COLLEGE PARK, Md.
Whoever said learning can’t be
fun never attended the Maryland
Agricultural Experiment Station’s
(MAES) Western Maryland Ag
Field Day at the Western Mary
land Research and Education
Center.
This year’s field day, scheduled management, crop residue man
for Sept 9, will feature informa- a B cm ent, pathogen and parasite
tional tours of MAES research, control . of leafhopper, and weed
Cooperative Extension Service co " tr °l hi com.
demonstrations, farm service dis- Farm tillage and planting equip
ment demonstrations will be held
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Varner Wins Shippensburg 4-H Contest
BETH MILLER Bach of the participants had 10
Cumberland Co. minutes to do their judging for
Correspondent each of three classes of Holsteins.
. The classes were heifers, senior
SHIPPENSBURG (Cumber- yearlings, and 3-year-olds,
land Co.) Brad Varner was the All the animals L 4-H and FFA
d . unn ? *993 4-H members judged were provided by
and FFA Dairy Judging Contest exhibitors at the fair .
held at the Shippensburg Fair. Second place in the senior judg-
Varner captured first place in j n g competition went to Melanie
the senior contest of the judging Dietrich> with Brad Reichard
competition, which had a total of j„g p] ace , Julie Dyarman in
39 contestants. fourth, Heath Ocker in fifth, Man
open to 4-H and FFA members Beidel tied for eighth and Matthew,
who were 14 years old and older. Day in ninth spoL
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Western Maryland Ag Field Day Sept. 9
plays, and nutritional
demonstrations.
Concurrent Wagon Tours of
MAES research will be featured
from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tours
will highlight paulownia tree man
agement, nutrient management
and the bay, high yield wheat
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The Home Economics Program
will run from 9 a.m. to 11:55 a.m.
Topics of the program include the
new food label; lowfat dips and
toppings; eating with children
positive mealtimes; nutrition on
the run; from market to kitchen;
and the importance of grain in the
diet.
Agriculture displays will offer
an opportunity to examine the lat
est agricultural equipment, browse
through field plots of different
com and soybean varieties, visit
with seed company representa
tives, and view MAES education
al publications and displays.
Enjoy a hog roast featuring
Maryland pork from 12:15 p.m. to
1:15 p.m. Lunch is available for a
$2 fee paid the day of the event.
Preregistration is required for the
lunch and all registration forms
must be received by Sept 1.
To reach the Western Maryland
Research and Education Center,
take exit 1-70 at Maryland Route
65 near Hagerstown. Proceed
south for 7 miles on Maryland
Route 65 and turn left onto
Keedysville Road. The center
Michelle Ocker was the top win
ner in the junior judging competi
tion for FFA and 4-H members
under 14 years old.
Dawn Ickes was the second
place winner, followed by lan
Dietrich in third, Benjamin Mick
ey in fourth. Becky Comman in
fifth, Curtis Reichaid in sixth, Sar
ah Day in seventh Thomas Har
wood in eighth, Ty Christman in
ninth, and Christian Mickey in
tenth.
The awards for the contest were
provided by Mellon Bank. They
were distributed by Shippensburg
Fair Queen Melany Ginnick.
entrance is about one mile east on contact either your local coopera
the left live extension agent or the West-
For more information about the cm Maryland Research and Edu-
Westem Maryland Ag Field Day, cation Center at (301) 791-2298.
Penn State
Poultry |
Pointers
EARLY FEED
RESTRICTIONS OF
BROILER CHICKS
IS IT ADVANTAGEOUS?
Dr. Magdi M. Mashaly
Associate Professor
Poultry Science
Researchers in the field of poul
try management have been investi
gating the benefits of early feed
restrictions of broiler chicks.
These benefits include improve
d feed efficiency and reduced mor
tality. Recently. Fontana et at.
1992 (Poultry Sci. 71:1296-1305).
studied the effect of early feed
restriction of broiler chicks on
growth, feed conversion, and mor
tality. They found that restricting
broiler chicks (40 kcal/bird/day)
for seven days starting at four days
of age reduced body weight when
compared to chicks fed free
choice. However, total pen weight
was similar in the two groups since
mortality was reduced in the
restricted group. Furthermore,
feed-restricted chicks had better
feed conversion (2.01) than chicks
fed ad libitum (2.15).
Studies were conducted in our
laboratory to further investigate
the effects of early feed restriction,
not only on body weight, feed con
version, and mortality, but also on
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Hi-Score will not display at Ag-Progress Days
this year.
However, our people will be around to talk
with you about your fall and spring needs.
Thanks for your continued support.
Linctstw Firming, Saturday, August 14,1993-03
some immune parameters.
We used one-day-old broiler
chicks raised in floor pens given 24
hours of light. At four days of age,
one group of chicks was feed
restricted by receiving 40 kcal/
bird/day and the other group was
fed ad libitum (control). Body
weight, feed consumption, feed
efficiency, and percent mortality
were calculated weekly.
Spleen and bursa of Fabricius
weights and circulating total white
blood cells (WBC) were deter
mined when the birds were 48 days
of age. We found that body
weights of the restricted group
were significantly reduced when
compared with the control group.
However, there was no significant
difference in feed efficiency
between the two groups because
feed consumption was reduced in
the restricted group.
Even though there were no sig
nificant differences in spleen
weight, bursa weight, or WBC
between the two groups, mortality
was significantly less in the
restricted group (1.9 percent) than
in the control group (5.7 percent).
In conclusion, it seems that ear
ly feed restriction for broiler
chicks is advantageous since it
reduces mortality and does not
have any adverse effects on broiler
performance.
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