Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, March 20, 1976, Image 17

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modest to go into detail on that score. Aside from his
successful farming and conservation techniques, be and
his family (wife, Else; and four children - Karl, Gilbert,
Mildred, and Axel) are also the owners of the second
highest producing Guernsey herd in Pennsylvania.
C OMMERCIAL, HOME, FARM
v BUILDERS INC.
DESIGNERS - BUILDERS
Homes,
FARM BUILDINGS
-CALL
OFFICE 717-786-1403
HOME— 717-786-4479
717-786-4314
,717-529-2388
RD2 BOX 190 QUARRYVILLt. PA 17566
ARNALDO
BURGOS
.. Assistant
"Nutritionist
and Field
Consultant
Silo-King is a roughage preservative that contains
a combination of refined enzymes, preservatives,
antioxidants and other agents.
The antioxidants stabilize the simple sugars,
vitamins and other nutrients. They prevent oxygen
trappedrin the silage from burning these nutrients
which in turn causes the silage to heat and juice.
The more severe the heating and-or juicing, the.
greater the loss of digestible protein, energy and
other nutrients.
While the antioxidants are doing their work, the
enzymes start breaking down simple (sugars and
starches) and complex carbohydrates (fiber)
creating a very rich environment for lactic' acid
producing bacteria to reproduce. This speeds up
the silage fermentation process and results in
bringing the acidity (PH) of the silage down to a
desireable PH or 4 or below quite rapidly.
Because of the rapid action of the enzymes it is
possible to create this rich environment for the
bacteria. As a matter of fact, that is what enzymes
do: accelerate the transformation of carbohydrates
to lactic acid. Higher levels of lactic acid also
represents a higher concentration of energy in the
silage.
SPECIAL WINTER PRICE FOR SILO-KING ENDS MARCH 31.
Southeastern Penna.
George F. DeLong
Regional Manager
225 West Woods Drive
Lite. PA 17543
Call Collect 717-626 0261
Eastern Lancaster Co.
Melvin Herr
RR2 New Holland, PA 17557
Ph 717-354-5977
North Western Lancaster Co.
Earl B. Binder
RD2. Manheim. PA 17545
Phone: 717-665-3126
Southern Lancaster Co
Henry DeLong, Jr.
RDI Box 106
Quarryville,- PA 17566
Phone: 717-284-2683
WHY SILO-KING WORKS
CONTACT YOUR NEAREST AGRI-KING REPRESENTATIVE
AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY.
Southwestern Lancaster Co.
Ben Greenawalt Thomas Heist
RD2, Conestoga, PA 17516 Mam Street
Phone: 717-872-5686 Alburhs. PA 18101
Phone. 215-965 5124
Chester Co.
William Windle
RDI, Atglen, PA 19310
Phone: 215-593-6143
Lebanon Co.
Marvin Meyer
RD2, Box 157
AnnviUe, PA 17003
Phone: 717-867-1445
Northeast Berks Co.
Roger Heller
ROL, Rooesonia. PA
Phone: 215-693-6160
A German immigrant who came to the United States in
1950, Linde had little knowledge of farming prior to
coming to tins country. He had been a landscape gar
dener’s apprentice, then a soldier,-and eventually a
prisoner of war in England. _
Reviewing the past 25 years, Linde gives most of the
credit of his success to Arthur E. Brown, Little Britian,
where he was employed until buying his own farm in 1956.
He describes Brown as “a very far-sighted man,” and
adds that it was bis former employer who showed him how
to farm the rolling hills of southern Lancaster County. The
terrain in Linde’s native Germany is flat as can be.
At the meeting on Thursday night, Brown himself was
recognized for his services and dedication to the Lan
caster County Conservation District. He was the founder
of the Southern Lancaster County Soil Conservation
District 1 and has served conservation causes for nearly
40 years.
Linde, who owns and operates a-143-acre farm just south
of here, considers his award extra special because of his
not being a native American. He noted that he not only
appreciates the award, but the fact that it is possible in
America for immigrants to achieve equal status with
regular citizens. “1 will do my best to keep America
beautiful and productive,” he remarked.
Conservation practices at the Lindes’ “Lindenhof”
farm is all-inclusive. Included in his programs, which
were carefully worked out in consultation with t.e con-
AGRI-KING
KEY TO PROFIT
Only anaerobic bacteria (live without air) can
produce lactic acid fast enough to reduce the PH of
the silage in the shortest possible time.
Aerobic bacteria (lives only in the presence of
air) utilize oxygen to bum carbohydrates and
protein, transforming them into carbon dioxide,
ammonia and water. This results in the production
of high levels of butyric acid which causes silage to
be rancid, have a loud unpleasant smell and be
unpalatable. The water released contributes to silo
juicing.
Why not add only anaerobic bacteria to the silage
instead of enzymes? That would be like buying cows
and having no feed for them. They would simply die.
Why? Because you are filling the silo with material
that has been exposed to air and more air is trapped
in the silo at filling time regardless of the type of
storage. Therefore, the predominant bug in the silo
at first is aerobic bacteria.
Even if you add tons of lactic acid producing
bacteria, they cannot work efficiently in the
presence of air, so that become inactive until most
of the oxygen is used up. By this time most of the
damage has already been done with resulting loss of
energy, digestible protein and other nutrients.
Palatability is also reduced which can severely
effect animal performance due to a lower feed in
take.
Silo-King antioxidants and preservatives make it
very difficult for the undesireable aeorbic bug to
find anything to eat, and you know what happens
when you don’t eat. At the same time enzymes are
making food available for the good bug enabling
him to reproduce rapidly, speed up the entire fer
mentation process resulting in the highest quality
silage possible.
Only Silo-King contains this secret formula of
refined enzymes (not crude enzyme by-products)
preservatives and antioxidants.
You wouldn’t think of planting com without using
a weed killer. Neither should you think of making
silage without using Silo-King.
.ehinh & Northami
South Central Penna.
James L. Yoder
Regional Manager
RRI. Box 81
Chambersburg. PA 17201
Call Collect 717-264-9321
idams Co. An
Menno N. Rissler
RR4, Gettysburg. PA 17325
Phone. 717-528-4849
named
Eastern Franklin Co.
Eldon Martin
RDS, Waynesboro. PA 17268
Phone: 717-762-3576
Cumberland Co.
Marlin E. Ebersole
R 5 Carlisle. PA 17013*
Phone; 717-776-7324
leslern Wash!
Charlie Campbell
Newville, PA
Phone: 717-776-7573
m Co.. MD
trn Washim
Earl H. Moyer
RDS. Box 277
Hagerstown, MD 21740
Phone: 301-739-5199
Lancaster Farming. Saturday, March 20,1976
servation office, are woodland, cropland, pasture and
water management.
“Lindenhof’ is more or less shaped like a bowl which is
open at one end. Careful management of the soil is im
perative nearly everywhere if serious erosion problems
are to be avoided.
According to its present owner, the farm did have a few
gullies on it when he moved to it 20 years ago. Some
places, in fact, bad been eroded so badly that a car could
have been swallowed up by them.
All that has changed. In recent years he has had no
problems with erosion and he considers his present
program to be complete. To illustrate how farming
practices have changed during the past several decades,
when Linde first arrived here the farm had five fields and
two pastures. Today there are 13 pasture lots and 25 strips
of cropland. Everything considered, it took 20 years to
bring it all about. Included in the work were 81 acres of
contoured strips, one acre of sod waterways, 2525 feet of
diversion terraces, 6265 feet of ordinary cropland
terraces, and 1200 feet of parallel terraces. In addition,
Linde also had a’pond constructed during his second year
on the farm and has carefully managed all other water on
the farm to enhance the property’s appearance and
usefulness.
- Explaining the construction of the triangular-shaped
pond, Linde exphasizes the importance of proper over
flow facilities in case of floods. That incorporates more
than just an overflow pipe. In case of extremely heavy
rainfall, Unde’s pond will overflow off to one side and into
a holding area where waterflow is slowed down so as to
reduce erosion potential. The earthen bank or dam at the
lower end of the pond is therefore in no danger of being
swept away.
The farm’s conservation structures were not yet
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Manure
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Robert Sattazahn of
Womelsdorf first used a
septic tank for disposing of
all milking power waste but
that meant having the tank
pumped out every month.
When he heard of the
government cost sharing
opportunity he decided to try
the lagoon system for
handling the liquid waste.
His system has a concrete
slope from the feed lot which
UNIQUE SURFACTA
assures superior results
with ag-chemicals
WEX
■ Makes water wetter
■ Reduces foaming of ag-chemicals
■ Helps suspend wettable powders
■ Causes greater saturation
■ Improves coverage and penetration
■ Aids compatibility of specific ag-chemical
combinations
Proven on millions of acres
during five growing seasons
NUTRIENT RELEASE AGENT
helps you feed your crops
Wex helps your crop achieve its genetic potential by
■ Releasing more soil nutrients
■ Increasing trace nutrient uptake
■ Enhancing fertilizer activity
■ Distributing nutrients throughout the root zone
Thereby increasing your real yield at harvest
Like all living things
your crops should be fed properly
J. NEVIN BOLL
Manheim, Pa.
WILBUR D. GRAYBILL
Mifllintown, Pa.
JAMES A. LENTZ
Manheim, Pa.
WILBUR A. LENTZ
Willow Street, Pa.
KARL VAN DYK
York, Pa.
carries the surface water to
a catch basin that traps any
solid matter that has come
through. The liquid is then
pumped through about 100
feet of six-inch pipe to the
lagoon, around which is a
diversion ditch. The lagoon
has been operating for five
years and has never been
emptied, there are no flies or
odor from the system, and
the septic tank which still
handles the solid waste is
pumped out only once a year.
SHOLLENBERGER
FARM SUPPLY
Centerport, PA
(215) 926-2722
(717) 665-4853
(717) 436-2574
(717) 665-2809
(717)464-3068
(717)755-8849
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