—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 15,1977
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Helicopter-seeded rye grass crop inspected
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Seen checking the cornfield for the growth of the rye grass seeded by a
helicopter in late August are Mark Bomberger, (on left) and Leroy Krall. Bom
berger had 40 Acres seeded in this manner, Krall had 10.
ByKENDACEBORRY
LEBANON - Conservation
minded farmers are always
looking for new and better
ways to improve their fields
and cut down on their losses
of topsoil, and Lebanon
Countians are no exception
to the rule. That is why on
October 12, a group of in
terested farmers and
agriculturalists could be
seen taking a mini-tour of
conservation practices and
cover crop seeding. The trip
was sponsored by the
Lebanon County Con
servation District.
The mam emphasis of the
tour was a seeding technique
tried for the first time this
year by some of the farmers
in the area. A cover crop of
rye grass had been planted
in standing corn fields on
August 30 by the use of a
helicopter. An inspection
was done of some of the
fields involved in the project.
The first stop on the tour
was the Arthur Krall farm,
located less than a mile west
of Flintville, near Lebanon.
There the seeded fields were
examined at close quarters
and impressions of the
results of the seeded crop
given.
The main purpose of the
rye grass seeding is to give
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ground cover as a cover crop
for a corn field over the
winter, while at the same
tune adding organic matter
to the fields. It was stressed
that many areas of Lebanon
County are in need of
organic Also the rye
grass can be used for fall,
winter, or spring pasturing,
or made mto silage for young
or dry stock.
It was estimated that the
rye grass cover can save a
minimum of Vz ton of topsoil
per acre, depending on the
slope of the fields.
Other farm visits included
the fields of Mark Bom
berger, Leroy Krall, and
Elmer Martin, all m the
same area. Each farm had
had some cornfields seeded
with rye grass by helicopter.
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Farmers estimated that
the cost of the rye grass
seed applied by the
helicopter came to between
$l3 and $l5 per acre, in
cluding the seed cost m that
estimate. They felt that this
was no more expensive than
if they had done the job
themselves, and by having
the helicopter do the
seeding, it freed their time to
get to other work at a time
when much is to be done on
the farm.
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Problems with the rye
grass involved the wet fall
felt by farmers in the area
this year. The rye grass
which was growing well up
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thickness. However, soil
conservationists from
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rye grass m the cornfields,
and the possibhty of taking
the corn fodder from the
fields for bedding while the
rye grass is in its early
growing stages. Both
questions will be further
studied.
The helicopter can seed 40
acres an hour, planting 2
bushels to an acre. In two
days tore, over 600 acres of
Lebanon County were
•seeded in rye grass in this
fash ion
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