—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 21, 1961 6 CORN ON THE J. ZEIGLER HESS FARM at Quarry ville R 3 is dried by forced hot air before being stored for the winter. After being dumped into the hopper, far left, by the truck, the shelled corn is angered up to the storage bin It feeds by gravity into the batch drier where the moisture content is reduced to about 12 per cent From the drier the grain goes to the storage bins in the foreground Hess, on the platform above the drier, processed the corn about 50 acres of his own plus about 10,000 bushels for a cooperative last year. Hess believes much corn is going mto storage too wet. —L. F. Photo ® Corn Yield (From page 1) his corn once, Although it acres, but on one plot he had all been sprayed with a disced after plowing and on herbicide, another plot he worked the ground tharoughly as he had satisfy his own curiosi always done All the com Hess left about two acres was planted with a new untouched with the cultiva plantcr rigged to put the tor. Weed control was not a seed in the tractor wheel seri °us problem, but there t ra ck were some weeds in the plot. We change slowly, Hess much damage as good with said last spring after the the cultivator. ‘‘Hess said, corn was up and growing. He planned to cultivate all “I believe you can do as "If you can control the weeds, I believe you can do without cultivting.’’ Now that the-results are in what has ho'iound out? His crop will average ov er 132 bushels per acre on all plots. Wheel track plant ing worked well this year, and he will continue it next year There was.no measur able difference in yield on the areas which were culti vated and uncu.tivated. Minimum cultivation saved many hours of labor, many trips across the field, and a lot of wear and tear on ma chinery. At the spring meeting in the corn field, farmers ques tioned whether picking m.ght be a problem on the uneven ground left by the ‘.plow plant method. “This is a good year for picking, but we have not had any more trouble where we did not cultivate than where we did cultivate.” Hess said. Hess uses a picker-sheller and feels he was getting a good clean job of harvesting this week. After the corn Is shelled, it is hauled by dump truck to a dryer where gas fire heated air is used to reduce the moisture content to a bout 12 per cent for storage Hess believes the quality of com possible with the drier makes drying profit able. In addition to the corn on his own farm, he will dry several thousand bushels on a contract basis for a co operative Wheeltrack planting will be a part of the corn grow ing program on the Hess farm in 1962. As for mini mum tillage, if weed control with chemicals is satisfact ory the corn will not be cul tivated after it is up, but Hess wants to be able to cul tivate if weeds or grass threaten to compete with the crop. If he does maintain good THIS INSECT! AND FERTILIZE.. .IN ONE APPLICATION Miller's mclusive liquid !mpre(n*tion method assures intimate blending of the newest and most effective insecticides with top grad* fertilizer. IMPORTANT! ♦ • "Kill adult weevils APPLY ACCORDING TO SCHEDULE ABFLY\ before*** ere leld. THIS y* Stimulate eirlyspring growth FALL / • Stone fertlllrer-peitlcide In the ground instead of in the bern. • • Avoid delays caused by unpredictable sprint weethar, • leave more time for plantlnt and other jobs next spring. In fenruylvinl* In Maryland • BULK LOADING FACILITIES • PROMPT DELIVERY • SPREADER SERVICE • FREE TECHNICAL ADVICE Your Local MILLER Dealer IWMWfPWMjnPI SMOKETOWN UUUiiliiJUyiLflijM Ph- Lane. EX 7-3539 I I CORN LEAVES THIS FIELD shelled and ready for the drier. Henry Hess, Quarryville R 3, harvests corn with a picker-sheller on the poultry farm which he operates with his father. Zeigler Hess. The shelled corn is taken from the harvester by a dump truck and elevated to a storage b n over a batch drier. After the moisture content of the corn is down to about 12 per cent, the grain is elevated in to permanent storage for use in poultry feed. —L F. Photo weed control, he stands totnps over his corn ground cut out a lot of repeated next year. It’s Not The SIZE-It’s The PERFORMANCE That Counts! i IMPREGNATED KILL ALFALFA WEEVIL ... WITH EITHER OF THESE MILLER COMRimiOHS! DIELDRIN-FERTILiZER HEPTACHLOR-FERTILIZER CHaWrln fertilizer heptachlor. Fertilizer Oct. l-N0v.30 Oct I-Oct 31 OctlNov 30 Oct 1-Nov. IS 1 voiimnl MILLER CHEMICAL I FERTILIZER DORP. \ EPHRATA, PA. IS* REpublic 5-65*5 OR SEE YOUR MILLER DEALER L_J I I I I i OR I I I read UTILIZER
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