The Business Farmer from Scottsbluff, Nebraska • 6

Thursday November 16 193d THE BUSINESS ARMER PAGE rtf EDITORIAL BEANS osxsb Headquarters for New Store Good Work Barnyard Acid Proof WESTERN INEST OOD STORE WWVWWWWAW 'MH: cattle to eat very much alf or other hay when feeding If the tops are not fed until are well cured and the Tell the merchants you saw their ad in hte Business anner Women are divided into two main classes those who be lieve everything their husbands tell then and those who any husbands COTTON CAKE SOYBEAN MEAL GRAINS OR HAY TRUCK OR CAR LOTS We have a private parking lot for your convenience Just north of Our ine worth $800 per ton These tops were practically free of dirt As normal tops hauled from the field contain 10 to 20 per cent dirt by weight a ton of tops would be worth correspondingly less Using the above figures the tops well cured and free from dirt were worth approximately $100 per ton of beets based on the three year test The cows fed tops and alfalfa as a roughage ration produced slightly more milk and butterfat than the cows fed alfalfa as the only roughage and at a lower feed cost In feeding tops to dairy cows they should be fed immed iately after: milking and only in such amounts as they will clean up in one or two hours Letting the cows have access to the tops all day or later than 5 or 6 hours before milking will result in very disagreeable flavors in the milk Many dairymen as well as cattle feeders have trouble in getting their alfa tops they amounts limited they will clean up the hay much better 1 It also helps to feed the hay at a differ ent time of the day than when tops are fed Cows fed well cured tops will not have so great a loosening effect on their digestive system Tunelnwitha1940 SHORT WAVE PHILCO Booterie SCOTTSBLU Methods of eedingBeet Tops Discussed By Paul Swanson WE BUY THEM GET OUR PRICES Certification Rules On Bacterial Wilt and Ring Rot Continued from Page Three and were just as fat as the steers fed alfalfa alone as a roughage in a ration where grain cake and wet pulp were fed Another group of animals fed the same ration except that they received all beet tops along with a ration of grain cake and wet pulp produced un satisfactory results after the ra tion had been fed for a period of time Mr Osland of the Colorado experiment station states out doubt the best way to feed dried beet tops is in half and half proportions with alfalfa This statement has reference to feed ing steers Colorado experiments indicate that tops from one acre of 15 ton beets are worth IV2 tns of alfalfa when fed to steers in which alfalfa and tops were fed in equal amounts Information from the Scotts Bluff station as well as Colorado indicate that an acre of beets producing 15 to 16 tons of beets will produce about 3 tons of cured tops In other words one can expect one ton of cured tops from every 5 or 6 tons of beets Cured tops will run about 30 per cent moisture Re suits in Colorado steer tests in 1 dicate that tops were worth about 75 cents per ton beets Experiments conducted at the Scotts Bluff station in which beet tops were fed to dairy cows in milk give very satisfactory re sults In this test tops had even a greater value when fed to dairy cows then when fed to steers Tests conducted for period of 3 winters indicate that beet tops can replace two thirds of the alfalfa with no digestive troubles result ing Alfalfa and tops were the only roughage fed however grain was fed at a rate of one pounds to 5 pounds of milk Results indi cated that cured beet tops were approximately 85 per cent as val uable as alfalfa pound for pound when compared on a dry matter basis In this test beet tops had a value of over $500 per ton (70 per cent dry matter) when alfalfa was Goss Plant Pathologist Ne braska Agricultural Expert ment Station Many growers have probably wondered about the enforcement of rules on the ring rot disease when such rules do not appear in the rule book for the current crop Others have probably wondered why such a strict rule as rejec tion for a trace of the disease was placed in operation The first point is explained by the fact that we did not have suf ficient evidence of the occurrence of the disease in our seed stocks to lay down a rule last winter when the present rules were mde This disease was first found in the United States in 1932 and was not definitely identified in Nebraska until last winter As soon as it was determined that this disease was present in our southern test plot and by a recheck of cull po tatoes out of the blns a rule was passed by the Certification Com mittee prohibiting the planting of Infected seed stocks for certifi cation in 1939 At that time It was felt that we did not know enough about the disease and its distribution in the United States to make definite rules concerning the present crop A provisional rule was therefore passed requiring the rejection of any lot showing more than of 1 per cent of infection in the field During the summer we have obtained additional information regarding the occurrence of this disease in other states in the Unit ed States and have been examin ing all available information con cerning its seriousness and spread The principal southern states to which our seed is shipped pro hibit the introduction of any seed stock containing this disease The northern seed producing states in general have put in a zero toler ance in their certification rules These two facts combined are enough to warrant the use of a similar standard in Nebraska In addition to the above con siderations we should also re member that we are here dealing with a disease that has been known to cause very serious losses in oth er states It may occur in pota toes that do not show any symp toms and still be transmitted to healthy potatoes by the cutting knife Seed stocks showing only a trace of the disease have been known to result in a high percent age of Infection when planted We i should also remember that at 1515 Broadway Scottsbluff Bring in Your WARNEWS! GetlfDirectromEurope Capitals You Will Appreciate Trading with Us and We Appreciate Your Trade Empire Mattress Works Makers of New and Rebuilt Mattresses 3 blocks north of East Ward School 1623 9th Ave Scottsbluff 67e Business armer PHIL SUET DON EDITOR BEET TOP SILAGE The siloing of beet tops by Dave Boodry of Lyman is a feeding practice which should interest all valley feeders By gathering the tops immediately after topping all of the leaves as well as the crown are saved for winter feeding and the crown stays soft and appetizing instead of becoming dry and hard Beet tops as silage can be held over for several years if necessary European countries silo beet tops and The Business armer feels that in the future more and more beet tops will go into the silo instead of lying out in the field to dry up and get filled with dirt present this disease is limited to certain definite localities in Ne braska and has been found in only a small number of seed stocks It is certainly good insurance for the future of our certified seed in dustry that we completely and immediately eliminate these in fected stocks While these drastic rules can be applied practically and effectively under certification they will not control the occurrence of the dis ease in the fields being grown for table stock unless a real effort is made by all growers to eliminate such stocks If this is not done those infected fields will always serve as a possible source of con tamination not only to the table stock crop but also to our certified seed stocks unless the greatest care is taken in preventing any contact or contamination While a zero tolerance may seem a severe penalty on some individual grow ers actually even those growers whose stocks are rejected will profit in the long run by being forced to obtain healthy seed stock of which there is plenty available and the future of the entire certification industry will be greatly benefitted or these reasons the certifica tion committee has instructed the certification manager to reject for certification all lots of potatoes that show the presence of bacter ial wilt and ring rot EED We carry a complete line of Livestock and Poul try eeds 1 Published on the Second and ourth Thursdays of each month for the Scotts Bluff County arm Bureau ederation Office of publication Weller Building I Scottsbluff Nebraska Phone 51 1 Subscription I price ifty Cents a Year News Broadcasts in English Daily from VONDOH BERLIN A 1 WARSAW Iosco'M Mo Diol tor wsy mC to each farmer bringing his eggs to us we will give absolutely iCtt free one pound of our special PLYMOUTH BRAND COEE riday and Saturday Nov 17 and 18 HARRIS COAL (The Pride of Routt County) BUY IT HERE Schafer North of Burlington reight Depot Scottsbluff Pipntv nf Parkin? 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