Top Crawford DHIA Cows By Protein For June The cows that finished protein records ofBoo or more pounds in June in Crawford DHIA are listed as follows: OWNER - COW'S NAME VEL+RUS HOLSTEINS HIRACL BOOTSI AMANDA LEEZA WIL-AIRE FARM HANNAH SBBAST GRUB CHTIE WANDA SWINGE ALRIGHT FARMS DAWN CANDI FRUIT JAMES + JANET HUNTER QUE SPECIE FIFI CARMEN KARI ARIEL BEA QUINCY RYND HOME FARMS MEGAN CHIVAS BRIGHT BONITA FATE RONALD KALINOWSKI GUS JESS TONI BAMBO GREENE ACRES ALIE Forages For Profit m Tired of the way rye heads out and loses its quality so fast in spring? Would you like to have a rye that becomes denser and leafier after cutting/grazing instead of becoming stemmy? Would you like to have a ryelage that tests 26% protein with RFV of 175? (200 RFV at grazing height.) Try Barenbrug Green Spirit Italian Ryegrass blend! Also works great no tilled into Alfalfa fields in ✓ Extremely high feed value (RFV as high as 200!) ✓ Higher feed-value and better payability will increase animal performance ✓ Higher dry matter yields per acre ✓ Later maturity, makes less seed-heads - Appfl 18 May 19 5350 , .jjji l r l^jii^ : '|aa#ercent W, ;’ S? SEliS pert *"! 2350 3?00 ftoO percent Tritlcale : GreenSplrit Marshall Tritlcale Performance of annual and Italian ryegrass varieties for yield in Keedysville, MD 1998 Yields in pounds of dry matter per acre. Also Available: BG 34 Ryegrass, Baralfa 54 & 32-IQ Alfalfa, Red & Alice White Clover, Chicory, Bromes, Timothy, Reeds Canary, Fescue, Horsemaster, Orchardgrass, Kemal Festululolium, Mega Green Sudangrass, Hi Protein, Corn Brassicas, Forage Soybeans, Oats, Ttiticale, Cereal Rye, Blends for Intensive Grazing and more. Little Britain Landis Weaver 717-529-2609 Ephrata Carl Martin 717-733-7155 MILK 37,023 31,698 27,482 24,772 4 8 3 7 4.1 3 8 1783 1167 1125 935 33,141 29,069 32,290 27,025 25,267 26,600 37,167 28,461 24,748 3 4 4 5 3.7 1276 1293 911 33,086 32,054 29,135 29,355 26,025 27,865 26,581 26,440 29,072 26,611 24,372 26,142 23,404 1063 1086 1069 1060 788 31,381 31,864 33,243 25 903 3 7 3 0 3.2 3 9 1165 955 1063 1019 33,227 1072 Do You Need Emergency Fe»ed? As a Cover crop, Green Spirit Italian Ryegrass blend from Barenbrug has yielded more and higher quality forage than Rye and Triticale, in trials in PA and MD 2600 2775 2300 2700 1600 , >250 AARON M. KING SEEDS Fairview Fruit Farm, 96 Paradise Lane, Ronks, PA 717-687-6224 INFIELD BROTHERS SUE CONNIE JEFFREY RANEY SUGAR JOLENE WEST BRANCH HOLSTEIN 115 5002 416 2738 96 PRC TBIK 1146 1072 845 815 3 1 3 4 3 1 3.3 9529 HART FARM RICHARD S SANDY BYHAM KATIE BRIN MORRELL FARMS ROXET AMITY SAM HBAGY 71 1097 1004 836 3.0 3 5 3 4 1046 974 877 858 826 3.3 3 0 2 8 3 1 1020 962 943 810 Year Of 4-H And Sheep Where are the sheep? Right here in Montgomery County, Maryland at the 51st Agricultural Fair! 1006 Pam Zier of the Maryland fall for very high quality balage or hay next spring. Does not head out till approx. 2-3 weeks later than orchardgrass with much higher quality. Can also be mixed with oats, rye or Triticale etc. 1 BU to 25 lbs. Green Spirit. Under ideal conditions Ryegrass can be grazed in 6 weeks. Seed ryegrass at 35-45 lbs. an acre, from Aug. until mid-Oct. in Lancaster Co. PA. E. Drumore Seeds Henry King 29,107 23,660 30,178 25,381 29,473 32.179 26,282 28,223 25.180 25,161 32,939 25,569 30,463 23,666 26,596 27,905 29,381 .4<*r 'Hvf - Also available from - Blue Ball Bio Farm Service 717-445-4794 1155 935 1065 855 1220 1050 1028 1038 1040 1060 Sheep Producers will be sharing her best lamb recipes in a two hour demonstration starting at noon on Friday, Aug. 20. Nutri j don and food safety information will be presented. Don’t miss ✓ Builds more organic matter, thus higher yields of crops to follow ✓ Roots are finer and denser making it plow better in the spring ✓ Superior regrowth after cutting or grazing ✓ When planted early can be grazed the same fall after planting I*ADF NOF RFV TON NEL Ryegpastf'lM&’toll 33.0 16.7” 34.2 207 83.7 88 tall 18.2 25.8 47.1 136 73.6 76 Rye : 12lrtai tall 22.4 21.6 47.5 141 69.5 72 Rye 30 Irtfh tali 17.0 31.0 54.0 122 67.0 69 Feed value of Rye versus Ryegrass, on-farm trial Lancaster County, PA. In this trial the Green Spirit yielded 4500 pounds of dry-matter versus 2900 pounds of Rye. This was achieved by grazing it three times: early December and twice in April. Lane. County Composters 717-293-9701 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 31, 1999-A35 ALAN & RHONA CUSTEAD GRACIB BOBBY JBSICA MCLAUGHLIN FARM 27 DONALD L HOLSTEN RUTHIB MIKE RABOLD LORI NICKERSON FARM 2 1236 GERALD R DONOVAN CARLEN RON i DON CLOSKY BECKY PRIDE DAN E MILLER SUPER STANHOPE FARMS 428 JAMBS R DAVIS VICTOR 4-H Alumni will present de monstrations between 1 p.m.-5 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 15, in the 4-H demonstration area between the 4-H and Home Arts buildings. Current 4-H members will give 4-H demonstrations from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, Aug. 16. and from noon to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 18 and Thursday, Aug. 19. For information about these and other fair week demonstrations, contact the Montgomery County Cooperative Extension Service, at (301) 590-9638. More and more research proves the added value of annual or Italian ryegrass over small grains. Research being done by Don Schwarz in Keedysville, Maryland shows the advantage of annual and Italian ryegrass over Triticale. Quality The quality of ryegrass is better than any small grain. It shows that 30 inch tall Green Spirit has a higher quality (TDN and NEL) than 30 inch tall rye. Centre Co. John Click 814-383-4529 Berks Co. Paul Keller 610-589-2614 3 2 3 5 3 5 27,251 27,070 23,960 24,567 1038 24,113 1172 27,710 25,706 1055 22,709 1030 23,108 24,924 26,220 28,262 23,648 these tasty demonstrations! 3 3 3 3 3 4 878 950 832 895 890 830