PB—Lancaster Fuming, Saturday, September 13,1980
How to protect stored grain
LANCASTER Farmers
frequently lose as much
grain in storage as they do in
the field. These storage
losses may be caused by rats
and mice, insects or
spoilage.
All of these attackers may
be foiled with fairly simple
methods, says extension
agricultural chemical
specialist John McDaniel.
Harvesting machinery,
grain wagons, trucks,
elevators, and augers should
be thoroughly cleaned so
that older gram already
infested by insects will not
be mixed with this season’s
harvest. This alone could
prevent the start of a serious
problem.
Another practice which
will help prevent the onset of
problems is to clean the bins
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inside and out. Remove all
old gram, cracked kernels,
dust and debris. Gram dust
and cracked gram hidden
beneath false floors and
aeration ducts make ideal
breeding conditions for
insects.
Get nde of weeds growing
near the gram storage area.
These serve as harborages
for rats and mice.
Spray the inside and
outside surfaces of the gram
storage structure with
malathion or methoxychlor
about two weeks before
storing gram. One gallon of
spray should cover 750 to
1000 square feet of surface,
depending on whether it is a
metal, wood or concrete
wall.
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Concrete walls should be
sprayed with methoxychlor,
since malathion is deac
tivated rapidly under
alkaline conditions.
After the cleanup, be sure
to store clean, dry grain:
Adjust the harvester so that
kernels are not broken and
most dockage is removed.
(Dockage includes weed
seeds, dirt, chaff, and other
material which is not clean
grain. These pieces of trash
impede aeration and serve
as points for spoilage to
start.)
Clean, dry gram stored in
a clean storage unit will
come out as clean dry gram,
McDaniel concludes—the
kind that brings the best
price.
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