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Triticale and peas a great feed combination says Hemingway
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The triticale and peas combination
is great feed as it provides both
protein and fibre for both cattle and
pigs.
When he first began using triticale,
he made some (lour to make bread.
Despite its high percentage of
protein, he was unable to market it
properly at the time, so Hemingway
continues to grow the grain for
livestock feed.
Although he was able to sell some
of the flour, he did not have the time
to market it. but felt the health food
stores would have gone for it.
According to Hemingway, triticale
is good for make breads and for
baking because of its higher
percentage of protein.
It is lower in gluten which is found
in wheat and some people are unable
to eat whole wheat bread.
Some seven-grain and 12-grain
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John Nesbit of Moncrieff Road stands inside his new barn,
located on his farm, during an open house held after the
structure was completed last summer. (File photo)
New barn has new ideas
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By Jim Brown
Citizen staff
When John and Ann Nesbit built
their new pig barn last year on their
Moncrieff Road farm, it wasn’t the
typical pig barn of the last 10 to 15
years.
Instead of having slatted floors,
they built a 6,000 square foot barn
with a solid floor and instead of
varieties of Hour and breads have
triticale in them.
Although products made with
triticale are hard to find, even at
health food stores, Hemingway
indicated the Arva Flour Mill used to
carry natural triticale.
Hemingway said some health food
stores may still carry triticale flour
and/or other products. He noted one
slice of bread made from triticale is
as filling as four slices of bread made
from whole wheat.
“Triticale yields well,” he stated.
“I've averaged about one-and-a-half
tonnes per acre," he said, adding
some years have been higher and
some years have been lower.
The straw of triticale is a lot taller
than that of wheat. Last year was an
unusual season; the plant was about
six-feet tall.
Usually, the winter variety grows
to about shoulder height with the.
constructing the barn for liquid
manure, they decided to go with dry
(solid) manure.
John Nesbit says the concept of
dry manure was so new, that the
planners at the Huron County
Planning and Development
Department did not understand the
concept.
“They kept insisting 1 needed a
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heads of the crop up. When they fold
over, it is about chest high.
“The spring variety is slightly
taller than barley," he said. “Il stands
up very well.
Hemingway said because it is a
hardier grain than wheat, it can
usually withstand strong winds.
“I am always surprised when it
comes to the yield," he said. “The
cattle seem to like it."
He uses the straw as bedding for
the cattle and pigs.
“I don’t know what it is about the
bedding, but the cattle eat most of the
straw,” he said. “There’s just
something about it they like."
He added animals usually eat a
quarter of the straw used as bedding.
Although he had 34 of his 100
acres planted in triticale last year, he
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Most of the seed stock is produced
in western Canada and that is from
where he orders his winter variety.
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