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4 The Canadian Statesman, BowÎTanvlle, August 16, 1978 Section Two Off to Study in Brazil questions, contact Linda Caldwell, 234 King St. E., Bowmanviiie at 623-3348. Supplement Poor Pastures: By Rod Stork, Assoc. Agricuturai Rep. The dry weather that we experienced through most of June and July has created poor pasture conditions across many parts of the county. At the same time, many farmers wîsh to keep cattie, especiaily beef cattle on pasture for another six weeks, if at al possible. If you are in this situation, we urge you to look at using feed supplements to maintain animal health on pasture. There are many types of feed supplements availabie to improve the nutritionai value of pasture. To be effective, supple- ments should provide the nutrients missing in the forage and be convenient to feed. Hay is a good pasture supplement. Feeding 5 Ibs, of dry hay daily will help prevent pasture scours and bloat probiems. However, when no grain supplement is fed, a 1: 1 mixture calcium phosphate and trace- mineralized sait should be offered free choice with the hay, since pastures arenormally poor sources of phosphates. Because of the dry season, however, hay supplies are not abundant and you may want to look at other alternatives for pasture sup- plemnentation. Range cubes or pellets with or without urea base can aiso be used to suppiemnent pasture. These cubes contain up to 32 per cent crude protein and 65 per cent - 75 per cent total digestible nutrients. Sup- piements containing urea, however, should not be fed on pasture without fairly high leveis of grain. In most cases, this would eliminate using the supplement containing urea becaijse feeding too much grain could be a fairly expefisive proposition. Another method of suppie- mentation is to feed protein blocks at a rate of 1 block per 15 animais in good grazing areas. Feed consumption can be limnited to about 2 lbs. an animal per day by choosing blocks with a desired hard- ness, sait and fat content. Many farmers are going to liquid protein suppiements in a lick tank that can be offered free choice, providing the animals don't eat more than they need. Since molasses and urea are the major components, care must be taken to assure that the animais are accustomed to the suppiement over a day or two. If your pastures are in poor condition, you might aiso want to look at putting in a creep feeder for caives, if you have beef cows with calves on grass. Creep feed for the calves wiil heip them main- tain their growth through tili weaning in the fali. Assess your pasture situa- tion, and if you plan on keeping cattle on pasture through tili September, decide whether or not you want to use a pasture supplement and then look at the various alternatives that are available, and choose the one you feel will do the best job for you. Solar Roofs for Grain Drying: - Ontario cash crop farmers may cut energy costs using solar roofs on their grain bins. A number of farmers across the 'province, including J6hin Curreily of R. R. 3, Port Hope, have been carrying out experi- ments using solar roofs to dry grain corn. The initial resuits look very promising, and agricultural engineers with the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, feel that the solar technique can be beneficiai in a time of rising energy costs. The solar technique takes advantage of the naturai drying qualities of air, whereas conventionai high temperature drying requires expensive fuels. To put a solar covering on a standard, steel bin, paint the south roof black and construct a fibreglass roof six inches above it., This creates a duct that ailows air to be naturaily heated as it rises to the peak of the roof. Before the air reaches the grain, moisture is removed by electrie heating coils near the top of the bin, then, a fan draws the dehumi- dified air through the grain to the perforated metal drying floor. Placed 8 inches above the concrete floor, this struc- ture insures grain is dried at the bottom of the bin. Experimental resuits 80 far show that as much as 26 per cent moisture can be removed by this solar method. It is risky, however, to dry grain with higher moisture content, unless high temperature dryers are hooked into the system. At the moment, it is difficuit to determine dollar savings with the solar system, because each farmer's, opera- tion is unique. If interested, please contact the Bowmanviiie office and make an appointment with our Agricuitural Engineer to dis- cuss this method of drying grain. ... Be a RED CROSS volunteer. 77 King Street East Values Effective ut Bowmanville Bowmanville Store Only Margaret Liftay has been sponsored by the Bowmanville Rotary Club and is now in BraZil studying for a year. On Thursday, she attended the club's weekly luncheon and was given a rousing ;sendoff. Merrill.Brown, of the club's youth exchange commitee, presented Margaret with a number of standards to be presented to Brazilian Rotary Clubs whenever Margaret visits them. Margaret wasscheduled to leave for Brazil on Friday. Dur'ham Home Economics Footnotes By: Linda Caldwell, Home Economist Home, Canning - - The home canning season is now in ful swing. There are several questions fnequently asked by home canners reganding procedunes and safety. Listed below are some common canning questions and their answers. 1. Question: Is it necessany to add citrie acid when canning tomatoes? Answer: Recentiy some tomatoes have been found to have flot qllie sufficient acidity to be safely canned in the boiling water bath. Although such tomatoes are James Insu rance Agency Limited 24 King St. E. Bowmanvil le For al vour insurance needs Nesta Akey or Doug James at 623-4406 rare in Canada, it is a safety of spoil. precaution to add a small more, arnount of citric acid in case during p: one uses 'such tomatoes 3. Que unknowingiy. Citric acîd (a other f natural ingredient in sometir tomatoes) is available in Answe drugstores and wine suppiy ed byi stores . process: 2. Question: Why are open- heavya kettie and oven methods of loosely. canning not recommended?' 4. Que Answer: In the open-kettie of spoila method, sterilized fruit is .Af5we poured into sterilized contain- jars or c ers and sealed. There is far too indicate much chance of contamina- spurt frc tion when the jars are being openPed. filied for this to be a safe 5. Qu( method. best pl. In the oven method, pro- foods? cessing is carried out in the AnswE oven. This is not safe because cool, dr oven thermostats are not causes aias accurate. The glassjar temperature fluctuates wideiy a dank and one cannot be sure that wrap th the food is hot enough for long place ir enough to ensure destruction If yoi OM lage bacteria. Further- jars may explode processing. istion: Why do bernies, fruits and tomatoes nes float? er: This may be caus- using overripe fruit, sing too long, using too a syrup or packing too iestion: What are-signs lge? ver: Any leakage fnom ý ans, or buiging of cans ýe spoilage.' Food may rom the container when uestîon: Whene is the ace to store canned ver: Store them in a dry place. 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