Farmer describes silo feeding and cow comfort practices
Myer explains two bunker silos under roof storing grass and corn silage for feeding dairy cows. Cows pull down forage through a gate with no need to break silage. daily scraping and gate movement control flow. He notes improvements in hay quality reduce consumption, and a twelve-stall herringbone parlor milks two cows per minute. Poultrymen and pharmaceutical manufacturing observed at two other establishments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myer
William Myer
Lancaster County
Winthrop Merriam
Earl Hershey
Landisville
Myerstown
Rural leadership talk highlights changing goals and new opportunities
Dr. John urged continued study of rural life principles as urban contact and higher incomes reshape rural aims. At Myerstown Whitmeyer Laboratories showcased medicines and mineral seeds, while Hauer and Grimes detailed a 135 person poultry plant processing 40 000 head daily. Raymond Musselman demonstrated a 40 ton feed tank feeding 13 000 hens. A Chicken Barbecue lunch followed.
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John
Myerstown
Whitmeyer Laboratories
Hauer and Grimes
Raymond Musselman
Bethell
County Poultry Association
Hay Conditioning Boosts Hay Drying and Yield, Illinois Study
Illinois researchers show hay conditioning cuts curing time in half. Conditioned alfalfa dried from 75 percent to 16 percent moisture by next day, vs 30 percent for untreated. Conditioning aids second and third cuttings, and can save up to 10 percent more hay by reducing leaf loss and nutrient degradation.
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Alalfa
Illinois
Clip Poultry Range for Best Results in Feed
F H Leusner of Penn State extension poultry stresses clipped range yields succulent forage with top growth in the first two to three inches providing high feeding value for poultry. The note mentions farm machinery costs and traffic accidents reflecting broad farm issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Leusgner
Penn State Extension
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Southern Lancaster County Community Fair Association
American Legion Park
Quarryville
New Jersey
Brooklawn Farm
Kreider Aventue
Lancaster
Pennoll
Seneca
Hudson
Wong
MT. Joy
Charles B. Hoober
Errehmane Was
Manvareah
Niagara
Niagara Chemical Division
Local
Niagara Distributors
N. G. Hershey
Clem Heaber
New Holland
Big
Zeeland, Michiga
Kuipers Bros., Inc
Zartman’s Roller Mills
E. F. Zartman
Prop
Lititz
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