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Buying
Cattle
This
Fall?
Buying cattle for your over -winter feeding program is one of the major
investments you'll make this fall. Martin Feed Mills realize that it takes
thought and preparation to get everything ready for receiving new cattle
into your lot. Your Martin representative has the experience in winter-
ing cattle that can help you get your animals over that initial stress of
shipping.
Stress Control
14% Feedlot Starter is made to fight stress and infection that can
lead to slower gains. No one wants to take unnecessary risks in
today's economy.
Our experience in feed formulation enables us to provide a palatable
diet based upon sound nutrition. Let us help your cattle make a
smooth transition to your feeding program.
Use 14% FEEDLOT STARTER from:
Martin Mills Inc.
Lucknow Division
P.O. Box 128, Lucknow, Ontario NOG 2H0
(519) 528-3000
Building a New Parlour
or Remodeling?
For maximum cow throughput,
buy a Bou-moutic®
Cow Traffic System
See your Bou -Matic Dealer for details.
Xpressway Herringbone
or Xpress Parallel
Exclusive exit reel
X controls cow traffic
movement.
Designed for
X operator and
cow comfort.
Choose the level
X of automation that's
right for you.
Installed and
X serviced by
authorized
Bou -Matic Dealers.
MATIC
Debus Dairy Supply Ltd.
R.R. 1 Brunner NOK 1C0
(519) 595-8114
H. Nicholson & Son
R.R. 2 Tara NOH 2N0
(519) 934-2343
21st Century Dairy Eq. Inc.
R.R. 4 Walton NOK 1Z0
(519)887.6784
40 THE RURAL VOICE
Advice
Management of
cereal stubble
Many farmers will begin next
year's weed control program this year
by controlling weeds in cereal
stubble.
For winter cereals not under -
seeded, ragweed escapes can be
controlled with a treatment of 2,4-D
or MCPA at .5-.75 litres/acre. This
treatment should be applied soon
after harvest in order to prevent the
ragweed from going to seed.
Remember to use caution when
spraying near sensitive crops such as
soybeans and edible beans to avoid
damage. Ragweed control is
particularly important in rotations
which include edible beans.
The fall provides an opportunity to
control some troublesome perennial
weeds including field bindweed,
Canada thistle, twitch grass and even
milkweed. The textbook recipe for
controlling Canada thistle is to wait
until the thistle reaches the bud stage
and apply the pasture rate of Banvel
(1 litre/acre).
Effective control of field
bindweed using a herbicide requires
good timing. To be effective, the
herbicide must move throughout the
root and rhizome system, killing the
root buds as well as the top growth.
Movement of herbicides to the
root system is greatest at the
flowering stage, when the plant has
the lowest root reserves. Roundup,
Banvel and Kilmor will all provide
good control in the fall. Where
Banvel is applied only cereals,
soybeans or field corn should be
planted the following year. Banvel
should be applied at least two weeks
prior to a killing frost and wait at
least three weeks before working the
field.
If you have both bindweed and
twitch grass, spray the bindweed first
with Banvel or Kilmor, wait four or
five days then spray the twitch grass
with Roundup. Separate spray
treatments are recommended as a
mixture of Banvel and Roundup
reduces the effectiveness of the
Roundup. As a result, the rate of
Roundup required in this mixture is