Profitability Of High Rates Of
Fertilizer On Corn Questioned
HARRISBURG Profit
able corn production does
not always depend xn high
rates of fertilizer applica
tion, James H. Bakin, chair
man of agronomy extension
at The Pennsylvania State
University, told members of
the Pennsylvania Crop Im
provement Association at
their annual meeting in Har
risburg Tuesday.
Eakin said, “Forty pounds
of nitrogen costing $4.80
might return $l5, a second
40 pounds about $O, and a
third 40 pounds only $3. Ob
viously the third 40 pounds
would not be profitable if
the farmer had to pay $4 80
for its purchase and appli
cation.”
If the pi ice of corn dropped
from. $1 25 to tl 00 per
liushei, farmers would And
It more profitable to use less
fertilizer, Eakm reported. On
the other hand, if the price
of fertilizer dropped, it
Would be more profitable to
use moie of it.
Residual carryover of fer
tilizer is important, he point-
ed out. Very little nitrogen
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Is carried over to the next
crop, but there is consider
able carryover of phosphorus
and potassium. This is why
it is Important to consider
all crops in the rotation in
determining whether an add
ed yield from fertilizer will
return more than its cost.
IVhen there is ample short
term capital available, Bakin
said, farmers may wish to
try tor yields Mhere a dol
lar's worth of fertilizer will
just return a dollar’s worth
ot com Howeter, if capital
is limited, they should try
for yields Where the last
dollar spent tor fertilizer
gues a return equal to what
it w ould give if invested
some other place, either on
or ott the farm.
• Farm Calendar
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al Agnculture Teachers
meet at Lannieter-Strasburg
High School
S p m , Lancaster Coun
ty Swine Produce! s Assn
meets at Farm Ciedit Bldg
Educational meeting
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February 2 —2, 3, and 4,
L«lme and Fertilizer Con
ference. Nlttdny Lion, Penn
State University.
February 3 1 p.m., Ches
ter County Dairy Clinic at
Contesville YWCA "In
heritance and Selection.’’
. 7 pan., Ephrnta Adult
Farmeis Dairy Field Trip.
7.30 pm, Lancaster
County Poultry Assn
nu.il meeting at Farm
Ciedit Bids, 411 W. Rose-
Mile Rd , Lancaster.
February l! Cth through
10th Xational Assn Con
sera ntion Distnct directors
20th annual convention,
New Orleans, La.
• Swine Producers
(Continued from Page 1)
Road, iust ott Route 72
(Manhenn Pike).
All interested peisons are
invited. to attend.
SPRING CARCASS SHOW
The Association will hold
Us annual Spring Carcass
Show, beginning with an on
toot e\aliia'tion contest on
Holiday, March 14, at the
Lancaster Union Stock Yards
at 1 pm. As in the past,
everyone is invited to reicoid
their estimates o£ caicass
length, backtat, loineye size,
AT EASTERN
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 29, 1966
and hnm-loln percentage.
Prizes will be offered for the
best score.
The hogs will be slaugh
tered on Tuesday, and the'
carcasses will be evaluated
at Kunzler & Co. on Wed
nesday. Prizes will also be
gnein for the best-scoring
cm (ass.
An Assonation spoKesinan
emphasized that the (.mass
show is open to roinmeicial
hog imseis as well as pme
bied bieedeis. Theies no
better way to bud the (nt
out \ahie of jour animals,
he '■aid
an-
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The county swine produc
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bamiuet meeting on Fuda\,
Maich IS, at the Blue Hall
Fne Hall. A ham supper
will be sened tanuly style
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• Crop Meeting
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