New England from Canada. New Hampshire dairymen have an opportunity 

 to produce more high-quality dairy replacements for sale in this market. The 

 use of roughage, barn space, or labor which cannot be used for carrying 

 dairy cows makes raising additional youngstock particularly profitable. The 

 raising of surplus youngstock for sale as replacement dairy cattle is an es- 

 pecially good adjustment for farms distant from the milk market. This is the 

 case, since the price of milk is much lower than the price of replacement cat- 

 tle in these areas. 



W. F. Henry 



Management Problems in the Use of Mow Hay Driers. 



In the study of mow hay driers, the emphasis has been on the manage- 

 ment problems associated with their use. 



Larger application of fertilizer and new practices have resulted in heavy 

 yields of early-maturing, slow-drying legume mixed hay. Since this must 

 be harvested early in order to obtain best quality of feed the farmers have 

 had difficulties in curing and storage. 



Details are available from the study as to how a few individual oper- 

 ators handled their facilities for curing and storing roughage. The situation 

 on one of these farms is described here. 



The operator had 58 acres of high-yielding legume grass hay, and fa- 

 cilities for grass silage, mow drying, and field curing hay. The total yields of 

 hay in the 1951 season, including 15^ acres harvested as grass silage, was 

 approximately 225 tons dry hay equivalent. This is 3.9 tons per acre. The 

 first crop yielded 157 tons and the second crop 68 tons. 



The operator had an objective in harvesting the first crop as early as 

 possible in order to obtain high-quality feed and to favor a good second 

 crop. He harvested 135 tons of grass silage (45 tons dry hay equivalent) and 

 879 bales of mow dried hay I about 22 tons) in the period June 12 to June 30. 

 Twenty-nine percent of the first crop roughage was harvested as silage and 

 14 percent as hay, a total of 43 percent before July 1. The remaining 90 tons 

 of hay were in the barn by July 15. The early cut hay was put on the mow 

 drier and 55 tons of the hay cut in July was field cured and stored in the 

 usual manner. 



The availability of the mow drier for part of the crop was a factor in 

 the operator's management in early haying. He was conservative in the use 

 of the drier and usually almost completely field cured the hay before putting 

 in the mow drier. On the other hand, he would occasionally start loading 

 and hauling hay a little sooner than he would have if hay drying facilities 

 were not available. The operator probably made use of his available labor 

 more continuously and completed the harvest at an earlier date. 



In the 1950 season this operator took advantage of an early good 

 weather period and harvested 63 percent of his first crop by July 1. 



In contrast, another operator with facilities for both grass silage and 

 mow curing did not get under way until after July 1. 



J. C. Holmes 



Efficiency Measures for Milk Distribution. 



Increasing costs of milk, machinery, and services necessitate that milk 

 processors and distributors must continually assess the efficiency of their 

 operation. This is necessary if an adequate return on their investment is to 



be made. 



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