—Lancaster Farming,. Saturday, April 3,, 1976
68
Chisel plowing
gaming
Chisel plowing, a method
of tilling the soil that keeps
much of the crop residue on
top, thus conserving soil and
moisture, is gaining in use
today. Quoting a recent
Illinois survey, Clair Ger
berich, Executive Assistant,
Lebanon County Con
servation District, said that
45 percent of this com belt
states farmers are using
chisel plowing. The farmers
surveyed grow more than
half of their corn and
soybeans using a chisel flow
tillage system.
The reasons given for this
shift to chisel plowing by the
farmers interviewed was the
saving of time, fuel and
reduced cost of seed bed
preparation. Also high on the
list of reasons for the shift
was the availability of better
herbicides, former crop
yields were maintained, or
improved, and a substantial
reduction in soil loss from
erosion was dted by the
farmers.
Of the farmers owning
NPPC initiates job
placement service
The National Pork
Producers Council, Des
Moines, has begun a
“summer job placement
service” for students in
selected agricutlture schools
from across the country who
are interested in finding
summer jobs on a swine
operation. The program will
also help producers find good
summer help.
The NPPC has requested a
list from several universities
of four students who would
be capable and interested in
working with a pork
ocp jj
Don’t cook two different
packages of dry beans to
gether. Older beans take
longer to cook than fresher
ones, and a mixed batch will
cook unevenly.
interest
both chisel plows and the
conventional moldboard
plow 86 percent said they
intend to do more chisel
plowing.
Karl Hellerick, District
Conservationist, Soil Con
servation Service in
Lebanon, tells me that at
least 30 percent of the far
mers of Lebanon County are
using chisel plowing today.
He also stated that soil losses
may be reduced by 50 per
cent by chisel plowing
compared to conventional
mold board plowing. This is
a considerable savings of
production inputs, fertilizer,
lime in addition to the top
soil he added.
But he cautioned chisel
plowing must be done with
caution to be effective.
Gerberich added that far
mers wanting to start using
this soil conservation
practice should call the
Conservation District at 272-
4618 for assistance in star
ting this practice.
producer for the summer.
Each applicant has been
recommended by his school.
A list of prospective
student employees is
available from the NPPC.
All negotiations from that
point on will be at the
initiative of the prosepctive
employer.
All interested pork
producers should contact the
NPPC. Their address is:
NPPC, 4715 Grand Avenue,
Des Moines, lowa.
Berks
[Continued from Pace 61)
Weiser. In the four to six
division, first place went to
Leon Ohlinger, Conrad
Weiser, and first runner-up
was lisa Gerhart from' the
same school. Lori Swavely
came in to take first place in
the seven to nine division for
Daniel Boone and Mark
Owens from Conrad Weiser
was first runner-up in that
division. Cindy Buchanon of
Daniel Boone captured first
place in the 10-12 division
and Sharon Freeman from
Conrad Weiser was first
runner-up. The winning
posters were on display
Friday* evening, and as
students’ names were called
to accept the awards, each
had the opportunity to show
his or her poster to the
audience.
- John P. Schueller, Bern
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ville RD, received a plaque
for Outstanding Cooperator
of the Year from Mark
Wolfskin, a Director of the
County Conservation
District. A similar plaque
was presented to Laverae A.
Barrett, Womelsdorf, an
agriculture instructor at
Conrad Weiser, who was
named Outstanding Con
servation Educator of the
Year. Conservation
Cooperator Sign Winners
were: John P. Schueller;
Joseph D. Gartner,
Strausstown; Rev. Ralph E.
Starr, Wemersville RD; J.
0. Younker & Sons, Bethel
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District to Mrs. Helen Ann
Kratzke, District Secretary,
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