Farming, Saturday, August 13 1994
H
DAIRY TIF3
PR. RANDY LYLE, Fh.D.
Are you raising high quality replace
ment heifers? Producers should incor
porate these practices and guidelines into
their herd replacement programs:
Force-feed high quality colostrum to
calves immediately after birth. Feed no
hay or forages for the first two months
of life. Provide calves water, even when
milk is being fed.
2. Follow a Purina heifer program that
will provide growth rates of 1.8 pounds
per day. Heifers will calve by 24
months of age, at 54 inch wither
heights, weighing 1200 lbs AFTER
calving.
LEY VALLEY FEED WARRIOR S MARK FEED CENTER NORTH GLADE FEED & SUPPLY M.G. HENNINGER & SON, INC.
RD2 - Box 271 A P.0.80x #l3O 12435-AWoodsboroPike Berrysburg, PA 17005
Oley, PA Warriors Mark, PA 16877 Keymar, MO 21757 717-362-3333
215-987-3568 814-632-5490 301-898-3414
Paradise, PA 17562
717-442-4183
717-768-3301
Umonville, PA 19375
215-347-2377
EDDIE MORAN
R.D. #1 Box 320
Jeffersonville, N Y 12748
914-482-4199
UMBERGER’S MILL
R D. #4 - Box #545
Lebanon, PA 17042
717-867-516
FRANKLIN FEED &
SUPPLY
1977 Philadelphia Ave.
Chambersburg, PA
717-264-6148
TRICHE LEVATOR, INC. the OXFORD GRAIN & HAY CO.
uu.i£fml£®da ?707n 1212 Railroad Ave.
W 71? Oxford, PA19363
717-368-3724 215-932-8521
WELLCO FEED
RR 2 Rnv 1-A
w,«us.»a. PA 10.53 . R D BOWMAN & SONS, INC.
717-746-3442 .301-848-3733
* Trademark of Ralston Purina Company PURINA MILLS. INC. Feeds designed with you in mind.
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Purina Mills Dairy Consultant
CALVES AND HEIFERS
Contact your Purina representative for further
evaluation of your situation.
WOODSTOWN ICE & COAL CO., INC. FARM CREST FEEDS
50 East Grant Street Lititz, PA
Woodstown, NJ 08098 717-626-0331
609-769-0069 800-432-3040
K & K FEED, INC.
ANTHONY’S FEED MILL
P.O. Box 212
Strausstown, PA 19559
215-488-6211
FARMER’S UNION CO-OP
30 East Walters Avenue
Greencastle, PA 17225
717-597-3191
BEDFORD FARM BUREAU
Bedford, PA 814-623-6194
Everett, PA 814-652-2313
New Enterprise, PA
814-766-3328
23 N. Park Street
Richland, PA 17087
717-866-2324
Evaluate whether your first lactation
heifers are “keeping up” with older cows.
DHIA records are a valuable tool to allow
evaluation. Peak milk production of
first, second, and third + lactation ani
mals is one measure to watch. Also
evaluate 305-day M.E. (mature equival
ent) of all age groups. Persistency of
heifers should be higher than that of
COWS.
Heifers that calve at low body weight and
small frame size will not “keep up” with old
er cows. Milk production across the herd
will be reduced, along with efficiency of pro
duction and profitability.
KREIDER’S MILL, INC.
P.O. Box 146
Loysville, PA 17047
717-789-3535
l-HECK R ■DA»n
239 W. Main St.
Knoxville. PA 16928
814-326-4178
HIGH BROS. MILL
441 Centerville Road
Gordonville, PA 17529
717-354-0301
H.C. SUMMERS, INC.
4002 Jefferson Pike
Jefferson, MD
301-473-8300
WILLIAM GOWER & SON
Rt. 1, Box 50
Williamsport, MD 21795
301-^B2-2818
MARTIN’S FEED & FERTILIZER, INC.
Coburn, PA 16832
814-349-8787
BROOKLANO MILLS, INC.
McVeytown, PA 17051
717-899-6772
MELVIN WHEELER
Moscow, PA 18444
717-842-8271
DRAFT FEED & SUPPLY
Jon Almarode
PO Box 621, Rt. 340
Sturarts Draft, VA 24477
703-337-0408
NISSLEY FEED CENTER
Mill Rd„ Box 377
Morgantown, PA 19543
215-286-9029