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The Rural Voice, 1997-11, Page 10"WE GET TOP PERFORMANCE IN HEAVY FALL PLOWING" THE GOODYEAR SUPER TRAC RADIAL SeIf-cleaning tread action keeps 45 -degree Tugs clear. Treads are as much as 25% deeper than conventional R-1 tires, and their superior durability results in long service life. CaII about our GOODYEAR On -Farm Service. We come to you, so you can concentrate on your work. Get It At McArthur Tire Hanover 364-2661 Owen Sound 376-3520 GOO•D YEAR 6 THE RURAL VOICE Scrap Book Drift free spray boom developed Reduced rates of herbicides yielding better results? It's possible says Ralph Brown of the School of Engineering, University of Guelph. It takes a careful match of the herbicide to the problem weed, good timing, and uniform coverage, says Brown, and a prototype shrouded boom sprayer that promises near drift -free application will make a little spray go a long way. Brown says that label rates of active ingredients for herbicides are somewhat higher than actually necessary, but with good reason. The rates provide a margin to compensate for less -than -ideal weather, crop conditions, weed growth stage and sprayer performance. Brown undertook a two-part study to determine how much less product could be used if manage- ment practices were improved. The first study used three application rates (100, 75 and 50 per cent) with translocated and contact chemicals on corn and soybeans, respectively. In the corn trials, full control was possible with 50 per cent active ingredient where weeds were ranked as "excellent" for susceptibility, but control was reduced for weeds ranked as "good" susceptibility. At the 75 per cent rate, all weed control was good and grain yield was not significantly different. Results followed a nearly identical pattern in soybeans. However, in both trials it was found that the contact herbicides worked best at full volume of spray solution. In the second part of the study a walk-in wind -tunnel was used to design a windproof shroud for a boom sprayer. The most effective prototype developed was a porous (rather than solid) baffle or hood. The prototype was tested in the field on corn and soybeans, using the same contact and translocated products, different nozzles, reduced rates and several volumes, but applied at moderate and high wind conditions. Drift was minimal. The best results were with the translocated chemicals using the shrouded boom under adverse conditions. Researchers plan to design a boom to retrofit commercial sprayers that is lighter and easier to manufacture.° —Source: Agri food Research in Ontario Cows' diet change could mean healthier milk Dairy cattle fed on pasture produce far higher concentrations of conjugated linoleic acid, (a substance that prevents cancer and heart disease and regulates metabolism in laboratory animals), than cows fed conventional rations, University of Wisconsin researchers have found. However, the researchers report that milk from cows whose dry -lot rations are supplemented with soybean oil or linseed oil shows similar increases in the health -supporting linoleic acid, also referred to as CLA. Researchers want to learn more about the effects of diet on the production of cows' milk and also .CLA's potential benefits for human health. Research has shown CLA reduces the percentage of body fat in mice, rats and chicks while increasing tissue and bone density. However researchers do not yet know if manipulating the diets of cows to produce more CLA will have an effect on humans. "What is not known is if there is a threshold level of CLA in the diet of people for the benefits that are seen in laboratory animals," said Larry Satter, director of the United States Dairy Forage Research Centre in Madison, Wisconsin. However Satter said he is optimistic it can be shown that increasing CLA in milk may benefit human health. He said three eight -ounce glasses of whole milk per day from cows fed on a CLA-promoting diet could provide one- fifth the amount of CLA that is proposed to be used in human clinical trials. In his experience, Satter found the level of CLA in milk increased an average of four or five times in cows that ate only grass. They were able to get the same kinds of results by feeding soybean oil at 3.6 per cent of the diet but not by using roasted soybeans, cracked soybeans or linseed oil.° — Source: Western Producer