D2—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, August 6,1983
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Christian F. Wolf, Jr., of Millville, right, inspects a test plot
of winter wheat with David Matthews, director of crops
research and development at the Agway Farm Research
Center near Tully, N.Y. The test plots are used to help select
new crop varieties, develop improved production practices
and evaluate crop protection programs.
Agway holds research tour
SYRACUSE, N.J. - Christian F.
Wolff, Jr., a dairy farmer from
Millville, and member of the board
of directors of Agway Inc.,
reviewed the latest research
projects and new technological
developments at the Agway Farm
Research Center near Tully, N.Y.
recently.
Together with other Agway
board members, Wolff toured the
500-acre farm where dairy, field
crops, poultry, and energy
utilization research is underway.
Substantial yield increases are
resulting from Agway's integrated
crop management (ICM) program
a combination of variety selection,
fertilization which provides
specific crop nutrients, and pest
Save cobs when combining
CHAMBERSBURG -
Automatic announces the "Cob-
Catcher Sieve” a device which will
save up to 90% of the cobs when
combining com, according to
Ryder Supply, Chambersburg.
The Cob-Catcher replaces the
adjustable chaffer and the ad
justable sieve in the combine and
allows the cobs to drop through
with the gram and go into the
wagon. It is designed to direct air
flow from the cleaning fan over the
surface and keep leaves and husks
moving out of the combine.
The result is a com-and-cob
Md. man gets corn post
SPRINGFIELD, 11. - The Board
of Directors of the National Com
Growers Association (NCGA)
concluded their annual
reorganization meetings with the
election of officers at the twenty
fifth national convention of the
association held here. These of
ficers will serve as the officers of
the NCGA Board of Directors
during the 1983/84 season, and will
assume their respective offices on
October 1.
They are:
President
Circleville,
John
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control programs.
A computer-controlled sup
plemental feeding system for
individual high producing dairy
cows received much interest.
The farm leaders also examined
Agway’s biogas generation and
utilization research to create
electricity on the farm, semi-solid
manure storage and handling, and
a new dilute pesticide handling
system, which biologically tran
sforms farm chemical wastes into
harmless elements.
Agway is a 110,000 member farm
supply and food marketing
cooperative serving 12 nor
theastern states. It is headquar
tered in Syracuse, NY.
mixture which can go directly into
an Automatic Holler Mill for
processing into bunker, pit or
upright silo. The Cob-Catcher
Sieve gives you the best of both
worlds the convenience of
combine harvest plus the
nutritional advantage of earcorn
mix.
For further details contact the
manufacturer, Automatic
Equipment Mfg. Co., Department
NR, Fender, Neb. 68047, or the
distributor, Ryder Supply, Box 219,
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania,
17201,717-263-9111.
President; Varel Bailey, Anita,
la.; Secretary; Kay Schaub,
Ithaca, Mich.; Treasurer: Drew
Stabler, Gaithersburg, Md.
Vice President - Legislation.
Dam Friend, Warrensburg, II.;
Vice President - Market
Development: Irv Sethei,
Jackson, Mn.; Vice President -
Membership: Harold Cutler,
Scotland Neck, N.C.; Vice
President - Public Relations;
Jerry Franz, Poynelte, Wise.; Vice
President - Research & Education.
Don Sjogren, Funk, Neb.
Stevenson,
Ist Vice
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Ag-Bag offers 3 models
ASTORIA, Ore. Feeding
adequate quantities of high-quality
forages is the basis of profitable
milk and livestock production.
As an example, com silage is
tops in pounds of digestible energy
or pounds of milk produced per
acre of crop. If harvested at the
correct time, and otherwise
properly managed, the yield of
Total Digestive Nutrients (TDN)
may exceed 8,000 pounds per acre.
But, when corn is harvested and
fed as grain, much of the feed
value of the crop goes unhar
vested. Only 50 or 60 percent of the
energy value of the com is in the
grain. The remaining 40 to 50
percent is in the form of stalks,
leaves, tassels, husks and cobs.
Bagging of the corn silage, or
any other forage, takes this one
step further. The great benefit of
the bagging is the feed comes out of
the bag at the same nutrient
level as it was harvested and
bagged, even though feeding may
take place a year after it is bagged.
A leader in the bagging field is
Ag-Bag Corporation of Astoria,
Ore., manufacturer of the popular
Ag-Bagger machine and the only
Feed bicarb in hot weather
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Hot
weather is here and dairymen can
help cows achieve optimum milk
production during the stress of
these hot summer days by feeding
them sodium bicarbonate. Recent
research at the University of
Florida shows that heat stressed
cows produce more milk and
milkfat when bicarb is added to the
ration at 1 percent of the total dry
matter.
David Beede, dairy nutritionist
at the university, says that sodium
bicarbonate probably prevents a
drop in rumen pH that often occurs,
in hot weather.
“In addition,” he says, “many
dairymen feed a fairly high level of
concentrates during the summer
since they know that feed intake
will be low. A higher concentrate
level allows for greater 'total
nutrient intake, but also con
tributes to higher rumen acidity.
Sodium bicarbonate neutralizes
this acid.”
Besides buffering, sodium
bicarbonate is related to different
mineral requirements of cows
under heat stress conditions.
Potassium is one of these
minerals.
Over the past three years, Beede
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Hollinger Farm Supply, Master Mix dealership in Lititz, was honored recently by
Central Soya Company, Inc. for outstanding sales and marketing achievements during
the past year. The dealership received the Century Club Award at the 5-Star Dealer
recognition weekend held recently in Atlantic City, N.J.
Holding the award is Tom Weidman, Owner and Manager, of Hollinger Farm Supply.
Pictured with Tom are his wife. Kathy; Gordon Bierman, left. North Atlantic Division
Sales Manager, and Merle Altstiel, Eastern Regional Director of Operations.
diesel.
company with the two layer plastic
bag capable of holding 150 tons of
silage.
The_ Ag-Bagger machine, that
compacts the feed into the bags, is
now available in three models that
give the fanner a choice of power
options. There is a motorized unit
that is self-powered by either a
diesel or gasoline engine, or the
power take off hydraulic unit that
has studied mineral needs of
dairy cows and found that hot
weather creates a greater need for
potassium. That’s because cdws
lose potassium through sweating.
Plus, milk contains .15 to .17
percent potassium even higher
than its calcium content.
After further research, Beede
discovered improved response to
added potassium if the diet also
included supplement sodium above
that normally recommended.
"There appears to be a
relationship between potassium
and sodium that is analogous to the
well-known link between calcium
and phosphorus in dairy feeding,”
he explains.
So, sodium bicarbonate provides
necessary sodium in addition to
buffering needed when cows are
subjected to high temperatures.
Research conducted between
June and September, 1982 showed
that cows produced over 2 lbs.
more milk per day a 5 percent
increase with bicarb added.
Milk fat content increased from
3.42 percent to 3,57 percent for
bicarb-fed cows. And, when milk
production was corrected to a 4
percent fat basis, cows produced 10
percent more with' sodium
bicarbonate. That compared to
Bollinger Farm Supply honored
is a combination of tractor power
and hydraulic versatility. The
third model is a gear box model
utilizing the power take-off of the
tractor.
An option front end feed table to
the machine hopper or a
conveyor allows the choice to®
handle any field harvesting
equipment out-put on the market
today.
only a 4 percent FCM increase
when extra sodium was provided
by added salt (sodium chloride).
“This demonstrates that the
buffering with bicarbonate was
important,” Beede points out.
Although Florida cows endure
hot weather five to six months of
the year, cows in every major
dairy state are subject to heat
stress, too.
Weaver honors
safe drivers
NKW HOLLAND - Six Victor Ftf«
Weaver, Inc. truck drivers wertra*
recently recognized for accident-'
free records.
Drivers honored for driving over*-
one million miles without a
preventable accident were Lee
Weaver, James Stoltzfus and John
Musser. These three drivers plus
Gordon Landis, Barry Dissmger
and Raymond Weaver were also
cited for ten or more consecutive
years of safe driving.
The drivers received cash
rewards totalling as part of
Weaver’s Truck Driver Safety
Incentive Program and Safe Years
Award Packages from the
American Trucking Association.
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