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The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday September 20 1987-- 33 Mobile feed testing unit in Lewiston this week The Utah State University Mobile NIR Feed Testing Unit will be testing feed for local farmers at the Intermountain Farmers Feed Store on the highway near Lewiston Friday I am to 4 pm Farmers are invited to bring feed samples in for testing Cost is $10 for hay $8 for Don Huber Agriculture notes grain and $12 for silage The NIR makes it possible to test feeds than the sample tested Contact the county agent if you have questions on collecting samples Remember that the first step in proper feeding of cattle is knowing the quality of your feed Elm injection The most effective methods of fighting Dutch elm disease is to examine trees for wilting branches in the morning and again in the — light conditions Dutch elm disease has been found in several parts of Utah and threatens to destroy elms Fred Baker Utah State University Extension forester says homeowners who find wilting branches have a couple of options “The most economical is to prune the infected branch from the tree'' Baker says “If wilting branches are detected and removed quickly enough most trees can be saved at a cost less — than$50atree" Baker says trees in early stages of Dutch elm of their feed value when stored on the ground and not covered according to research con ducted at Iowa State University Ames JR Russell and MR Brasche animal scientists with the Iowa Agricultural and Home Economics Experiment Station reported re suits of their research at the American Society 1 at ofgAnimal Science meetings held July 28-3- disease can also be injected with Abrotect 20S He said the chemical must be injected properly to be effective and he offers points to observe when hiring someone to do the Job — The soil must be removed from the roots at the base of the tree and the chemical injected below ground — The Arbotect 20S must be injected under 5 and 12 pounds of pressure per square inch — Twleve ounces of Arbotect 20S must be injected for each S inches of diameter at breast height through one and a half to two injection sites for each inch of diameter He said some companies are willing to reduce the cost by injecting less chemical or Injecting it above ground but he said such treatment is not effective and U a waste of money Baker said tree owners with questions about proper injections methods can call him at 750-255- 0 Round bales Large round bales of hay lose about one-fift- h They found that nutrient losses during the normal 26week storage are about 22 percent Russell and Brasche tested large round bales of bromegrass hay and mixed bromegrass with alfalfa by storing them on the ground uncovered or on tires and covered with plastics After 28 weeks the digestible dry matter lost from covered bales was about 11 percent but losses from uncovered bales were as much as 22 percent “Even if hay is stored in a barn you normally have in the range of nutrient losses'1 Russell said so the plastic covering and elevation did about as well as the barn for both type: of bales R ussell and Brasche used the hay for a y cow performance trial feeding from round-bal- e feeders They found no differences in the performance of cows fed covered or uncovered bales Russell said Protected storage did not alter chemical composition enough to affect cow performance it did increase digestible nutrient recovery" he said “It should be possible to feed more cows 60-da- per unit of hay harvested if bales are raised and covered" Hicrobial additives Microbial additives for rations which increase the digestibility of milk failed to improve the performance of calves according todj‘ scientists with USU The additives were thought to be of some value when calves are treated with antibiotics which destroy digestive bacteria Calves in the eight-wee- k trial received either a lactobacillus product or one derived from yeast Neither improved food intake weight gain and efficiency of gain of healthy calves or calves treated for scours or other health problems says Robert Lamb dairy scientist ‘ USDAAgric The 112 calves in the trial were housed in new facilities and on fresh ground The products might be of some value under less favorable conditions gardens 4-- H the time to neglect your worked hard and have been have If garden you successful you are now reaping the benefits Hopefully your gardens are still producing and when the produce !?lan areharvestmg to use sell or give away everything that in your garden If you are not willing to Srows then pull' the plants and put them in the compost pit 'and save the soil nutrients for another year Now is not 4-- H Bankers defending loan system proposal WASHINGTON (UPI) ouse chairmen have -H- ended a quarrel over the Farm Credit System rescue bill by giving two committees time to sat' ‘ their objections to a plan to sel farmimortgage securities a key chairman said today Chairman John Dingell of the House Energy and Commerce Committee — one of the two chairmen objecting to foe securities plan ana to being bypassed by the Agriculture Committee — said the “nasty fight” ended with a decision to delay until early October after' bis ch by being given only a few days to try to analyse short-change- d the plan Tne secondary market Dingell said is greatly flawed because it exempts the so-call-ed Farmer Mac from most laws securities safeguarding With no markets oversight he said the government could end up giving a 90 percent guaran-tee on rwhat might not incon-ceivabiy be Junk bonds — or worse" Dingell said he opposes any would waive security Iilan that and that he believes a Farmer Mac should be set up to committee and the House run the same way as other Banking Committee get a federal securities marketing chance to work on it organizations Without a compromise a bitThe American Bankers ter fight was expected on the Association countering critics House floor because Dingell of the secondary market issued said he would try to strip the a study Thursday showing that farm securities plan from the if their proposal had been bin Debate is scheduled to operating over the past eight a representative begin Monday “Our vote count showed a Iears farm family could nice surplus" Dingell told re- have saved nearly $100000 in porters today when asked how interest payments and ended up much support he and banking $71000 richer in net worths Chairman Fernand SL GerKelly Holthus president of main had the First National Bank of Neb and an ABA Dingell said debate on the bin York will start on Monday but the member told reporters that mortgage securities plan “will farmen began to experience be postponed to a later date in financial difficulty with the Sky- October so our committees can rocketing of variable interest work on it" DingeU said rates on farm mortgages held This arrangement is accept- - by the Farm Credit System able and the time would he If a secondary market and (sufficient) provided every- fixed mortgage rates had been in place in the 1970s the ecothing holds fast’ he said Dingell and SL Germain nomic crisis in rural America charged the Agriculture Com- - could have been averted he ' D-- RI mittee 1SH10CIHB ooo maM To all who have asked for a return of our “Loan Clearance Sale" you'll be happy to know it's back Yes First Interstate Bank's second “Loan Gearance Sale" is going on now It’s your big opportunity to get a consumer installment loan at a discount “sale” pricC below our already competitive bank rates based You can save up to I V5 on the options you choose Discounts apply to fixed and variable rate consumer installment loans Special savings are also available on an AdvanceLine the last loan you may ever need A First Interstate loan officer can show you just how much you'll save by applying now during the sale And thanks to some help from Uncle Sam there are ways you can e buy a new car and even beat auto loan rates It's true First Interstate can help fulfill your worthwhile needs now So apply now at any First Interstate office But hurry A sale this big can't last forever first Interstate tax-savi- ng Bank cut-rat- Member IVIC Equal Opportunity lender rasy ruded on their said urisdiction by including in the Under a secondary market a secondary market to farm mortgages could be pooled sell agricultural securities and sold as government-backe- d Then they said they were securities iCS bill Report says putting antibiotics in feed makes Salmonella resistant - CHICAGO (UPI) The practice of putting antibiotics in animal feed to promote livestock growth may be creating resistant strains of Salmonella bacteria that will be difficult to she saic MILLIONS T0L0AN AT REDUCED RATES epidemic or anything" About 40000 cases of salmonellosis are reported to the CDC every year but officials estimate these represent only a treat in future outbreaks gov- tenth of all infections The most ernment researchers say common sources of infection Scientists from the federal are raw milk and dairy proCenters for Disease Control ducts beef and chicken MacDonald and her col- reported In today’s Journal of the American Medical Associa- leagues reported that the pretion that they have noticed a valence of Salmonella strains marked increase in the pre- that are resistant to various valence of antibiotic resistant antibiotics is on the increase Salmonella a bacteria found in and pinpointed antibiotics in milk and meat products and a animal reed as one possible common cause of food poison- - reason “The use of subtherapeutic confined to of antibiotics to promote doses the ypically digestive tract salmonellosis livestock growth is pretty concauses diarrhea abdominal troversial but it’s becoming said more cramps vomiting and fever But Dr Kristine MacDonald MacDonald “And it appears as a former CDC researcher now if this is one fallout from it " with the Minnesota Department Antibiotic treatment is of Health in Minneapolis said usually only necessary if the the public need not be alarmed infection spreads to the about the development bloodstream allowing it to set“This may make outbreaks tle in the liver and other organs more difficult to treat in the and cause inflammation and future but there isn’t any im- - sometimes abscess iWi o ill common" Stale promotes Utah products SALT LAKE CITY tate (UPI) -S- officials Thursday announced they are launching a “Buy Utah” campaign to promote the state's agricultural and other products The effort will include a media blitz designed to “foster pride in Utah and Utah products" said state Agricultural Commissioner Cap Ferry The first phase of the program to begin within the next few weeks win focus on farm products and later be expanded e to promote aU products Ferry said “We are encouraging our people to think in terms of what’s produced in Utah and help our economy" said Gov Norm Bangerter The campaign also wUl be aimed at Increasing markets for Utah goods the governor said “We hope to get support for this effort from 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