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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1981-07-15, Page 24A TWINE FOR EVERY NEED VALUE PRICED 10 000 ft Bale. - • 325 lb tensile strength SiSOiQhCi Baler building?• remodeling? - repair? Get materials now rather than disappointed with shortages. delays, increased prices. For farm buildings or home you'll find we've got • material selection • quality materials . • crpetitive prices MANNING'S BUILDING SUPPLIES .LTD. Douwe Wilts-' Gary Courtney 523.9305 Blyth /r•-•". e y THE. NEW INTERNATIONAL.1420.. IS THE MOST. P • DUCTIVE :ROTARYCOMBINE-OFITSIIZE.. AND WE'LL GIVE YOU $8,300 TO PROVE IT! We'll give you $8,306 off the list price of a new International 1420 Axial-Flow Combine if you simply agree to tell us what you think after one season's use. We're ready to put this new rotary combine to the test. Your test. Operate it. See just how good this new 1420' Axial-Flow. is. We think you'll agree . . it's the most productive rOtaryconibine,in the 125 hu. capacity class, And $8,300 right up front,says you'll pro% e it. See us soon. Offer ends July 31; 1981. The Company reserves the right to withdraw or modify this program at, any time without notice or obligation. Ask about special Red Power Rebate Showdown•savirsgs on • other International Axial-410w Combines. -1 i v INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER CANADA. 4.411111111*. SIAFORM 5214120 • "FIAGE SuPPiAMENT, Jay 154 1981, . , :" • ‘)' . Tr f SUPPMMENt )01,Y ft 1 • needs careful attention Eric Anderson finds )they increase yield • I • Some dairymen have over- come-the problems of pas- ture feeding by switching te year round stored feeding programs. However, if you are using pasture for the milking herd it will require careful attention to the entire feeding program to support good production. Early pasture growth is high in quality. but declines rapidly. Within a-month. the dry matter of spring grasiet can drop iron, 08% TDN and Farming today do lands efficienc% This cdnti wveerk more acres per hour and obtaining higher yields per acre. Farmers today are :sing more and more automation to reduce labour .osts, buying inputs wisely to maximize return on invest- ments and using new management techniques to help efficiency... One method for increased efficiency for forage production would' be the use of custom applied 15% protein, to 50% TDN and 7% protein. In addition, pas•ure quality can change drastically from one field to another depending on the type and amount of grasses from one field to an. tiler depending on the type and amount of grasses and le• slimes present. and the maturity of the stand. It is this variability which creates most of the difficulties of pasture feeding programs. Dairymen must react to fluid fertilizer. A good forage crop removes a considerable amount of nutrients from the soil. With forage crops, only the roots remain in the field: unlike a cash grain crop where much of the plant is returned to the soil. Because of the high nutrient removal, a well balanced fertility program .is essential. Soil analysis and type of forage crop help determine the crop's requirements.. changes in pasture quality before production. slumps occur. Even short-term, in- adequate feeding practices have a major long term effect on the productior at individ- ual' cows: The grain mix which com- plements your pasture feed- ing program, will depend on the quality of pasture avail • - able. In May and June. a mix containing ,• 14% protein should be" adequate. but 'during surnmiir and fall a A • proper fertilizer oroxtram on forage crops can considerably affect the yield and quality. Not only can yields be increased -"Significantly, but even more law-tent, the amount of, total digestible nutrients and crude protein can be increased dramatically. With soybean meal being quite costly as a necessary protein supplement. it is easy to see, Where considerable savings can be made by, the added Early maturing type variety that features_ strong vigorous growth and resists lodging High level of resistance to bacterial wilt. Resists leaf-hopper and common leaf spot grain mix of at least 16% protein is required. If only one grain mix is to be fed throughout the pasture sea- son. It is best to overfeed protein in the early stages. In view of the high cost of protein supplements, many dairymen could benefit by gradually increasing the pro- tein level 01 the grain mix during. mid'-June. Providing a commercial 1.:1 mineral and trace miner- alized salt on' a free choice basis will help assure that mineral requirements are met for low producing cows. A common problem with cows on lush pasture is the change in appetit e. To con- sume the dry matter of 30 lbs. (13.5 kb) of hay, a cow rite), have to eat up to 200 lbs. of 90 kg of lush pasture, causing even high producing cows to fill up, and so'refuse grain. This problem can be minimized by changing over to pasture gradually, allow= fertilizers can help today's forage producers realiie maximum potential from their forage crops, resulting in higher . net profits. Written by Larry Shapton Sales Manager, Hensall Dist, Co-Op lassified Ad., pay di'. idends ing' only a few hours of grazing in the early part of the year. The cows will fill up in a short time, but will digest this, and be ready for grain and other dry feeds at milking time. Because of the low fibre, content, lush pasture often causes a severe drop in butterfat test. To avoid this, make dry hay available in a free choice hay feeder. If each cow does not consume at least 5 lbs of hay per day, it may be necessary to keep. them in the barn longer for hay feeding. During the summer and fall, the quality and quantity of pasture available is often inadequate to support nor- mal leves of milk production. When- pastures decline, be prepared to supplement them from stored feed with hay, haylage pr corn silage and adjust the grain mix to balance With- these feeds. Ontario trials %kith pastured beef cattle have shown year after year, that average daily gain decreases drasti- cally after mid-August.' 1st most cases, use of some supplementary stored feeds is critical in the fall if production slumps are to be prevented. Dennis Martin, Associate AgLicyltural Representative. emember nnsafety is in your bands! BY RHEA HAMILTON Micronutrients in soil are new in fertilizers. Until the tase15 years fertilizers were mixtures of three basic ele- ments: nitrogen, rous and posassium (potash). Testing and experimenting by industry has resulted in the development of fertilizers that contain the trace ele- ments essential for plants in to use in their growth cycle. Some of the- testing for these additions to fertilizers has been done in the Lond- esboro area. Eric Anderson was one of the farmers to open his land to the testing done by the firm Nutrite five years ago. His neighbour Don Buchanan who is the agent for the firm, was on. hand to watch the application and see the results. The first fields involved white bean and for three consecutive years both soil and leaves of the crops were tested. The tests proved yield was up and maintained. This evidence was accepted by the Ontario Ministry of Agricul- ture and Food (OMAF) and is" listed in the 1981 field crop recommendations booklet put out by OMAF The land was carefully plotted out with stakes. Re- Weal girls at U of G meeting More than 200 4-H Homemaking Club members from ell over Ontario-spent from June 23rd to June 26th at the University of Guelph attending Provincial Confer- ence. Huron County was fortunate to be allowed seven members to attend. Gwen Dickson, Belmore Club; Connie Evans, Club 3 Club; Kathleen Foran, Don- nyllrook Club; Anita Hamrn, Blyth" 2 Club; Donna Prout, Hurondale VI Club; Ruth Ryan. Seaforth II Club; Rose Van Loon, Seaforth II Club were our delegates. They have been involved at the Conference whose theme was "Dimensions '81 -. De- stination....Life." There were interest sessions, speakers, ditcussion groups and a banquet with guest Speaker 'The Hon. LOepe. Henderson, Minister of Agriculture and Food.. The members attending would no doubt broaden experiences, by meeting with club members from across the province and we're glad they were able to represent Huron County. Jane Muegge, Home Economist. ••• the fertilizer without micro- nutrients. When Mr. Anderson planted the beans along with his own and the crop was treated the same as the rest. Al harvest representatives again came to the Anderson farm and from the marked pit farm and from the marked plot hand harvested the crop taking plant and all for testing of plant quality and to accurately measure the yield. According to Mr. Ander- son the firm has taken both leaf and soil samples, since the .first testing five 'years ago. Leaf testing is taken in Mid-July and soil testing on the corn crop is left till the end of October. Mr. iknderson is notified of the tatifigind copies of the results arn-alsciont to him from the company labs., TRACE ELEMENTS The idea of adding trace elements to the.soil began 10 or 12 years ago, according to Mr.Buchanan , in Tobermory by Jack Reed. Mr. Reed worked with an .American firm. surviving drought condit- ions. Managanese is also invol- ved with the iron and zinc in the chlorophyll process as well as respiration in the plan. For alfalfa. boron is impor- tant,. It is needed 'for trans- location of sugars and for plant development during flowering and fruiting stag- es. Itia considered by biolog- ists as essentialto the quality of alfalfa, tree, fruits and root crops. Both copper and molyb- denum are important to plant growth too but not in as great a quantity as the first four elements. Copper activates' enzymes which aid in the formation of proteins and vitamins. It is often deficient in muck or light sandy soils. Molybde- num is used for nitrogen metabolism in all plants and for nitrogen fixation by le- gumes. It also helps the plants' ability to, breakdown iron. It' too is often deficient in muck soils. Mr. Buchanan noted that over two-thirds of his custo-' mers are now using the fertilizer with the addition of the micronutrients. "There is, a "90 to 95 percent differ- ence that you-, can see in the crop" said Mr. Buchanan. Differences in crops also include beans and corn being two to three points drier in some cases with an increased yield. Mr. Buchanan explained in one instance a farmer had the article that stalks can be ,ensiled if harvested immed- iately after the corn is com- bined. However, they must contain enough moisture: to ensure fernientation, a poor crop in a front field and tests proved the land was rich but that th,e crops were unable to get the food from the soil. Mr. Buchanan said that after an application of the fertilizer with the addition of the. micro nutrients the crop was remarkable. "The trace minerals help the plant get the food from the soil." said Mr. Buchanan RIPENING FASTER Mr. Anderson has noted ' the difference in his crops. As well as yields being up he finds his crops are ripening earlier. The additions to the ferti- lizer are more costly but according to Mr. Buchanan the costs average out to approximately 50 cents more per acre. OMAF has recommended that since fertilizers contain ing the micronutrients are more toxic than those e 'out maximum safe rates should be reduced. Boron is particularly toxic. Mr. Anderson has not decreased the amount of application to his land with the new enriched fertilizer. His white beans, corn and barley are all involved in the program using the micro, nutrients. Mr. Buchanan noted that Nutrite has developed a fert- ilizer better suited to corn and beans that involves less phosphorous and more pot- assium ('-14-28). For the wary farmer tests sent to Guelph and through Nutrite and other firms' labs should be able to help him come to a better decision about the quality of his soil and what it needs. Take care spraying Should you spray your new alfalfa seeding? Some peopli.. have been very pleased spraying with ' Embutox. Others have had had exper-. iences usually _because they sprayed'at the wrong stage. You hate to keep checking the field and do the job When ' thelittle legumes .are in the one to three trifoliate stage. These stages are shown quite clearly on page 31 of the 1981 Guide - to Chemical Weed Control. It's a matter of checking the field at least every two days. At any one time you will see plants at various stages of leaf devel- opment. It's time to spray when the majority We two trifoliate leaves. lit Seaforth Farmers' Co!,0p. 521-0770 Ride 'em in the dirt ... and to the dirt. Both of these bikesare tough enough for rugged, off-road riding. Completely street-legal, too, for all-around transportation. Try a Yamaha on for size today. ORDER' YOUR FORAGE SEEDS NOW Come in and see us about early booking discoUnts. Classic Alfalfa -Recommended pUblic varieties are also available at your CID-OP. Don't Be Disippointed! 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With spreading of dry -fertilizer-there-is-separation • due to partiple site and density, resulting in ,uneven spread patterns. This uneven distribution of nutrients can result in a . substantial yield reduction with parts of the field not' receiving the proper nutrients. Micro nutrients, such as • Boron -on -alfalfa. because -of the' small quantities being used, are,. often difficult to get evenly distributed. Fluid fertilizer can also solve this ptoblem with •every drop of fertilizer containing exactly the same amount of nutrients. In conclusion, a good forage ,fertilizer program using custom applied fluid Fluid fertilizer can help Farmers seek efficienc You can avoid careless acci- dents on your farm! Alert workers as to emergency procedures to be taken. Safety first it pays! 1 mile west and I mllootith of Houma 'ELDER ENTERPRISEC SALES & SERVICE „DIAL 262:6142 utNsett mai Your authedzediatnaha full %ertfee dealer. The micronutrients or trace elements are needed in small amounts and in some cases too much can burn out presentatives from the firm orops. Leading the list is iron applied the fertilizer to the which is essential for devel- test plot allowing the rows to 'opment of chlorophyll. It be 30 inches apart. activates the enzymes ,which The rows included some enter into the plant develop- without fertilizer, some with ment process. micronutrients and some with regular application of Zinc isVie:Ofthe elements that will cause burning if too much is applied. his needed in early growth stages for the formation of chlorophyll. It also promotes, cellular `growth and water absorption capacity. Armed with this. crops have a better chance of According to the, Univer- sity of Illinois, when forage supplies• are low, or you wish to dilute hay silage rations," you can safely feed corn stalks to dairy animals. • These corn stalks may be fed to dry cows, low producers and heifers more than a year old. The feed value of the matter varies. depending up- on the relative proportion of leaves, husks and stalks. Typical. corn stalk'residue contains 5.9% C.P (low in digestibility) 58% TDN, 0:6% calcium and 0.09% phosphorus, all, on a Dry Matter basis. It was also pointed out in Corn stalks can figure in dairy rations FARM EQUIPMENT LIMITED