Mellot named
alfalfa champion
MERCERSBURG, Pa. - Mellott received the
toward Mellott and son, award, a plaque, during
Jteve, of RD2, Mercersburg, ceremonies at the recent
lave been named recipients Forage, Seed, and Corn
if the State Alfalfa Cham- Conference held on the Penn
lion Award for 1976. State University Campus.
BULL CALVES
For Sale At Farmers Prices
From All Registered Herd.
We have bulls out of & cows bred to top sires
including: Astronaut, Elevation, Arlinda Chief,
Glendell, Gay, etc.
LARMfIC FARMS
- Owner,-
A. James McCabe Jr.
201-836-1590
IM-PBUV-fILL
One of the most ideal times to test your soils and apply Im-Pruv-AII
Organic Micro Nutrients is right after harvesting a crop. Call your Im-Pruv-
All Dealer now and make arrangements for getting your soil test taken this
Fall.
SOME ADVANTAGES OF FALL APPLICATION
A. There is normally a better efficiency from fall applied fertilizers.
B. It is possible to have more timely applications and better service from
your Dealer. _
C. Eliminates the problem of spring shortages of many fertilizers.
D. Spread your work load into less busy season.
E. Have adequate time to make any changes in crops and fertilizer
programs that might be needed.
F. In some soils, fall plowing is advantageous and applying fertilizer
before plowing puts it into the root zone where it will be useable by the
plants.
On December 7, 1971,1 wrote you reporting how Im-Pruv-AII on silage
was helping me make more money. You printed my story in your winter
1972 paper. It is April 16,1973, and I would like to expand my story.
In the past years, my Harvestore would run empty about the first of
March, and my baled hay would be gone by April Ist. I usually had to buy all
my feed in April and May. It’s hard to make money that way. Last year
(1972), I built a new 70 foot silo, so I could put up more hay silage and corn
silage. It’s sure made a big difference.
I use the computer farm record system (ARC) available from the
University of Wisconsin. It shows that in 1971, with milk at $5.42, I had a
return over feed costs of $464.20 per cow. In 1972, with milk at $5.54, my
return per cow jumped to $693.80. That’s $229.60 per cow.
It should be even better in 1973. The first three months this year, I've
Ray Weiier 7177334302
Clarence Weiier 717-866-6710
Melvin R. Weaver 717-569-6576
Robesonia Area
John Hensley 215-693-5080
Chester Countv
Richard Breckbill 215-932-3307
Contact
R 6 Box 107
Dover, Dela.
- Mgr. -
Daniel S. Mast
302-734-5056
Avoid Spring Rush.
UNIVERSITY RECORDS SYSTEM SHOWS WISCONSIN
DAIRYMAN HIS IM-PRUV-ALL PROFITS
WEIIER BROS. INC.
Berks Co,
mon
According to Dr. John E.
Baylor, Extension
agronomist at Penn State,
the Mellotts have been
growing alfalfa for 30 years.
It is primarily fed as hay
crop silage as well as hay.
The winning entry was a
field of WL3II alfalfa and
Pennlate orchardgrass
mixed, predominately
alfalfa. It was calculated
that the field produced 8.2
tons per acre of hay
equivalent; 2,790 pounds of
crude protein, and 9,110
pounds of total digestible
nutrients per acre.
This past year, a hay
sample of alfalfa fed to their
70-cow Holstein herd, tested
21 per cent crude protein and
64 per cent total digestible
nutrients. A similar silage
sample tested 22.8 per cent
crude protein and 65 per cent
total digestible nutrients.
The Mellotts grow 67 acres
of alfalfa, nine acres of corn,
and 15 acres of small grains.
Their cow herd this past
year averaged 16,600 pounds
of milk and 628 pounds of
butterfat.
Test Soil
Washim
Hagerstown, MO area
Carl Eby 301-842-2630
lumbia. Luzerne
Montour. Northumberland
Dale A. Brown 717-752-5387
Officers of the Pennsylvania
Association of County Agricultural
Agents for 1977, elected at the
organization's recent annual meeting
on The Pennsylvania State University
Now and Apply Before Winter.
“I am farming 75 acres of alfalfa which is 4 years old. The winter 1972-73
growth was light and ragged and I considered plowing it out. The first
cutting in April, 1973 made 500 bales. Then Im-Pruv-AII Organic Micro-
Nutrients were applied right after the first cutting. (No major fertilizers
were applied due to shortage.) The second cutting in June, 1973 made
1200 bales. The third cutting in July, 1973 made 1700 bales. The light areas
are stooling and filling in and growth looks strong. These second and third
cuttings produced over 200 bales more hay per acre than the 1972 cut
tings."
Mr. Duarte now plans to leave this alfalfa in at least another year. Since
the water penetration is much greater than before application and the soil
has taken on a loamy texture, this land will definitely be Im-Pruv-AII treated
next year and thereafter because it is the difference between a meager
profit and an excellent profit on this hay operation.
marketed 220,746 lbs. of milk, compared to 185,977 the same months last
year. That’s a monthly increase of 11,589 lbs. of milk from my farm ... and
I’m not out of feed yet. It looks like I’ll have plenty. I’m also spending even
less money at the feed mill than last year. 1972 was a difficult year to get
crops up here in Wisconsin. It rained and rained. I had over 30 acres of hay I
never got to because of the weather.
I've used your Mineral and Vitamin Program for some time. I’m now
getting ready to treat my first field with your Balanced Fertility Program.
The Im-Pruv-AII Programs may sound fishy to people who haven’t used
them, but it seems to work for me. I want my Purebred Holstein herd to do
as well as they can.
IM-PBUV-ALL
igton County
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Dec. 4,197 fr
Restores Poor Alfalfa Yield
Union & Snvder Counties
Norman Brouse 717-524-5454
Cumberland & franklin Counties
Hany Oberholtzer 717-532*9445
Campus are, from left: Thomas E.
Piper, Adams County, secretary
treasurer; M. M. Smith, Lancaster
County, vice president; and Orville A.
Yoder, Bradford County, president.
Thomas J. Duarte
Newman, California
STEVE LAMBERSON (& SONS)
R.R. No, 2
Whitehall, Wisconsin 54773
York Countv
Bair’s Mill 717-252-3114
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