nsider Ensiling Perennial Crons until they set seed, these same
Tj ~ 6 ... “ legumes contain only 49%
en Haymaking Weather Ivql* p*|l- TON. The same relationship is
° true for perennial grasses.
STAGE OF MATURITY To assure hi B h y* elds of feed
AT HARVEST nutrients per acre while mam
. . .. taining a productive stand,
iy perennial which can be g 0 maturity at the perennial forage crops should
for hay can also be made * me °* harvest * s I* l6 m °st im- be cut at the following ma
silage. These crops may P ol ' tan t single factor influenc- tunty stages:
•ut in the silo when weath- ing the feeding value of hay
does not permit cutting crop silage. This is especially MOIST URE RELATIONSHIP
ias nay And when proper- true for first-cutting forages, Excessive moisture is the
larvested and stored, en- both legumes and grasses. Per- next most serious factor affect
! hay crops make a nutri- ennial legumes cut in the early mg quality. It is difficult to
:. easy to handle feec,. bud contain 65-70%, TON. Left consistently make good quality
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by Victor Plastov
Assoc. Agr. Agent
Some Thoughts For...
Farmer s!
f&al JUNE IS
DAIRY MONTH
Did you do all you could to help promote your industry in the
post year?
Do you talk milk to consumers?
Do you explain its many nutritional advantages?
Do you set the example when you take your family out for a
meal and order milk as the beverage?
Do you have the feeding program which gives-you the best re
turn per dollar spent?
If you are in doubt about this last item talk to our Nutrition
Deportment or our Dairy Specialist.
Ph. Lancaster 392-2145
What else con we do to help you?
Just call
Miller &
I Bushong, Inc.
airy
Go,
Rohrerstown, Pa.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Juno 3, 1967—5
Crop
Allalfa (est. stands) - first cutting
Alfalfa (Ist spring harvest following
August seeding)
Alfalfa (later cuttings)
Red, alsikc, ladino clover
(Ist cutting)
Red, alsike, ladino clover
(later cuttings)
Perennial grasses (Ist cutting)
Perennial grasses (later cuttings)
direct-cut silage unless a good
feed additive is used at rec
ommended levels; or a recom
mended chemical preservative
is added to keep acetic and
butyric acid formation at a
minimum.
These acids appaiently lim
it foiage intake and may ad
versely affect thyroid function
Also, high-butync acid silage
has been shown to make dairy
cows moie susceptible to ke
tosis or acetonemia.
Milk production from feed
ing high moisture silage is
similar to that from feeding
wilted or low moisture silage
—assuming the quality is sim
ilar This is true despite the
greater forage dry matter in
take with lower moisture sil
age However, too olten the
duect cut silage is inferior in
quality, intake is seveiely Inn-
Get Your Plants Off To A Good Start
FOR
BIGGER
YIELDS
ON
Tomatoes & Tobacco
Add To Your Transplanter Water
ORTHO-GRO LIQUID
FERTILIZER 8-16-8
Use one quart to 50 gal. barrel
ORTHO GRO is a proven organic liquid fei tilizer giving
plants that extra push they need to “stait,” and protect
them against transplanting shock.
5 gallon can . . . $14.50
ISOTOX TRANSPLANTER
SOLUTION
Use 4 ounces per 50 gal. barrel
ISOTOX TRANSPLANTER is a Lindane solu
tion that mixes readily with water and is de
signed especially for use in the transplanter.
Gives low cost protection against wire worms,
maggots and certain other soil insects.
1 pint ... $1.85 1 quoit . . . $3.48
1 gallon . . . $11.65
Get Your Supply From
P. L. ROHRER & BRO., INC.
SMOKETOWN
Maturity Stage
Pull bud
1/10 to ''i bloom
I't bloom
X M to ta bloom
’4 bloom
Heads emerging from boot
6 to 7 weeks after first cut
ited and the animal may be
otheiwise adversely affected.
The moisture content of per
ennial hay-crop when ensiled
has a pronounced effect on
both field and storage losses of
diy matter Stoiagc losses aie
highest with duecl cut forage
while field losses normally in
crease with increased Held
wilting
Wilt to at least 65 inois
tuie—if low inoistuic ha> crop
silage 01 havlage is made (40-
607 r) special piecaulions m
haivesting and filling should
be taken
Small giains will notmally
pioduce up to twice as much.
TDN per acre when hai vested
lor silage as compared to the
same ciop hai vested for giain.
On the other hand, it is more
difficult to make good quality
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Ph. Lane. 397-3539