— Lancaster Farming, Saturday. Oct. 16, 1976 90 Tobacco may be future BELTSVILLE, Md. - A high-quality protein byproduct of tobacco production could become a source of food for humans and for animals, according to a .research scientist of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Removing this protein from tobacco has the added benefit of eliminating un desirable components from tobacco smoke. Key to successful removal of protein from leaf tobacco is a process known as homogenized leaf curing (HLC), developed by Dr. T. C. Tso of USDA’s Agricultural Research Dairying in Germany (Continued from Page 88) automatic braking device? on them in case they become unhitched from the tractor. If you track mud or manure on the road, the good neighborly thing to do is to clean it up. If you don’t you’ll be asked to do so, and to refuse is to ask for a fine. Most farmers store and cool their milk in bulk tanks, but a few still have cans. The smaller operations have not found the bulk tank to be a profitable investment for much the same reason why smaller dairymen continue to ship in cans in this country. Farm tank trucks therefore use a different method of picking up milk. Their suction hose is simply placed into the top of the tank or milk can. Milk is metered in much the same way as fuel oil is metered on fuel trucks. The measuring stick is obsolete on German dairy farms. The average size of a dairy herd in Schleswig-Holstein is about 35 cows. They are predominantly family farms, and as could be expected, they face many of the same difficulties as their American counterparts. Their main complaint is a familiar one: not enough money for the product to meet production expenses. MUk was priced at $7,57 per hundred pounds of 3.5 per cent milk when I visited there in February of 1974. Consolidations of marketing organizations and dairy plants have eliminated the competitive factors which had earlier given the dairy farmers a choice of markets and better profit margins. ATTENTION DAIRYMEN Kick off your fall and winter cow feeding program on the “right foot". Now is the time to ada P t y° ur grain ration to your new V jl roughage program in order to reach your Sf winter milk Q production goal. - YOU SHOULD - * Adjust protein to a proper point, but not an excessive amount because protein ingredients are likely to be expensive. * Provide enough T.D.N. to enable your fresh cows to peak properly and maintain a high level of production * Insure adequate fiber intake to maintain good butterfat output. ‘Regulate proper Calcium and Phosphorus intake and ratios in your total ration, including roughages, to aid in keeping your herd healthy while maintaining high levels of milk production. The above mentioned items are all on our Dairy Nutrition Programming check list. In addition, we use Brown & Rea and Red Rose products fortified with Carnation Lab Mix to insure adequate Vitamin and Trace Mineral fortification in a ration “tailor made" for your herd and available roughage and grain. If you wish tc have an analysis and program recommendation made, please call for an appointment. Red Rose ANIMAL FEEDS BROWN & REA, INC. Service at Beltsville, Md. Originally devised as a means of saving labor and improving tobacco quality, HLC also made possible the removal of valuable Frac tion-l-Protein, along with other potentially useful compounds. Dr. Tso was assisted in the HLC studies by colleagues at USDA’s Tobacco Research Station at Oxford, N.C.; the Agricultural Experiment Station at Lexington, Ky.; and the University of- Maryland at Baltimore. The Fraction-l-Protein from tobacco is pure, tasteless, odorless, and colorless. It is stable and # Atglen, PA 215-593-5149 easy to store. Its nutritional value, based on amino acid composition, is comparable to milk and surpasses that of soybeans. It is so con structed that it can be manufactured in a gel-like form that looks much like soybean curd, a staple food in many countries. A related byproduct known as Fraction-2-Protein is a mixture of many soluble proteins, and has potential for use as both humans and animal food. Leaf tobacco for smoking contains three groups of compounds, according to Dr. Tso - those that add to' smoke quality and tobacco usability, those that add nothing, and those that actually impair smoke quality. It’s these last two groups, all wasted during smoking, that provide the potentially useful materials. These include-besides the two protein fractions-- alkaloids, lipids, car bohydrates, and phenolics, some of which may be potentially useful in medicines or pesticides. In addition, the removal of these compounds reduces the precursors of some of the undesirable constituents in tobacco smoke._ and has been extensively studied. Scientists have not GUTSHALL’S SILO REPAIR RDl’Box 128 Z Womelsdorf, Pa. 19567 Frystown 717-933-4616 We Install and Service What We Sell, Acorn Unioaders, Feeders & Conveyors Acorn Cable Gutter Cleaners Acorn Chain Gutter Cleaners Acorn Manure Pump Acorn Alley Scraper Acorn Barn Equipment Acorn Chute Hoppers Ritchie Cattle & Hog Waterers Weaverline Carts Ideal Feeders, Waterers, Farrowing Crates fiSsWaM aSSk. I rtt i s I IIP 1 iMim Growing puppies, dogs that are especially active, high-strung breeds and dogs subjected to environmental stresses need the extra pro tein they'll get from BEACON High Protein Dog Food. From now until October 30, you can buy a 25-lb bag of BEACON High Protein Dog Food for 30d less than the regular price. SEE YOUR BEACON DEALER beacq£feeds Beacon Feeds, York, PA food source says USD A been able to crystallize the protein from any major crop except tobacco, however; and only then was economically feasible with the advent of the HLC process. Conventional leaf curing procedures do not permit removal. of the proteins or other useful compounds. Dr. Tso estimates con servatively that about 20 to 40 pounds of protein per acre could be obtained as byproducts of tobacco production at current yield levels. Continued technical advances may increase the efficiency of tobacco production with resulting greater yields of the desirable byproducts. Dr, Tso projects a worldwide yield of 12.5 billion pounds of tobacco by 1985, and 20 billion pounds by 2000, with no increase in acreage. This could provide 750 million pounds of both protein fractions by 1985, and 1.2 billion pounds by the year 2000 - enough to meet the needs of 33 to 63 million people, depending on which of several standards for daily protein consumption are used. “Despite these potentially high yields,” stresses Dr. Tso, “it would not be economically practical to Storage Bins & INTRODUCING BEACON HIGH PROTEIN DOG FOOD FOR DOGS WITH SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS Phone 717-843-9033 raise tobacco as a main source of protein. A tobacco plant contains 12 to 17 per cent of protein as compared with 42 to 44 per cent for soybeans. But even half that 12 to 17 per cent, which we can get as a byproduct of normal production, can be very significant.” The HLC process involves homogenizing or macerating the leaf material into a slurry form. The extraction and purification of the proteins is fairly simple, much like the crystallization of sugar from sugarcane or sugarbeets. Comparable processing facilities would be needed. .The remaining material is then incubated, dehydrated, and recon stituted for use in manufacturing tobacco products. The energy used to extract protein in the HLC process is more than offset by the savings of 30 to 50 per cent in hand labor and greater usability of tobacco A SIZE FOR YOUR FEIDLOT Choose from 130 to 320 cubic foot capacity Five Gehl models to select from. Three new Gehl Mixer-Feeders carry and completely mix 170,280, or 320 cubic feet of feed. Triple-augers handle all ingredients. Because the chain is pulled from the outer chute, these units unload as much as J 6 easier. Rugged construction and simple design keeps 'em going longer. Electron ic scales available. Check also, Gehl Blender- Feeders with 130 and 190 cubic foot capacity. BEHL @ Gets into your system ZOOK’S FARM STORE N. G. HERSHEY & SON HONEY BROOK, PA 215-273-9730 NISSLEY FARM SERVICE WASHINGTON BORO, PA 717-285-4844 S. 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