Milford chronicle., 1963-07-12
probably should.

An accident or emergency can
happen any time. The sad thing
is that most deaths and injuries
could have been prevented If only
the people involved had thought
ahead and taken a few simple
precautions.
This goes for all sorts of emer-
gencies falls, burns, poison
ings, electrical accidents, and
natural or nuclear disaster. Dis
asters of any sort provide all the
usual hazards and add a few of
their own. This would be
especially true in case Of an
enemy attack on this country.
Since no one can predict when,
where, or even II, disaster will
strike, the only protection is to
be prepared for all possibilities.
Find the safest place In or around
your home, add as much extra
protection as you can, and stock
pile 1t with enough food, water and
other supplies to last at least
two weeks.
Storage cellars for root veg
etables and other produce give
excellent shelter against wind
storms and radioactive fallout.
II you have a bulk feed bin In
your barn, the area under or
beside 1t may offer relatively high
protection.
Farm Safety Week Is a re-
minder to be prepared for emer-
gencies Of all kinds.
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Did you know that Delaware was
the first state in the Northeastern
United States to place all its
DHIA records on machine call
culations?
The calculations are made at
Cornell University in New York
which handles records from some
400, 900 dairy cows.
A news item from Cornell this
past week indicated that the last
325 DHIA herds In that state, do
ing hand calculations, are now
converting to the system that Del
aware went on four years ago.
The machine system can arrive
at detailed conclusions In short
order. II a farmer has 70 cows,
the machine will take about 20
seconds to calculate the daily
and monthly milk and butterfat
production, values Of the milk
In dollars, income over feed
costs, grain fed, breeding dates,
and day Of calving, along with
other useful information.
That's Tightening fast work.
Water is one of the five requir-
cd nutrients for beef cattle; yet
1t Is often overlooked.
University Of Delaware extern
sion livestock specialist, John
Shropshire reports that the
amount of water beef cattle drink
depends on these three things:
the type Of feed, the amount of
water already in the feed and the
temperature.
Animals feeding on dry rough
age along with supplement are
thirstier than II they we're eat
ing feeds with higher percent
age Of water, such as silage or
haylage. And cattle gain less
II they don't have enough water.
The hotter 1t Is, the more
cattle drink. For example, In
May yearling steer drinks
about 20 pounds 70 gallons) Of
water a day.
II you've recently transplanted
trees and shrubs, don't ignore
them once they're in their new
location.
We suggest removing one
fourth to one-third Of the
branches to make up for roots
lost In transplanting. BY
wrapping the tree trunks with
either burlap or commercial
tree wrap paper, you'll prevent
moisture loss and sunscald.
Start at the ground level and
continue UP to the first branch.
And 1t is a good idea to stake
newly planted trees to keep them
from being whipped and loosened
by high winds. Watering will
vary. It depends on the plants
conditions, rainfall and the soil
tcondition, which includes its
water-holding capacity.
| However, do not apply
Fertilizer to newly planted trees.
Instead, wait until early winter
or spring. II you fertilize ir
late summer, the fertilizer only
stimulates late growth that does
mot have a chance to harden Off
before killing frosts.
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| "Crop and Livestock Project
locals" was only one of severa
topics reviewed by the teacher.
Of vocational agriculture at theil
annual conference. Your count,
agent felt privileged and yer!
much at home listening to Pro.
Ifessor Norman Hoover Of Pa
lState University talk about farm
project work.
Basically, farm boy is chal'
lenged to meet or exceed
superior efficiency standards II