Leadership Conference Attended By Chester County 4-H’ers
Four Chester County 4-H
members were among the 133 4-H
members from Pennsylvania
who recently took part in the
Northeast States 4-H Teen
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Agribusiness Conference in
Washington, D.C. Those at
tending from Chester County,
were Joan Liesau, Spring City;
Pam Taws, Paoli; Ernest Pyle,
Malvern; and Charles Soulliard,
Steelville.
The conference, held at the
National 4-H Center, was
designed for 4-H members to
explore career opportunities in
agribusiness, become aware of
the role and need for strong
agricultural leadership, and
become acquainted with leaders
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of business, industry, govern
ment and education.
The conference was made
possible by contributions from
state and county agricultural
organizations and industries in
the form of scholarships. These
scholarships were used to defray
the conference costs for the 4-
H’ers.
While at the nation’s capitol,
the group participated in group
discussions and assemblies, took
bus tours to points of interest, a
boat ride down the Potomac to
Mt. Vernon and w;ere involved in
numerous recreational activities.
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NEW PROVIDENCE
When a no-till farmer des
cribes his operation as “ro
tated double-cropping with
barley beans following corn
in rye winter cover,” the non
no-till farmer might well re
spond: “How you goin’ to
harvest a mess like that?”
No-till, or no-tillage,
doesn’t mean “no-tillage.”
Rather, it refers to a variety
of crop production systems
employing a reduced or
limited amount of tillage.
How “limited” depends on
who you are and where you
live
No-tillage crops and rota
tions have created a number
of terms that may be confus
ing to some. “Double
cropped soybeans,” for exam
ple, doesn’t mean two crops
of soybeans, but rather soy
beans planted after harvest of
another crop the same season.
Date of planting and crop
maturity terms often become
confusing, too. When a no-till
farmer refers to his “full-sea
son corn,” he generally means
it was planted early. “Late
corn” doesn’t mean a full
season maturity rating, but
rather a late planting date.
“Early beans” means early
planting . .. not early matu-
Make sure that newly-planted
roses get plenty of water, say
Extension ornamental hor
ticulturists at The Pennsylvania
State University. Direct a small,
slow-moving stream of water
from a garden hose around the
base of each plant. Soak to a
depth of eight to 10 inches.
The Big One
The tallest iceberg ever re
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Coast Guard icebreaker
Eastwind in 1957. The huge
berg towered 550 feet above
the surface of the water
and only one-eighth to one
ninth of its total mass was
surfaced.
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Water Roses
Double-cropped soy
beans are often referred to as
late beans .. . which again has
nothing to do with the soy
bean variety.
As no-till farmers spread
their seeds .throughout the
land, specific herbicides for
all no-till areas are also catch
ing on. According to No-Till
Farmer magazine, some 52
herbicide combinations were
recently evaluated for no-till
age corn planted in fescue
sod during 1972. Of the nine
herbicides that received ex
cellent weed control scores,
the herbicide combination of
AAtrex/Princep led the field,
pointing out the need for
both broadleaf and grass con
trol.
There are many good
things to say about no-tillage,
and many no-till farmers are
saying them. One of them
noted: “No-tillage allows you
to get in the field a lot earlier
so there’s not much conflict
between chopping that first
cutting of hay and com plant
ing. ... Minimum tillage is
saving our soil, adding'an ex
tra hay crop and, perhaps
more importantly, cutting
down on man-hours per
acre.”
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