Checking the unique blower -
seeder, are left to right, Karl
Hellerick, district soil con
servationist; Donald Bollinger, SCS
director: John Henszey, Chevron
New
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devised to regulate the flow
and the seeder was born.
Preliminary tests indicate
the machine is capable of
blowing seeds a distance of
60 feet and distributing them
evenly. Thus, a strip 120 feet
wide can be seeded in only
one trip around the field. The
seeding rate was between
two-and-a-helf and three
pounds per acre.
The unique cover crop
seeding machine will be
exhibited at the Lebanon
Area Fair next week, August
11 to 15. A working
demonstration is planned for
Thursday evening at 7:00
p.m.
The four originators of the
blower-seeder calculated the
rate of flow needed to
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seeder developed
achieve a seeding rate of
three bushels per acre by
taking ground speed, blower
speed and blowing distance
into consideration. In ex
periments, the rate of flow
for a 2.5 bushel seeding rat*
was found to be one bushel
per minute while ground
speed was constant at three
miles per hour. It was found
that a valve one and a half
inches in diameter allowed
clean rye seed to flow freely
into the blower at prescribed
rates. Damage to kernels
was very minimal with large
blowers, and not enough for
concern when smaller
blowers were used.
Detailed information and
plans for the device may be
obtained from the Lebanon
County Extension Service,
PHONE (717) 354-4576
Chemical Co.; H. J. McElroy, San
Francisco Chevron Co.; and Newton
Bair, Lebanon County agricultural
agent.
located in Room 11 of the
Municipal Building in
Lebanon. The Extension
exhibit at the Lebanon Fair
will also make plans for the
blower-seeder available.
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a week to ten days if they
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you know if you've got
what it takes to
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in confinement.
We will help you
develop plans for
complete hog confinement
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Our systemated hog raising
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Early Haymaking Was a Tough
Time-Consuming Task on Farm
A vignette of early hay
making illustrates the ad
vancements that have char
acterized the historical march
of American agriculture.
Haymaking was controlled
by the weather and largely
performed by the calendar in
June or July. Early Saxon
'calendars listed July as "Heu
monath," or hay-month.
Early farmers vigorously
debated the best time to cut
hay Some said it was best
when the grasses are in flower
and others advocated waiting
until the grasses went to seed.
They didn't have studies to
tell them that haying should
begin with the early bud stage
to take advantage of top nu
tritive qualities
Man and scythe were the early
hay cutters.
The most skilled of the
haymakers were the mowers
Each was armed with his own
scythe, suited for his personal
height and stature. They set
out at early dawn when the
dew was thick on the grass.
Their movement through a
field was governed by the way
the grass leaned or was blown
by the wind The grass should
always lean away from the
mower
A good mower averaged
about an acre a day, depend
ing on the type of crop. He
was instructed to cut as close
to the ground as possible since
the greatest weight of the
stem was nearest the ground.
Farmers had no research to
tell them that the leaves, par
ticular in clovers, contained
the most nutrition
But even early farmers rec
ognized the importance of dry
ing the hay quickly and
thoroughly Shortly after the
hay was cut, it was shaken
out and tedded manually once
or twice the first day
Towards evening, rakers arm
ed with crude, wood imple
ments gathered the hay in
long narrow wind-rows Then,
before nightfall, it was placed
in small heaps for protection
against dew or ram
On the second day, as soon
as the dew was off the grass,
the hay was shaken and ted
ded again In the afternoon,
the rakers returned again and
put it in larger heaps for the
second night
This process continued each
day until the hay was dried
enough for placing in stacks
Usually, five other people
were needed to work the hay
cut by a mower These includ
ed tedders, rakers, loaders,
pitchers and stackers A
superintendent directed their
work from field to field, often
racing against gathering storm
clouds
Compare these pastoral, but
impractical haying scenes with
the modem methods of today
Now, one man equipped with_
a Haybine mower-conditioner
can cut, condition and place
hay in a windrow or swath all
in a single operation.
Later, that same man can
operate an efficient baler to
package the hay that is dried
in a fraction of the time it
once took. A bale thrower can
make his baler even more
efficient by throwing the fin
ished bales into a trailing
wagon
Or an automatic bale wag
on again operated by one
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Huge hay stacks were measurement of good growing season.
man, can move through field
after field picking up, loading,
hauling and stacking bales for
storage
If large round bales are
desired, modern machinery
equipped with rugged convey
or chains can roll the hay into
large cylinders suitable for
outside storage
In early days, the fanner
In 1940, the first automatic New Holland baler revolutionized
hay making.
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had few alternatives concern
ing haying He was complete
ly at the mercy of the weather
and the number of good
strong workers he could find
Today, a variety of effic
ient, modem machinery has
eliminated the labor problem
and has taken a lot of worry
out of the concern about the
weather
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