• 0 * From Local Ag Teathw.. By Clifford Grube, Vo-Ag Teacher, Warwick High School Soybeans are beginning to show up in more Lancaster County fields each year. Many farmers have grown soybeans as a forage crop, but not as a grain crop. This is something to think about now because before long we’ll be plowing. This is not a crop only for the cash grain farmer. University tests have shown that cooked whole soybeans are considerably more valuable as a livestock supplement than soybean meal. It is recommended however that soybeans be roasted to destroy the bitter taste of the raw bean and the trypsin inhibitor which interferes with the protein utilization in swine. Small soybean roasters are available, but it may be advisable to have this done commercially. AERIAL LADDER EQUIPT. FARM PAINTERS BRUNING QUALITY PAINT WE SPRAY IT ON AND BRUSH IT IN. Call Now For Free Estimates HENRY K. FISHER 2322 Old Phila. Pike Lancaster, Pa. 17602 Phone 717-393-6530 MUNCY—CHIEF MUNCY-CHIEF NATIONAL CORN CONTEST NATIOHAI-STATE-COUNTT \o' - ~ J ACRE CONTEST P#r YdbUi hr S 13MSS Owwptow, Fk* to Swe Tr«*Kr 1 ISS.CS lima i« tun Tn**t 4 M.ss TWrriMfcM* ft. IfWtoCWy iMMihCM* TM. T(»«*v ft 2LW Mt*C *a*T VRfTS MU AFFUCATMM BLANK • feacM ttm ft aaatf seat aliaaaS aa Cmm« Mnege* If ymt aim intargatag In btra High YlgWlng C»m, Goag Prafit Margin 54.00 ta Rd $4.00 gar bu., Pragaig Dal Wary ang Gaag Sarvica, Wnta ar Phana ac mail caugan far argar baak ang auggliaa tagay Thoughts For grain, soybeans should be planted in rows, preferably 30 inches wide, at a rate of about 60 pounds per acre. This will give you about eight plants per foot of row. They can be planted with a corn planter using soybean plates or with a grain drill with some of the tubes blocked off. Planting depth should be one to one and one-half inches. Deep planting will result in slow or poor emergence. A good level seedbed is im portant, but if worked too fine can cause crusting and again result in poor emergence.. Like most other legumes, the seed should be innoculated with the proper strain of bacteria before planting. Variety selection is always puzzling. The best way to solve this problem is to talk to other successful soybean producers and find out what works best for them. SHIPS Gnwars—Pn tours MUNCY* PENNSYLVANIA MUNCY-CHIEF HYBRIDS af MUNCY, PENNSYLVANIA an. mf the aider Seed Corn Firms in Eastern United Statn is making Muncy-Chief 200 bushel Hybrids available ta yau and NatianWida by establishing mara Daalars. Wa wauld like you ta became ana af aur Daalars. CLIP and mail caiman far Price List and Free Catalaf. THESE ABE SOME OF OUB PROVEN YIELDS IN 1971 HftM. C*t« 200 BU. ACRE MUNCY CHIEF SX6S2 Address in Passing AREA SALESMEN iD PLACE PA 5 XRE CONTEST 'ENANGO COUNTY CHAMPIONS It BU. SHELLED >BN TO THE ACRE IACHINE HARVEST INCY—CHIEF 5X441 .. .. my area is open • Please send Corn Contest Blanks and Award Sheet! Name Acres Farmed Warwick Vo-Ag Teacher Planting good seed is im portant. You can expect even certified seed to have a low germination test this year, so such a test is especially im portant on home grown seed. Corn should go in before beans. May 10 to June 1 is ideal with plantings as late as July 15 possible. Late plantings will result in a short plant, podded very close to the ground and a reduced yield. In Pennsylvania 40 bushels per acre is considered a good yield. FEED MILLS FARM SUPPLY STORES DISTRIBUTORS FARMER DEALERS IM Halil Phone. Acres to Coen. Weeds will probably be your biggest problem. Chemical or mechanical cultivation is a must. First try to identify your weed problem and then select the herbicide that will best control it. Again, talk to other growers to find out their results with par ticular chemicals. Some com panies are over-optimistic about what weeds their product will control. For those really on the ball, mechanical cultivation may do the trick alone, but don’t let weeds get ahead of you. Avoid ridging when cultivating since some varieties pod all the way to the ground and the combine head must travel very low to harvest all of it. A rotary hoe or rolling cultivator does a beautiful job here. Harvesting is done with a regular grain combine. An ideal machine would have a pickup reel, reel speed adjustment, straw spreader and robot head, but a careful operator can do the job with any combine if he goes slow, keeps the head low and keeps the cylinder speed down. Moisture should not exceed 13 per cent if soybeans to be stored and 13.5 to 14 per cent if they are sold on the grain marker. Otherwise you will be docked for excessive moisture. FERTILIZER COMPANIES FERTILIZER DEALERS ROGER DIPfW 145 tu PER ACRE MUNCY CHIEF SXS7R MARILYN KKW !«2 iU PER ACRE MUNCY CHIEF SXM3 FJJL, Mweer , Cirn CmMK luthei Per Acre, ;yi Pennsylvania Note Book it, I am a Dealer Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 11,1972 Plowing down phosphorus and potassium is recommended, but little nitrogen is needed since soybeans are legumes. Soil PH should be 6.5 - 7. S' knock on / STEEL! m HARD -TO - HURT SIDES imf 50 % stronger than ordinary steel and 1 three times more corrosion resistant! il I\EW HOLLAND Heavy-duty, wide -bed spreaders Special Terms Available Now! No Carrying Charges or Payments until Nov. 1, 1972. See our complete line of New Ho!lend Spreaders A. B. C. Groff, Inc. 110 S. Railroad Ave New Holland 354-4191 Roy A. Brubaker 700 Woodcrest Ave. Wiley & Son, Inc. Litite 101 S. Lime St., Quarryville 636-776® 786-2*95 Central Tractor Meets The sixth meeting of the Central 4-H Tractor Club was held March 7 at Landis Brothers. A decision was made to tour the Caterpillar Tractor Co. in York this summer. Ron Kreider and Dennis Shellenberger were selected to give demonstrations at the next meeting which will be held at 7:30 p.m. March 14 at Landis Brothers Inc., Manheim Pike, Lancaster. News Reporter JereSwarr It's surprising how fast they dry down with a little fair weather, but early morning moisture will usually delay combining until 10 a.m. In summarizing, let’s stand back and look at the advantages of soybeans. They are not heavy feeders of soil nutrients. They are more acid tolerant than corn. They can be harvested early in the fall with no artificial drying. You have less grain per acre to handle, and they sold for over $3 per bushel out of the field last year. They lend themselves to double cropping and most rotations. They add nitrogen to the soil and improve tilth. They make a good cattle supplement and, probably most important, there is a world-wide need for the product and at present a short supply. “Try it, you’ll like it.” L. H. Brubaker 350 Strasburg Pike Lancaster 397-5179 17