RS OF RESEARCH
Provides
EDS & BETTER FEED
Herd Expands
rose and produc-
tion per cow
increased imme
diately; all this
while I was
expanding the
milking herd size."
Hoover lists
several benefits of
the specially select
ed hybrid for corn
silage that he
plants:
l r.
• Hefty ears similar to a good
gram corn,
• Stays green and dries down
evenly with solid ears.
j' l '?
n were on the right
*ys England. "Cargill has
6 guesswork out or maxi
our corn silage feeding
land, who milks 250 cows
F s 930 acres, grows about
5 of corn for silage. Other
dude: 350 acres com for
0 acres alfalfa for hay, 200
'Deans and 40 acres barley.
e been interested in
ag our feeding program
e time,' says England. "I
®e corn silage portion of
10n is now top-notch,
0 Cargill's excellent forage
,r ogram."
• Packs well in the Trench
(bunker) silo.
• Complements
program.
"We use labor-intensive, older
facilities because we rent the farm
and buildings," he explains. "Our
feed program includes baled hay,
baglage (long-stemmed haylage in
bagged big round bales) and grain
mixture."
"We feed from a trench silo,"
he says. "Corn silage fits our situa
tion very well. This Cargill concept
is the best thing that every hap
pened to com silage."
CENTRAL & WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA and
MARYLAND DEALERS
Andgrow Fertilizer Floyd Fuller
East Berlin, Gettysburg, Millerton, PA
Carlisle, Seven Valleys and Gaar Farm & Home
Culbertson, PA Brookville, PA
Agronomy Center Gordon Snyder Feed
Thompsontown, PA Brodbeck, PA
. R *y Ard rw, Hlnleh Feed &
Lewisburg, PA Farm supply
Dave Batletig Everett, PA
Selocta, PA Bruno Holnalder
Belleville Flour Mill Latrobe, PA
Belleville, PA Cheater Horst
Jim Beyer Greencastle, PA
Upperco, MD Ruse Judy
Gerald Burket Spring Mills, PA
Martinsburg John K|rk
BIN Buttermore warfordsburg, PA
Mt. Pleasant Woody Kyper
Ed Byera Huntingdon, PA
Enon Valley Wayne UMont
Ken Deltch Mansfield, PA
Bolling Springs, PA Ferman 1.,*,,
Fabln Bros. Farms Boiling Springs. PA
Indiana, PA Da | a Lehman
Louis Fischer Chambersburg, PA
Sykosville, MD Dave Martin
John Forry Bellefonte, PA
Hanover. PA McGee & Smith
“As soon as we started feeding it"
Cows Ate Better and
Milk Production Increased
"As soon as we started feeding
the silage grown from the com
hybrids recommended for our farm,
we noticed the cows started eating
better and our milk >ductl
cow went up by 4-5
day," says Jake Tanis,
Pa., dairy producer (;
with son Adam).
Tanis is referring
cifically selected for
traits. He chose thv
from the.innovative coi
silage Menu froi
Cargill Hybrid Seeds.
When Tanis fir!
heard about the Cargil
Menu, he said it sounr
ed promising, but hi
wasn't sure it could bi
as good as advertised.
"We planted 2-
acres in what turned
out to be a bad year,
but we got great
silage," says Tanis.
"The Cargill corn was
superior to anything
else I planted for
silage. I couldn't
believe the vigorous
size and strength of thi
large, consistent ears v
suggested for my farm."
Production Improvement
Silage from other hybrids came
out of Tanis' silo first. As soon as he
hit the Cargill com he noticed a dif
ference in production of 4-5 lbs. per
cow per day.
Tanis, who farms with his wife,
Sally, and son, has a milking herd of
100 Holsteins, all registered and on
DHI test. In the purebred evaluations
they have 20 cows rated excellent, 46
very good, 28 good plus. The herd
has a Breed Age Average ranking of
109.
27,800 lbs. Per Cow
feed
the
With a soiling herd average of
27,800 lbs. per cow per year, 1,050 lbs.
fat and 900 lbs. protein, Tanis believes
that every increase in production is a
bonus.
Brian McMullen
Ashvllle, PA
Sam Muaaar
Shippensburg, PA
Reifsnlder Vet Supply
Keymar, MD
Ritter Feeda
Paxtonville, PA
Someraet Barn
Equipment
Somerset, PA
Shade Gap Farm
Supply
Shade Gap, PA
Tom Stouffer
Mercersburg, PA
Tharpa & Green Mill
Cnurchvllie, MD
Roy Umbel
Priondsville, MD
Wlndrldge Farms
Germantown, MO
Keith Zecher
Jefferson, MD
Allan Williams
Greensburg
Wally & Fred Yoder
Belleville, PA
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
And NEW JERSEY
DEALERS:
Frank Insinga David Nolt
Lacyville, PA Annville, PA
Kintner Milling Co. Inc. Melvin Nolt
S. Montrose, PA Richland, PA
L&K Mills, Inc. Nolt’s Mill Inc.
Benton, PA Witmer, PA
Paul Kline Robert Pfleegor
Lititz, PA Milton, PA
Robert Krelder Reynold Reinert
Quarryvllle, PA Fogelsville, PA
Locust Brook Ag. Center Wilmer Rush
Manheim, PA Perkasie, PA
William MacCauley Melvin Shertzer
Atglen, PA Millersville, PA
Ray Matter Chester Solty’s
Millersburg, PA . Spring City, PA
Adams Bros.
Shoemakersvnle, PA
Anthony’s Feed Mill
Strausstown, PA
Henry Barley
Lancaster, PA
Homer Bell
Lebanon, PA
Braund Valley Farms
Troy, PA
M. Brubaker
Mount Joy, PA
Carglll/Marletta
Marietta, PA
Ronald Carty
Columbus, NJ
Dennis Cunfer
Lehighton, PA
Fred Frey
Quarryville, PA
J. Martin Groff
Ephrata, PA
Jeffrey Hart
Forksville, PA
Besides silage, the cows are fed a
total mixed ration (TMR) twice daily.
It includes haylage, roasted soybeans,
distillers grains, energy booster (a fat
'od “ nd
.dg< tylage .ipo.,
ents in the herd's total diet and
they're essential to good production.
"Dry matter intake means every
thing in making milk profitably," he
points out. "We're very fussy about
our feed. That's why we Uke the
hybrids recommended in the Cargill
com silage Menu for our area. This
Cargill program is a lot better than 1
thought it would be. It really made
me a believer."
Field of Dreams
This year Tanis has a field of
Cargill hybrids along the road by the
entrance to his "Ideal Holsteins" farm
driveway. "It looks so good that eve
rybody I bought seed from claims it,"
he reports. "But if you look on the
Cargill com silage Menu, that's one
of the hybrids recommended for my
farm. It's as good as promised."
Miller Equipment Co. ... x . . .
Bechteisviiie, pa For information, contact
your local Cargill
Hybrid Seeds dealer
HVRRin or call 1-800-634-8941.
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