S ["here‘a n attying that toad* around the houae mean bad uck, but actually they're very helpful in n garden amce hey feed on gruba, iruecU and aluga READ LANCASTER FARMING FOR FULL MARKET REPORTS than five percent of the U.S. population, farmers today HEAT LOSS^ SILO HEATING CAUSES SEVERE ECONOMIC LOSSES IN CORN SILAGE. GRASS-SILAGE. HAYLAGE AND HIGH MOISTURE CORN WHAT ARE THESE LOSSES? + LOSS OF ENERGY (CALORIES) HEAT IS ENERGY! + LOSS OF VITAMIN A-D-E-K AND OTHERS MOST VITAMINS ARE DESTROYED IN TEMPERATURES ABOVE 110 DEGREES. UNTREATED SILAGE WILL RANGE FROM A MINIMUM 130 DEGREES TO A MAXIMUM OF OVER 200 DEGREES. -FLOSS OF DIGESTIBILITY OF PROTEIN. THE THE LOWER THE PROTEIN VALUE. -FLOSS OF PALATABILITY BY POOR FERMENTATION, CAN EASILY REDUCE RATE OF GAIN OR MILK PRODUCTION BY 25 PERCENT. + LOSS OF SOLUBLE NUTRIENTS BY SEEPAGE HEATING RELEASES JUICE IN THE SILO IN THE SAME WAY AS COOKING MEAT AND VEGETABLES. ~ +SILAGE UNLOADS HARDER AND SLOWER BECAUSE MATS IT DOWN AND ALSO RESULTS IN HARDER FRI WHEN DO THESE LOSSES HAPPEN? IMMEDIATELY AFTER FILLING THE SILO. THE FIRST 3 TO 7 DAYS ARE MOST CRITICAL DURING WHICH TIME THE HEATING REACHES ITS PEAK. WHAT CAUSES THIS HEATING? OXIDATION FROM THE AIR THAT IS BLOWN INTO THE SILAGE AND TRAPPED DURING FILLING AND THE OXYGEN CONTAINED IN THE RIER THE SILAGE. THE COARSER (AND HARDER) IT E MORE AIR IS TRAPPED. AND THE CHOPS, THE POORER IT HOTTER IT GETS. WHY? OXYGEN IS WHAT CAUSES ANY FOOD TO SPOIL AND IT MUST BE ERVATION CAN TAKE ELIMINATED FROM THE SILAGE PLACE. IN THE NORMAL PROCESS OF ELIMINATION A CHEMICAL REACTION OCCURS IN WHICH OXYGEN COMBINES WITH READILY AVAILABLE STARCHES AND SUGARS TO LITERALLY BURN ITSELF OUT. DOES OXYGEN FREE SEALED STORAGE PREVENT THIS? OXYGEN FREE STORAGE IS NOT OXYGEN FREE UNTIL AFTER THIS OXIDATION PERIOD IS OVER. COMMf '.LS v *N SENSE TEL. .oU THAT JUST AS MUCH AIR IS TRAPPED DURING THE FILLING PROCESS REGAR DLESS OF TYPE OF STORAGE. THE SAME THING HAPPENS AS EX PLAINED ABOVE. THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT ONCE THE FILLER OPENING IS CLOSED AND THE SILO IS ACTUALLY SEALED. NO AD DITIONAL AIR CAN ENTER. SURFACE SPOILAGE AND SILO LEAKAGE IS NOT A PROBLEM. STOP THESE LOSSES USE SILO KING DOES SILO-KII SILO-KING CONTAINS A OXIDENTS USE TO PRE SUPER MARKETS. SILO-KING ALSO CONTAINS A POTENT COM BINATION OF FOOD GRADE EXZYMES AND F 1 NATION OF ANTI-OXIDANTS AN THIS COM MUCH GREATER PRESERVATIVE EFFECT. THEY ABSORB THE ATMOSPHERIC AND HYDROLYTIC OXYGEN HE INI ENERGY IN THE SILAGE TO CAUSES THE HEATING ANC THEY ALSO UTILIZE MOISTURE SYNTHESIZE MORE SOLUBLE SI SWEET SMELLING UALITY, PALATABILITY. BY REDUCING THE LEVEL OF OXIDATION. TEMPERATURE OF THE SILAGE IS MAINTAINED IN A RANGE OF 100 TO 110 DEGREES. THIS IS THE IDEAL TEMPERATURE FOR FERMENTATION. THIS RESULTS IN A HIGH QUALITY. Southeastern-Penna. George F. Delong Regional Manager 225 West Woods Drive Lititz, PA 17543 Call Collect 717 626-0261 (Slump BEFORE PRE! 16 WORK? POTENT COMBINATION OF THE SAME ANTI- F FOOD ITEMS IN OUR lERVE HUNDRED! PRE’ HE LOSSI AVAILABLE IN THE SILAGE TO HELP IS WHICH HELP PRODUCE A HIGH SILAGE WITH EXCEPTIONAL PITY IWER For More Information Contact Your Local Agri-King Dealer HOTTER THE SILAGE GETS. XCESS JUICING EZING ENZYMES RESULTS IN A IDATION WHICH AND A SILAGE OF VERY HIGH South Central Penna James L. Yoder Regional Manager 250 Edwards Ave Chambersburg. PA 17201 Call Collect 717 264 9321 Farmers want effort for mutual understanding constitute n minority group And, ns other minority groups, they arc searching for ways to make their voices heard, to gain greater recognition. Many fanners feel that politicians, con sumer groups and govern ment officials are making decisions' without the proper from fanners them selves. Many believe that the rules and regulations being formulated today arc not necessarily in the best in terests of agriculture. To examine ways in which this trend can be changed - so that farmers can speak out and give their voices more strength - In- ternational Harvester in vited nine representative U.S. farmers to a farm forum discussion on this topic. They were from dif ferent parts of the country and had varying sizes and types of operations. They agreed that farmers are not speaking out as effectively as they might on behalf of agriculture. Part of the reason for this lack of communication, according to Roger Hurst, 41, a Johnson, Kansas, wheat farmer, “is that now most city people are two and three generations removed from file farm. They don’t have any idea what’s going on in agriculture. We as farmers have lost touch with the city people.” A.W. (Dub) Anthony, 59, of Friona, Texas, cited another problem: “The farmer is at the bottom of the totem pole. Politically we don’t carry the weight in Congress we did in years past. In other words, today there are not enough votes in agriculture to have a big impact.” This lack of political representation is, of course, a major obstacle for far mers. A partial solution was offered by farmer-legislator Wayne Mixson, 53, of Marianna, Florida, who is a member of the Florida State Legislature. “If we’re going to get favorable decisions for agriculture, we’ve got to persuade a lot of city people to vote correctly,” he stated. “And how do we do that? 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August 14.1976 we can get the facts out so the people will understand that the progress and the growth of agriculture is related to the value of the dollar, is related to em ployment in our country, Is related to Inflation, then I think we can make progress. give the urban people truth on which to base their decisions and their votes.” The nine farmers agreed that a focus on world food shortages has placed American agriculture more in the public eye. “Most farmers have opened their eyes and learned that they have to look beyond their own farm gate," commented Herb Korthuis, 40, who raises vegetables in Custer, Washington. "We’re no longer in a little comer all by ourselves. What we do as farmers affects not only America but the whole world. Now we’ve got to get together and go out and communicate with others.” Agreement came from Lloyd Mosdal, 47, who raises wheat, barley 'and cattle in Rapelje, Montana: “There’s no question, we’ve got to quit talking to ourselves. And I think the new Agriculture Council of America (ACA) is working in this direction. For example, ACA has a telephone hotline where consumers can call and talk to farmers. They can ac tually get the facts from fanners themselves.” ACA is an organization of farmers and agri-businessmen dedicated to telling agriculture’s story to non farm people. In addition to the actions being taken by various organizations, the farmers discussed efforts that in dividual fanners can take to Dual crops possible UNIVERSITY PARK - No-tillage com can be grown simultaneously with perennial legumes such as birdsfoot trefoil or crown vetch by using herbicides to “slow down” the legumes, declared a weed scientist tell the farm story. "There really are lota of things you can do aa individuals," said Steve Weber, 27, a Geneaco, Illinois, farmer who is a member of the Advisory Committee of ACA. “It may not be too hard to convince someone if you just take the time to yalk to him. For example, there’s a cab driver in New York City who became a member of the Agriculture Council of America because I talked him into it on the way to the airport.” “I’ve spent considerable time with a slide set I’ve put together - showing it to schools, service clubs, state organizations and even several national organizations,” added Charles Call. “I vary the dialogue, but the message stays pretty much the same.” Jim Tanner, 23, of Ivyland, Pennsylvania, explained how he communicates with consumers. Tanner and his father have their own retail dairy operation on their farm. “We deal directly with many city people at our dairy,” he said. “Most of them are curious about the operation. So sometimes we let them come in and watch us milk the cows. With a little conversation, they begin to realize that we have our problems too. And I would guess that most of them feel we deserve the prices we’re getting.” The nine farmers all agreed that farmers and consumers share many of the same concerns, and that it is important to maintain open lines of communication in order to foster a mutual understanding. from Penn State University. The herbicides will suppress the legumes while allowing no-tillage com to mature, stated Dr. Nathan L. Hart wig of the Agricultural Experiment Station at the University. After recovering from suppression by herbicides, the legumes maintain a cover crop for pasture, silage, or mulch, the Penn State agronomist said. He indicated herbicides will suppress a legume sod or smoothbrome grass at com planting time, while allowing adequate recovery of the legume or grass by Fall. Of 18 herbicide treatments in 1974 and 1975, com stands and yields were better in birdsfoot trefoil than in crownvetch or smoothbrome grass. Hartwig found the trefoil was most easily suppressed and, in some cases, was completely killed by some herbicide treat ments. Under ideal con ditions, the sod recovers after suppression to provide winter cover and a living mulch for next year’s crop. This system does not work with alfalfa, he claimed, since alfalfa is too com- 11
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