H l-nncnsUT Farming. Saturday. April 4.1970 t Plan Change to Narrow Rows Any Pennsylvania coin growei ■who is not consistently pi educ ing 123 to 150 bushels of shelled com pci acie with his conven tional 36 to 40 inch row spacing, should not be pnmarily concern cd with switching to nanow lows as the panacea for his production pioblem The most oppoitunc time to change to narrow iows is when maximum yields have been ica ched with piesent spacing and one or moie of the majoi mach ines tor com production has worn out and needs replacing accoiding to Bui ton S Horne Penn State agi icultural engmeei How many acies of coin aie needed to economically justify a change ovei to nairow rows 9 The numbei of acies would depent on many factors including le placement ot conveision of old equipment This is an individual cntupnse pioblem and the de csion to change must be an mdi v.dual decision made bv the faim opei atoi The leason foi changing to moie nation lows is to obtau moie and bettei spaced com plants on an aue of giound, so that Melds can be incieased with h ghei plaiiL populations Faimcis who aie not aheadv planting to obt "n 20,030 stalks Green Biy Picker \\ f i!hc Davis gets extra yardage with Wheel Horse Commando 8 seasoned veteran Get all-around, veteran performance —from mow ing to ground breaking to snow throwing —on the Commando 8' Workhorse features include all-gear, 3-speed drive, big 8 HP ; engine, Easy-Up lift, f Power-Shift implement 1 clutch and rear PTO Take ( a ride today, and you’ll i have an all-around work j horse around all season' % WAbbl ifa/i&e. pick of the P ros , $00.02 For Only Per Month Tlnough G A C Gehman Bros. Sales & Service EAST R D 1 1 MI N OF TERRE HILL ON RT 897 445 6272 pci acie can inciease .yields much easiei by heaviei feililiza (ion and planting higher popula tion at then present standaul spaced corn rows Coin producers who have a huge pioportion of their acreage on level or gently sloping land aie in best position to go to nar iow ioyvs Less than half of Pennsylvania fai m land is sufficiently level for operation of nauoyv ioyv equip ment Field size and total acie age in com will deteimine the amount of nanow iow cultuie on some of this land Button listed the following machineij management factors 1) The cost to change to nai tow rows is influenced primarily b> a producer’s machmeiy situa tion Replacement with new equipment could go as high as $l5 000 to $20,000 A suivey of ovei 200 faimeis who changed to nanow lows indicated an aveiage “change ove.” cost of $2,500, with a lange fiom $1,500 to $4,000 FARMERS’ FERTILIZER WORKS, INC. 365 W. Bainbridge Street PROUDL Y ANNOUNCES SMITH & WISSLER 2 ) Unit or Ilex type plantei aie lecommended The units sue easily adjusted on tool bai ai rangements for various ioyv spac mgs. and can be teadily adapted to nauoyv iows Oldei model planteis aie usually adjustable in tyvo inch mciements fiom 34 to 42 inches. 3) Becau c e of the heavy yvei ght when loaded for planting, planters over four units aie most easily handled as a tiailer type *69 Timber Sales Set New Record The Forest Sei vice repoi Is 18 9 billion boaid feet of tim bei was sold in 23.418 sales dur ing fiscal yea- 1969 Moie than 20,000 of these sales weie designed foi the small timbei opeiatoi Timber icceipts in 1969 weie at a iccoid level of $306 8 mil lion an increase of $lOl2 million ovei the pievious yeai CUSTOM APPLICATORS FOR NITROGEN SOLUTION AND PESTICIDES FOR THIS AREA! 401 STONY BATTERY ROAD LANDISVILLE, PA. PHONE 898-7233 planter Plantei s of foui units can be real mounted on the I Jig ei tiactois 4 ) One planter model when adjusted to a 32 inch spacing oi le'.s must use the Hal type seed corn boxes to achieve this spac ing 5 ) A foui row 40 inch planter plants 160 inches (13 1 i feet) pei pass thiough the field A 4 iow 30 inch plantei plants 120 inches (10 feel) pci pass This differ ence effects planting capacity, ie quiung thiee moie “turn a.ounds” per acie when fields are 3 times as long as they aie wide Lost time piles up heie and this is one of the icasons for the tiend to six and eight ioyv nanow iow planteis 6) A six low 30 inch plantei will mciease planting capacity 12V'2 pei cent one eighth over a four row 40 inch plantei and an eight iow 30 inch system will in ci ease planting capacity 50 pet cent This met eased planting capacity is desnable & 717-367-1211 7 ) Tractor rear tread must fit system of narrow rows selected. T»eads should be adjustable to cover 60. 90 or 120 inches for a 30 inch system. Chock individual tractor specifications (Note; To exceed a 100 inch tread, axle ex tensions are noimally required). For a 20 inch system, treads of 60, 80 or 100 inches should ba available. 8) Ti actor tire width may be a icstiiction An 18 inch wide tn e in a 20 inch row has practi cally no “mancuvenng-room.” 9) Cultivators most popular foi nanow row operations will be the rear mounted, tool bar type frameworks on which indi vidual cultivator shanks (or teeth) can be adjusted for var ious nairow row spacings. 10 ) Heibicide costs (when ap« plied in a band) increase 33Vs pei cent or one third when changing from a 40 inch to 30 in heibicide costs when the over inch system there is no increase all bioadcast spiay is used in both systems 'fST AW Bf* Elizabethtown, Pa. 17022 & £
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