20—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, February 17,1968
High Quality Forage Is
Least Expensive Feed
High quality forage effici
ently produced, handled, and
fed can easily be the least ex ;
pensive source of livestock feed
in the northeastern states, an
Extension agronomist at The
Pennsylvania State University
said here Feb 1 at the Lime
and Fertilizer Conference
“Since feed costs normally ac
count for 50 percent or moie of
the income denved from milk
production, the big problem fac
ing modern dairymen is how to
i educe feed costs and thus in
crease the profit margin,” Dr
John E Baylor noted
Dairymen in 12 northeastern
states are currently spending
nearly $350 million annually for
purchased feed This average,
he said, amounts to $5,000 per
farm By contrast, these same
dairymen are spending less than
$5O million each year for lime
and fertilizer on their pasture
and crop land
“Economists at lahd-grant
universities agree that the best
approach to higher profits for
dairymen is to grow the maxi
mum amount of corn and alfal
fa where there crops are adapt
ed,” the Extension official point
ed out
Average yields at present are
12V2 tons per acre of corn silage
and 2Vi tons of alfalfa hay Po
tential yields are more than two
times the present average
Extensive investigations in
Pennsylvania by using linear
programming show that alfalta,
because of its high .protein con
tent, cannot be eliminated from
most cropping systems, Dr Bay-
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lor said As a general guide, re
searcheis at Cornell University
suggest “producing one acre of
silage and one acre of alfalfa
per milking cow, including her
replacement ”
“Choose the best, well-drain
ed, productive soils for corn and
alfalfa hay,” Dr Baylor empha
sized “Test the soil, lime and
fertilize accordingly and follow
other good management prac
tices ”
Commenting on crop jiutnent
removal from productive for
ages, the Penn State forage spe
cialist said a 6-ton per acre al
falfa' yield removes 60 pounds
of phosphate and 270 pounds of
potash For continued profitable
yields, applications of plant nu
trients should equal or exceed
actual crop removal, he conclud
ed
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New Holland
New Dfying'Process of the grain. than. CONTROL BATS
p . !_««««« in conventional drying methods.' -One rat cart eat as. much
Keauc Dryeration allows hot- corn to 40 pounds of- feed yearly i
A new process of drying corn, temper in a bin from four to' contaminate ■ 10 times •
dryeration, 'has been developed eight hours before -being cooled, amount. Stanley G, Gesell,
recently, says Ronald T- Noyes, he said. Corn is then cooled g“ n ylv "rUnh®
extension agricultural .engineer s i o wly from eight: toten hours. say g there are a number of
at Purdue University. This relieves ftffess /within th'e“T)aits on the market. When us
Speaking at the University of kernel and cracking, properly, they are effective a
Delaware’s Farm and Home He added that corn loses an ad- safe. Always follow directw
Wpgv February 1 Noves ex- ditional two percent moisture carefully,.
Sued dVeVaSn is a during the cooling period.
combination of high speed dry- Dryeration increases both the ter heat utilization and the f«
mg and aeration Use of the new capacity and efficiency of a that corn is cooled in a separ;
process allows the farmer to grain drying system It may in - bin
dry shelled corn at tempera- .crease the capacity of a batch or
tures as high as 240 degrees continuous dryer by more than Middle age: When you lc
with less cracking, breakage and 60 percent This is due to bet- forward to a dull evenimig.
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