Winternationals c IRISBURG, Pa. - The annual Penn Win itionals, the East’s only )X invitational tractor will again feature co worship by the Kendall Division of the Witco .inical Corporation of idford, Pennsylvania and , c y Chief Hybrids of r, Pennsylvania. Both janies have been active loiters of tractor pulling ’ state of Pennsylvania, ff ell as on the national •1. new 95 or 120 bushel capacity mixing tank new mill to mixing tank auger new high tensile strength steel frame new mixing auger transmission runs in oil new self-contained hydraulic drive available m&ar SEE US AT THE PA FARM SHOW ZOOK'S FARM STORE N. G. HERSHEY & SON HONEY BROOK, PA MANHEiM, PA 215-273-9730 717-665-2271 IISSLEY FARM SERVICE WASHINGTON BORO, PA 717-285-4844 S. JOHNSON HURFF POLE TAVERN MONROEVILLE, NJ 609-358-2565 or 609-769-2565 STOUFFER BROS. INC. CHAMBERSBURG.PA 717-263-8424 nevin n. mver * SONS, INC. CHESTER SPRINGS, PA 215-827-7414 UMBERGER'S mill RT 4 LEBANON. PA IFONTANAI 717 867 5161 A. L HERR & BRO. QUARRYVILLE.PA 717-786-3521 hurstbros. WIILWM OAUGHERTY 133 RotbsviJle station Road FELTON°PA 717 626-4705 717-244-9787 Sixteen competitors from Pennsylvania will be competing in the event for a share of the $32,000 purse on January 28 and 29. Five of the sixteen operate the powerful and noisy modifieds, while the remaining 11 drive the potent, but touchy super stock machines. One of those modified competitors, Lester Houck of Kinzers, will have much more on his mind than how the tractor will run. The 33 new 21" mill i r hmm^} AGWAY, INC. CHAPMAN EQUIP. CENTER CHAPMAN, PA 215-398-2553 CHAS. J. McCOMSEY & SONS HICKORY HILL, PA 215-932-2615 WERTZ GARAGE LiNEBORO, MARYLAND 1301)374-2672 LEBANON VALLEY IMPLEMENT CO., INC. RICHLAND, PA 717-866-7518 CLAIR J. MYERS Lake Road R 1 Thomasville, PA 717-259 0453 me to Harrisburg year old Houck, the father of two children, is the executive director of Penn Win temationals, the promoter of the two-day event. Houck has been active for some time in the sport, serving as the executive secretary of the Pennsylvania Tractor Pullers Association (PTPA), and the secretary of the executive board of the National Tractor Pullers Association (NTPA). Another puller that will have more than competition on his mind will be Art Ar fons. Arfons will be keeping a close eye on a new device make the spectators life a little more comfortable - a turbine to take care of the smoke created by the super stocks. Anyone who has attended an indoor pull knows that the smoke can get a little thick at times. The new “Smoke Burner” is a small turbine that will bum the smoke that comes from the powerful diesel engines. Previously, two fans and 18 inch flexible hose attempted to vent the smoke outside, but there were often 300 bushels per acre possible UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Applying future science and technology to grow com, while getting maximum sunlight from silking stage to maturity, farmers some day could produce well over 300 bushels of shelled com per acre instead of the present national average of 85.5 bushels per acre, declared a crop scientist from The Pennsylvania State University recently. “The amount of energy Meet your new Pfizer Genetics seed dealer. Backed by one of the most extensive research and breeding programs around, your new Pfizer Genetics dealer brings you the consistently good performance of Trojan corn and sorghum seed. With a complete line-up of Trojan com and sorghum seed, he's ready to talk with you about increasing your yields. He'd like to discuss your yield goals, soil type and crop management. Then he'll be glad to recommend the Trojan seed best suited to your particular conditions. Get together with him soon and put the proved performance of Trojan corn and sorghum seed to work /J|\ Pfizc Genetics brings you the complete line of *' ”- jn l ’ I'knd corn an< i sorghum seeds Pfizer Genetics is a Subsidiary of Pfizer lac problems when the hose would come undone. Ac cording to Arfons, the machine has performed well in dry run tests to date, but will get its’ baptism of fire at the National Challenge ’77 at the Richfield, Ohio Coliseum on January 14-16. Arfons feels that there will be an added side benefit to the machine, as the heat generated will help warm the arena area. Tickets for the event will be available at the Penn sylvania Farm Show star ting January 10, 1977. The Penn Wintemationals booth will be located in the Poultry Bam in Spaces P-30 and 31. Also starting on that date, ticket information is available by calling the Farm Show Arena Ticket Office at 717-233-2060. Ticket prices are $4.00 for the January 28 afternoon session beginning at 1:00 p.m. The January 28 evening session beginning at 7:30 p.m. and the afternoon and evening sessions on January 29 are priced at $5.00 per session. available from the sun for photosynthesis by the crop sets the upper limit for grain production,” stated Dr. Daniel P. Knievel, crop physiologist in the College of Agriculture at Penn State. He spoke at the annual Forage, Corn, and Seed Conference held here. Under ideal conditions, com plants in Pennsylvania retain enough energy to produce about 11 bushels of grain per day during the CLAIR KING Rt. 2 Cochran ville, PA 19330 215-593-5345 Lancaster Farming. Saturday. Jan. 8,1977—33 Allotment announced on feed grains WASHINGTON, D.C. - A 1977 national feed grain allotment of 89 million acres has been announced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. This figure is unchanged from 1976. The national allotment represents the harvested acreage that will produce the quantity of com, sorghum and barley USDA estimates United States will use domestically and for export during the 1977-78 marketing year. The national allotment does not represent a limit on the amount of feed grain that may be planted. It is used solely as a basis for making payments to producers should the market price fall below the established target prices or should growers qualify for disaster payments. In 1976, producers, responding to the market place rather than the allotment, planted about 112 million acres of corn, sorghum and barley. USDA grain-filling period from mid July to early September. This means that a com hybrid with a 32 day rapid grain-filling period might yield 352 bushels per acre - depending upon the amount of solar energy. With higher than average light intensities, the maximum yield could be pushed to 435 bushels per acre, he estimated. High light intensities, combined with ideal soil and believes that in 1977 producers will again study prices and demand in planning their farming operations and, therfore, the national allotment and ac tual acres planted may not coincide. USDA also announced today that it will not make deficiency payments on 1976 crop wheat and barley. Current legislation provides that deficiency payments shall be made to producers when the national weighted average price received by farmers for the first five months of the marketing year (June-October for wheat and barley) is less than the established target price for these crops. The national weighted average price received by farmers for the first five months of the 1976 marketing year was $3.08 per bushel for wheat and $2.41 per bushel for barley. These exceed the target prices of $2.29 and $1.28 for wheat and barley respectively. management conditions, enables an Illinois farmer to harvest a world record yield of 338 bushels per acre in 1975, it was pointed out. The Penn State crop scientist said a corn growth model is being used to describemathematically the, complex physical, chemical, and biological processes involved in corn growth. This technique is being used to identify those processes that limit present com yields to well below the potential maximum. A computer is used with the com model to simulate grain development from pollination through kernel maturity. At maturity, a dark membrane called the black layer forms at the base of each corn kernel. This layer cuts off movement of car bohydrate to the grain and ends grain growth, Dr. Knievel explained. Although there are about 50 to 60 days from pollination to black layer formation, most of the grain is produced during a 30 to 40 day period, he said. At present, only a few processes thought to be important in growing com are included in growth models. These include photosynthesis, respiration, leaf and stalk growth rate, rainfall, air temperature, and some hybrid charac teristics. Eventually, Dr. Knlebel and associates hope to in clude soil fertility, disease, and insect factors in calculations with growth models. “It is clear from our results that we do not have an adequate understanding of how time of silking and subsequent pollination is controlled in corn. It is also apparent that this is a crucial factor needed to develop an adequate corn growth model,” he '‘ r| irm
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