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“Through good cultural prac
. , , ticcs and management he has
ty conservationist. Wayne iaised lhe 01 „ anic and fci-
Maresch, it is unusual to find (l j l(y i evc i 3 sufficiently to be
that type of soi fainted so pio/lldble ..
intensively. “It takes better „, „ , , ,
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on wheel track planting alone
to impiove his soil's produc
tivity Although the farm has
no livestock, and thcrefoie
no manuic is added to the
Helds, certain conservation
pi actives are followed For
example he plants on a “mod
ified contoui”: he uses strip
ciop-ping on any slope great
er than 10 percent, m April
he put in a glass waterway
that will eventually be an
outlet for ciopland terraces;
he regulaily tests the soil for
01 game matter and nutuent
needs He estimates that the
water holding capacity of his
Beiks shaley loam has been
i arsed to a level that is equal
to oi better than that of av
erage limestone soil
Theie aie seveial “secrets”
to the successful use of wheel
track planting that Snavely
has learned in the last eight
yeais One of the most im
portant of these is to plant
no latei than two days after
p’owing If a longer time is
allowed, he found there is a
loss in germination “The dri
er the g'lound and the weath
er, the closer you want to
plant to plowing,” is a gen
eral rule he follows. He also
feels that with continuous
corn there may he a greater
buildup of coin-attacking in-
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sects than might be true if
a rotation wcie followed For
this reason he feels an in
secticide is a necessdiy pait
of thia piogiam
Step by step, he outlined
his com cultivation method
as follows
1 Discs down corn stalks
and stubble usually in the
Fall
2 Plans to plant when
soil temperature is 60 degrees
F at about an eight-inch
depth
3 Plows not more than
two days befoie planting
often does both operations in
one day. He uses a two-way,
reveisuble plow which elim
inates the ipiohlem of fur
rows, and plows down 300-400
pounds of 0-20 20 and 100
pounds of actual mtiogen per
acre.
4 At planting, he adds
150-260 pounds of a starter
fertilizer, depending upon the
analysis He also puts down
an insecticide and herbicide
when he .plants.
5 Although he previous
ly used 40-inch rows With a
two-i ow planter, he has a new
four-iow planter this year
and will use 38-mch rows
When he gets a six-row plant
ei he plans to go to 30-inch
rows
6 Aifter planting, no fur
ther mechanical cultivation is
done unless the herbicide
fails to adequately control
the weeds
7 He averages 19,000
plants pei acre
Suavely leported that his
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\iold hu s constantly im
piovccl. except foi last year
when he amazed just under
ICO hu-licN per ..cie Two
ycais a 4O nc had a fann av
cia,'o ol 120 buihcls He
checks his yield by picking
font rows, weighing the wag
on at a ne irby scale, and tak
ing a moisture sample. He
plans to check about nine dif
ferent hybrids this ycai.
In addition to the farm’s
126-acres in corn, the Snave
lys also raise wheat and to
bacco as cash ci ops. Jerry
also puts in several hundred
hours of custom work in the
area each year corn plant
ing and picking, and comlban
ing. Some seasonal help is
hired to handle the tolbacco
crop
Jeny, a member of the
Manheim Young Farmer As
sociation, runs the farm at
Lititz R 1 for h'is father who
operates a feed mill near the
farm The old stone farm
house where Jerry lives with
his wife and young son has
an interesting history It was
built in 1754 by Christian
Eby, and is mentioned in the
book “Trail of the Conestoga.”
It came into the Snavely fam
ily through Jerry’s grand
father, who also established
the family in the mSlimg
business. Until young Snave
ly took over operation of the
farm eight years ago, the
land had been rented out and
run-down. But it appears o
be thriving under its present
vigorous and imaginative man
agement'
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