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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1983
Page
3
Gardner Charles Marson urges readers to embrace homegrown produce for flavor and health. He shares tips on containers, new All-America varieties, and practical care from fertilization to thinning, plus anecdotes from his 16 year TV run and Bicentennial Gardens work.
Franklin County Agricultural Agent Bob Bozworth told members at Celebration Hall that local DHIAs dairy production fell this year due to poorer hay and forage quality from wet weather and bale deterioration. He linked energy content and management to output and urged hay protein checks,60% concentrate use, udder care, and mastitis prevention.
Kansas State scientist George Ward stresses dry cow nutrition to prevent calving problems, with a 44 to 60 day dry period. He warns against high calcium intake, excessive weight gain, and alfalfa hay, advising gradual ration changes and 10 pounds of grain pre calving to prepare rumen microbes. Metabolic diseases may limit milk production or kill cows if not managed.
Area DHIAs Joint Meeting with Ed Call of Kansas State University covered acidosis prevention using sodium bicarbonate substitutes, proper protein in total ration, and including hay and silage. Call reviewed DHIA measures noting a 408 day state calving interval and 85 days open time, recommending breeding at first heat after 40 days post calving. Discussed insemination steps, semen handling, and use of Latalyse Extramate prostaglandin and Cystorelin to aid breeding and reduce intervals.
Ed Call of Kansas State University outlined forthcoming protein testing upgrades at the joint Franklin-Douglas meeting. A new rapid machine will cut data turnaround from 10 to 8 days once Kansas DHIA installs about $60,000 in computers and recording gear. He noted 47 percent of Kansas dairy herds are on test, with greater income for test cows and calls for better cow identification and feeding programs to boost production.
A Franklin Douglas and Franklin Dairy Herd Improvement Association meeting awarded high production certificates to several area farms. Morrison Dairy Eldon and Bob Morrison Spring Hill Beighs Brothers Gardener CHO Dairy Charles and Chip Hornberger Baldwin Jamison Dairy Melvin Jamison and Sons Ottawa RFD 4 also honored as DHIA Super Cows. John Coen Ottawa RFD 3 and Everett Wray Ottawa RFD 4 elected to board. Coen and Sundstrom Ottawa RFD 4 named delegates to state DHIA convention with Jamison and Dunham as alternates.
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