Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 17, 1974 34 In Search o More than 4,000 years ago, the soybean was one of the five sacred crops of China. In the United States, less than half a century ago it was hardly known outside of Illinois, and farmers con sidered it little more than a forage and green-manure crop. Today, it is well on its way to becoming “sacred” in the United Sates. In acreage, today’s soybean crop nearly equals that of wheat. And for two years the soybean has been our No. 1 cash crop with a 1973 value of $B.l billion. This zoom to fame began with farmers discovering that soybeans were a source • De Laval MILKERS sales & service • Topline Transfer System • Full Line Cleaning Detergents • Installation Pipelines & Parlors CALL FOR FREE ESTIMATE J. B. ZIMMERMAN & SONS Rt 23 West of Blue Ball Phone 1717| 354 4955 if VB A s? PHJNEER.corn lw time you'Jltaik about! -*\ • <} V. c» 6 * <3 , 7 <t See Your Pioneer Dealer About Our Popular Varieties For Your Farm. of high protein animal feed. By the 1960’s soybeans had become the chief poultry feed in the U. S., as well as a cattle and hog feed, and an important source of vegetable oil here and abroad. Food processors found soy protein could be substituted for many foods beef, bacon, pork and poultry, to name a few. Scientists are taking a closer look at soybeans, and, among other things, are finding they have much to offer as human food. Soybeans have about 38 percent crude protein which makes it a valuable protein supplement in animal feed <5 O A high-speed motion picture camera records the record will enable USDA s agricultural engineer W. feeding of soybean stalks into a harvester reel and Ralph Nave to determine reasons for harvest experimental cutterbar mounted on a laboratory losses and, hopefully, lead to better designs for test stand. When analyzed in slow motion, the film harvesters. Once the flower bud is formed in this experimental strain of soybeans, the plants stop increasing in height hence reducing the tendency to lodge. ARS scientists are attempting to develop new semi-dwarf varieties incorporating this characteristic, which is called determinate growth habit. rations. Beef and fish contain about 18 percent protein. As the demand for protein grows, a continuing strain is placed on soybean producers. Soybean production techniques are currently under study by scientists at the U. S. Regional Soybean Laboratory, Urbana, (HI., in cooperation with the Illinois Agricultural Experiment | Continued On Page 37] ROBERT GUTSHALL (717) 933-4616 -i. ♦ Lancaster Pipe & »‘Ok distributors Acorn unloaders •/ bunk feeders tube feeders generators chute hoppers Self Unloading Silage Ci Model 2414),24” impeller Cattle and hog feeders Model 2012,19” impeller Automatic roller mills Model 3013 - 27” impeller Better S beans new AUREOMYCIN SULMET SOLUBLE POWDER Drinking water treatment stops . bacterial enteritis (scours) in pigs Two most effective and time tested products— AUREOMYCIN' and SULMET'—ncwcombined in a water soluble formulation Palatable: Readily accepted by swine of all ages Easy to use ; Conven lent drinking water treatment AVAILABLE FROM YOUR FAVORITE ANIMAL HEALTH SUPPLIER New Negley-Miller Silos silo blowers conveyors barn cleaners calf stalls free stalls cow mats barn fans Ritchie water fountains
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