m An X-Ray Picture of the Herd For months. I’ve been writing about the many ways your DHIA records can be used as a helpful management tool. On a recent farm visit, I asked the dairyman if he was on DHIA, and if I could see his records. His DHIA Herd Summary report gave me an X-ray view of his herd, and in a manner of minutes I spotted a Natchez Animal Supply Low fhces Eqvalan Hone Wormer (Ivermectin paste 1.87%) sa.l* per Tube • VACCMt *VOfHM • vrrAMMS PRODUCTS FOR C*mE...DOQ,..CAT..MKX...SmHE * Request * New Catalog^S- PO. Box fM»V. 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He was at risk of losing his market, and he was losing a lot of milk as a result of udder damage. He had one “hot” cow that was responsible for over 30% of the cells in the bulk tank on last test day. About 40-50% of the cows had SCC Bth Edition Agway Bank • 1923 Chevy panel bank • die-cast metal • 1/25 scale (753-522) 3rd Edition Agway Dime Bank • 1932 Ford panel vintage vehicle JSSPysm • 1/43 scale • die-cast metal <£7 QQ , mSSJ A (753-521) * LIMITED QUANTITIES - NO RAIN CHECKS! 2nd EDITION BUCKBOARD WAGON $14.99 Prior Models Available - Call For Pricing MANY CHRISTMAS SPECIALS HENRY B. HOOVER, INC. 1731 W. Main St., Ephrata - 733-6593 STORE HOURS: MON.-THURS. 7:30-7:00 BH FRI. 7:30-8:00; SAT. 7:30-4:00 ___ nnnrrr t mm l 2nd IN A SERIES SPEC CAST PENNY BANK $16.99 WE SHIP U.P.S. codes over 5 every month of the year. He had one “hot” cow, but he also had a hard problem. With a few exceptions, heifers freshened with very little mastitis, but their cell counts rose as their lactations progressed. Ounces are he had contagious mastitis that was being spread at milking time in spite of his good milking prac tices and a functional milking system. Too many of his older cows freshened with mastitis. Some of them were probably chronic and carrying Staph infections over from the previous lactation and failed to respond to dry treatment Another thing to be concerned about is the maternity area, but it did not appear to be a problem at this point Sanitation in general was fairly good. Some of the high count cows need to be cultured to get a more accurate feel of the situation. Had average fat tests were very low (2.6 - 3.3) for about 10 conse cutive months, and as I would expect, he had some problems with appetites, DA’s, silent heats, retained placentas and cystic $11.99 tile Supplies Last (753-653) 3rd Edition Uncuir ftnnhfl, Saturday, Novambcr 20,11W4M cows, but he had very little ketosis. Days open averaged 144, days to first service was 115 and the projected calving interval was over 14 months. He had a lot of stale cows and some of them were starting to get a little fleshy. Milk production was off <■ because of feeding, breeding and mastitis problems. If he had been on a base-surplus milk market, his calving season would have cycled out of his base building period. Very quickly, I saw a need to refine the feeding program con centrating on forage and fiber intakes, ration balancing and pre calving care of bred heifers and dry cows. With the feeding prog ram corrected, a lot of the repro ductive and metabolic problems will probably disappear. Even Hershey School Helps Launch (Continued from Pago A3l) agricultural science program, the school has committed 500 acres of existing farmland, associated equipment, and a team of more than 20 employees to achieve the goals of increased science and interdisciplinary education through practical agricultural applications. Heading the NIYS will be Richard Hann, executive director, and Tom Helm, director. Hann is president-elect of Penn State’s Agricultural Alumni Asso ciation and Helm is a nationally recognized leader in educational 7692 - CONSISTENT PERFORMER - PRODUCED 203 3U AT MANHEIM. FA IN 1992 OUTSTANDING DROUGHT & STRESS TOLERANCE IN 1995 7692 YIELDED 195 5U AT FUTZTOWN, FA & 195 5U IN LAUREL. DE 7 4 9 4(NEW!)- 113 RM FINALLY AVAILA3LE AFTER YEARS OF TESTING WITH FANTASTIC RESULTS SERFS CO.. FA-1993 YIELD-201 5U ala 7 19 1 7191 YIELDED 202 DU IN LANCASTER CO.. PA OFFERS A TOTAL PACKAGE: HIGH YIELDS. PLANT HEALTH AND STAY GREEN QUALITIES IN 1992 AT BELLEVILLE. 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