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ust complete the form below
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Thank You
FOR MAKING OUR ANNUAL
SPRING SALE A HUGE SUCCESS
50 TRACTORS SOLD and
350 PIECES FARM EQUIPMENT
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Corn Planter
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North Grotfdale Road, Leola, Pa. 17540 PHONE: (717) 656-2321
Erosion Control Tips
In the all-out push to
produce more food this year,
many farmers will be
returning erosion-prone land
to full production. The USDA
Soil Conservation Service
estimates 4.3 million “new”
acres fit this category.
“This marginal land can
be productive this year and
remain productive for the
next generation if fanners
conserve their resources,”
says Darwin Kettering,
Massey-Ferguson senior
vice president for
operations.
He offered these tips from
Massey-Ferguson
agricultural engineers:
and
1. Have a conservation
plan. Take time to survey
your fields and plan your
cultivation practices. Plant
crops suited to the land.
Don’t plant row crops on
inclined land, unless you
plant a nurse crop, like rye,
to hold the soil.
2. Use the most effective
soil and water conservation
methods. For dry and sandy
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FOR FREE ESTIMATES
CALL COLLECT 717-393-6530
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HENRY K. FISHER
2322 Old Phlla. Pike
Lancaster, Pa. 17602
M. M. WEAVER & SONS
soils where moldboard
plowing can cause wind
erosion, adapt a form of
minimum tillage. (You’ll
save fuel, too.) Where water
runoff causes erosion,
caddycorner plowing is best,
creating cup-shaped soil
boxes that hold water. Other
modes of conservation
tillage; contour farming,
strip cropping, and rotation
planting.
3. Use ground cover. Plant
a nurse crop to hold the soil
through spring rains. Use a
cover crop to prevent winter
wind and water erosion. Rye,
oats, and other small grains
can be harvested in the early
summer or grazed through
the spring.
4. Never plant steep, hilly
land to anything but grass or
trees. Choose a good-rooting
pasture grass mix like
fescue and bluegrass.
5. Use irrigation water
efficiently. Puddling and
run-off run up your water bill
and waste irreplaceable
topsoil, too.
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TRACTOR CLEARANCE
(2 ROW)
The MF 260 forage harvester is the one you need today
You can keep using the MF 260 as your tractorsize increases
Since it’s a Massey Ferguson you can depend on the MF 260
for years of service
From MF
6. Cooperate in the
national “Produce and
Protect” program spon
sored by the USDA Soil
Conservation Service.
Consult your local SCS
technician or county Ex
tension agent for further
information tailored to your
own farm.
Erisman Gets
Sales Award
Mr. Gordon Erisman,
Agent for the Farm Family
Life Insurance Company has
qualified for the Company’s
Rookie Club and $750,000
Production Club based on his
1973 production. He was
recognized for these
achievements at the Third
Annual Mid-Winter Sales
Conference held recently in
New Hampshire. At this time
he was named one of the top
ten agents Companywide for
1973.
Mr. Erisman became an
agent for Farm Family in
January of 1973 and was an
honor graduate of the Career
Agents Training Conference
given by the Company. Prior
to his present position, he
was a sheet metal worker.
He and his wife Ann Marie
have four children. The
Erisman’s live in Columbia,
Pennsylvania,
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HARVESTER
BUILT FOR TOMORROW'S
BIG TRACTORS TODAY
THE GREAT
ADJUSTMENT
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Mar. 23.1974—
USDA Study Examines
Differences in U.S.,
Chinese Agriculture
Grain output in the United States and the People’s Republic
of China is about the same, but because China has roughly
four times more people, it emphasizes grain for human
consumption, rather than for use as livestock feed. This and
other differences between U.S. and Chinese agriculture are
pointed out in a study released today by the U. S. Department
of Agriculture.
In China, 55 percent of total grain area is planted to food
grains, while in the United States, 65 percent is in feed grains.
Diets in the two countries differ accordingly: starches ac
count for almost 80 percent of average daily caloric intake in
China, but for only 23 percent in the United States.
U.S. crop yields, benefiting from a high level of capital and
technological inputs, are generally twice as high as yields in
China, where agriculture is labor-intensive. One tractor per
58 sown acres is available in the United States, but m China,
there is one tractor for every 2,000 or more acres. U. S.
farmers use about four times more fertilizer to raise crop
yields.
China, with half as many cattle, uses them primarily for
draft purposes instead of for meat and livestock products.
There are nearly three times more hogs and sheep in China
despite the low levels of feed grain production.
Farm commodities are more important for earning foreign
exchange in China, accounting for 35 percent of the country’s
imports and over 50 percent of its exports. For the United
States, these shares are about 15 and 18 percent, respec
tively.
A copy of “Agriculture in the United States and the
People’s Republic of China, 1967-71,” FAER-94, is available
free on postcard (please include zipcode) or telephone (447-
7255) request from the Office of Communication, U. S.
Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 20250.
Manure Use
The use of livestock and
poultry manure has always
been a common practice in
this part of the country; this
continues to be a very good
fertilizer practice and this
year will reduce the amount
of commercial fertilizer
needed; However, I’d like to
caution gardeners and
fanners about the danger of
burning crops and plants
with too much poultry
manure. This material is
much higher in nitrogen than
livestock manure and will
bum plants and seeds if
applied too liberally. Some
kinds of poultry manure that
is dry and has been protected
from leaching may contain
as high as 90 pounds of
nitrogen per ton of manure;
wet and sticky poultry
manure usually runs about
*3O pounds of nitrogen per ton.
Poultry manure applications
should not exceed 4 to 5 tons
per acre. The common rate
of 10 to 15 tons per acre, as
with livestock manure, will
surely cause trouble, and
especially in dry weather.
Go easy with poultry manure
applications.
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