12—Lancaster Farming.
December 31, 1966
Takes 800 Tons
Of Water For 1
Ton Of Alfalfa
An extension agricultural
engineer at Penn State Uni
versity recently reported that
it usually takes 800 tons of
watei to grow one ton of al
falfa. and approximately 850
tons of soil moisture to pro
duce a ton of shelled corn.
N Henry Wooding, associ
ate piofessor of agricultural
engineering extension, speak
ing on the topic “Irrigating
Forage and Pasture Crops” at
the Seventh Annual Grassland
and Forage Conference on the
University Park campus, said
many factors affect crop pro
duction including varieties,
cultural practices, and disease
and insect control. However,
water is by far the most im
portant factor that deteimmes
growth and quality of farm
crops
The agricultural engineer
cautioned those considering the
use of irrigation to make sure
a plentiful supply of water is
available If not, he said it may
be better to forget irrigation
and concentiate on another
pioject
The conference was spon
soied jointly by the Pennsyl
vania Giassland Council and
the Penn State College of Ag
riculture
• Poultry Banquet
(Continued fiom Page 1)
tiaditionally a sell-out, this
year will feature guest speak
er Di Charles E Irvin of Day
tona Beach, Florida He is a
noted educator, and has been
actively associated with such
organizations as General Elec
tric Company, Eli Lilly Com
pany, and The National Man
agement Association Irvin has
often been referred to as
“Ameiica’s most versatile
speakei”, accoiding to chau
man Wentink His talk at the
Faim Show Banquet is titled
“Angels In The Mud”
Although the Grand Ball
100m at the Penn Harris Ho
tel will seat approximately 400
people, Wentink urged all in
terested persons to order then
tickets without delay because
of heavy advance ticket sales
• State SWCD
(ContmuPil from Page 1)
faun which he owns and for
merly operated For the past
two years he was secretary of
the Pennsylvania State Grange
and served also as secretary
ot the Pennsylvania Council
of Farm Organizations
• PENB
(Continued fiom Page 10)
company for 34 years He was
Piesident of PENB in 1961
and 1962
Franz, while not completely
letued iiom active direction
of the group of companies he
heads, has moved to a farm in
Missouri He was a PENB
President in 1963 and 1964
Huttai will begin has Retired
Executive activities about Feb
luaiy 1, and will work closely
with Berwyn B Gehgan, of
the North Amencan Poultiy
Co-op Association, New York,
m the New Yoik market area
Franz will work primarily in
the St Louis market area—
Missoni i Arkansas and west
ern Tennessee, with Ted Dai
ragh, of the Arkansas Egg
Company, Little Rock
Gehgan and Darragh are re
gional chairmen for Operation
EGGsp'ansion.
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Elverson, Pa
“275.5 eggs per bird
housed from 20
weeks in 14 months
and two days
Livability,
85.35/c
LOWER PRODUCTION COSTS
Optimum Performance Un
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