. Agri-news. Agriculture. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SWATHING HINTS "Stage of maturity for swathing barley was one of the interesting points that came out of my tour of the federal research station at Lacornbe," says Ross Gould, Alberta Agriculture's district agriculturist at Stettler. Don Dew of the research station's crop management section suggested that barley which is being harvested for feed can be safely swathed with a moisture content of 35 to 36 per cent. Swathing at tnis stage, according to Mr. Dew, does not reduce either the total yield of the crop or the feed quality. He says
. Agri-news. Agriculture. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SWATHING HINTS "Stage of maturity for swathing barley was one of the interesting points that came out of my tour of the federal research station at Lacornbe," says Ross Gould, Alberta Agriculture's district agriculturist at Stettler. Don Dew of the research station's crop management section suggested that barley which is being harvested for feed can be safely swathed with a moisture content of 35 to 36 per cent. Swathing at tnis stage, according to Mr. Dew, does not reduce either the total yield of the crop or the feed quality. He says he uses the 'thumb rule' rather than the 'firm dough' stage when describing the stage of the kernels because the latter means different things to different people. "When a kernel of barley can be cut with the thumb nail without showing any free water shining on the kernel, the moisture content is 35 per cent," Mr. Dew says. He also suggested that it is possible, but not yet a proven fact at the research station, that the germination level of grain swathed at the 35 to 36 per cent moisture stage may suffer a little. Hence, he recommends letting seed barley mature a bit past the 35 per cent moisture level until more research has been done in this area. The same recommendation holds true for barley intended for malting purposes. According to Mr. Gould, the color of the straw in the bcrley plots that were ready to swath at the 35 per cent moisture level was mostly yellow with a touch of pale green here and there. -30- 9 Phone (403)427-2127 ydlberra AGRICULTURE COMMUNICATIONS. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Alberta. Alberta Agriculture. Communications Branch; Alberta. Alberta Agriculture. Print Media Branch; Alberta. Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development. Publishing Branch. [E
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