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—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, Jan. 22, 1977
U.S. leads world in no-till farming
GETTYSBURG, Pa. - “It’s
no surprise that the U.S.A.
leads the no-till commercial
acreage league tables and
acreages everywhere else
appear small,” David A.
Harris, Plant Protection,
Femhurst England, told the
Third Annual Mid-Atlantic
No-Tillage Growers Con
vention during their recent
meeting here.
Attendance totaled 1,025
farmers and other
businessmen from
Delaware, Maryland, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania and
Virginia. The conference
was sponsored by
agribusiness industries and
Grange publishes
songbook for deaf
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The
only songbook ever written
for the deaf has been
published by the National
Grange, the country’s oldest
farm organization and rural
family fraternity. Entitled
“Lift Up Your Hands,” the
book contains 10 patriotic
and inspirational songs
illustrated in sign language
with accompanying music
for the guitar.
The book was created as
part of an ongoing national
health project sponsored by
the women’s activities
department of the National
Grange to aid the deaf and
hard of hearing. Grange
staff members worked with
personnel at Gallaudet
College in Washington, D.C.,
the country’s only college for
the deaf, in the development
of the book.
John Scott, Master of the
National Grange, said the
book is available for pur
chase by the general public
at a cost of $2.00 per copy. It
can be ordered from
National Grange
headquarters, 1616 H St. NW,
Washington, D.C. 20006.
Scott said many local
Granges across the country
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DAIRY
CT DAY
AT NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLES, INC.
New Holland, PA
If you need 1 cow or a truck load, we have from
100 to 200 cows to sell every week at your price
Mostly fresh and close springing Holstems
Cows from local farmers and our regular
shippers including Marvin Eshleman, Glenn Fite
Gordon Fritz, Blame Hoffer, Dale Hostetter, H D
Matz, and Jerry Miller
SALE STARTS 12:30 SHARP
Also Every Wednesday. Hay, Straw &
Ear Corn Sale 12:00 Noon
All Dairy Cows & Heifers must be
eligible for Pennsylvania Health Charts.
For arrangements for special sales or herd
dispersals at our barn or on your farm, contact
Abram Diffenbach, Mgr
717-354-4341 -A
Norman Kolb j
717-397-5538
the Cooperative Extension
Services in the Mid-Atlantic
States.
The no-tillage concept
involves applying seed to the
soil by specially-designed
planters, eliminating
plowmg and harrowing.
“In Europe the United
Kingdom is the only country
so far to get No-till off the
ground in a big way, and
about y-i million acres of a
variety of crops have been
established this year. In
Australia special techniques
have been developed for
their local conditions and
New Zealand is making
excellent use of No-till in
brassicas and pasture
are distributing the book to
libraries, social service
agencies and schools that
have special courses for the
deaf and hard of hearing.
Tax
revised
HARRISBURG, Pa. - The
Internal Revenue Service
has advised the Agriculture
Stabilization and Con
servation Service of a
revision in tax law which
could affect fanners who
receive disaster payments
under the Wheat and Feed
Grain Program.
Under the revision, there
are certain cases in which a
producer who receives a
disaster payment in 1976
may defer declaring the
payment as income until the
1977 tax year. Any farmer
who wishes further in
formation on this matter
should contact the Internal
Revenue Service and ask
about Section 451(d) of the
Internal Revenue code, as
amended by 1976 legislation.
programs,” continued
Hams.
“The tempo of No-till
development is quickening,
not just because of the
weight of the external
pressure on the farmer or
the gradual accumulation of
research data, but par
ticularly because the
equipment needed for ef
ficient employment of the
technique is now becoming
available in commercial
quantities for the first time.
“Round the world a
number of special
techniques have been
developed to suit local
CUSTOM MINERAL AND VITAMIN
Feed testing to achieve proper balancing of
livestock rations is essential to profitable milk
and meat production. MINERALS AND
VITAMINS MUST BE PRESENT IN
ADEQUATE AMOUNTS AND IN PROPER
BALANCE TO EFFICIENTLY UTILIZE THESE
BALANCED RATIONS.
Whenever a feeding ration is changed, a new
and distinct formulation is needed to provide
adequate mineral and vitamin nutrition.
Many problems of animal production,
breeding and health result from an imbalance
of minerals and vitamins. Ration
requirements vary for different kinds and
sizes of livestock. Through a custom for
mulation, based on the present livestock
ration and animal requirements, the proper
level and balance of these essential nutrients
can be achieved.
NORMALLY. UNDERFEEDING OR OVER
FEEDING OF MINERALS AND VITAMINS
REDUCES THE EFFICIENT UTILIZATION OF
THE RATION WHICH COSTS MORE MONEY
THAN THE MINERALS AND VITAMINS
NEEDED TO BALANCE THE RATION.
WEILER BROS. INC.
no.
Ray Weiler
Clarence Weiler
Melvin R. Weaver 717-569-6576
Mahlon Oberholtzer 717-392-1177
Robesonia Area
John Hensley 215-693-5080
Columbia. Luzerne,
Montour. Northumberland
Dale A. Brown 717-752-5387
conditions. Many of these
should be considered
reduced cultivation systems
rather than the ultimate No
till, but they are important
stages in the development
and acceptance of No-till.
“For example, in Western
Australia, a technique
known as Spray-Seed has
been used to establish wheat
in the fall using chemicals
and a cultivator drill
together to obtain weed
control. The technique
employs a mixture of
Paraquat and Diquat to
control the locally important
weed flora and conventional
THE IM-PRUV-ALL PROGRAM
MAY BE YOUR ANSWER
Berks Co,
non
717-733-4302
717-866-6710
Australian drills which have
four rows of spring
cultivator tines, two of which
have seed boots.
“There is no doubt that the
triple-disc coulter and the
Bettinson 3-D and other
drills which have been
developed to use it, have
already had a major impact
upon the establishment and
growth of No-till in crops
other than corn. This simple
device has not been sur
passed as a means of in
serting seed and fertilizer
into undisturbed soils with
the minimum of soil
movement.
NUTRITION
The IM-PRUV-ALL mineral and vitamin
program is a custom, computerized for
mulation that truly informs a livestock feeder
of those minerals and vitamins his animals
need to get efficient feed utilization and
production.
TEST...
THEN
TREAT. ..
Cumberland & Franklin Counties
Agra-Pro Enterprises 804-823-5968
Washington County
Hagerstown, MD area
Carl Eby 301-842-2630
IM-PRUV-ALL FEED AND SOIL
TESTING IS DONE BY:
TRIPLE "S"
LABORATORY, INC.
Box 678
Loveland, Colorado 80537
TO GET
TOTAL BALANCE
IM-PBUV-ALL
York County
Bair's Mill 717-252-3114
Union & Snvder Counties
Norman Brouse 717-524-5454
Harry Oberholtzer 717-532-9445
Crozet. VA
Chester County
Richard Breckbill 215-932-3307
“One of the earliest
adaptations of existing
equipment for No-till work
was the Howard
‘Rotaseeder’, which was
made by modifying the rotor
of a rotary tiller so that it cut
1” wide slots at 5” spacing,
into which seed is sown. This
machine has a lot of useful
features, particularly where
heavy trash is present and
small steep pastures are to
be re-seeded. It is not
suitable for large acreage
use, but is still, in production
for custom applicator use
small acreage work,” sai<
Harris,