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A sizable crowd of farmers irom Lancaster County and neighboring areas filled the opportunity to inspect new and used farm equipment and was treated to
the shop area at C.B. Hoober’s last week to listen to presentations on soil lunch by the I.H. dealership,
management, leasing of farm equipment, and tillage tools. The group also had
New ideas offered at C.B. Hoober Open House
INTERCOURSE - When
C B. Hoober, Inc., In
ternational Harvester
dealership, here, held an
Open House last week, the
sponsors offered more than
the usual slide program, free
lunch, and rows of equip
ment to look at. Two other
major attractions were
presentations by experts on
soil fertility and
management and farm
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Attended by more than 200
interested farmers, the
event was held last week at
the Hoober firm.
First on the program was
Don Beidler, a C.B. Hoober
employee,
photographic work provided
a review of agricultural
events held during the past
12 months. Included m the
presentation were Ag
Progress Days, the Penn
sylvania Farm Show,
several Lancaster County
fairs, and Open House at
Hoober Equipment in
SudlersVille, Md Slides of
farms, farmers, their
equipment, and animals
rounded out the show
Bob Blythe and Stewart
Harnish, representing
Fertility Associates of
Whiteford, Md., told the
crowd of farmers about the
importance of proper soil
management and fer
tilization. Illustrating their
talk with colored slides, the
two agronomists showed
how chiseling and discing
allows for better decom
position of field debris. The
incorporation technique also
allows for better movement
of water and penetration of
roots, they pomted out.
Citing facts and statistics to
whose
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back up their claims, they that “when a crop is working
told farmers how greater properly, it’s converting
efficiency can be gotten solar energy .to chemical
from a bag of fertilizer and energy-sugars.”
acre of ground. The key, The Maryland soil
they noted, is proper * scientists also stressed that
working of the ground. That decay organisms m the soil
m turn leads to the crop require oxygen, moisture,,
being able to work properly, the proper temperature, and
The end result, they said, is a moderate pH in order to
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function properly. In
corporation of the soil and
crop residues as opposed to
plowing, is more conducive
to allowing the organisms to
work effectively, say Blythe
andHarnish.
A comparatively new
method of discovermg'less
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