—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 5, 1965 16 Minimum Tillage Also Works Foi 1 Tomato And Cabbage Transplants Minimum-tillage piadices oi ’finally developed for feed co 1 n have piovcd equally succcs-ful for transplanted lo natoes and cabbage on sandy coastal plain soils, the U S Department of Agncul tme lepoits •Vveiage yields of tomatoes and cabbage weie substanti ally the same on minimum tilled and conventionally tilled plots of Colhngton sandy loam in 6-yeai expeii ments incohing cabbage-toma to com lotations The conventionally tilled plots weie plowed and disked thiee times befoie planting. The minimum tilled plots weie plowed once, then planted. All plots weie swmep culti vated to check weeds dm mg the giowmg season. Under simulated rainfall, the minimum-tilled plots had neaily 50 peieent less runoff than the conventionally tilled plots The lough suiface, laiger poies, and increased permeability of the soil all results of minimum tillage were lesponsible for the low ei uinoff Disking packed conventionally tilled soil The scientists also tested mulch tillage Ciop icsidues weie left on the suiface of the test plots, which were pi epai ed for planting with a field cultivatoi and disk The mulch-tillage plots had less quiet you almost hear the hay fall!” Smooth-running Twin-Wheel Drive means long life for AUis-Chalmers Mowers! Eliminating the old-fashioned pitman comes close to eliminating vibration that shortens the life of mow ers! Four quiet 80 Series Mowers let you cut hay the way you wish. Two are rear-mounted ... one side-mounted for extra visibility,., and one is a trail-type. One of them belongs in your hay plans! Nissley Farm Service Washington Boro, Pa. L. H. Brubaker Lancaster, Pa. Alien H. Matz Farm Equipment New Holland, Pa. Deadline July 1 For New Wheat Farm Allotments Farmers who wish to be considcied for a “now wheat faim" allotment for 1966 on a faim which does not have a 1965 wheat allotment should get in touch with the A9CS county office during the next few weeks, Fied G. Seldom udge 'Chairman, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee, said today. Such faimeis have until July 1 to file applications for such an allotment. Pi oducers eligible to file such applications are those with a faim for which no wheat allotment has been es tablished, who have no in ters t in the wheat allotment on any other faim, and wheie the faimer expects to icceive moie than 50 peicent of his income from total production on the farm. The Chaiiman emphasized that fomal application for a “new farm” wheat allotment is made by filing a -written application on a form pro vided for that purpose at the A-SOS 'County Office prior to the July 1 deadline mnoff than the conventional ly tilled plots but averaged smaller yields and required about the same time and ex pense to prepaie for planting Grumelli Farm Service Quarryville, Pa N. G. Myers & Son Rheems, Pa L. H. Brubaker Lititz, Pa. Chef Long r. Pa. Akroi <6^l ,4 h / If eggs are your business EARLY BIRD should be your feed! It will give you: GREATER EFFICIENCY... and MAXIMUM PRODUCTION... plus a working partnership with a solid growing organization willing and able to go beyond routine order filling. Remember EARLY BIRD FEEDS and Good Management . . . a Winning Combination for Any Poultryman! Contact your Miller & Bushong Service Representative or call ns direct at Lancaster 392-2145 (Area code 717). & B cnl fLP "FINEST SERVIGEAN¥W*KRE£ Cl* Miller Bushong, Inc. RoHrerstown/ Pa/ Ph. Lancaster 392-2145 (Area Code 717) & iX
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