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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
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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
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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
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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
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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