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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1970-07-09, Page 7THE BRUSSELS POST ROY w. KENNEDY, Publisher Box SO, Brussels, Ontario. Published 0 Erawiels. Ontario, every 7"hur...2ay Secona Class Majl Re,gistratton Nutn.ber 950. Canadian Weekly Newspapers AssOolatioP NeitiOAlierA Aftnetatihil Jim Cardiff REAU ESTATE BROKER GENERAL INSURANCE AGENT FOR HOWICK FARMERS M 1 JTUAL FIRE !hits. It 0 ti Sf. o,f Al 4 X ji NtERCORA . M. L. WATTS FUNERAL HOME FIONE: 887-6336 or 887.6535 BRUSSELS, ONT, CRAWFORD and MILL J. H. CRAWFORD; t1.0, A, Ft, M. MILL, B.A., LLB, BRUSSELS PHONE 887.9491 WI,NGHAM ?HONE 357-3630 WM. ADAMSON Pigs Every Mon., Tues., Thurs. LIVESTOCK TRANSPORT MAI 887,6357 t'CV CLASS FS and F INIMMOMMiggiontWggitittfdtzti E. 1,0NOSTAPP 'ID 'T b T I I AAFO'FITH, COVENLOCH ST, 527-1240 7uescay, nursday, Friday, Thursday Evening CLINTON OFFICE, 10 ISSAC. STREET Monday, and Wednesday 482-7010 Call. Either Office For Appointment amgi.qmsimlmmpmiuopp.u0000.imim.7mppmwp.qmwmmwro OPEN LARRY'S RADIO and TV SALES and SERVICE Phone 523-0646 LARRY 13OWZR Blyth, Ont. PROPRIETOR ..melemb.ragoftwassawmisamftminaimiambmisp Por •most adapted hybrids, a 653:. sliage moisture content corresponds to a grain moisture content of 35 to 10%, or an ear (cob plus grain) mo'sttil.e conten of 40 to "15%. This will normally occur. depending upon the liybrtl. and the enviroment. during the week before grain maturity. By stage, maximum plant ,:•dry matter will have been attained for almost all the corn 'hybrids grown in Outario, a pas- sible exception being a few hy- brids in the extreme southwestern' Ontario area, witi"13 contintio"; produce do matter up until grain maturity, in sum fa1rY,' - pia t taa i ture percentage appears to be ghe only necessary guide in deciding TOulair COMPANY wpm* Iola: when ;.0 harvet corn silage. the .corn is dry enough for proper ensilaging, ii Ch'i'd have reached lire content can have a depressing its maxi:Mum feed value per acre, effecit on the silage dry matter in- even if is h4,$11:Qt as yet renched takti, by cattle. many research, its ma.ximnii4 grain dry weight eq,:!,- hate assumed that oxl Mama (jai' 1'ree1 1.4foice; daily dry matter limited at, silage moisture' oVitFt4rit obovelh16 However, research Fe'saiEr Oa this subject are often conflic44,, some reports indicating no effeeff of moisture percentage on silage dry' matter intake up to a moistL tire content of 75% or more, Re- search on this question is contin- uing, The safest way to ensure that your heirs will get every- thing you intend for each of them to appoint Victoria and Gt'ey Trust to administer' your estate. MAKE: SURE WHAT yOy UAW ENS WHERE YOU WANT IT! LISTOWEL BRANCH 2st-1450 Yr. ,milipmmispoi cosix.--momminsw-wwwwwwsr—e. McGavin's Farm Equipment •WE SPECIALIZE . IN A COMPLETE LINE OF ,FARM EQUIPMENT SALES AND SERVICE 41„,. WALTON, 'ONTARIO ORUSSELS 881-68'66 • SEAFORTH Nk. 527-0245 'IMIUSSUA PHONE. TORIA THE POST, BRUSSEL$, ONTARIO THURSDAY, JULY 9th, 1970 FIRE AUTO FHONE; OFFICE 897-0100 „•,, 4* MCMORIAL SHOP LIASILITN, RES. 897.0164 Open Every Weekday 'Crlo Guarantee For Over 31 Yeats 4;.; EMErrERY LETTERING ox 1n6 lit/ I N 61-i A ivl 01-IN MALi_ICK THE McKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Office— Main Street SEAFORTH AGENTS: James I, -Seaforth; t, tane,'Kit 5. Stlatorth aquIroe, Clinton; George Coyne, Donald, G PlOtitt, WP1, LoiPer Jr.. ,ontegbete; 41(1110-1i Tiforer, 41( tit, ARNOLD SUCCEEDS B. Iti10GGA`i A9 AGRI, ENG. Air; Jim B. Arnold qvi4 r"664.Yfily appointed to succeed Mr. Serf Moggach as Agricultural Eng- ineer for Huron County, Mr. Moggach was promoted in jaw uary to the position Of Area Ct,. Ordillator and Fin'm meat 8peeialkt fur o 'it% Grey; Dufferin, North and t9014 Siiiicoe*, tie it located i'le . Ontario Degaiiiiirief of Agriculture and Food,. MarktliVe. . . Mr. Arnold. is a native of ('ai r''('- ton County. His father served., with the Canadian Forces for thirty-three years until his re- tirement in 1970, Jim received his Da.Chelor of Science Degree in kgricnItural Engineering (Mech- anical Engineering option) in 1969 at the University of Guelph, He has recently completed studies to- ward his Master of Science Degree in Agricultural thigineer- Mg at the same University: PLANT' MOISTURE GUIDES Sit.Adti: HiltkVEgl'ING DATES Vox.— all ,01,i1 it5.rbrids grown in (Witt:al Ontario and for itiM, Of fiese groWti in soitthwestern (...)iitarid., hiaxiiiiiiiti total gfaht (fry Weight is attained a week Oe inor,e before the maxlit(um dry ., grain weight is attained. During.' chin final period of a week or more, ;i3aY T. P., Daynard, R. B. Hunter and L. W. k'llanen- bevy, of the Crop Science De.p.aP= melt University of Guelph. corn leaVea are almost inactive in 'Pot() SVntheSIS and 111E1113, of i t i lefn 1.i1a, Pittq d l Alreay turned brown., :By 6 centrist: 1lie move- ment of newly f o l'i'rit'ii 'tig:tt rs within the plant continues ittt until grain maturity. During the,,e last few days sugar materials are being moved steadily out of the stalks and into the grain, 1i only the grain is barvestetd it is essential, that harvesting delayed until nftor :na N i III II M Ariliil di'Y Weight im achieved, that is. Until black laYr.?i'S zleo visibly obvtouq at the ha's0 Of tilost cOvn kernels. If the Witole ttialli, is tO' :he harvested (as in silage in'ti, auction) if does riot Matter Whether this carimitydrate andr,":tt is ail in the grain at wiiethey solve of it reinains iii the sfatit. For silage produciion, fiari-esting can take place several clays prior to grain matarity without thong- ing the total amount: of feed en- ergy in the corn'plants. There are, in fact, advantages to harvesting silage before comy,lotP grain maturity is attained. 'With earlier , harvesting, fewer plants will haVe lodged, and fewer ker- nels will pass through cattle undi- gested, How early can corn be ensiled? The three researchers point ont that if corn is harvested too early, high plant moisture conceli. trations will result in excessive seepage losses with an accompany- ing loss of feed nutrients. While the exact relationship between Silo Size, Silage moisture content; and seepage boas is Os yet ttit, knoWn, experience has shoWn that for most silos, seepage losses are negligible if the silagO 'i.8 66% moiBtnre, pr less. 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