Store Pesticides For
Next Year Safely
Pesticides and herbicides can
be stored for use next year, if the
containers are sealed and placed
in a cool area during winter,
reminds Delbert L. Bierlein,
Extension pesticides coordinator
at The Pennsylvania State
University. Store liquid
pesticides in protected areas to
HALLER ELECTRIC, INC.
ELECTRIC SERVICE
R.D. No. 2, Danvar, Pa. 17517
(215) 267-7610 (215) 267-7514
BRANCH OFFICE
QUARRYVILLE, PA. 17566
(7171 786-7225
Money Grows on Holsteins
with the Beacon TEND-R-LEEN
BEEF FEEDING PROGRAM
Beacon now offers a feeding program for dairy steers that takes the roughage out of feeding.
It is a research proven program that has been fed successfully in commercial feedlots in the Midwest
for over six years.
Get fast, low cost gains without roughage:
• Birth to market in less than a year.
• Daily gains (birth to butcher) of 2.8 lbs.
• Dressing percentage up to 62%.
• Feed conversion approximately 5 lbs. of feed per
pound of gain, also from birth to butcher.
• No hay, no grass, no silage.
• Low investment, low labor.
• High grade carcasses; young, tender meat.
H. Jacob Hoober
H. M. Stauffer & Sons, Inc.
prevent damaging containers,
freezing or precipitation of the
ingredients.
An important point: store the
chemicals in their original
containers, which provide
identification, usage directions,
safety precautions and rate
recommendations. Uniden
tifiable materials should be
destroyed.
RICHARD E. HALLER
For Dair
For full details call your nearest Beacon dealer or Beacon Advisor
Intercourse, Pa,
Leola, Pa
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SALES - SERVICE
For a More
Soybean production could have
averaged 10 percent more in
1971; unfortunately harvesting
losses slashed yields three
bushels per acre. And worst of
all, harvesting losses are an
annual occurence.
Losses don’t have to be so
great. USDA found that improved
soybean harvest management
could help growers retain at least
two out of every three bushels
lost at harvesttime.
At September 1972 prices this
could mean a savings of around
$6.50 per acre.
USDA has endorsed seven
steps to a more profitable
soybean harvest.
1. Start to harvest when
moisture in the pods reaches 13
percent. Shatter losses increase
when moisture levels drop below
Steers
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The Beacon Milling Company. Inc.
Headquarters: Cayuga, N. Y.
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Earl Sauder, Inc.
Profitable Soybean Harvest
11V2 percent. Take held samples
to a local elevator for a moisture
test.
2. Drive the harvesting com
bine at speeds of 2Vfe to 4 miles per
hour. In that range the cutting
bar can ride down for maximum
cut. To check your speed: Divide
the number of feet your combine
covers in 20 seconds by 30. That’ll
give you miles per hour.
3. Checktthe number of pods on
the ground before harvest so the
combine doesn’t get blamed for
preharvest losses Four beans
lost per square foot equal a
bushel lost per acre.
4. Match ground speed to reel
speed. Best reel speed is iv 2
times the combine speed The low
reel speed reduces shattering and
reduces the number of pods that
pop out of the combine after
Manheim, Pa,
New Holland, Pa
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 16,1972
cutting. A good guideline:
Maintain 12 revolutions per
minute for every mile per hour of
ground speed.
5. Cut as close to the ground as
you can to get all pods Tests in
Illinois showed a 10-percent
reduction in harvest loss when
soybeans were cut at 2'/ 2 inches.
6. Measure losses at several
points - cutting, gathering,
threshing. This will pinpoint
losses and let you readjust your
equipment to best conditions A
quick check of the combine
operator’s manual helps
7 Adjust the combine to
changing conditions. Dew and
dampness, for example, must be
compensated for Cylinder speed
should be increased to 500 r p -
m’s or faster for tough pods. As
the fall sunshine drys the plants,
slow the cylinder The blower
should also be adjusted to
prevent beans from being lost.
Garden Spot Plans
Welding Course
An evening arc welding school
for farmers and other interested
persons will begin at 7 p.m.
Wednesday, January 3, at the
Garden Spot High School vo-ag
department The school will be
conducted one night a week for
five consecutive Wednesday
nights. The school is designed for
beginners and others interested
in improving welding skills,
Robert Woods, vo-ag teacher at
the High School, will teach
welding in the various positions,
on different kinds of metal,
welding cast iron, hard sur
facing, cutting, and brazing with
an arc welder.
Everyone who attends will
receive a certified diploma if
they attend all five sessions. A fee
of $5 will be charged for the
course and all materials needed
will be provided free of charge
The welding school will be
limited to 20 persons Anyone
interested in the course should
contact the Garden Spot
vocational agriculture depart
ment by Friday, December 22.
Persons interested in taking the
course should call the High
School between Sam. and 3 p.m
HOG
NIPPLE WATERERS
Big Dutchman SANI FLO
stainless steel nipple waterers
for hogs provide maximum
sanitation, never need clean-
ing, eliminate maintenance
The all purpose waterer for
farrowing units, nursery pens,
sow gestation stalls and finish
ing operations
Sla Dutchman.
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