Tiberdome
Incorporated
Fiberdome Inc. • P.O. Box 11 • Lake Mills, Wl 53551
Phone 4.14-648-8376 or
contact your local silo company
Chute System
Finally... No more bags,
No more hodgepodge (cut
ting of metal chutes or add
ing on), No more ob
structed climbing, No more
dark, damp, ordirty chutes,
No more feed build-up on
doors, and No more rust
or corrosion.
A complete one piece fi
berglass chute and clean
chute system with a Life
time Warranty. A perma
nent feed contrbl center
with all the features you've
been waiting for!
See us at the PA Farm Show January
9th-14th. Stop at the Fiberdome display
and see the Bubble Chute System actu
ally working, and pick-up your "Free"
informational packet with your discount
coupon.
The Fiberdome all fiberglass Bubble
Chute System is a proven and patented
ultra-clean chute system for all new or
existing silos.
Somatic Cell Count Reduction Saves
Using the DHIA Somatic Cell
Count program can help you man
age for quality milk by pinpointing
a number of possible problems in
the fight against mastitis and also
help make basic management
decisions.
Some of the possible problems
which can be targeted through
using the DHIA SCC program,
include lost production due to sub
clinic infections, improper milking
procedures, or milking equipment
malfunction. It can also tell you the
spread in the herd by percent and
level, and point out which cows
should be tested to determine
which type of bacteria is causing a
problem.
You can save money by reduc
ing somatic cell counts which
causes lost production.
Once damaged, healthy cells
cannot be replaced until the cow is
dried off. Production is lost for the
entire lactation.
Also, 70 percent of the cost of
mastitis is through lost milk
production.
Further, if detected early, the
herdsman can save money because
of fewer and less medical costs,
and those quality premiums from
the processor come through.
There are 11 codes used to
describe the somatic cell condition
Bubble
Eliminates Dirty Chutes
...madetb Past
in a cow. For every cow with a
SCC score of 7, it takes 16 or more
cows with scores of 3 to offset the
high scoring cow enough to bring
the average down to 4.
Through the use of the DHIA
ARIA services, or SCC Summary
Sheets available through a techni
cian, you can follow the trends of
the codes for each cow and for the
herd.
Testing for the infected quar
ters) still must be done. The soma
tic cell data on the DHIA report
does not indicate which quarters
are infected, but usually only one
or two quarters are involved.
Infected quarters should be identi
fied by the California Mastitis
Test,
Also, Pa.DHIA offers SCC test
ing that is referred to as “Prime
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 9, 1993-Al7
Pennsylvania
Dairy Herd
Improvement Association
Dixie L. Burris, membership development.
Call 1-800-DHI-TEST for information.
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• Patio Furniture
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906 E. Main St. (Rt. 322) Ephrata flB
1 Block East Of Rt. 222
(717) 733-4973 or 1-800-642-0310 *■
FOCUS
SAP” (Sample Analysis ONLY
Program). Prime is the basic, no
frills testing program that provides
accurate sample analysis for soma
tic cell count
Prime is the basic program that
is owner generated data with mini
mal or no techician involvement
If you are interested and would
like more information, call
Pa.DHIA at 1-800-344-8378.
Average Farm Feed
Costs For Handy
Reference
To help fanners across the state
to have handy reference of com
modity input costs in their feeding
operations for DHIA record sheets
or to develop livestock feed cost
data, here’s this week’s average
costs of various ingredients as
compiled from regional reports
across the state of Pennsylvania.
Remember these are averages so
you will need to adjust your figures
up or down according to your loca
tion and the quality of your crop.
Com, No. 2y - 2.31 BU. 4.13
CWT.
Wheat, No. 2 - 3.36 BU. 5.61
CWT.
Barley, No. 3 - 1.72 BU. 3.69
CWT.
Oats, No. 2 - 1.55 BU. 4.84
CWT.
Soybeans, No. 1-5.31 BU. 8.87
CWT.
Ear Com - 54.17 TON 2.71
CWT.
Alfalfa Hay • 120.00 TON 6.00
CWT.
Mixed Hay - 108.50 TON 5.43
CWT.
Timothy Hay - 111.25 TON
5.56 CWT.
$4OO
OFF
Till Feb. 6. 1993