—lancaster Farming, Saturday. May 14,1977
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Harvesting is key to alfalfa’s value
NEW HOLLAND, Pa. -
Alfalfa has been one of the
most sought-after farm
crops in recent months.
In areas hardest hit by
drought, such as Minnesota,
supplies are exhausted and
alfalfa has been transported
1200 to 1500 miles to
dairymen seeking to
maintain their herds.
Premium prices have been
paid for such alfalfa, making
it one of the major cash
crops recently.
It is such conditions which
have confirmed again, not
only the basic value of
alfalfa as a cash crop, but
the dependence of a
significant segment of
agriculture such as dairying
on it as a primary feed.
Hie key to alfalfa’s value
as a cash crop and a dairy
feed, centers on modem
harvesting techniques to
maintain top quality of the
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crop, according to Sperry
New Holland.
The basic principle of
reducing harvesting time by
using one machine to both
cut and condition a crop now
has been expanded to
provide additional ad
vantages for farmers.
Increased alfalfa acreage
to fill the growing demand,
such as was apparent this
year, has created a need for
units with greater cutting
and conditioning capacity.
Machines with 12-foot cuts
and more than 9-foot-wide
conditioning rolls have been
developed in both pull-type
and self-propelled models,
Sperry New Holland says.
Another important
guideline to judge the value
of a mower-conditioner is its
dual capability to either
swath or windrow. This gives
greater versatility to meet
varying weather conditions.
Coupled with greater
capacity, today’s harvesting
requires gentler handling of
the crop to preserve its feed
value. Elimination of the
auger in mower-conditioners
provides such gentle han
dling. A header with con
verging reels picks up the
crop and delivers it directly
to the conditioning rolls.
These reels also provide a
sweeping action for a clean
cut in a down and tangled
crop.
Read has designed the single most flexible
bulk feed system in the world. And basic to the
a system is the new Read bulk feed bin, a product
m ] WKm of intensive research and development, and a
■ J i 1 promise of superior quality.
The
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