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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1961
Page
5
A USDA ARS report shows plastic and synthetic covers on silos cut dry matter loss vs unsealed bunkers. Visible spoilage was minimal, with sealed silos losing 21.3 percent versus 46.9 percent in unsealed. Sealed feed produced more milk and less weight loss in dairy cattle.
From page 3 last week 520 head yarding and moderate trading. Spring lambs 100 lower with Choice and Prime 50 to 80 lb slaughter lambs at 21.50 to 23.00 per cwt. Good and Choice 19.00 to 21.50. A hundred head string chose 50 lb feeder lambs at 15.00 per cwt.
Vintage page notes sheep and lamb lots with weights from 98 to 280 pounds. Slaughter lambs show price ranges around 19 to 1 per unit and mentions spring slaughter lambs and wood and choice quality factors.
Slaughter heifers 50 to 100 lower. utility cows weak to 50 lower. commercial cows low to 25 higher. Prime loads 1200-1330 lb steers 25 50 to 26 00. 1250-1325 lb loads 25 25. Prime and mixed 1050-1400 lb steers 23 00 to 25 25. bulls 22 00 to 23 50. Cows 15 75-17 50. bulls 17 50-20 50. Feeding steers 750-1025 lb 22 00. stock steers 21 25.
Dairy advisor Joe Taylor warns that changing from winter feeding to pasture can trigger mastitis. He recommends feeding hay and grain before cows move to pasture, limiting grazing to about 20 minutes per day during the season.
Weyhill Chief Mistess a registered Holstein sow owned by Vernon Rumble in Glen produced 17 732 pounds of milk and 667 pounds of butterfat in 348 days with twice daily feeding as a six year old.
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