Poultry Pointers (Continued from Pag* A 24) levels of calcium in a layer diet (3.5-4.2 S percent) contribute to poorer phosphorus retention by the hen. Birds with a dietary <|pficiency in vitamin D do not utilize pho sphorus well, and a new study from Georgia suggests the active form of vitamin D (found in the bird’s body) is even more effective than the precursor form of vitamin D normally supplied in poultry diets. These studies showed that the addition of 1,25 dihydroxy form of vitamin D to feed reduced phytate phosphorus excretion by 35 percent and improved total pho sphorus retention by more than 20 percent Phytase enzymes can also be added to the diets of birds that con tain high levels of the less avail able phytate phosphorus. At the level qf 1,000 enzyme units per kilogram of diet one can expect at least a 10 percent improvement in phosphorus retention and 10 per cent reduction in phytate excretion into the manure. 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Feeding levels of 2.5,3.25, and 4.0 percent in the diet resulted in egg production, feed consumption, and egg weight equal to birds fed tradi tional mineral sources. The new nutrient management legislation in Pennsylvania will call for research to look at the impact of gaseous emissions from animal agriculture on water qual ity. Farmers in the Netherlands have been issued a mandate to reduce ammonia emissions by 50 percent by the year 1995, citing acid rain as a motivating factor. If this kind of legislation were enacted in the United States, all of the above techniques could be brought to bear in managing the nutrients from poultry production. SURE START CREEP FEEDERS Double Wall MILK REPLACEMENT FEEDERS Save , Baby wJ" Pigs Easy To * vVi'i'v, < (2 Sizes Fill ■ Available) A & 1 Mto —-."i r 8 Dairy Industry Summit (Coniinutd from Pago A 29) unrelated statement concerning Also receiving attention is the increased the milk-producing effi- another issue. several-year-old Uruguay Round ciency of dairy workers so as to eli- Most of the testimony was in of talks that is supposed to lead to minate a lot of need for labor. favor of the federal government an international trading agreement The result is the current situa- changing its federal order manage- under the General Agreement on tion where more milk is produced ment system of the milk supply Tariffs and Trade (GATT), every year by fewer cows and few- ensure a tighter correlation Agricultural subsidies have er people. between supply and demand. been a major stumbling block and At apparent odds with the growth of the dairy industry is the traditional single family farm, which requires more labor and overhead costs than larger, multi familial operations using state of the art facilities and which may produce a million gallons of milk per year per worker. 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