16—Lancaster .
Friday, August 23, 1957
Soil Bank
Regulations
Modification of 1058 Soil Bank
Acieage Regulations to remove
the prousion for a civil penalty
against participating farmers who
exceed the “permitted acreage”
for harvest of Soil Bank base
crops on their farms was an
nounced Thin sday by the U.S De
partment of Agnculture
Under the 1958 Acreage Re
serve program, a farm Soil Bank
“base” will be established for par
ticipating farms In geneial, this
base is the average number of
acres harvested in 1956 and 1957,
as determined by the farmer’s
county Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation committee. In
an Acreage Reserve agreement, a
farmer agrees not to harvest more
acres than this “base”, less any
acreage placed in the Soil Bank
This is his “permitted acreage”
for harvest.
The 1958 Acreage Reserve reg
ulations as originally announced
provided that the harvest of more
than this “permitted acreage”
would subiect the farmer to both
a civil penalty of 50 per cent of
the paunent which would have
been made for full compliance
with the Acreage Reserve agree
ment, and also the loss of the pay
ment itself Under the modifica
tion announced toda>. farmers
who do not comply with the “per
mitted acreage” provision will
still forfeit the entire payment,
but no civil penalty will apply
Department of Agriculture offi
cials emphasize that the “Soil
Bank base” provision continues in
full effect, as a limitation upon
total production except for the
withdrawal of the “double penal
ty” provision
Both a civil penalty and loss
of payment will continue to' apply
for any farmei who harvests a
crop 01 permits livestock to graze
on land designated for the Acre
age Reserve, or who harvests
more of the Acreage Reserve crop
than his farm acieage allotment
less the acieage in the Reserve
Egg Quality
Color Chart
Revised by USDA
A revision of the color chart,
“United States Standards for
Quality of Individual Shell Egg,”
designed primarily as a teaching
aid and for use of egg graders, has
been published by the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture
The revision includes four new
illustrations to show the degree
of shell cleaniness required in A
AA, B, and C qualities. It brings
up to date descriptions of shell
and air cell condition.
The 151-2 by 29M- inch chart in
cludes 36 color illustrations, de
picting, in addition to shell clean
liness requirments, the candled
appearance of white and brown
eggs for each of the four qualities,
the broken-out appearance of
each quality, and hard-cooked
egg halves showing maximum
depth of air cell and position of
yolk in each quality. Also illustr
ated are normal and abnormal
shells and various types of loss
eggs.
Single copies of the chart may
be obtained free from the Office
of Information, U. S Department
of Agriculture, Washington 25,
D. C.
State Warned
Alfalfa Aphid
May Be Here
HARRISBURG—The State De
rartmenl of Agnculture todaj
said all technical plant specialists
in the field have been alerted to
watch for the highl.v destructive
spotted alfalfa aphid
In a procautionaiy move. Dr
Department of Agriculture ex
perts in Pennsylvania are keeping
a ‘■pecial watch for the pest in
Lancaster Lebanon, Greene
York Franklin, Adams Dauphin
and Cumbeiland Counties
SiMge Quality Defenttihed itt Ifolirs '■After Ensiiing’LSDA Report ‘
Getting good, high- protein sil
age depends largely upon the
quality and kind of forage used,
but also important is the way it is
handled, the U. S. Department of
Agnculture reports The quality
of silage may be determined with
in a few hours after ensiling.
Proper fermentation makes
good silage, and it is the type and
quantities of fermentation acids
produced by the forage plants
that affect silage quality. Under
the best conditions, lactic-acid
bacteria on the plants convert the
sugars present into such effective
preservatives as lactic, acetic and
succinic acid.
On the other hand, when cer
tain spore-forming bacteria have
a chance to develop rapidly, they
ail-crop harvester
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FIELD TESTED and APPROVED
ON LANCASTER COUNTY FARMS.
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OWNER OF THE NEW
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90 ALL-CROP.
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Pictured above are Willis Esbenshade and Ed Stambaugh, Allis Chalmers blockman,
checking the New No. 90 All-Crop on Willis’ farm
Let Us Show You The Advantages of The New No. 90 All-Crop
* New Bigger Capacity
—7 1/2 Foot Header,
—Larger Wider Strawrack and
Cleaning Shoe.
—Larger Tires for Better Flota
tion.
The Model "90" is new in every respect... not just a wider header on a former 6 foot machine. Each unit
has been increased in size to handle greater volumes of higher yielding crops.
Mann & Grumelli Farm Serv.
Quarryville, Pa.
Snavelys Farm Service L. H. Brubakei V. C. Myers & Son LH. Brubaker
New Holland, Pa. Lititz. Pa. Jlheems. Pa. Lancaster.
convert the lactic acid into un
desirable butyric acid and the
plant proteins into ammonia, hy
drogen sulfide and other com
pounds associated with spoilage.
Scientists of USDA’s Agricul
tural Research Service set out to
learn what conditions encourage
the lactic-acid .forming bacteria,
at the expense of the sporeformer
One answer, the researchers
found is in the way the forage is
handled. Forage tramped, weight
ed and immediately sealed made
high quality silage. It heated only
moderately - a good index of ferm
entation • as enzymes in the plant
tissue and oxygen- loving bacteria
on the plants consumed the avail
able oxygen in the first five hours.
Soon, the lactic-acid bacteria be
came predominant The tests show
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ed, therefore, that the critical part
of the preservation process took
place earlier than it had been
generally thought
In contrast, it was found that
forage spoiled when left loose and
unsealed for two days, especially
li air had been forced through
it. The carelessly handled silage
heated abnormally for a few days
and ultimately lost nutrients and
much valuable lactic acid.
The kind of plant stored also
affected silage quality It came as
a surprise to the researchers that
alfalfa consistently made better
silage in the tests than.orchard
grass which ordinarily has a high
er sugar content. Alfalfa seemed
to withstand higher temperatures
with less loss of nutrients than
orchard grass and showed lower
BY AN
ALLIS
* NEW CONVENIENCE and
OPERATING FEATURES
—lndustrial Type Controls from Tractor Seat to control gear box, bin,
and swinging tongue with lock for transport or field position. (See
insert photo showing controls and operation from tractor seat). |
—Retractable Finger Auger Feed
—Quick Adjustable, Variable Speed Reel.
Nissley Farm Service
Washington Boro, Pa.
Willis Esbenshade, 1631 Esbenshade Road, Lancaster,
Pa. says; With my No. 90 All Crop I harvested over 75
acres of grain on my farms this season. Using my WD*
45 tractor, I found I can irate at the SAME FOR*
is I did with . smaller machine I previo
Of course, this means big savings in labor
ng costs. No wonder I like my new No.
*op so much.
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spore counts. The significance oj
these findings is not fully under,
stood but their importance ls
obvious in view of the current
emphasis upon protein-rich f or ,
ages.
The research is continuing it l 3
hoped that a detailed comparison
of bacteria (tho scientists
40,00 stiains) may lead to a better
understanding of the underl\ul|
mechanisms that govern silage
quality
Dairy cattle may need addi. P
tional energy feeds to balance the f ’
nitrate in excess of one per cent
in the total ration and to maintain '
profitable production, according i
to the American Veterinary Medn |
cal Association. fe
' R. S. Weaver 0
Stevens, Pa.
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