BB—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 3,1980
Moisture
-Friend and Foe?
During this busy planting
season, it may be wise to
pause briefly and ask
yourself the following
question: what is your mam
reason for planting, growing
and harvesting crops? How
you answer this question,
can help give greater pur
pose and direction to all of
Davidsburg 4-H club
to hold talent show
DOVER - At the April
meeting of the 4-
H Club, a Blue Form ex
planation was given by
Charla Jarmey.
On Saturday, the club will
be cleaning up the roads
around Davidsburg. May 16
and 17, they will be assisting
the Thomasville Club with a
petting zoo at the York
Hospital Fete. And on May
17, they will be operating an
obstacle course for the
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your field work.
As a dairyman, you sell
your crops in the form of
milk and cattle. You harvest
your crops at least twice
each day at each milking!
For you, maximum crop
yield might best be
measured in terms of
maximum milk production
per acre. And for maximum
milk production per acre,
Sprmg Spree at Paradise
Elementary School.
On June 17 the club will be
serving refreshments at
Ashcombe Dairy’s Open
House. Other dates for
members to remember are:
County Council, May 7;
Leader Training, May 7;
County Demonstration
Night, May 14; and Blue
Forms due date. May 16.
Next meeting, on Thur
sday, May 15, will include a
talent show as a program.
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you will need top quality
feeds and maximum
production of feed nutrients
per acre, nutrients which
your cattle need and
nutrients which they can
convert mto milk.
To produce top quality
feeds, your forages and
grams must be harvested at
the proper stages of
maturity and at the proper
moisture content. Let’s focus
on the importance of
moisture content
The moisture content of
feeds is very difficult for
most of us to estimate ac
curately; we can’t observe
it, and it is constantly
changing. Nevertheless, it is
very crucial to the quality of
feeds and to the accuracy of
balancing rations.
In 1979, many farmers
were frustrated by in
clement weather at harvest
tune, by com blights, etc.
Consequently, crops were
“put up” too mature, too wet
or too dry. Nutrient content,
m many cases, was reduced
and spoilage was higher than
normal. These conditions, no
doubt, contributed to some of
the herd health and
production problems ex
perienced by dairymen this
past winter.
Herd performance is very
dependent upon forage
quality, and forage quality is
very dependent upon
moisture content at time of
harvest. The only reliable
indicator of moisture is the
proper use of a good
moisture tester. Notice the
emphasis on “proper use”
and “good tester”.
To a dairyman, a good
moisture tester is as
essential as most other tools,
machinery and equipment
on the farm.
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You spend vast sums of
money and tune growing,
harvesting and storing feed
crops. For what purpose 9 To
let them spoil or deteriorate
in storage? I hope not
The performance of your
herd depends heavily upon
these feeds. Failure to take
all reasonable precaution^ ,
help ensure maximum
quality m the feeds you “put
up” is very short sighted;
you have too much at stake.
A little money and tune
spent on using a moisture'
tester at harvest time is a
very small price to pay as
insurance for the quality of
all the feed you harvest and
as insurance for the health
and productivity of your
herd. In fact, it’s really an
investment.
Knowing the moisture
content at harvest tune helps
you “put up” silage, haylage
and high moisture grains at
the right moisture content
for optimum fermentation,
thus preventing heat
damage, spoilage, etc. It
helps determine when hay
should be baled to prevent
leaf shattering, and to
prevent spontaneous
combustion. It helps in
determining how much
preservative is needed for
the specific moisture content
at tune of harvest.
True, the moisture
readings taken at harvest
tune can never be con
sidered absolutely accurate,
because the moisture con
tent is constantly changing.
But, it can be a very good
indicator to help guide your
harvesting activities. The
use of a moisture tester is
not a guarantee of success;
it only helps you do your job
better.
So, now is not too early to
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make plans to have a good
moisture tester on hand and
ready to use at harvest ime
You’ll find it very useful not
only at harvest time, but all
during the year as you are
“feeding out” those crops.
It is very important U
know the mo’Sture to
the feeds cows consume,
especially high moisture
feeds such as silage, haylage
and high moisture grains.
Otherwise, we cannot
determine dry matter in
takes, and it is impossible to
balance rations accurately.
Also, tne moisture content of
these feeds may change
considerably from time to
tune.
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Unless we compensate for
these moisture changes, dry
matter mtake will be off, the
ration will be out-of-balance,
and herd performances will
likely suffer. Thus, the
moisture content of these
foods needs to be checked
frequently, and necessary
adjustments must be made
to the ration
Will moisture be your
friend or your foe during this
year’s harvest season? You
can help determine the
answer.
The use of a good moisture
tester at harvest time, and at
feeding tune, can help you
make moisture work to your
advantage.
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