24—Lancaster Farming,*
Sat., February 24,1968
Ortho Meeting
Features Dr.
R. M. Thorup
A group of local farmers were
told that it is important to fer
tilize on a per plant population
basis rather than per acre at an
Ortho fertilizer meeting held
Monday evening at the Meadow
Hills. Dining Hall
Dr R M Thorup, Ortho
agronomist from Madison, Wis ,
stressed precision fertilization —
putting the fertilizer at the light
place and at the right time so
the plants can use it
In his speech, “Two Wrongs
Don t Make a Right,” Dr
Thorup said, “Now, if you're
thinking about cutting back on
your feitilizer application for
next year’s crop because of the
low price this yeai, this is also
WRONG'
“Why is it wiong 9 ” he asked
“First, because plants know
nothing about economics' They
cannot and will not cut back on
their nutritional requirements
simply because their produce is
selling for a low price They
still must receive an adequate
supply of plant food to pioduce
a crop ”
Thorup added, “Second, be
cause this year’s production was
HIGH The aierage corn yield
was 76 6 bushels/acre compared
to 66 3 as an average for the
years 1961-1965 The average
soybean yield was 24 6 bush
els/ acre compared with the 5
year a\ erage of 24 2 This means
that your fields will start the
1968 season at a nutnent level
just as low, or lower than they
have in the past, becaus'e of the
increased nutnent consumption
by this year’s crop
“Finally, because YOU can
not AFFORD a reduction in the
average yield per acre of crops
grown on your farm! In spite of
low crop prices, statistics still
show that the PROFITS you
realize from your farming oper
at on INCREASE markedly with
increasing FERTILIZER appli
cation'” he concluded
The meeting was attended by
75 farmers
Purina’s Swine
Meeting Draws
300 Farmers
Richard Hollandbeck exten
sion swine specialist, Purdue
Unnersity, Lafayette, Ind , told
a group of 300 area farmers
present at Purma’s Big Pig Pow
Wow meeting, Tuesday, that you
can pick the day you want your
sows to fax row by using a drug
to regulate heat periods
Speaking to the all-day meet
ing in the American Legion Hall
in Palmyra, Hollandbeck said
they have records where artifi
cial insemination got better con
ception rates than natural breed
ing “But it takes manage
ment,” he said He listed some
of the problems as semen stor
age (can be kept only 3 or 4
days) and research (most work
has been done on dairy cattle
and little on swine)
Other speakers included D
E Christiansen, A J Newer
P W Schumacher and P W
Widel, all of the Purina research
and products team, and W R
Prafka of the Yeager & Sulli
van Feeder Pig Company, Cam
den, Ind
The meeting was one of 13
such information meetings be
ing held during Febiuary across
the nation
The American Farmer Degree
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standing FFA membeis each
year Only one member in a
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