Era NewmarketAurora Dec Farm Report By Al Wall ITS THAT TIME AGAIN TIME FOR Agricultural Representative for York County Everyone I talk to these days has the same story on hay This years crop just doesnt get the produc tion from cows that we expect have heard many times that herd production took a good stepup when a silo was opened ami part of the hay was replaced with com silage This isnt normal because hay usually makes milk just as well a corn Its logical to think that the nutrient value of the hay is away off this year Its down alright but from tests I have seen not enough to nearly account for the drop in production Protein content has been ranging from eight to ten percent compared with a normal of around twelve I was on one farm last week where the owner commented that his cows stood and looked at the hay for two or three hours after they were fed and then ate part of it when they realized they werent going to get anything better I think his observation gets close to the real reason for cows not milking well Payability is very important in the basic part of the ration The York Count Milk Committee is concerned with this problem After the first of February- with the quota in effect producers who fall below ninety percent of their quota for two months will have their quota reduced m Quota cuts could happen on many farms in York not through any fault in management but due to excessive rain last summer and its effect on the feeding value of the hay The committee is considering a request to the Marketing Board to hold off on any quota cuts until the first of Mav The presentation will carry a lot more weight if the committee has accurate infor mation from producers on the amount of the produc tion drop A has been sent out to all producers and I think it is well worth answering- And the best wish I can think of for 1968 is that we get just our usual 28 inches of rain and snow and not a repeat of the soaking we got in 1967 6TH ANNUAL GM EXECUTIVE i i l i wo that wore vp ourselves In The Garden By John Bradshaw Vegetable Gardeners Please Take Heed Ive already received two of the seed catalogues and more will be flooding in dur ing the next three weeks Its always difficult for the be ginner to gardening to learn how to read a seed catalogue He must learn to dig out of the fancy language of the ca talogue writer the things he wants to know He doesnt have so much difficulty with flowers since most of the annuals biennials and perennials listed have little commercial value For this reason the descriptions are written with the home gardener in mind Not so In the vegetable sec tion Here the catalogues are often written with both the truck gardener and the ama teur in mind Since commercial growers represent the biggest part of the business many catalogues emphasize the varieties they want These are described as maturing uniform ma turing good shippers or firm and solid All of these things are of no interest to the home gardener although he may want to 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