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THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
Page Seven
iGood Pastures Can Benefit
Most Tar Heel Dairymen
$60,000 in Premiums To Be
Awarded at H. C. State Fair
Many questions are being asked
by Morth Carolina dairymen about
the place of pastures and forages
in their feed program. In answer-
big these questions, dairy exten
sion specialists at State college
say- the following points should
be considered in developing a for
age system:
Historically, forages have been
considered the cheapest source of
nutrients for dairy cattle; and, feed
constitutes a high percentage of
the. total cost of producing milk.
Today dairying has become a com-
pefltive business requiring enor
mous investments. There are many
(other major items of expense, such
as labor, interest on investment
an4 utilities which go on regard
less of the level of production.
This means that a constant, con
tinuous supply of high quality nu
trients has become a must.
Qver 85 percent of the dairying
in North Carolina is in the Pied
mont and Mountain parts of the
state. Most of the land has some
physical limitations. It is gently
* roUing to steep, most of the soils
/ are clay with over half of the top-
l soil gone, the fields are generally
small and irregular in shape, and
p, the summer rainfall is heavy, com-
ing in thundershowers, causing
erosion on cultivated fields. These
■ factors limit the choice of crops
nd the cropping system,
because of the great differences
,n climatic conditions, size of farm
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and herd, possible alternative uses
of the land, soil type and slope,
and for numerous other reasons
there is no one right and only
forage program for all dairymen
of the state. Rather, it must be
tailored to the individual farm.
Each dairyman must weigh these
factors and make the choice for his
farm.
In planning a feeding program,
the specialists say, it is not a ques
tion of silage yersus pasture, or
grass silage versus com silage or
hay versus silage. These crops
should not be considered to be in
competition with each other. In
stead, they supplei^ent one anoth
er.
“Seldom do we^^ild a feeding
program around.,Oh^ crop or one
single system,” th^pecialists em
phasize. “Rather, «fe must fit the
parts together into^'a complete and
satisfactory program. We must use
our advantages of a relatively long
growing season and, overcome our
disadvantages if we are to com
pete with other areas of the na
tion.”
Because of the fact that much
land in North Carolina, especially
in the Piedmont and Mountains,
is best adapted for pasture use,
pastures and other perennial sod
crops will continue to play a vital
part in our dairy forage program.
Just any old pasture will not do,
however. If pastures are to com
pete they must be treated as a
crop! They must be kept produc
tive and high quality must be
maintained. They must be limed,
fertilized, seeded, topdressed, man
aged, rotated and renovated.
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of grazing for the milking herd
may be almost impossible due to
the distance involved. However,
qse of high quality grazing can
be expected to increase milk pro
duction. On these farms pastures
will continue to furnish a high
percentage of the forage require
ments for heifers and dry cows.
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Total premium money amounting
to ^0,000 is offered competing ex
hibitors in the new 1962 Premium
List just being issued by the North
Carolina State Fair.
L. Y. Ballentlne, Commissioner
of Agriculture and acting manager
of the Fair, states that this offer
ing is nearly five thousand dollars
higher than in any previous year
of the 110-year history of the old
est and biggest annual fair of the
Southeastern states.
$2650 of the additional premium
money will be awarded in the new
Market Steer show in which some
150 head of choice or better slaugh
ter steers will be competing.
The Steer show will be an event
of Monday, October 15, opening
day of the six-day fair. Scheduled
for 12:30 p.m. in the J. X. Dorton
arena, the show will be followed
at 6:30 p.m. with a sale of the
market steers. This will be the
first livestock sale in connection
with the fair in history of the an
nual exposition.
Final dates for filing entries
must be observed by exhibitors.
They are set as follows:
Saturday, September 1: market
steer show and sale.
Monday, October 1: all other
livestock shows, including dairy
and beef cattle, swine, sheep and
ponies.
Saturday, October 6: poultry,
pigeons and rabbits.
Wednesday, October 10: arts.
photography, crafts, hobbies and
dressed turkeys.
Friday, October 12: field crops,
horticulture (except cut flowers);
bees and honey, culinary, clothing
and house furnishings.
Saturday, October 13: cured
hams.
Sunday, October 14: senior, 4-H
and FFA-FHA egg shows.
Monday, October 15: 11 a.m. cut
flowers.
Persons desiring to obtain a copy
of the premium list and en^
blanks should write to: Premium
List, P. 0. Box 5565, Raleigh, N. C.
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