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Phone (717) 768-8451 Intercourse, Penna. 17534
We may never grow up.
John W. Eshelman & Sons, manufacturers of
Red Rose feeds is old if-you count the_ years
they have beett.-in business. Over 128 of them.
But they- stiir approach, their tasks with the
energy'and enthusiasm of youth.
What is- their secret? ,The same as yours. It’s in
the challenge that is born, with each new genera
tibn'of livestock. The challenge to improve (ho
matter how good the record has been) on the
nutrition and efficiency of the generation before.
We are part of the Red Rose family ... ready to
serve you. See us for complete feeding programs
on cows, calves, steers, hogs, horses, or any farm
animal. We have the feed to suit your particular
seed.
Walter Binkley & Son
Litiiz
Brown & Rea, Inc.
Atglen
Elverson Supply Co.
Elverson
Henry E. Garber
R. D. 1, Elizabethtown, ?a.
L. T, Geib Estate
Manheim
I. B. Graybiil & Son
Refton Strasburg
E. Musser Heisey & Son
R. D. #2, Mt. Joy, Pa.
Keistond Bros.
Elizabethtown
Red Rose Form
Service, Inc.
N. Church St., Quarryville
David B. Hurst
Bowmansville
Martin's Feed Mill, Inc.
R. D. 3, Ephrata, Pa.
Mountviile Feed Service
Mountviile
Maximum
Preserved
Low moisture grass silage,
properly made, is becoming
widely recognized as the surest
way to reduce harvesting and
storage losses and to preserve
maximum feed value, says Dr
John W. Bratzler, professor of
animal nutrition at The Penn
sylvania State University.
Such low moisture grass sil
age, known as haylade, makes it
much easier to “beat the
weather” than does field-cured,
baled hay, Dr. Bratzler states
For example, a shower or two
doesn’t ruin haylage like it does
Musser Farms, Inc.
Columbia
Musser's Mill
The Buck
Chas. E. Sauder & Sons
Terre Hill
Ammon E. Shelly
Lititz
E. P. Spotts, Inc.
Honey Brook
H. M. Stauffer & Sons,
Inc.
Witmer
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 24,1969—1 f
Feeding Value
With Haylage
hay that is ready to bale After
the rain has disappeared from
the forage and the desired mois
ture content is reached, chop
ping for haylage can begin
Haylage is generally superior
to baled hay in feeding value as
shown by studies at Penn State’s
Agricultural Experiment Sta
tion and in other states. Dr
Bratzler and associates find hay
lage allows for greater flexibili
ty in harvesting than field-cured
hay to be baled This means hay
lage can be processed at the
most favorable stage of maturi
ty.
Harvesting rorage as haylage
eliminates some of the hardest
work on the farm and also re
duces labor requirements sub
stantially, Dr. Bratzler points
out Mowers, forage harvesters,
power-unloading wagons, blow
ers, silo unloaders, and auto
matic feeding systems handle
the forage crop from the field
to feedlot practically un
touched by human hands.
Tightly covered wagons or
PLANT TRUDAN 2 NOW
Excellent For Green Chop
Fastest Thing On Roots
Tops In Palatability
Up To 20% Protein
Rapid Recovery
Finer Steins
CONTACT;
SNAVELY BROS.
Lititz, R. D. #1 Phone 733-7098 -
Why I took my
loan business
to the Key Bank
LANCASTER COUNTY FARMERS NATIONAL
trucks are a “must” in chopping
haylage, Dr. Bratzler reports.
When forages are chopped at
40 to 60 per cent moisture,
leaves tend to blow and con
siderable losses in feeding value
can result. The silo should be
filled as rapidly as possible To
prevent spoilage, the havlage on
top should not be exposed more
than 18 hours without being
covered with at least a foot of
fresh green forage.
In filling the silo, a mechani
cal distributor will keep the
haylage level, will make it pack
more tightly, will prevent ma
terials of different densities
from separating, and will avoid
hard cores directly in line with
blower blast All haylage stored
in conventional siols should be
capped with a durable plastic
cover weighted down.
Be sure meat, milk, butter,
margarine, fish, cheese, and eggs
aic refrigerated and that sealed
packages are in good condition,
says Harold Neigh, Penn State
extension consumer, such as firm
fresh vegetables and fruits and
solid frozen foods
That's where they talk my language.
There's Stanley Musselman in the
agricultural loan department. He
knows farming as well as I do. He
gave me some good advice on plan*
ning for profitable management —•
even had some ideas on how I could
improve my operation. The cost of
my loan was detailed so that I had a
clear understanding of where I was
headed financially. I recommend the
Key Bank to get the best farm man
agement advice and any loan needed
io improve your farming operation.
Just ask for Stanley Musselman.
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