6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 20,1965 • Glenn Weber
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AN 8,000-BIRD BROILER PROJECT IS one of
the many activities that keeps Glenn Weber occupied
during his “out-of-school” hours. The broiler house is
filled four times per year, and the birds are grown on
contract for a local feed manufacturer. L. F. Photo
• Corn Meeting
(■Continued irom page 1)
nutrients. “You only get about
half of your available plant
nutrients (N, P, and K) the
first year, but you get the
rest the second year. And you
do get the organic matter in
addition”, he said. The hand-
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ling problem with manure is
always present, but the nu
trients and organic matter are
there and it should be used
where practical, according to
the extensionist
In response to a question
on minimum tillage, Lueck
said that the picture is still
confused. The extension ser
vice is not ready to recom
mend it. Next year, he said,
extensive tests are planned
for this practice in Lancaster
County.
Floyd Imes, Manager Seed
Services for Pennsylvania Farm
Bureau Cooperative Associa
tion, presented some recom
mendations to the farm group
on seed, fertilizer, and weed
killers.
The first thing to consider,
Imes said, is selection of the
hybrid best suited for your
area He recommended the
“800” series, a 120-130 day
maturity hybrid.
In fertilizing for com, Imes
felt that all but 250 pounds
of a 5-15-5 analysis fertilizer
should be plowed down; the
250 pounds should be applied
at planting. He emphasized the
value of getting a soil test to
learn the actual amount and
type of fertilizer needed, rath-
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On 230 West of Elizabethtown
tlon In the form of his two
registered Holstein heifer
calves which are part of his
FFA farming program.
The flock of 8,000 Cornish
cross broilers that he puts in
four times each year are
raised on contract for a local
feed company. These are also
a part of his farming pro
gram.
Glenn is a junior at Garden
Spot High School, and is cur
rently in his third year as a
Future Farmer of America,
Will he continue to farm in
the future? “That’s what I'd
like to do more than any
thing,” he told us. But even
at sixteen Glenn seems ma
ture enough to realize that
life has a way of sometimes * ' ' • 9"^
luring us from our favorite
path in pursuit of new re- A PLYWOOD GRAIN-BOX IS BEING MADE BY
sponsibilities and challenges. Glenn Weber in his Farm Shop class. He will mount
However, a good guess would the box on the bed of a Jeep truck for use this summer
he that Glenn will manage to w hen grain is combined on the home farm. Grain can
stay with some phase of b e drawn-off from this box by gravity and. either bagg
farming for as long as he can. e( j or augered to bins. L. F. Photo
er than following the costly One member of the audience er and plants across the sides
habit of guessing. suggested the cost per acre at of the hill. He follows com
Most farmers don’t know $2 to use 2-4 D, and $8 per with com, with some fields
what their plant population is acre to use Atrazine. Lorax having been on that program
for sure, but the recommended was another "weed control for six years. He reported his
population is 16,000-18,000 chemical mentioned for the yields had been very satisfac
plants per acre, Imes said. coming year. tory, and seem to be increas-
In discussing weed killers he ing each year,
mentioned 2-4 D and Atrazine. response to Imes mvita- The group followed the dis-
The latter is one of the best, k° n } or *be .farmers present CU ssion with a lively interest,
he felt, but it must he used to discuss their experiences an( j questions were thrown at
carefully. Can’t follow it too wheel track planting tb e speakers from all sides.
closely with oats or tobacco (plow-planting), Jerry Snayely „
because there might be some Lititz HI mentioned that . ",
carryover, especially after abe has used it for at least A bee sung can he as poi
dry year when the Atrazine tbe last six years. He tries to sonous as the bite of a cobra
may fail to fully disperse. P low an(i Plant within 24 and more people are killed
Chemical weed controls save hours using no cultivation. He annually in the United States
time and money, Imes said. Plows down most of his fertiliz- by bee stings than snake bites.
Dairymen everywhere!
are getting
and more
with Ful-O-Pep Dairy Feed
A Lancaster County
farmer* reports
1545 ibs. milk
per cow
4.23% test
65 ibs. fat per cow
during Dec. 1964
* Names on request
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A Lebanon County
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1377 ibs. milk
per cow
4.0% test
55 lbs. fat per cow
during Nov. 1964
Grubb Supply Co.
Elizabethtown
Kirkwood Feed & Groin
Kirkwood
H. M. Stauffer & Sons, Inc.
Witmer
Stevens Feed Mill, Inc.
Stevens, Penna.
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