The Algona Upper Des Moines from Algona, Iowa • Page 30

This green chop forage production system can profitably compete with corn under typical Midwest farm The field of alfalfa-fescue above works well with the normal rotation. Three to 5 cuttings of high quality forage will be made during an average year. There's no holding back on the part of these Green chop is highly nutritious, succulent and palatable. A. self unloadingwagon feeding.

bunk arrangement allows a man operation. This bunk is on a wide concrete slab from which the manure will be easily scraped and saved for. spreading back on fields. A combination manure spreading self-unloading wagon should be considered for such operations. Self-feeding.

wagons are just the trick for. many farms. Feed is chopped and blown directly into the same wagons from which the cattle eat. A 7 ft. 14 ft.

homemade wagon will handle about 35 head. A rule of thumb guide is that self-feeding wagons are more economical than a self unloading wagon-feed bunk set up for operations under 100 head. It's a good idea on many farms to pull: your wagon up on a concrete slab for the cattle to eat on. This increases production, cuts down mud and makes manure pickup easier. Surplus forage produced during the peak growing season can be harvested with the same equipment used with your zero grazing program.

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