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7-33 p.m.—New Holland • Their selection was announc-
Young Parmer Income Tax ed at a meeting held Saturday
Meet., School Ag. Room. at the home of Mrs. Anna Krall,
Wednesday, December 6 Manheim Rl, with Miss Eliza
-4-H Baby Beef Sale at Lan- beth-Workman, president, con
caster Stock Yards. ducting the meeting.
4:30 p.m.—(Ag. teachers meet In other business, plans were
at E-Town High School. discussed for a bus trip to New
Thursday, December 7 York City on Dec. 20. A dona
-7:30 p.m.—Ephrata Young tion of $5O was given to a lo-
Farmers Meet (Designing the cal needy family. Society mem-
Feedlot) at School Ag. Rm. hers also packed and distribut
-8:00 p.m.—Lancaster County ed 35 fruit baskets.
Poultry Assn. Directors meet Husbands will be guests at
at Farm Credit Building. the next meeting which will be
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SOCIETY 4
“Christmas Is You” was the
theme of the demonstration
lecture presented to Society of
Farm Women 4 by Mrs. C. Ab
ram Snyder last week as 33
members and guests gathered
at the farm of Mrs. Abram
Sheaffer, Hershey Mill Rd. De
votions were led by Mrs. Victor
Koser.
Two new members were in
itiated into the Society: Mrs
Robert Garber and Mrs. Wil
liam Campbell.
Mrs. Richard King appointed
the following committee chair
men; programs, Mrs Cyrus
Gamble; special activities, Mrs
Richard Wile; sunshine, Mrs
Carl Siegrist; membership, Mrs
Daniel Will; song leader. Mrs
Wilson Mohler; pianist, Mrs
Paul Metzger; reporter, Mis
John Gingrich.
Officers retained for another
year are Mrs. King, president.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 2,1967 —
Manure Beats Nitrogen
In Corn-Growing Test
Manure spread on test plots
grew more corn than elemental
nitrogen, according to tv/o Uni
versity of Vermont research
ers. And no one was more sur
prised than Jerry Mclntosh and
Ken Varner, the researchers
who did it.
They grew their corn in Ad
dison County on rich, heavy
clay soil.
Mrs. Richard Herr, vice presi
dent. New officers are Mrs Al
vin Musser, treasurer, Mrs. Wil
bur Kauffman, secretary; Mrs
Frank Nolt, corresponding sec
retary; Mrs. Herr, Mrs. Paul
Kauffman, Mrs. Howard Hei
stand are delegates to the state
convention in Ramsb'urg in
January.
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Their tests were designed m
part to see if heavy manuie
applications would enable this
soil to support corn year after
year.
While it is a fertile soil, say
the researchers, it breaks down
and becomes hard and struc
tureless with intensive tillage.
Corn can be grown, but not
continuously.
Their experimental land was
divided into plots which were
fertilized, except for nitrogen,
according to soil tests Manure
was applied to each plot at 0,
10, 20 or 30 tons per acre. At
each m«nure level, nitrogen
was applied at 0, 50, 100, 150
or 200 pounds per acre Plots
with no manure or nitrogen
served as controls.
Surprisingly, plants grown
with high N/no manure had
the same coin and silage yields
as control plots, but appeared
stunted when compared to corn
grown with low N/no manure
The first year, the plants on
manure plots were visibly
healthier, almost from the time
of germination. Manure not
only grew better plants, it also
offset the detrimental effects
of too much nitrogen. And the
more manure they used, the
more coin they grew.
The year of the first test was
very dry and the researchers
felt manure’s benefits were
due mainly to its mulching ef
fect, helping to hold what
moisture there was.
They didn’t expect the mark
ed differences to occur in a
year with adequate rainfall.
But the pair were surprised
again. The next year, an ideal
corn season, response to man
ure was even more striking
than it had been the year be
fore.
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Don't make financial commit
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Don’t hesitate to investigate
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Lancaster Farming
Anniversary Passed
With This Issue
(See Editorial Page 4)
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