Farming, Saturday, May 27, 1995 MfrUncaster DAIRY TIPS DR. RANDY LYLE, Ph.D. Growing and harvesting high quality forages is both an art and a science, with a little bit of good luck thrown in. Weather and soil type are dictated to us, but we can manage seed varieties, maturity at harvest, and silo/bunker conditions. How forages are fed to cows is also under our control. Some areas requiring attention are: * Corn silage variety - some seed companies are continually evaluating digestibility of their varie ties. this can help producers better select which variety of corn to plant to maximize animal per formance. Ask for digestibility information when selecting seed. * Stage of maturity at chopping - Immature for ages have higher digestibility than mature forag es. corn silage will have highest digestibility Paradise, PA 17562 717-442-4183 1-800-635-3592 Umonville, PA 19375 610-347-2377 EDDIE MORAN R D #1 Box 320 Jeffersonville, NY 12748 914-482-4199 UMBERGER’S MILL R D #4 - Box #545 Lebanon, PA 17042 717-867-5161 FRANKLIN FEED & SUPPLY 1977 Philadelphia Ave Chambersburg, PA 717-264-6148 BEDFORD FARM BUREAU Bedford, PA 814-623-6194 Everett. PA 814-652-2313 New Enterprise, PA 814-766-3328 Warriors Mark, PA 814-632-6834 OLEY VALLEY FEED RD2 - Box 271 A Oley, PA 610-987-3568 Purina Mills Dairy Consultant Managing Forage Quality For Dairy Cows Contact your Purina representative for further evaluation of your situation. BY K & K FEED, INC. 23 N. Park Street Richland, PA 17087 717-866-2324 ANTHONY’S FEED MILL P.O Box 212 Slrausstown, PA 19559 610-488-6211 FARMER’S UNION CO-OP 30 East Walters Avenue Greencastle, PA 17225 717-597-3191 DETRICH ELEVATOR, INC. 5458 Cedar St. Williamson, PA 17270 717-369-3724 STEVENS FEED MILL Stevens, PA 717-336-2150 GERMANSVILLE FEED & FARM SUPPLY, INC. 17130 Bake Oven Rd. Germansville, PA 18053 610-767-9650 WOODSTOWN ICE & COAL CO., INC. 50 East Grant Street Woodstown, NJ 08098 609-769-0069 when cut BEFORE kernels get hard and dry (chop corn silage BEFORE formation of the black layer). It is better to have some seepage from the silo than to have corn kernels passing through the animal undigested. * Bunker silo management - cover silage with plastic and weigh down tires to prevent air infil tration. Manage the face (surface) of the silage mass - if it is well packed, silage can be scrapped.off the face, with minimal silage falling to the ground, piling up and spoiling. * Innoculants - addition of lactic acid bacteria to silage can speed the rate of acid production during the Initial stages of fermentation. Silage quality will subsequently be improved. Ask your Purina Dealer for information on Purina Mills MAXI-SIL SILAGE INNOCULANT FARM CREST FEEDS Lltltz, PA 717-626-0331 800-432-3040 KREIDER’S MILL, INC. P.O. Box 146 Loysville, PA 17047 717-789-3535 1-HECK B ■OAlin 239 W MairrSt. Knoxville, PA 16928 814-326-4178 HIGH BROS. MILL 441 Centerville Road Gordonville, PA 17529 717-35*0301 H.C. SUMMERS, INC. 4002 Jefferson Pike Jefferson, MO 301-473-8300 WELLCO FEED RR 2. Box 1-A Wyaluslng, PA 18853 1-800-326-9651 717-746-3442 NORTH GLADE FEED & SUPPLY 12435-AWoodstxxo Pike R D BOWMAN & SONS, INC. Keymar, MD 21757 Englarßd. 301 -898*3414 Westminster, MD 21157 WILLIAM GOWER & SON MARTIN’S FEED & FERTILIZER, INC. Coburn. PA 16832 814-349-8787 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 610-286-9029 BROOKLAND MILLS, INC. McVeytown. PA 17051 717-899-8772 J.B. FEEDS Berrysburg, PA 17005 717-362-CHOW Rt. 1, Box 50 Williamsport, MD 21795 301-582-2818 MELVIN WHEELER Moscow, PA 18444 717-842-8271
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