Berks dairyman
(Continued from Page DIO)
is serving as director for the
District, in his second four-year
term.
Conservation practices can be
seen, not only on Duncan’s home
farm, but also on the six farms he
rents. Over the years, the fields
have been stripped and contoured;
and on areas where slopes are
steep, diversions have been in
stalled to prevent erosion.
Minimum tillage is Duncan’s
usual method of preparing the 550-
acres of land be farms, with the
help of two full-time farm hands
and several part-timers, including
son Donald, a student at Conrad
Weiser High School. However, he
confesses he keeps a moldboard
around for some plowing.
“Wedisk with the field cultivator
attached, and then we plant. It
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looks rough, but there’s little
washing even during a heavy
rain,” hie says firmly.
Duncan says he’s tried no-till but
“wasn’t terribly pleated.”
“I had a hard time killing the
alfalfa with Paraquat,” he recalls,
grinning. “Then 1 heard the
company was recommending the
herbicide to control weeds in
alfalfa. Needless to say, I had a
beautiful stand of alfalfa.”
The conservation farmer admits
he had more success when he
attempted no-tilling into wheat
stubble or rye.
Whether no-till will be a part of
the Duncan operation on a bigger
scale in the future will depend on
the cost of equipment and sprays.
“No-till definitely saves on
labor,” he states, “but I question
the costs you have to use a lot
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more sprays. And with no-txll you
have more trouble with fungus,
insects, and runoff. With that sod
cover, the rain can’t soak in.”
Duncan was not spared the ef
fects of last summer’s drought,
and his short corn supply promp
ted him to try to play the odds with
the weather. On April 16, Duncan
planted his first com of the year, a
short-season variety that he hopes
will be ready by August when his
last year’s com supply will run out.
“By planting for an'August
harvest, I’m hoping the com will
get the advantage of the rains
before the weather is dry and hot
and I’m spreading my com
harvest over a number of months,”
he explains.
Along with the 250 acres of com
that he harvests for silage and high
moisture grain, Duncan raises 100
acres of alfalfa, oats, and wheat.
Most of bis crops are used to feed
his cattle, however he markets
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permits.
Duncan feeds a total mix ration
to his milking string—divided into
two production-level groups and
fed accordingly.
In a network of silos, conveyor
belts, and mixing bin, Duncan
makes his own precise mix that’s
high in energy and protein. Silage,
haylage, com, and soybeans are
weighed and measured, with pre
mix and buffers added. The
feeding operation is almost totally
automated another labor saving
feature.
The cows that make up his high
production group are given special
treatment in the Duncan free stall
bam. Each one of the cows wears a
magnet that triggers an automatic
feeder which allows the cow to eat
as much as she wants. However,
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Duncan notes, they don’t seem to
be eating a significant amount
‘ more than before the automatic
feeder was installed. Again, he
credits the new feeder with saving
labor.
Duncan is a strong advocate of
home-mixing, stating, “It’s the
biggest change needed for dairy
farmers to stay in business.
They’ve got to use their home
grown grains in the feeding
program, and most certainly their
forages.”
The straight-through parlor
Duncan added in 1977 (one of the
first of its kind) has cut the time he
and others have to spend milking.
Ten cows, five on each side, enter
the parlor, are washed and dried
with individual terry cloth towels,
and are hooked up to the low-line.
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