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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1965-12-16, Page 13PLAIN $84 50 .0011 DES $87 00 .0022 DES $89 50 WINNER OF EGG CONTEST Morley Chalmers, Exeter 152 eggs in the basket WINNER OF TURKEY CONTEST Vic Green, RR 1 Crediton 27 lbs. 160 days old Ask us for prices on other lower cost feeds Thank you for your visit! Call again Yes, we surely do want to thank everyone who came to our store during our 25th ANNIVERSARY WEEK. For us it was a pleasure. Get your BAHAMAS DRAW TICKETS from us CANN'S MILL,. '11:.?" 235.1782 Exeter 229.6118 Kirkton silasupplement feed service Championship corn picker In the heart of Ontario's corn belt, Fred Kusak, left, Blenheim district farmer, accepts the keys to his new Ford corn picker from J. H. McLaren of Bramlea, Ontario regional manager, tractor division, Ford of Canada. At center is Monte Rigby, Blenheim deal- er. Mr. Kusak won the champion corn picker at the International Plowing match in October at Milliken, near Toronto. 11111 llllllllllllllll 1111 llll 111111 lllll 1111111 lllllllll 1 lllll 111111111111 llllllll 1111/1 lllll 11111 lllll 111111111111111 llllll 11111111111. SEED OATS "We're buying" Registered or GARRY, RUSSELL & RODNEY Canada No.1 Certified We are now handling CORN shelled and on the cob HIGHEST PRICES PAID Give us a call W. G. THOM PSON HENSALL 262-2527 & Sons Ltd. :11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 lllll 1111111111111111 lllllll 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 lllll IF YOU BELIEVE IN CORN SILAGE You need SHUR-GAIN 40% Beef Sila- supplement Sweetened, By feeding SHUR-GAIN 40% Beef Silasupplement Sweetened you can provide a complete- ly balanced ration for maximum economical gains. Drop in soon to your local SHUR -GAIN Feed Service Mill, We'll outline the SHUR-GAIN Beef Silasupplement Pro- gram and how it can work on your farm. Low Cost — Bulk Cash Carry By The Ton These save time and money These storage and drying bins at the Tuckey farm R.R. 3 Exeter have already proved their value after operating for just one season. (T-A photo) Combines storage and drying Dick Jermyn of Exeter Farm Equipment is dwarfed inside the drying bins installed at the Tuckey farm this summer. The pipe at left allows air to blow through corn or grain stored in the bins. (T-A photo) He solved a pro Oscar Turkey knows the Value of the new type of storage, dryi blem ng bins installed this summer. It allowed hitn to harvest hls 100 acres of corn, dry it and get top quality while hundreds of acres of Corn still stand in the fields waiting for the rain to stop, (T-A photo) A quiet revolution has started in corn handling which is pro- ducing so many benefits that corn growers from all over the county are starting to take a second look at a method of handling which has been, up to this time, termed by many as an experiment. To those who have worked with this new method and followed its pro- gress since it was started in Europe 14 years ago, this new system ceased to be an experi- ment some time ago and became a series of uncontested facts. At the farm of Oscar and Wayne Tuckey the new installation this year has produced some amaz- ing results, particularly because of the adverse weather condi- tions. Corn dried by the new method. at the Tuckey farm has been found to contain 10.1 per- cent protein. The normal protein content in corn is estimated at 8 percent and this year the average has dropped to below this figure. The new installation has ad- vantages for either the all round farmer or the cash crop farmer and has proven in many cases that it can pay for itself in two and a half years. A decision The decision to instal the Kong- skilde grain dryer for drying and storage started almost by chance. Wayne Tuckey was at the Kongskilde plant in Exeter with Dick Jermyn of Exeter Farm Equipment. Consideration wa s being given to getting rid of the livestock and switching to cash crop farming on the Tuckey farm and when Wayne saw one of the dryers set up at the back of the plant he started to ask questions. After investigation of all pos- sibilities and a visit by both Oscar and Wayne Tuckey to Waterloo County to see one of these sys- tems in operation it was decided to take the step. Recalling the decision this week, Oscar Tuckey commented, frit was really Wayne that talked me into it but when we decided to go ahead we simply asked how big an installation would we need to handle 100 acres of corn." The answer was approximately 8,500 bushels and that was what was installed this summer. This was a major decision for the men to make and yet it was one they have never been sorry about. This was the first instal- lation in the world ever installed for use with corn alone. Although these have been in use in Europe for 14 years they are used for cereal grains and not for corn. In North America where they are just starting to grow in popular- ity some are used for multi- purpose but none exclusively for corn. Speeds harvest Oscar Tuckey frankly admits that had it not been for these drying bins he would not have his corn harvested yet. The bins allow for the handling of the corn as fast as it can be com- bined and sometimes the com- bine worked completely through the night this fall to take ad- vantage of the few days when it wasn't raining. While other farm- ers waited for conventional dry- ers to dry one load before another could be processed and combines worked only a portion of good days because of lack of facilities, at the Tuckey farm the scene was different. True there was still a lot of work but the corn rolled from the combine into the drying bins without stop, as fast as the combine could work and as long as the operator wanted to keep it going. With a fall such as this time was precious and none was wasted because of long waits at the Turkey farm, and the proof of one of the advantages of this new method came when the entire 100 acres was harvested and safely in the barn. Other advantages Other advantages began to show later in the quality of the corn as it was gradually dried in the huge bins. Then tests were taken and the protein content was found to be about two percent higher than other growers. The savings by using this type of bin for storage and drying are many. The corn can be kept "wet" that is with a moisture content of about 20 percent and fed to cattle. University tests have proven that of corn fed wet LIVESTOCK REPORT These are a few of the best prices received for cattle sold by 'United Co-operatives On- tario Stock yards, Toronto. ED HENDRICK, Crediton 2 Hereford Steers . . @ 27.75 WM THOMPSON, Parkhill 2 Hereford Steers . • @ 27.75 GEORGE MERCER, Clandeboye 1 Hereford Heifer . . @ 26.00 For Service Call R. B. WILLIAMS 235.2597 Exeter WM. GREEN 235.0897 only five percent of the feed value is lost through droppings while With normal dry corn about 17 percent is lost in waste. This means a savings of approximate- ly 12 percent for the cost mind- ed farmer. This coupled with this increased feed value means big savings. These bins save the grower money in another way as the corn can be dried to the normal level slowly with very little artificial ' heat. Farmers who know the cost of operating a conventional dryer are quick to see the savings from this part of the operation alone. As a storage unit these bins also save money for the grower. With these it is possible to keep the corn until the price is at its peak. With the slower drying method the corn still has its full germination value while corn dried at high temperature, loses through this method. Corn with full germination value must have full feed value, many farmers reason, and add this to the grow- ing number of points in favor of these units, Enthusiastic To say Dick Jermyn is en- thused about these new units is an understatement. He was so much impressed with them that he recently toured Europe to see Various installations of this type in operation. He cone home con- vinced that his original judge- ment was right, that these units have endless possibilities. He points out that they can be used for beans and any type of grain with the same success as corn. He is probably one of the few people who have appreciated to some small extent the wet weath- er we have had this fall as the installation proved itself suc- cessful under the most severe conditions. and pipe allow for the transfer of the corn from bin to bin and eventually to other storage areas. Erik Gravlev of Kongskilde, the manufacturer of this type of unit calmly points out that the company has been promoting this type cf storage, dryer for the past 14 ;tears and that it is only in the last two or three years that people have begun to realize some of the basic fea- tures which the company has known about since they started the manufacture of these. He is proud of these units and points out that they are now in use in nearly every country of the world from Europe to South America. The new system installed this summer at Tuckey's is a corn- plex of four large round storage bins with a central mesh core through the center. Blower fans flow it works Looking like four large silos (22 feet in diameter) the storage bins are of a unique construction. The bins are made of wooden slats about four inches wide with an aluminum strip about an inch wide between each strip of wood. The aluminum strips are slotted in such a manner that even fine grain does not run out and yet the drying air has full passage through these. The wood for the construction of the bins is im- ported from Denmark and comes originally from trees grown in- side the arctic circle. In the center of the bins is a large diameter metal pipe and — Please turn to page 16 Times-Advocate, December 16, 1965 Page 13 New method for handling corn gives high quality, saves money