Farming
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A lighter look at farming by Sperry Ne
Modern Machines and Old Meanings
Modern mechanization
has played a basic role in
bringing farming to its pres
ent level of unequalled effi
ciency. How else could each
farmer produce enough food
for 56 people?
But while the adoption of
such mechanization has been
vital to agricultural prog
ress, according to Sperry
New Holland, the world’s
largest manufacturer of spe
cialized farm equipment,
(here are some instances
where it can’t be substituted
for the old ways.
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Working the soil around
young emerging plants once
was done with a crude wood
harrow pulled by animals.
It took a lot of strength,
skill, determination and,
some might say, good for
tune to perform the task.
Now, more sophisticated ma
chinery does the same thing.
But when a person comes
through a “harrowing expe-
nence,” a picture of the old
way is much more descrip
tive.
The plow has been a basic
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The 19.9-hp 400. Our most powerful
lawn and garden tractor handles big
grounds maintenance jobs with ease
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power steering triple hydraulic
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Attachments 60-inch mower, rotary
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front loader
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tool m tanning since the
first sharp stick was used
Men like Thomas Jefferson
helped develop it. Turning
the earth in the spring for
a new season of growth
launches the annual rebirth
of a farmer’s land. But plow
less planting is gaining ac
ceptance. It’s called no-till
planting. But can you ima
gine the president of a com
pany telling his stockholders
he plans to “no-till” (rather
than “plow”) part of the
profits back into the busi
ness
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To separate 1 he {Train from
the chafl, early farmers
literally beat the crop—
“threshing or thrashing it.”
Now, a modern tombine
does the job on the go
through a field But if some
one is to be warned, the
threat of ‘ combining” (in
stead of thrashing”) him
within an inch of his life
would have little impact
Friends and neighbors
used to gather to bring hay
in from the field by “pitch
ing” it into a wagon Today,
self-propelled machines,
automatic bale wagons,
whisk through fields picking
up hay bales in a fraction
of time and effort But a per
son needing help, wouldn’t
say something like; How
about “automatic bale wag
oning” (in place of “pitch
ing”) in and giving me a
hand.
Each Yuletide, one of the
traditional songs depicts cer
tain activities during “The
Twelve Days of Christmas.”
The holidays would lose
something if we sang “Ten
Machines A-Milkmg” in
stead of the traditional “Ten
Maids A-Milkmg.”
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FRIDAY, JUNE 3,1977
7:00 P.M.
AT LEBANON AREA FAIRGROUNDS'
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silage compounds are not harmful chemicals
which destroy fermenting bacteria. friniiim compounds
feed and help promote bacteria. By aiding the right strand
of bacteria, your silage ferments in three days instead of the
normal three weeks. You will also have a higher level of the
right kind of acid protecting the feed from molding and
heating in the feeder after it comes from the silo. This
means more energy, digestable protein, vitamins and
palatability. You will also have over 10% more silage. Im
pruv-all’s fast ferment cuts down on shrinkage. Make more
money by having more protein in your grass silage and
buying less protein supplements.
808 KREIDER
Lancaster Area
717-569-6042
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 14,1977
Spring blossoms forth.
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York County
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Handling Grain
on the Farm
Bruce A. McKenzie, Ex
tension agricultural
engineer, Purdue Univer
sity, discussed the economic
and safety considerations in
grain drying, storage, and
handling on the farm.
He emphasized the
following:
Drying time of grain and
storing high moisture com -
should be able to store 13 per
cent moisture com without
problems. Farmers must be
sharp to store grain at 18 per
cent moisture but 13 to 15 per
cent is suitable. Be careful
you buy the grain dryer that
will do the job quickly but
efficiently. Must have the
temperature at the top of the
bin to diy the grain at the top
of the bin.
Farmers generally are too
conservative when it comes
to using exhaust fans in
drying grain in bins. Must
get moisture out of bin or you
permit molding to occur. Top
layers of grain will not dry if
moisture is held in the bin.
MOUNTVILLE
FEED SERVICE
Mountvilie, PA
717-285-5422
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