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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1985-03-20, Page 53Eliminate declining productivity from page 4 lead to an uncontrollable disaster. There is no one so helpless as a fanner literally watching his farm blow away. The cruelest irony could be witnessed there that day. The farm was a valuable property and cedar trees along a ditch and low area had been removed to cultivate each tillage acre. These natural windbreaks had been removed, leaving the soil vulnerable. In an attempt to make each acre pay, he had sacrificed the value of the entire farm. On one day. Conservation practices help protect, like insurance, from that one day in five years, or ten years, when all factors combine to produce erosion in its many forms. Many services are available to put soil management practices in place on your farm. The Huron Soil and Water Conservation District (H:S. W .C.D. ) can provide resources and equipment to co-operators in the Huron County area on a five acre trial basis and assist with the development of conservation tillage techniques. Equipment available through the H. S. W - C. D. includes no till drill, no till planter, ridge forming cultivator, ridge planter and modified plows, including a chisel bottom plow. Technical assistance is also available providing farm planning, herbicide and fertilizer recommendations, assistance at planting and monitoring of the trial during the growing season. Yield, moisture and harvest losses are recorded to develop conservation cropping systems which are economically feasible under Huron County conditions. All of these options allow the farmer to protect his resource for productivity tomorrow while increasing it's value today. If you are interested in developing conser- vation cropping systems in your operation, contact Robert TYaut, Conservation Agronom- ist, Huron° Soil and Water Conservation District, Clinton O.M.A-F. Office, at 482- 3428.. Crop yields increase, profits improve with reduced tillage, crop rotation... from page 17 the following year. As the family worlred with reduced tillage in conjunction with a better cop rotation, they found their crop yields actually increased and profits improved. It seemed logical 'if sonic reduced tillage was good, then more was even better, says Ray. Two' years ago they planted their first no -till com with the Huron Soils and Crop. Improvement Association no -till com planter. They were encouraged enough by the results that last winter they made some changes to their own planter, to not only better accommodate reduced tillage conditions, but also to experiment with more no -till and ridge -till on their own. The Hogans and Howards were very satis- field with the results and -now are convinced that no -till and ridge -till will work Recently they purchased Kelderman row cleaning units from the United States for their planter. These twits are basically a combination colter, trash whipper with much better depth control and stability than what they used last year. These units will hopefully overcome most of the depth control and stability problems they had last year and thereby improve the performance of no -till and ridge -till mops. It's Ray's goal to be able to move completly to a modified no -till - ridge till sopping system for all of their sops on all, of their land. Whether he attains this goal depends to a large extent on using crop residues, particularly wheat cop residues for beef cow feed. During the past number of years the Hogans and Howards have large baled or stacked corn stover and some wheat straw for winter feed. They have applied A.A.A. from a tractor counted tank to the stalls or bales of com stover as they made them in the field. The A.A.A. helps to preserve the stover if it is green or damp and it also ina+eases the protein content. It is often difficult,. Ray says, to get enough good weather in November after corn harvest to bale or stack enough com stover for winter food, however. Removing even one-half the com stover with the baler or stacker can lead to greater erosion the following spring. If they only graze Cows on the stalls in the fall and early winter, another advantage of grazing over baling the stalks is the cows pick up any ears left in the field, preventing volunteer com the following year. It is also very easy to do the chores when the cattle feel themselves in the corn fields. "Considering the problems with baling corn stover versus grazing it and since we have also found we can improve the dtances of success of no -till com when it follows wheat, by baling the straw, we are now using more wheat straw and less com stover for winter feed, says Ray. The Hogans and HovVards run all of the turn to page 27 Ike Farm Edk on, Week of Mardi YO, 1ti483 - E1 Serving The Farmers Of This Area For Over 19 Years. BUTLER® HOULE FARMAT IC WESTEEL ROSCOE. WE FEEL WE HAVE THE TOP LINES TO LOOK AFTER , YOUR REQUIREMENTS. the leader in silo unloaders, feeders, manure pumps, on farm electronic scales. recognized as the equipment to beat in liquid manure handling as well as barn cleaners tops in feed processing and handling Grain bins M -C dryers, aeration equipment for aerating your grain 1NNOVATORS - new concept in silo 'unloading CLAY - parts and service WIC - feed carts, straw choppers, liquid manure spreaders, hay dryer fans ALL TYPES OF VENTILATING EQUIPMENT AND STABLING. 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