Researcher urges high grain feeding rates for dairy cows
Dr. Gilbert H. Porter, nutritionist for Beacon Milling, told Guernsey Breeders at Willow Street R2 Field Day that heavy grain rations with restricted forage can improve breeding and first lactation milk yields. He urged splitting an 18 pound daily grain allotment into at least three feedings and emphasized individual cow attention.
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Gilbert H. Porter
Beacon Milling Company
Cayuga, N.Y
Rohrer Witmer
Willow Street
Porter
Red Rose Dairy Herd Improvement Meeting and Guernsey Show
Farm Calendar notes a directors meeting of the Red Rose Dairy Herd Improvement Association at the Farm Bureau building on Dillerville Road August 27 at 8 pm. August 28 features the State Guernsey Cattle Show in Guernsey, continued on Page 4.
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The
Red Rose Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Farm Bureau
Dillerville Road
Guernsey
Hersey
Kiwanis Club Announces Lancaster 4-H Scholarships
Lancaster Kiwanis club will award $100 scholarships to two Lancaster County 4-H members next Tuesday. Roger Stoner and William Maule will receive the grants at a regular club meeting. Recipients must be freshmen in agriculture or home economics at Pennsylvania State University and chosen for all around 4-H participation.
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Lancaster County
Lancaster Kiwanis Club
John C Long
Agricultural Committee
Roger Stoner
William Maule
Pennsylvania State University
Senate passes stripped down farm legislation
The Senate voted 47 to 37 to approve a reduced farm bill limiting government holdings of feed grains. The measure, designed to extend existing supports, may allow the Secretary of Agriculture to set price supports from zero to parity, prompting potential Joint Committee action.
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Senate
US Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
Cornwall Jersey Farm Builds Huge New Silo
Edison W Osborne the Peach Bottom dairyman unveils a massive concrete stave silo 80 feet in diameter and 60 feet tall, expected to hold nearly four times the silage per foot of height of the old 16 foot diameter trench silo. A central natural chute through a 30 inch pipe simplifies unloading, with 123 head of registered Jerseys on the Osborne farm.
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Edison W. Osborne
Jersey
Peach Bottom
Osborne
L. F
Edison W Osborne
Peach Bottom Dairyman
Cornwall Farm
Osborne Homestead
Darvin Boyd Wins Third Grand Champion in 4-H Swine
Darvin Boyd, a 20 year old Delaware Valley College of Agriculture student from Ephrata RI, claimed his third grand championship in the County 4-H Swine round up. He led a pen of ten Yorkshires and placed high in showmanship, with his 59 pound champion sow crossing the scales at 220 pounds.
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Darvin Boyd
Delaware Valley College of Agriculture
Darvin
Elmer Boyd
Ephrata RI
Arle Anderson
Masonic Home Farms
Boyd
Ernest Weaver
Manheim Rd
Duroc
Ephrata High School
Hersey
Poland
Five Day Weather Forecast Summary
Five day outlook expects average lows around 62 and highs near 82. Warmer conditions peak Saturday and Sunday then cool later. Precipitation totals may reach 0.1 to 0.5 inches as showers or thunderstorms, with showers likely Sunday.
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Sanday
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Raymond H. Stoner
Richard Maule
Quarryville den Road
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Maule
Rai
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Cornwall Jersey Farm
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Pound
Berkshire
Barrow
David Hersey
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