The Gazette from Cedar Rapids, Iowa • 20

4V 'f v. ii 4B Th.Cfdr.Rplda-Cixettei-B'cl.-Atg.-ilyH2iJ aBMMaaHBBaBSVIpBaaBBaBflBBBpMBBBWHaBBBt' 7 i.H iVfr.if- -i The Oliver tractor in the Flanagan barn was demolished along with baled hay and livestock on the 80-acre farm. A few boards and the cement foundation were the only remaining bits of the barn left after the twister moved on. iv Gazette photoi by Terry Hunter Aftermath of a Tornado Harvest Then Test Silage For Nitrate AMES With drought stricken corn being ensiled or green chopped for cattle feed, many farmers are concerned about nitrate toxicity of this corn stover. Extension veterinarian Dr.

John Herrick sees no need to test corn before it is harvested. Harvest when it's ready and test it later, he said this week. When rapidly growing plants, particularly corn, are suddenly interupted in their growth, nitrates build up in the stalks and leaves: Nitrates can be toxic if the plants con-tain from 500 to 1,000 parts per million of nitrates. The interruption of growth has been slow, Herrick said, and little corn stover Is expected to be in the toxic range. People testing early may note different contents in a silage test a few weeks later.

Herrick said green chop can be dangerous in that it contains high levels of nitrate and when fed in large amounts can be extremely toxic. It should be fed sparingly or mixed with other roughage. If there is a question about harvested forage it can be tested at private laboratories or at the Iowa State veterinary diagnostic laboratory. There is a fee for the tests. No need to delay harvesting-after moisture reaches 65 percent, Herrick said.

Check the silage later for nitrate by -submitting representative samples. If there is a question on green chop, select representative samples by taking a three-inch piece of stalk six to eight inches above the ground from 12 to 20 plants. Leaves may be included. The Glenn Flanagan farm 3 miles southeast of rural Ryan was hit by a tornado late Monday-afternoon that left the family homeless but uninjured. The newly-built Flanagan house was leveled while the windbreak to the west of the house was stripped.

One Coggon woman said the scene looked as if it had been ravaged by a forest fire. Champion Steer Sells for $65 Hundredweight Eastern Iowa Participates in National Farm Safety Survey The Cedar grand champion TIPTON county fair By Al Swegle jowa t0 foe interviewed during Fivecounties in Tfaeaiheear-Iong survey. market beef, a crossbred owned by David and intensive of farm accl- -dents-ever-nndertaken iiMhe state. The data secured during the interviews will have the same confidentiality as the federal census, Anderson said. When the results of the survey are released, the names of all those interviewed will remain anonymous.

The survey will take a sampling of three percent of Iowa farms. Wilier of Tipton, sold for $65 a hundredweight at the annual fair auction here recently. The reserve champion, a crossbred shown by Tom Fitzgerald of Lowden, sold for $51. The 109 market beef entries sold for $56,398.16 or for an average of $48.72 a hundredweight. fi r-rr- ttifl imrtitf tfrnrnff! -itinif The remnants of farm machinery lay scattered over the Flanagan farm after the tornado touched down.

A disc lay entwined in fence wire, and dead pigs are shown in the zette circulation area, includ- irig Linn county, have been selected to participate in a national standardized farm accident reporting program next year. Iowa and eight other states will be collecting farm accident data under the national program sponsored by the extension service, U.S. department of agriculture, and the National Farm Safety Council. Eastern Counties The extension staffs in Allamakee, Fayette, Dubuque, Linn and Keokuk will be cooperating with the program in Eastern Iowa. The counties were selected at random from data obtained from the 1972 annual report of the Iowa Crop Reporting Server ice.

From Iowa's 132,000 farm families, approximately 4,000 will be selected on a random basis in the 24 counties in Interview 12 Families Extension staffs in each county will recruit interviewers to contact 12 farm families selected at random to secure the data necessary for the statistical study. First contacts by the trained data takers will be made the first week in March. One of the extension directors who will be conducting a survey, Lee Gruenhaupt of Waukon, said, "We all have to work harder at being safe. "One of our young farmers was killed recently in a farm accident. The farmer undoubtedly didn't think he was being unsafe, but it was a case of the individual not being safe enough." Confidential Snrvey Marvin A.

Anderson, dean of Iowa State university extension, said the program next year will be the most thorough Sears Sale Ends Sat. 5:30 P.M. JUL Pre-Season ome Heating Sale Sale! Save 20! Seville Kitchen Cabinets 1 Exon Wants Forgiveness Feature in Drought Loans SAVE H9! Sears Best Gas Furnace with Pre-wired Comfort Center v1'; -r Butz said people were" overreacting to the midwestern drought, but now the USDA had brought its corn crop estimate down below 5 billion bushels. Earlier Prediction Before the drought the USDA had predicted a 6.7 billion bushel national corn harvest. Exon said higher grain prices would result in lower beef production and, eventually, in higher meat prices.

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