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Show Grassland Farming Is Most Mechanized Farmers Find Meadows Cheapest Feed of All Grassland farming continues to spread throughout the United States and has become an example of the mechanization of farm jobs. Farmers are switching to more and more grass because they have learned that grass is the cheapest of all feeds and that grass also conserves con-serves the soil, increase yields of intertilled crops and is the easiest l ; - - J The New Holland field forage harvester can chop np to 15 tons of bay per hour in lengths ranging from 'A to 4 Inches depending de-pending on how many knives are used. of all crops to harvest and handle. One of the major reasons grass is cutting dairy production costs as much as 25 percent is the sharp reduction re-duction in labor costs. With grassland grass-land machinery, today's farmers can make hay and grass silage in half the time it once took them. Since the 1930's, when farmers were urged to cut down on corn and small grain, the grasslands of the nation have increased tremendously. tremendous-ly. And with the increase manufacturers manufac-turers have produced farm machinery ma-chinery with which to cut, chop, bale and store this low cost farm feed. One of the newer machines in modern farming is the field forage harvester. This power take-off unit can chop up to 15 tons of hay per hour. Attachments let the farmer use the same basic unit for chopping chop-ping corn at up to 20 tons per hour. . |