Pennsylvanian Livestock Market News Expands Auctions
Starting January 1, four more auctions join the market news program expanding coverage from Lancaster County to Mason-Dixon Auction Stewartstown York Thomasville Silver Springs Mechanicsburg and Lebanon Valley Fredericksburg. The update notes prior reporting focused on two Lancaster auctions. Also included are performance records for two Holstein cows Revar Inez Pabst and Supreme Joan with milk and butterfat yields.
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Stewartstown
York
Thomasville
Silver Springs
Mech
Lancaster County
Lancaster Tormal
S Department of Agriculture
Revar Inez Pabst
Glenalcamp
Supreme Joan
Early cut hay boosts milk yield per cow say Penn State researchers
Researchers at Penn State report that cows fed hay cut early and highly digestible produce more milk and use less forage per day. Kesler and Moore find mixed alfalfa Timothy clover hay yields 59 pounds more milk than orchard grass alone, with early harvest improving overall feed quality and season yield.
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Pennsylvania State University
Earl M. Kesler
Agricultural Experiment Station
Penn State
Kesler
Sidney Lords
Pennsylvania
Spark plug test at Biglerville tractor clinic boosts power
In a Biglerville tractor clinic 19 farmers tested spark plugs and found worn plugs waste fuel and reduce power. One tractor nearly doubled horsepower with new plugs and fuel economy rose about 20 percent. overall averages show 91 percent horsepower gain and 96 percent fuel efficiency improvement.
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Biglerville
Pennsylvania
United States
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Harrisburg
John L. Rainey
Bureau of Markets
State Department of Agriculture
Anicsburg
Lebanon Valley, Fredericksburg
T Lincoln
Dresses Welding Supply, Inc
Columbia Ave
Lincoln Hwy. West
Lancaster, PA
Florin
Mit
Wolgemuth Bros., Inc
Florin, Penna
Eby’s Mill
Lititz
L. J. Denlinger Co
Paradise
Hempfield Mills
East Petersburg
FARM
Ortho Bigas Unipel
Smoketown
McCulloch
Landis Bros., Inc
Manheim Pike
Ivan M. Martin, Inc
Blue Ball
New Holland Elgin
Terre Hill Hillcrest
Gap Hickory
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