fed fresh grain several times a day. The major draw
back to this system is that the com cannot be made
marketable after it has been ensiled. This doesn’t
mean it loses feed value. Tests have shown that it
has as much, if not a little more, feed value than
dry com. Both airtight and conventional upright
silos are being used to store grain silage. If con
ventional units are used, more careful attention to
sealing and grain moisture is needed.
Use of a batch drier and storage of the dried
grain in either a converted com crib or in metal
ins in conjunction with a com combine or picker
sheller is probably the system that gives the most
flexibility. A producer can feed, sell, store or do a
combination of all three when using this system.
He can comolete harvest a little Quicker than when
using any other system and can use higher capacity
harvesting eciuipment. Investment and operating
costs will be nigh, so it works best for large, well
financed growers. However, the total return from
the crop will be enough to more than cover these
increased costs. Generally the entire conversion to
this new system must be made at one time, which
can put quite a burden on the farm finances.
In-storage-drying of shelled corn using natural
air^lus a supplemental heater is a very popular
system for all sizes of farm operating units. What
makes it most desirable is that the changeover can
be made gradually if a picker-sheller is used which
can shell corn early in the season and then be used
for picking late in the season. Since most corn pro
ducers are now growing more com and producing
higher yields per acre than they did several years
ago, they rarely have enough permanent storage
space. Purchasing two to four shelled com storage
bins gives them the extra capacity they need. By
the time these units are filled, corn will be low
enough in moisture to change over to picking and
fill the conventional corn cribs now on the farm.
Corn combining is the most efficient way of harvesting
now available. Field losses will be least when grain mois
ture is around 30%. When moisture is much above this
level, operating problems and losses will increase. One
of the most important considerations is to arrange a sys
tem of moving the corn from the combine to the drying
and storage area efficiently so you'll be able to keep the
combine running at full capacity. Some farmers are using
auger wagons to take corn from the combine to trucks.
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