i— Lancaster Farming. Saturday, Juno 14,1969
EQUIPMENT used for cut and fill These carryalls need to be used to trans
method of construction. This tvpe of equip- port the soil from one end of the terrace to
mem competes with a bulldozer as far as the other in some instances,
cost ot constructing terraces is concerned.
Rapid Change In Cropping
Methods Brings Erosion Hazards
By On al A. Bass
District Conservationist
Lancaster County farmers are
undergoing a lapid change in
cropping programs. The need
for more and more corn is quite
apparent with the appearance of
more silos on the horizons With
the erection of silos more acres
are being devoted to corn, in
creasing the hazard of erosion
considerably. Some of the more
conscientious farmers are turn
ing to the U. S. Soil Conserva
tion Service for advice in con
trolling this erosion.
We in the SCS are recom
mending terraces and grassed
waterways as a complete water
disposal system. Complete ter
race programs are being install
ed on numerous farms in Lan
caster County. To make these
terraces more appealing to the
farmer we are doing all we can
to make them parallel In some
cases these terraces can be com-
pletely parallel By parallel we
mean eliminating the point rows
between terraces These ter
races will work veiy well where
the terrain has an even slope
usually in one direction. Where
most of the pioblems occui is on
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Drumore Rl, Pa.
Phone 548-2851
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fields that have slopes in almost
every direction Sometimes a
little movement of soil from
one end of the terrace to the
other pays off in the long run
by getting rid of the point rows.
These terraces cost more but
pay off in the long run.
One thing we point out at the
beginning during the planning
portion is the use of all the na
tural draws as grassed water
ways The more grassed water
ways used, the more parallel a
terrace system will run. An
other possibility is a variance in
the grade in the terrace chan
nel All of these things help the
farmer get more parallel ter
races On most farms we can
get three terraces parallel with
the point rows falling between
the terraces above and below
these three All of these are al
ternatives that can be investi
gated to give tne larmer a bet
ter terrace layout.
ATTENTION POULTRYMEN!
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Investigate the possibility of converting your
existing floor house to day old to 20 week Beacon
pullet cages. This has been proven to be the most
practical and sanitary way to produce good pul
lets.
We also sell and service a full line of poul
try and livestock equipment.
E. M. HERR EQUIPMENT
R. D. #l, Willow Street, Pa. 17584
An interesting sidelight that
hi ought tei racing to the atten
tion of some urban people oc
curred in 1967. A farmei close
to Lancaster installed some
parallel terraces on his faim.
The Planning Commission for
that Township saw this work
and sent one of their members
out to check out this new “hous
ing development” that did not
have a building permit. These
terraces were perfectly parallel
and very straight across the
field. After the “volunteer”
found out what the farmer was
doing and what good these ter
races were doing, he felt this
should be carried out on all
firms. “This could stop a lot of
erosion and pollution if the
farmers had these installed,” he
said. He reported back to the
Commission that this man was
not in “violation” and express
ed his enthusiasm for this prac
tice.
One doubt expressed by farm
ers toward terraces is that they
feel their large equipment will
not fit these terraces. We are
Phone 717 464-3321
Farm Price# Up
Although U.S. farm prices In
creased 4 pei cent in May. prices
icceived by Pennsylvania farm
ers averaged the same as those
icceived in April, accoiding to
the State Reporting Service.
The Service attiibuted the un
changed price situation in the
state to lower milk and egg
puces .vhich offset highei puces
for crops and meat animals.
The May price for a hundred
weight of milk was $5.85. down
designing very broad baseter
races on which four row equip
ment will work nicely. A sixteen
foot cut slope, a sixteen foot
front slope and at least a six
teen foot backslope fit foui low
equipment veiy well.
If jou are wanting more and
more coin and some of your
strips in jour strlpciopping sys
tem aie getting narrower and
nai rower or even disappearing,
contact your U S. Soil Conseiva
tion Seivice office to see if they rector.
can help you.
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R. D. 2. Peach Bottom
MOUNTVILLE
FEED SERVICE
R. D. 2, Columbia
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DUTCHMAN FEED C. E. SAUDER & SONS
MILLS, INC. R. d. 1. East Earl
R. D. 1, Stevens
GRUBB SUPPLY CO.
Elizabethtown
5 cents from April. The average
price lor a dozen eggs in May
was 32 cents a dozen, down 8
cents.
Steers and heifers at $29 a
himdiedweight were $2 higher
than in April. Cows for slaught
er sold for $2l a hundredweight,
up $2. Hogs at $22 a hundred
weight were $lO6 higher then
the April price.
Flying Farmers
Fl>ing Farmers will visit the
Piper Aircraft Company factory
at Lock Haven, Penna, on Fri
day. June 20 Fifty an planes
with moie than 150 pilots -re
expected for a tom of the factory
and box luncheon to be served at
the an port.
Fl>.ng Farmers are invited
f.om New England: New Yoik;
Ontauo, Canada- New Je.iey;
Belauaie; Mai j land, Vngmia;
and Pennsylvania Intelested pi
lots can contact Leehait E Lo
gan. West Chestei, Region.'l Di-
Intemational Fljmg
Faimers.
ROHRER’S MILL
R. D. 1, Ronks
WHITE OAK MILL
R. D. 4, Manheim
HEISEY
FARM SERVICE
Lawn Ph: 964-3444
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