—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 17, 1973 14 More Soybean, Small Grain “Following the small grain harvest quickly with plantings of soybeans offers farmers an opportunity to take advantage of Pa. Broiler Placements Down 5 pet. Placements of broiler chicks in the Commonwealth during the week ending February 10, 1973 wore 1.131,000 The placements were 5 percent below the corresponding week a year earlier, and 9 percent below the previous week Average placements during the past 10 weeks were 6 percent above a vear earlier Setting for broiler chicks were 1 884.000 - 2 percent above the previous week and ap proximately the same as the comparable period a year earlier The current 3-week total of eggs set is 7 percent below the same period a year ago Inshipments of broiler-type chicks during the past 10 weeks averaged 8,000 compared with 13 000 a year ago Outshipments averaged 215 000 during the past 10 weeks 7 percent below a year earlier Placements in the 22 States were 57,555,000 - approximately the same as the previous week but f> percent below the same week a year earlier Average placements during the past 10 weeks were 3 percent below a vear ago Settings were 73,100,000 - 4 percent above the previous week but 7 percent below a year earlier The current 3-week total of eggs set is 8 percent below the comparable period a year ago INDIVIDUAL CALF STALLS This is the successful stall for raising calves in environmental controlled barns. Veal Dairy Beef Herd Replacements. Stall size inside 22 x 48; outside 22 x 60 Advantages of the Frey elevated calf stalls Reduced labor, Eliminating bedding, Controlled feeding, Lowering cost per calf, Reduce Calf losses, Cut stall upkeep to a minimum, Healthier calves In short, better management, Increased profits FREY BROS. R.D. 2 QUARRYVILLE, PA, higher soybean prices and in crease farm income in 1973,” suggests Buel Lanpher, farm management specialist, Ex tension Se,vice, U.S. Department of Agriculture. He says the practice is being used suc cessfully m the southern and coastal plains states and in the southern corn belt, with some as far north as Michigan and Wisconsin Here are some of the key factors individual farmers will need to consider m order to get both small gram and soybean crops the same year, according to Harold Owens, Extension agronomist Will the grain crop be harvested early enough to get a crop of soybeans planted in time to mature for harvest this fall ahead of frost 7 Some ways to speed up the harvest date of small grains are 1) Harvest the small grain for silage or hay, 2) harvest small grain early at 20 to 25 percent moisture and dry it, 3) plant varieties of small gram that will mature early, and 4) switch to small grain crop like barley which matures early There must be a fair supply of moisture available either at planting time or soon after to get the beans established and started Growers can save this critical moisture by leaving stubble of about 8 inches and planting the soybeans with a no-tillage planter But all established weeds must be killed as soon as possible with a contact herbicide to prevent weeds and with a residual herbicide to control weeds that germinate after soybeans are planted to make double cropping work Contact herbicides should be applied with a surfactant to increase weed control with no-tillage Plant soybeans following small grain in rows 4 to 6 inches closer than soybeans planted earlier I lofef ' N. 'y •V WHY NOT ORDER YOURS TODAY “The reason for rows closer together is to shorten the time it will take for the bean to get up and completely shade the ground to reduce soil temperature and the loss of soil moisture, and retard weed growth,” says Mr. Owens How much of a normal yield can a grower expect when soybeans are planted late after a small grain harvest 9 If growers get a break on rains or have supplemental irrigation available, yields are comparable with early planted soybeans. For example : In a three-year study (1967-69) at the Alabama Black-Belt ex periment station, soybeans grown as the principal crop averaged 31 bushels per acre, and when grown as a double crop following wheat the yield was 27 bushels Estimated “break-even” yields in a budget prepared for growers in Illinois show it would take from 7 to 13 bushels depending on the method of planting with soybean prices at only $2 50 per bushel, Mr Lanpher says. A Missouri budget estimate for the Bootheel area using average annual farm prices for soybeans suggested the following “income above variable cost per acre with these yields: 20bu. $32.50, 30 bu $55 00 ; 40 bu. $78.00 with non-irngated double cropping with small grains Selecting the TRAINOR *S SEMEN SERVICE Honey Brook, Pa. 19344 Phone 717-354-5181 The Artificial Breeding of Dairy Cattle is our business. You may use the Quality Sires we are making available. Joseph P. Trainor, Sr. Joseph P. Trainor, Jr. 717-786-2235 Double Crops Seen soybean to plant in double able to advise for local con cropping is very important and ditions. You do not necessarily state Extension specialists and plant an early maturing soybean county Extension agents will be variety for best overall yields. variety of Smokefown, Pd. v c* -o ONCE ACROSS THE FIELD DOES IT ' '•£' SS s I u Ph. 397-3539
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