Two Get American Farmer Degrees rvom Page 17) The family is dolnjt (ho founds free sMll u*rn designed for 76 lion work. Ihrn ;i contractor wit I complile the wmk. pre-fnb A large conciete silo. the third niatllin,Si M the farm, icccntlv was Unlit this summer, the Hubei •omplelcd adjacent to the new family had been milking about barn, which the Hubeis hope 40 cows The Hubers now ha\e will be completed in Novcmbci 85 cows and 12 heifcis on then r* Jim poses with the corn picker Monday. The young American Farmer is both a good farmer and record keep er, his advisor reported. IMS ORTHO Cl EVR'UOtSIjS l£ l»» G H[WC*LC TtR—RtG U S ~A Qff ©N4U.CH£MIC*UOR€*--.*U . . j.p| i | L No Tillage is nothing without a good winter cover crop. Establishing a vigo r ous winter cover crop each fall is a key •'actor in turning out top y’elds in a no tillage program This is true even if last year s crop was planted in a perennial sod. A mulch lasts only one season, so a freshly killed cover is necessa-y each spring The heavier the mulch the more moisture it will ttap for roots to tap next summer It 11 also keep soil erosion and surface evaoorahon of moisture at a minimum There are four flings to look for when choosing a winter cover crop (1) Ease of establishment, (2) Winter hardiness, (3) Ease of killing with a herbicide, (4) Persistence of dead mulch (Check with your seed supplier or soil conservation service for inform ation on cover crops recommended for your area ) Once y oui cover crop is established keep m mind that it doesn't pay to grare or harvest if for hay or silage Stubble left after har est w on t provide enough protective mulch In one university test for example corn planted into a vigoiovs sod yielded 4' 7 ‘' 0 mo.e than corn o'anted into stubWe Whv are we telling vou all th Because we want vou to know everything about no tillage farmin' And that swh\ we also want you to use the best product vou can to give quid kill and fast knoc, down of any cover crop That s ORTHO PARAQUAT Proven to be the best herbicide developed for No Tillage Farming, CHEVRON CHEMICAL COMPANY ORTHO DIVISION, 200 Bush St, San Francisco, Ca 94120 Helping the World Grow Better 1 P. I. BOMBER & BRO., IHC. Smoketown, Pa. 397-3539 FFA stands for Fathers Farm Alone. highest national degree, American Faim the elder LeFe\ re (left) jokes this week in er. Bill Fredd (right), Solanco FFA ad reference to his son Preston's tup ne\t user, shares in the fun. week to Kansas City to receive FFA's 175 acie faim, plus 40 icnled acres. LeFevres Expand The LeFevrc operation centeis /iound about 42 Holstein cows and 20 heifers The LeFevies built additional stalls m the spung of 1968 and put in a pipeline in the spring of 1969. About the only things needed now, they said, aie a silo and self-feeder The LeFevres now store then gi am, including about 100 acres of corn, in bins and cribs. If the silo is built, the Le- Fevies plan to expand to a 50 to 60 cow herd The LeFevres till about 200 acres of giound, including about 100 acies of corn and the lest in small gram and hay Another 45 acres is in meadowland and woodland Their Program, Activities Young LeFevre said he did all the plowing himself ihis yeai Ht demolish ated his skill with the tiactoi at the Solanco Fan recently by taking fiist place in the adult division with a scoie fai better than his competitors In commenting on the Le- Fevre operation, Fiedd said the number of dairy cows has about tupled and the output pei cow has gone up peihaps 4,000 to 5,000 pounds pei cow pei year since Pieston staited high school in 1963 The vo-ag teacher at tributed much of the progress to ideas gained by the youngei man at school and applied at the faim While discussing the faim op eiation in the LeFevie coin field Monday, the eldei LeFevie lokingly noted that FFA stands foi Fatheis Faim Alone He was leteumg to bis sons upcoming tup to Kansas City Mo to le ceive the American Faimei de §’ ee Bui the son just gunned and it was clear that the time the son spends away fiom home is not icallv a soie spot in then lelationship 50-50 hom the time the son was only 16 yeais old Young LeFevie has two oldei sisteis. Mis Mai \in Stoner, Quan yville DR2, and Mis Chnst Habeckei, Spang Valley Road, Lancastei Preston cuuently is active m Young Faimei woik and was Solanco FFA Chaptei piesident in 1966 and piesident of the chapter’s state championship pai liamentary pi ocediu e team, of which Huber was chaplain Dm mg high school, Hubei fed a total of about 200 hogs As a iimior the family icnted an uncle's la an foi one veai to gi\e the boys a biggm laimmg piogiam Then 40 acies weie Lancaster Forming, Saturday. October 10.1970- tented fiom a neighbours laim foi the past two vcais Fredd said Hubers outstand ing record keeping includes rec oi ds on corn he produced Jim leceived iccognition m his junioi year foi a top yield of 156 bushels pei acre Active in the Fulton Grange, he has been Steward and Over seei. The family in the past has received lecognition for paitici pation in Flying Farmers The elder Huber was past president of the Pennsylvania Flying Farmeis Association Fiedd noted that much of the Preston and his father examine part of their 100-acre crop during hanest Monday. In the backgiound, large sections ot the corn are down, resulting in large hanesting losses The LeFevres blamed the downed coi n on a combina tion of corn rot, Southern Leaf Blight and a wind storm two to three iveeks ago. Other LeFevre corn fields im oh mg different varieties w'ere not hit by blight, however, and were still green and vigorous Monday. Asked what the yield per acre, discounting the han esting loss, likely w ould be from this blighted field, the reply was 150. The blight hit too late in the season to cause much loss, it was explained. (Editor’s note; 150 bushels! We concluded a lot of farmers w ould like problems just like the LeFevres ha\ e ) Manheim Fair Queen sen h\ ballot vote bv the senior class, vas avvaidcd a $25 US Robin Geimei, daughter ot All Savings Bonds, and a $25 gift and Mis John D Lehman 123 ceitilicale E High St, Manheim was ciowned Queen ot the Manheim semoi Robin icigncd o\er Faun Show Wednesday mghi the annual paiado and festui- The new queen, who was cho- tics. ci edit foi the success of the Ameucan Faimeis should go to Ralph Layman and Richaid Wood, who weie voag teacheis and chaptei advisois while the young men weie at Solanco. Both Layman and Wood moved to the new Brownstown Vo-Tech School this year Thr piesent Solanco teacheis with Fiedd aie \rba Henry and Steve Leiser. Fredd will accompany LeFevie and Huber to Kansas City by plane .Tuesday morning Hubei’s wife and child also will make the tap 23
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