4 What’s
Silage Additive
A new innovation in silage
production promises to
reduce waste and improve
nutrition. It is called
silaGain and is distributed in
Penna. and Ohio by Agriaid,
Inc.
Silage, by way of
definition, is a fermentation
process which converts
-carbohydrates to fatty acids.
The acids involved are
lactic, acetic, and propionic.
These acids convert to
energy which, in turn,
converts to meat and milk in
the ruminant animal.
And here is where silaGain
comes into play.
An Oregon company,
has developed a
means of packaging bacteria
which greatly promote the
development of lactic,
acetic, and propionic acids.
Silage additives are not
new. Urea, molasses, salt, or
other ingredients are often
added to silage to act as a
preservative. None of these,
however, will control the
fermentation process.
The elements that come
into play in fermentations
are enzymes, antiozidents,
and bacteria. Beneficial
enzymes may contribute
benefits but do so only in
large quantities; they do not
grow nor will they lead to the
production of the right adds.
Antiozidents,-as the name
implies, wofk to reduce the
oxygen level in silage which
causes spoilage.
SilaGain implants billions
q|pf microorganisms into the
silage. Each one reproduces
to several hundred times its
jpwn weight.
TJiese organisms: produce
the |idds; generate enzymes -
Which break down woody
plant fibers to a softer,
sponge-llke .consistency;
reduce pH to gently curdle
new m
proteins in the juices; reduce
spoilage and heat; and
reduce the nitrate content in
the silage.
SilaGain bolsters the
already-nutritious content of
good silage, yielding a high
energy feedstuff at a marked
savings 'when compared to
the older formula or high
grain cattle diets.
Another significant ad
vancement with the in
troduction of silaGain is in
the area of food by-products!
SilaGain is being used to
ferment and preserve the
waste products from sugar
beets, watermelons, and
other plant foods. Spoilage
prevented their use for other
than short-term feeding.
With the introduction of
SilaGain, this is no longer
true.
From all this, slaughter
cattle continue to mature to
levels of grade choice and
dairy cows.- due to the in
crease in acetic add content
of the silage - have improved
butterfat production.
If, as the ..World Council
says, the American method
of grain-feeding its livestock
is nearing an end, it is ap
parent that silage is an old
idea whose time has come -
again.
NEW PASTURE
MIXTURES
The Stanford Seed Com
pany of Buffalo (N.Y.) and
Plymouth Meeting (Pa.) has
formulated five new pasture
mixtures which are pre
blended to meet various
usage and soil requirements.
Two of the mixtures are for
use by those owners who
grow their own pasture or
hay, and three are for
general livestock producers.
High-protein Tetraploid
ryegrass and rapid growing
Spring arrivals
farm machinery - equipment
Troy Kentucky bluegrass
are used in all except one of
these mixtures.
The horse pasture mix
tures are being sold under
the names Triple Crown, a
premium blend for use by
professional horse breeders
and owners; and Hobby
Horse, developed for use by
those with pleasure horses.
The pasture mixtures for
general livestock are
Highland, for use on well
drained soO; Lowland, a
mixture of grasses and
legumes for moderately
drained soils; and General
(five-star), a low cost all
purpose forage mixture that
is widely adapted.
Stanford has published a
fact sheet containing a
complete description and up
to-date planting and
management information
about its new pasture
mixtures. It is available at
no cost by writing the
Stanford Seed Company, P.
0. Box 366, Buffalo, New
York 14240.
The new pasture mixtures
are available through
Stanford dealers in the
northeast and Mid-Atlantic
region.
Watch For
Flying Missiles
Unless secured by a seat
belt or harness, on impact
most people in car accidents
continue to travel at the
same speed as the war was
going. And children become
flying missiles, often being
thrown into the windshield.
Infants and small children
under four should use
specially designed,
dynamically tested (under
simulated crash conditions),
child restraint systems. A
child over 43 pounds can and
should use an adult seat belt.
New Products
Introduced
Three new products have
been introduced by the
Tomsick Manufacturing
Company of Ithaca,
Nebraska.
A bale carrier of 2% inch
pipe for 1,500 pound bales.
Fits 3 point hitch and can
haul small stacks of hay,
feed bunks, etc. They sell for
$139.94.
Feeder, for 4 1,500 pound
bales that sets in bolster so
that it is low enough to feed
calves. Consist of 2 inch pipe
Order 2
NEW YORK - A uniform
farm price of $9.65 per
hundredweight (46.5 quarts)
for March milk deliveries to
pool handlers under the New
York-New Jersey marketing
orders was announced this
week by Thomas A. Wilson,
market administrator. The
uniform price was $9.80 in
February 1976 and $7.74 in
March 1975.
The butterfat differential
was 9.9 cents for each tenth
of a pound of fat above or
below 3.5 percent.
Receipts from dairy
producers totaled 838,733,417
pounds, 0.1 percent or 565,
647 pounds less than in
March 1975, Wilson reported.
Handlers utilized 413,448,497
pounds of these receipts or
49.3 percent for fluid milk
products (Class I). In March
Tom Graydus, a sophomore at O. J. Roberts High
School, has built a nature trail for visitors to view
during the weekends and summer days. The
student is quite involved with ecology and nature
habitats
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 17,1976
frame with 1 inch pipe slant
bars, no light tubing. They
are complete with floor, no
gear, 20 feet for $275.00. Six
ton gears available with new
tubes and used tires $253.00.
Also a mist blower with 8
horse power gas engine to
use in back of pickup for
control of weeds and insects,
etc. Also has 3 point so will fit
on tractor. Blows mist 75 feet
either direction.
For information write -
Tomsick Manufacturing Co.,
1419 Adams Blvd., Ithaca,
Nebraska 68033.
price announced
1975 the Class I utilization
percentage was 49.1 For
March 1976, handlers paid
$11.30 for Class I milk
compared with $9.25 a year
ago.
Wilson stated that recepits
on bulk tank units were
810,699,345 pqunds, up
7,218,880 pounds. He added
that this was 96.7 percent of
the pool, compared to 95.7
percent a year ago.
A total of 418,726,355
pounds, or 51.7 percent, of
tank milk was used as Class
II and was subject to the
transportation credit which
amounted to $418,726.40.
Producers with tank milk
numbered 18,104, a decrease
of 3.8 percent. The ad
ministrator said that the
total number of producers in
the pool was 19,365, a loss of
Swine Worming Gnlde
A new, easy-to-use guide to
programmed swine worming
has been prepared by
American Cyanamid
Company.
The guide, in the shape of a
wheel, shows a practical
program to follow in con
trolling internal swine
parasites with “Tramisol”
dewormer.
The outside ring of the
wheel indicates four times to
worm during the year, pre
breeding, pre-farrowing,
after weaning, and finishing.
The inside part of the wheel
provides reasons to worm
and suggests a time period in
which to accomplish the job.
The programmed ap
proach to worming with
Tramisol eliminates round
worms, nodular worms,
intestinal threadworms and
lungworms, the major in
ternal parasites in swine. By
following the information
contained on the wheel, the
swine producer can
economically maximize the
efficiency of his swine
operation.
5.9 percent. Average daily
deliveries per producer rose
82 pounds to 1,397 pounds.
Pool bulk tank units
decreased 24 to 186. Reports
from 117 handlers were used
to compute the pool, 3 more
than in March 1975. There
were 107 handlers with
producer milk, a loss of 1.
The gross value to dairy
farmers for March
deliveries was $82,154,915.57.
Wilson explained that this
included differentials
required to be paid to dairy
farmers but not voluntary
premiums or deductions
authorized by the farmer.
All prices quoted are for
milk at 3.5 percent butterfat
received within the 201-210
mile zone from New York
City.
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