G—Lancaster Farming/ Saturday', October 31. 1959 FAN FOR DRYING CORN was put to other uses earl ier this year. First it did duty in the hay mow to help fin ish curing the clover crop. During the humid weather of tobacco cutting time the fan was used to keep the green tobacco from pole burning. The crib here is of woven wire 22 Vz feet in diameter and almost 15 feet high. The 48 inch fan brought the moisture content down to safe storage lev els in just a few days. A canvass covering over the top will keep off rainwater until the corn is used, v Corn will be removed from the crib through the opening made for the fan. The base is of poured concrete and is semi-permanent —LF PHOTO • Wheeltrack (From page J J tions of steer manure on the fields Soil tests from the Pennsylvania State Univer sity showed a pH of about Cot> o; dn jo s[oas{ pue q 9 pounds of Potassium per acre. Phosphorus was found to be the limiting factor with only about 7 pounds per acre in most fields “Every acie on the place got 500 pounds of granular Super-phosphate plowed under. Thin we be- Whatever your dairy -Feeding program, you can use new Wayne 32% Dairy Krums to good ad vantage. Just balance this blend of high quality proteins, vitamins and minerals with the nutrients in your own farm grains. Select the protein level that is right for the roughage used. Each cow will produce milk at her full bred-in milking power. And, the texture of ground and mixed rations is improved. Ask us for details. To Help Your Dairy Herd STAY OUT IN FRONT H. M. STAUFFER & SON'S. Inc. Witmer - Bonks - Leola, Pa. MILLERSVILLE SUPPLY CO. ROSS C. ULRICH. JR. Millersville, Pa. ABERDEEN MILLS SUNSHINE FARM SUPPLY B.D. 2, Elizabethtown, P« ROHRER'S MILL R. D. 1, Honks, P» gan working on our Nitrogen problem ” says Henney. Nitrogen was applied in various rates depending up on the cover plowed down. Alfalfa sod got applications of 45 pounds of actual nitro gen per acre. Clover sod re ceived 75 pounds while corn stubble land needed a total of 90 pounds. All the nitro gen plowed down yas in the form of urea. Two tons of dolomitic limestone per acre was add- R.D. 2, Peach Bottom, Pa. Litilz, Pa. LIME VALLEY MILLS HD, J, Willow Street. Pa. ed to injure ample amounts of calcium and magnesium even though the acidity was not great. Kenney conducted yield checks for one student who raised his production from 45 bushels last year to 130 bushels this year by the addition of lime Sometimes, he explained, high levels of potash in the soi will give a high pH reading while the soil may actually be deficient in calcium. ' Plowing is important. The way the land is plow ed is of utmost importance, Kenney believes, if wheel track planting it to be suc cessful. “If you have a trac- rated for three bottoms, LABOR FORCE ON THE FARM IS IK get a two bottom plow and but the effect in the fields has npt been felt yet speed up.” is the way Hen- ma Shelly, wife of Mervin, holds Dale Eugene ; ney advises farmers to pre- months, as Mrs. Ruth Henney, wife of Robert \< pare the seed bed. Planting though little Dale is stiß too young to be of mi the same day is important a farming job the men do get an occasional assn too. Leaving the soil to dry tor drlvm B and chores from their wives - out for a day or so may make the difference between off in number of bushels in averaging over good stands or poor stands the crib, Henney and his stu- per acre. Most of , “If you plow fast enough dents in vocational ' agricul- ? an attributed to throw the soil over well tU re have taken 56 yield “J w°^f^ d t atl and smooth out “the furrow . . on thei _ ow _ p lots 5011 ** laboratory clif-p anH nlant while the soil checlcs on l “ el , r , plOTa er cultivations tor slice and plant while the sou din the fields of farmers tr oL Hennev behoi is still mellow, wheel track - n the community . T he re- y beUw planting will save a lotol shbw that adult farm- Chemical Weed labor and bring good results erg the area this year av- Corn on Henney’s Henney asserts, and asics era g e( j gO to 85 bushels while cultivated only - farmers to try it for them- t h e students using improved would not have no? selves next year- seed, fertilizer programs, and tivate then to conti As further proo that .re- cu itural practices had yields (Turn to page search proven practices pay ARTIN’S UMESTON Order your Limestone now for even spreading by our modern spreaders. 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