D4-Lancattar Farming, Saturday, October 10,1998
Study Shows Baleage Breakthrough
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) The average weight gain
among yearling beef heifers fed
sliced silage bales is 23 percent
more than those fed unsliced
silage bales, according to a study
conducted by the Department of
Dairy and Animal Science at
Penn State University. The two
month trial included two types
of feeders and two feed access
times.
The feeding trials were con
ducted at Penn State’s Beef
Beef
Honors At Wayne Fair
HONESDALE (Wayne Co.)
The 1998 4-H beef breeding show
was Thursday, Aug. 13. Judge was
Larry Weaver, New Holland.
The show had representatives
from the Simmental and Scotch
Highland beef breeds. The grand
champion Simmental was Char-
Meg-Acies Patsy shown by Char
les Megivem. The grand champ
ion Scotch Highlander was Steene
Hill Daisey shown by James Han
non.
Following is a list of show plac
ings.
WAYNE COUNTY FAIR
BEEF SHOW RESULTS
■REEDS
SIMMENTAL
CLASS 514 JUNIOR HEIFER CALVES: 1.
Chariaa Maglvam. 2. Chariaa Maglvam. 3.
CharlM Maglvam.
CLASS SIS SENIOR HEFER CALVES;
1. Chariaa Maglvam. 2. Luka Maglvam.
CLASS Sl7 JUNIOR YEARLING HEF
ER: 1. Charlaa Maglvam. 2. Luka Maglvam.
JUNIOR CHAMPION FEMALE • Chariaa
M resehve JUNIOR CHAMPION FE
MALE - Chariaa Maglvam.
CLASS 521 2-YEAR-OLD HEIFER: 1.
Chariaa Maglvam. 2. Luka Rogara. 3. Luka
Maglvam.
SENIOR CHAMPION FEMALE - Chariaa
Maglvam.
RESERVE SENIOR CHAMPION FE
MALE - Chariaa Maglvam.
CLASS 524 COW SHOWN WITH CALF:
1. Chariaa Maglvam. 2. Chariaa Maglvam. 3.
Chariaa Maglvam.
SCOTCH HIGHLAND
CLASS 71S SENIOR HEIFER CALVES:
1. Jay JanUrw.
CLASS 716 SUMMER YEARLING HEIF
ER; 1. Jama* Bannon, 2. Kurt Jankm, 3.
Mick Jankini.
JUNIOR CHAMPION FEMALE - Jama*
Bannon.
RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION FE
MALE - Kurt Jankina.
CLASS 721 2-YEAR-OLD HEIFER: 1. Ra
nea Bannon.
SENIOR CHAMPION FEMALE - Ranea
Bannon.
Annual
Dinner
EBENSBURG (Cambria Co.)
The 83rd annual meeting and
dinner of the Cambria County Co
operative Extension Association
will be Wednesday, Oct. 21 at
6:30 p.m. at the Quinn Center
Church Hall at St John Vianney
Church, Johnstown.
This year Dr. Harold Ott direc
tor of die south central region, will
discuss the Bosnia Project Harold
was part of a team of five Cram the
city of Johnstown in a sister city
exchange with Brcho, Bosnia.
The annual meeting will also
include recognition of 4-H lead
ers, election of members to the
county extension board, and pre
sentation of the 1998 report of co
operative extension. Again this
year the report will be in the form
of a calendar for the coming year.
Make reservations by sending
your name, address, phone num
ber, and $9 per person to Coopera
tive Extension, P.O. Box 390,
Ebensburg, PA 15931. Registra
tion deadline is Oct 14.
Call (814) 472-7986.
Cattle Research Center by
Harold Harpster, Ph.D., and his
staff, who evaluated the growtft
and performance of yearling
heifers offered round bale silage
in both sliced and unsliced bales
produced by New Holland round
balers.
The sliced bales were baled
with the Bale-Slice™ feature
engaged. This feature, exclusive
to New Holland’s Roll-Belt™
Model 644 Silage Special, slices
the bale as it is being rolled
Winners Receive
CharlM Megivem 111, right. Pleasant Mount, and a mem
ber of the Pleasant Mount Go-Getters 4-H Club, exhibited
the Junior and reserve Junior champions, the senior and re
serve senior champions and the grand and reserve grand
champion Simmental femates at the Wayne County Fair
Junior Beef Breeding Show. Jodi Stephens, left, helps to
exhibit one of Charlie’s champions. Also shown Is Larry
Weaver. Judge of the show.
James Bannon, light, Waymart, exhibited the grand
champion Scotch Highland female at the recent Wayne
County Fair Junior Beef Breeding Show. Kurt Jenkins,
Waymart, and a member of the Creamton Area 4-H Club,
exhibited the reserve grand champion Scotch Highland fe-
crossl
cent Wayne County Fair Junior Market Steer Show. Nick
Nebzydoskl, left, Pleasant Mount, and a member of the
Pleasant Mount GO-Getters 4-H Club, exhibited his
1.330-pound Angus steer to the reserve grand champion
banner award. Larry Weaver, right, New Holland, was
Judge.
inside the bale chamber.
The baler makes bales 4-foot
in width and up to 5-feet in
diameter. Up to seven knives
rotate into the bale after the
core is formed and retract just
before the bale reaches its full
size. The sliced bale is then
secured with twine or net wrap.
“The study shows an overall
significantly higher rate of gain
in those heifers fed bale sliced
forages," said Harpster. “The
intake data combined with our
feeding behavior data shows the
animals are able to access the
material in sliced bales and con
sume higher levels of dry matter
per day. In terms of what this
means to the average producer,
the benefits are a higher rate of
weight gain as well as a denser
package when the bale is sliced
versus unsliced.”
Because of the smaller parti
cle size, the sliced bales, accord
ing to the Penn State study,
were 14 percent denser than
unsliced bales although the slic
ing action permits easier access
and higher intakes by cattle.
The Penn State team found that
sliced bales weigh 14 percent
more than bales produced by the
same baler with the Bale-Slice™
feature disengaged.
Heavier bales translate into
more crop per bale and fewer
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bales per field. This means less
twine and net wrap is used,
there are fewer bales to trans
port and store, and less fuel is
consumed in harvesting and
transporting the bales.
Additionally, less crop was wast
ed because the heifers were able
to consume more of the bale.
An additional benefit of sliced
bales is their ease of handling in
a Total Mixed Ration (TMR) sys
tem. “As we handled the bales
after the netting was removed,”
says Dr. Harpster, “they literally
fell apart. They’ll work much
easier in a TMR system.”
At the start of the study, the
heifers averaged 966 pounds.
Over the entire two-month trial,
those fed sliced bales gained an
average of 2.2 pounds per day,
compared to 1.79 pounds per
day in the group fed unsliced
bales.
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