—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 4, 1967
18
Cultivate Only
Suitable Land,
Farmers Urged.
Pennsylvania farmers were
cautioned this week on select
ing soils used in meeting
stepped-up demands for U.S.
food products at home and
abroad.
“We advise farmers to use
the scientific information con
tained in modern soil surveys,”
said Ivan McKeever, state con
servationist for the U.S. Soil
Conservation Service.
McKeever pointed out that
when this country was plagued
by large crop surpluses, a great
deal of land was taken out of
cultivation. It was put into
grass and other vegetation that
protected the soil aglainst ero
sion. This may be the most
profitable and protective use
for a considerable amount of
this acreage. McKeever recom
mended proper management of
these grassland areas if they
remain in grass.
However, we need to in
crease yields of acreage now
in cultivation. Only the best
and most suitable land present
ly out of production should be
brought back into crop produc-
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• Soil Sampling
(Continued from Page 13)
equipment has removed most
of the human error. This
means we can do a more ac
curate job of analyzing soil
samples, Bandel says.
But—he hastens to add, the
soil test results can be no
tion. Otherwise we could re
turn to the wasteful days of
erosion when our productive
topsoil was washed away be
cause we were not equipped
at that time with conservation
skills that our Pennsylvania
farmers are employing today,
McKeever said.
“Soil surveys provide a sci
entific guide for choosing
land,” the conservationist said.
“They reveal soils that can be
cultivated profitably and safe
ly. They also show marginal
soil that should be left in
grass or other protective cov
er.”
McKeever suggests that
farmers contact their local Soil
and Water Conservation Dis
trict before putting the plow
back into the grass sod this
spring.
Lancaster County has a com
pleted Soil Survey so proper
land use can be determined
almost immediately, he said.
Sows and gilts fed Breed Sew Supplement at
the Wayne Research Farm farrewed an over*
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hirth weight, 3.03 lbs.
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more accurate than the sam
ple submitted. He says poor
sampling con give a complete
ly erroneous picture of the
soil, and suggests several prin
ciples to follow in sampling.
I—Divide fields or lawns
into uniform areas with each
sample representing not more
than 10 acres. Take soil from
at least 15 or 20 places in the
area. After all the samples
have been collected from one
area, mix them thoroughly in
a clean bucket, and take a
pound of soil to send to the
laboratory.
2. Stay out of any "unusual”
spots such as finishing fur
rows, back furrows, fence rows
low spots, or places where
manure or fertilizer has been
spilled.
3. In old corn and soybean
fields, or in gardens, sample
between the rows. Banded fer
tilizer in the rows could con
taminate the sample and give
a false test result.
4. Sample to the correct
depth. In lawns or pastures
this is about two inches. In
plowed fields it is to plow
depth.
Soil testing pays, Bandel
says, bat reminds farmers that
the test result can be no more
accurate than the sample.
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