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Show RANCH & GARDEN Editlon-Ap- rll, lJ:i X;3 1977 s Delta dairy family affair Conard Stanworth, a Delta dairyman, has been milking cows for almost half a century. His present herd of 200 includes 170 milkers. Yet nobody drinks his milk. Stanworth sells his entire output, as he has done for many years, to the Cache in Valley Dairy This Utah. northern organization processes raw milk for cheese, mostly Swiss, for distribution throughout the United States. A major part of it is marketed in California. Co-o- p Stanworth started shipping whole milk for A long, long processing time And ago. remem ber he well s separating the cream from the milk which was sold for butter and then feeding the skimmed milk to the calves and pigs. Stanworth is both a dairyman and a farmer. Its a family affair, he says and includes Stanworth, his wife and three sons. There is also one hired hand, a milker. The boys do the far- - V Stanworth feeds corn Stanworth explains, the wife does the dairying silage with grain in the and I try to keep it all morning and evening. Alfalfa is fed separately together. later in the morning, at ' Stanworth is modest. The noon and in the evening. truth is hes involved in The average ration includes everything thats going on 20 pounds of barley with a both at the dairy and on the concentrate added, 20 farm. And to guarantee that pounds of com silage and 40 theres no idle time on his pounds of alfalfa. hands Stanworth also conducts a seed distribution Stanworth grows pracbusiness catering to the tically all of his corn silage, needs of the local farmers. about of his alfalfa and a small portion What sets Stanworth of the barley. apart from other Utah His planting schedule for dairymen are his milk His com records. production silage is quite distinct. cows average 16,000 pounds He grows three separate of milk per year, roughly varieties Why does he greater than the and state average of 12,000 grow three varieties rather pounds.- His butter fat than just one or possibly content is in the 340 pounds two? per cow per year range. How does he establish these Stanworth records? explains, is a long season variety. It produces more Stanworth attaches great tonnage especially if we has a importance not only to a have a late fall. properly balanced feed shorter growing season and ration but also to the in- can be harvested early. clusion in it of significant This is extremely important amounts of corn silage. His especially if the weather love affair with corn silage turns bad. Finally, we grow a grain variety, to goes back many, many insure a high level of grain years. in the silage. ming, tfMif Vjr X; two-thir- ty I , 7, one-thir- "A5' 2 d This calf is all eyes as she gulps some liquid rations container at the Conard Stanworth dairy from a hand-hel- d near Delta. Photo, courtesy Germains, Inc. 7, v A Corn says silage, not only Stanworth, energy but also serves as a conditioner since it tends to stabilize bloat. In addition, corn silage encourages more even consumption of grain and also warms the cows in winter. Stanworth feeds corn Conard Stanworth tries hand feeding some of the high silage mainly in winter and corn silage he grows to one of the calves at yielding In summer when spring. his family dairy near Delta. Photo, courtesy Germains, theres a high mold factor, Inc. he explained, we go to alfalfa green chop. Stanworth usually runs out of com silage about the latter part of May. 237 EAST 3300 SOUTH yur w fill voiUMo. 4. frM Design He irrigates five to six times during the growing ex- ACT 4 FOR BIG SAVINGS ttw ItviMinf t fcviltfinpi olto A plant population of 28,000 plants at harvest. He plows in the fall, lets the frost break up the clods and works the soil down just enough to provide a smooth seed bed for planting. NOW ABC STEEL BUILDING DEALER pUn Mock or Iromo Wo Hondto All PIom Stanworth plants approximately 22 pounds of com seed per acre on 30 inch rows and targets for a would allow for AMERICAN you adequately, he says, hold a good moisture level in the soil, keep the weeds out and get the benefit of along growing season. silage pit is now being scheduled as the present one is fairly small and has a capacity of only 1,600 tons. A two pit plained. Pormtlt 4 IN DAYS BUILDINGS Mm Mvwfs isanaturaL. has a way with foods. Try a refreshing cold glass with your meal and see. Milk is a natural. SIZE STUE BARNS economy BoiMinf All Stool Gwslrvctlee Monvfoctorbif Or WorohowM Stool BviMJrtf FOff AGttCULTURAl Shop A Storoto Stool U$C ANY flZU irrigation. Water grass, a major problem in area, is controlled this by a preplant herbicide which is claims Stanworth usually effective over a two year period. The fertilizer program includes 200 pounds of available nitrogen and 60 pounds of phosphate per 1 acre applied in pelletized form as a preplant. Liquid nitrogen is applied in the irrigation water during the season as required. Stanworth emphasizes the importance of timely spraying for red spider mites which he says are a serious becoming menace in this area. Last season he bought some? silage that had been at- tacked by red spider and it, weighed less than four tons in the truck compared to a lot from a clean field that weighed close to six to the Looking dairying tons.j future,-Stanwort- h predicts tha( in Utah will in- cow crease population will drop due to but the greater productivity per cow. The small producer? are dropping out, he says. Dairying is no longer just a side line. Its a business condue to competitive ditions. I years back,, Stanworth recalls, there were about 200 small dairies in this county. Today there are just 15 major dairies and the average size herd has grown to 200 cows. , Utah Groesbeck, district representative for j Germains, Inc. a century old western seed firm, that todays higher productivity is due to better management, preventive medicine, more efficient feeding and increased Roy FACTS YOU SHOULD Mwritrto. tom 0 lURMtS 1 faoto la wet Hfwrw hr Ciflia h Wa An hofthn af haoWr IMI Ot Atw IwfOh UTAH DAIRY COMMISSION first Stanworth agrees with USE KNOW ABOUT AMERICAN jnxk.fjEflr POU SITU IAIMS CHEWS AN! SHAH CUSTOM Milk - Afl mrbA MAUNED ANT Cofitmorclotor ftooMofitiol 1h IMiftfft For All Noootfs AvoiloMo POLE utlhf N on-n- HIGHIT ANT HUNDU FOA rRU ISTIMATIA 7 IVININOI CAU ABC STEEL kvMhfi season or at about three week intervals after the A few CAU Service for people on the go! Fertilize practices. A second CUSTOM BUILDERS iMlf While admitting that selecting the right variety is the key to top yields, Stanworth also stresses the importance of good cultural season. Stanworth less moisture and less grain waste. Stanworth claims if you harvest at the milk stage it seems the corn is not mature enough to hold together and you get a lot of seepage in the pit. 4, system, theres because unStanworth is derstandably proud of his about 22 yield records: tons per acre with and just slightly less for which matures faster. Stanworth added, performs with the best of them in a long growing Stanworth feeds a higher percent of corn silage today than 15 years ago. What are his reasons? Corn silage, he says, is an inexpensive feed, its easy to handle, can be fed mechanically and costs less to harvest now than it did 10 to 15 years ago. 4mJ Harvesting corn silage at the Stanworth farm is timed to the heavy dent stage Stanworth believes that more dairymen are learning the value of high grain content and that there is a trend towards growing a grain variety along with the silage varieties. He suggests that a cheap way to process grain is to put it in the silage. provides W feeding out of one pit while filling the other. Ww Nm Coni tm Pwan A knowledge. |