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On Thursday, Jan. 20th over 250
dairy and livestock producers
came to the program on nutrition
sponsored by F.M. Brown’s Sons,
Inc. In spite of die temperature
reading of 12 degrees outside, the
Leesport Livestock Auction meet
ing hall was warm and dry, and
the meeting room chairs were
almost filled to capacity. Dr. Carl
Brown, sales manager, opened the
meeting by discussing its purpose.
“Our goal is to educate our
clients so that working together
we can more successfully meet the
challenges of feeding livestock in
an efficient and economical way,”
Brown said. He pointed out that
many of the areas discussed two
years ago at a previous meeting
such as Brown’s 1350/21 heifer
program arc now just receiving
headlines in the popular press. He
then went on to introduce the
speakers who had flown in from
Wisconsin the previous day.
These speakers felt like they were
in a heat wave. The temperature
was minus 30 degrees in Madison,
Wise, when they left on Wednes
day morning. Dr. Brown also rec
ognized the 18 exhibitors who had
displays at the meeting and helped
sponsor the speakers. Several had
driven from New York, Ohio, and
Virginia to be represented.
Dr. Randy Shaver opened the
program with a talk entitled
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mizing Profitable Milk Yield. He
reviewed the various types of pro
tein fractions in feeds and the
requirements of the dairy cow in
regard to these fractions. Dr.
Shaver was originally from Pen
nsylvania. but since 1988 has been
the Dairy Extension Nutrition
Specialist for the State of Wiscon
sin. He reviewed research on what
the top one-hundred herds in Wis
consin were doing in regard to
feeding soluble, degradable, and
undegradable protein. He also
showed how forages provided
these various types of protein frac
tions, and each has to be matched
against the requirements of the
animal. He warned against the
excess use of both soluble and
undegradable protein. In addition
Dr. Shaver discussed the quality
of undegradable protein sources.
He highlighted heat-treated soy
bean meals such as Morameal and
fish meal as two of the best and
most economical sources of the
undegradable amino acids which
high producing dairy cows need.
In his concluding remarks he
showed how non-fiber carbohy
drate sources must be matched
against rumen soluble protein, and
cautioned about the negative
impacts excess fat has on rumen
microbial populations.
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of the US Forage Research Center
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was next on the program. His top
ic was How I Adjust Research
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started his presentation by dis
cussing the various sources of
information available to dairy and
livestock producers, and some of
the pluses and minuses of each.
He cited veterinarians, ag maga
zines & newspapers, extension,
and feed consultants as the princi
ple sources of information for far
mers. He gave examples of situa
tions where he was provided
information which turned out to
be false and told the dairyman in
attendance to always ask for the
source of the information. “A call
to the source is always worth con
sidering,” he said. “If a source for
the information is not available,
then consider the information
suspect”
Dr. Kennett, Brown’s director
of nutrition discussed the relative
ly new concept that shows there is
little difference between feeding
dairy heifers and beef steers. They
are both ruminants, and both are
therefore governed by many of the
same nutritional principles. He
discussed the Cornell Net Car
bohydrate System and how it is
being used by Brown’s to formu
late rations based on customer
goals and quality of feeds avail
able. He reviewed how this has
been applied ova the past two
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Before lunch, Eric Sheib, seed
division director for Brown’s
Sons. Inc., updated the audience
on the spring seed situation. There
is an excellent supply of alfalfa
and seed com available, but oats,
spring barley, and certain varieties
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THURMONT, Md. Rodman
Myers, chairman of the Maryland
Suite Grange Agriculture Scholar
ship Committee, announced the
Maryland State Grange will offer
five scholarships this year.
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ents who are enrolling in agricul
ture- or science-related courses at
a Community College in Mary
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students enrolling in agriculture at
the University of Maryland,
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program at the University of
Maryland Institute of Applied
Agriculture in 1994.
Deadline for applications is
April 1.
of soybeans are limited. He
encouraged those who were short
on forage (his winter to consider
Pea-Kal (Tritieak & Canadian
Peas) when starting Alfalfa. Fol
lowing Eric’s brief remarks an
excellent meal was provided by
Wegman’s Catering featuring
Brown’s fed turkey and roast beef.
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Myers said the Grange is al
ways interested in maintaining
quality education and is able to do
this by offering the agriculture
scholarship program.
For applications, contact C.
Rodman Myers, 15727 Smith
Road, Thurmont, MD 21788,
(301) 271-2104 or any of the fol
lowing committee members Paul
Stull, Frederick County, (301)
898-9345: Allen Stiles. Carroll
County, (301) 846-7100; Henry
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Walton Mason, Cecil County
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Washington County, (301)
733-2232; Kenneth Wisner. (301)
845-8450; Dave Miller. (301)
473-5199; or Betty Bures (301)
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