—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 17, 1973
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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
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“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
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