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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? If
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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-
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