all, consult your veterinarian
for treatment recommendations.
By following these and other “common-sense”
precautions, Hough said your prospects for a strong
healthy set of calves in the spring wall be much grea
ter, thus increasing your profitability. Plus, none of
these recommendations involve a significant
investment
state DHIA as number one man
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Also, keeping the cows clean
and healthy are important to the
farm managers. Jeffrey said that
when they switched to using news
paper a short while ago, cow clean-
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