10—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September S, JS62
• Tobacco Bed
(Continued from Page 1)
on the bed which was 6 feet
by 50 feet in size. The film
was suppoited on a frame
work ot plastic tubing set at
right angles to the length of
the bed and four feet apart.
Flat plastic strips were at
tached down the center by
bolts to form a support for
the lilin. This formed a flat
cover about one foot above the
bed surlace.
Engle reported, “Rain quick
ly forced the plastic down on
the bed surface where it re
mained for several days” On
April 24 this frame and plastic
film were removed and re
placed with a new frame of
semi-rigid plastic tubing. Each
support was about eight feet
long, so that when the ends
were forced about four inches
Into the soil on either side of
the bed. the tube formed a
semi-circular arch with the
middle about two feet above
the bed surface.
Similar tubing was then
bolted along the center line
ot the arches to foim a cen
ter line support for the film.
Ne\t a pertoiated flat plastic
hose of the type widely used
for sprinkling lawns and gar
dens was tied at about 15
inch intervals to the underside
of the center support with the
peiforations facing downward
toward the bed surface.
Miniature Greenhouse
Under this system, Bngle
said, with the plastic film
stretched and held down along
both sides with soil, the bed
piesented a smooth, neat ap
peal ante foi the five weeks it
was m place, resembling a
small greenhouse, which in
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fact it was. The plastic at
each end was held down with
bricks so that it could be open
ed for ventilation as neces
sary.
During the next five-week
period, temperatures in the
three beds were taken at 10
a.m. and 4 p.m. Average soil
and air temperatures record
ed in the three beds showed
that both air and soil tempera
tures in the glass covered beds
was higher in the morning
than in either of the' other
two beds. Temperatures In the
cloth covered beds were con
ststantly lower than either of
the other two beds. By after
noon, the soil temperature in
the plastic covered beds had
equaled the glass covered beds
and air temperature under the
plastic had gone above the
temperature in the other two
beds.
The minimum soil tempera
ture recorded was lowest un
der the glass and highest un
der plastic, with the cloth
co\ered bed ranging between
the two. The maximum soil
temperature recorded was
highest under glass with only
a slightly lower reading under
the plastic and somewhat low
er reading under the cloth.
Air temperatures of the
cloth covered bed at 10 a.m.
were about 16 degrees lower
than under glass and 12 de
grees lower than under plastic.
On the average they did not
change much between morn-
mg and afternoon.
When ventilation was re
quired every other sash was
lifted about four inches and
both ends of the plastic cover
ed bed were opened fully. The
bed was on an east-west axis
causing the prevailing wester-
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North Queen Street
Lancaster, Pa
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R. D. 1, Elizabethtown, Pa.
ly winds* to give reasonable
good ventilation evidenced
by the disappearance of the
moisture film whifch always
quickly formed on the inside
of the plastic when the bed
was closed. No other openings
were made in the plastic.
Only three irrigations from
the plastic hose were needed
under the plastic during the
five-week period, with a mo
derate amount of water being
applied each time.
Although the plastic was
not applied until 11 'days
later than the glass, the plants
were of equal size at the time
the covers were removed on
May 21.
Scalding Is Problem
On the final week end be
fore removal of the covers, the
plants in the middle section of
the plastic covered bed were
rather severely scalded, Engle
reports. The plants near the
ends, being more or less hard
ened-off were not injured.
On the basis of one season’s
results, Engle believes that
plastic coveis offer a real po
tential as a means of securing
tobacco plants for field sett
ing a week or even two weeks
Corn demands “beef”
in a combine
Gleaner combines have the rugged construction, the heft, the capacity . > . the
power and traction to wade through your heaviest corn . . . even in muddy or icy
fields. If your crop can be combined ... the Gleaner combine is the machine that
can do it.
Take your choice of Gleaner combines A, C, or E everyone has an easily
attached com head. Because the cylinder is down at the ear level, feeding is direct
to the cylinder. No extra elevating necessary. Fewer parts are required. You save
money. Ask us about an eye-opener test on your own farm.
Finance for profit. Ask us about Allis-Chalmers ’ time payment plans t
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Grumelli Farm Serv.
Quarrj ville, Pa.
ear,Uey than from L cloth ,coy-j
ered beds. It Will ’be neces
sary, however, to supply ad-,
ditional ventilation, but Engle
believes this' could be done by
cutting horizontal slits in the
plastic on the lee side ol ~the
bed about a foot from the top
of the arch.
He believes the two mil
plastic could be reused for two
or three seasons if handled
carefully. The slits could be
closed with masking tape until
the ventilation was needed
about May 1 in this area.
Weed control is an essential
with this system, and either
steam or chemical steriliza
tion should work well
Plant Thinner
Engle said, "It would pro
bably be to the grower’s ad
vantage to have one or two
of his beds seeded at % or
Vs of the usual rate and cov
ered with plastic so that he
could set out well-grown plants
for his first and second plant
ings early in the season ”
While it does not always fol
low that early harvested to
bacco is less likely to suffer
shedburn, Engle said, late har
vested tobacco is more likely
... GLEANER
combines have
Snavely’s Farm Service
New Holland, P».
Nissley Farm Service
■Washington Boro, P».
Lausch Bros. Equipment
Stevens js
■io have this trouble and Co «l« s
suffer from early freezes aft« r
.it is hung.
Engle says he plans to (j t
further work on plastic cor.
ers with particular emphasu
on the ventilation problem
but he does believe present n’
formation is enough that farm,
ers should try the plastic cot,
ers on a bed or so next spring
It pays to use
natural n. i.
POTASH ond
CALPHOS
Have then spread on
your hay and grain
fields now.
Contact ns for details as
these two materials will
work well with your present
farm program.
Brooklawn Fan
1118 Kreider Ave.
Lancaster Ph. LO 0-15*0
or see yonr local dealer
Big C with 4-row com head.
New E with 2-row corn head.
G'Eaner is an Alhi Cliilmar* uttUa
N. G. Myers & Son
Bheems, Pft.
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L. H. Brubaker
Lancaster,, P»,
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