Bale Feeder Types Affect Amount Of Forage Wasted UNIVERSITY PARK. (Centre between ring and cone feeders. The 2 g ds per bale for wrapp ed there also is a cost to dispose of the me " t^ ion '. „.. . , Co.)—Research in Penn State’s ring-type feeder wasted nearly four b alaee” - plastic wrap after feeding. Wrapping or tubing bales costs College of Agricultural Sciences times as much forage as the cone- storing hay in plastic has the Labor costs also may be higher " lore ’ but th ® se methods give pro found little variation in nutritional type feeder. potential to recover more standing for wrapping or tubing bales. “It more flexibility in harvesting quality among three methods used “That’s probably because the £ eby reducing i ea f loss and takes two to three times as much and storing forage, and may recover to store forage for beef cattle, but cone feeder’s solid base catches dryi ® tir^e in the field. But produc- labor at the time the grass is baled ™ ore standing forage. Switching suggests that feeder types greatly dropped forage as the cow pulls it ers should com p are the cost of compared to baling dry hay,” Com- trom dry hay o wrapped balage influence the amount of forage from the bale,” Comerford said. “In wraD ning—at about $4 per bale— . erford said. “Within 24 hours, bal- may Ixs w ° rth ll ’ bu * * e 'ong-tem wasted. this study, ring feeders wasted 149 Wi "to costs of otherstorages, ' age needs to be wrapped and moved Dr. John Comerford, associate more pounds of dry hay per ton than including bags , before deciding to to apeimanent storage site without *he situation will be dif professorofammalscience.com- cone feeders, and 305 more pounds switch met hods. In most cases, piercing the bale and disrupting fer- rerent tor each cattle feeder, pared various storage methods for of balage per ton. large round bales of grass. Dr. Dennis f^SSSS ssbSSSSSSSSESS^ Buckmaster, assistant professor of “For the average cow fed hay ~~~~ _ ~ » CIIDC Q/’NI lITION agricultural engineering, and Dr. Ers- valued at $7O per ton for five LJ BJJJ M Owliu OwLU I IVJIi kine Cash, professor of animal sci- months, that’s an average loss of ■■ ■ Iwl I C TO MASONRY ence, also participated in the study. $10.33 per bale,” said Comerford. The researchers evaluated three “Cone feeders cost about $550 ADVANCED CHIMNEY TECHNOLOGY CHIMNEY PROBLEMS: bale storage methods. Some grass more than ring feeders, but with a SAFER: CHIMTEK is designed to withstand severe chimney bales were stored inside as dry hay. 53-cow herd, a cone feeder would fires without breaking or f ransmitting high temperatures to Outer casing of The rest was harvested as balage at pay for itself through reduced waste adjoining combustible materials. chimney; made of H % about 40 percent dry matter, then of forage.” . m,. ... j , brick, stone, ’afi „ Koi» Tu 6 . . . . LESS CREOSOTE; Wood smoke contains moisture (HO), block, or other Sgffii Sg wrapped in plasuc with a bale wrap- The researchers analyzed each When the smoke comes into contact with a surface under sultablemeeonry per or in a plastic tube to ferment, feed for dry matter and fiber con- approx. 250 degrees F the water wi || condense t 0 a , iquidi material^ Alter 170 days, the dry hay and fer- tent, and total digestible nutrients This liquid combined with other products in wood smoke will ■ —rSSSSSSSSSSjSSSsSSjv mented balage were fed to mature (TDN) both at harvest and after result in creosote. Creosote can be very dangerous when it fcHiMTEK INNER LINER: \ beef cows using both a conventional storage. “We measured changes in ignites. The inside of a CHIMTEK chimney stays much war- . 0 ( pumice and high temperature ring-type bale feeder and one with feed value after storage, and found mer and greatly reduces the amount of creosote formation. refractory cements'’ flue an inverted cone and solid base. some slight differences in TDN In many cases CHIMTEK chimneys are completely clean Sow'ofsmokeand flue Cattle in the study readily ate all change. However, after adjusting afler V ears of use ' . resistant to thermal shock, of the forage. “They didn’t care for dry matter losses, there was no IMPROVES STOVE PERFORMANCE: The draft produced • how it had been stored,” Comerford major difference in feed value loss by a chimney is what pulls oxygen into the fire for combus- X , ( . r said. “Palatability was fine for each among the three methods. Average 'i™ The three main (actors affecting draft are the chimney’s • value storage method. But there were sig- TDN loss was 2.5 pounds per bale height, size and temperature. CHIMTEK contains a great nificant differences in feed losses for dry hay and tubed balage. and h° ~ L- CHIMTEK SECONDARY LINER: ® affected by moisture saturation and will not Seattle or deter- , Provides exceptional insulation to make chimney more iorate. Poor draft will result in poor combusion. Poor combu- efficient and reduce heat transfer to combustible HIGHWAY WARNING sion will create moi e smoke. Smoke is wasted fuel. Newere . support tor inner liner fHT MODEL HWL 150 (Flashlna) ERA certified stoves are especially dependent on proper • Will not absorb moisture or creosote. ' 91 |i| draft to perform properly, Dual-transistorized. Fully portable. Attractive rugged case, vy < houses battery and solid state circuitry. Complete with mount- __ _ __ _ _ y fifays ®»3, BaAeffllMlß 31B®lP , Eveready #509 or equivalent Battery not included. 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