Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 20,1979—91
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No-till farming: an option that’s catching on
By CALVIN WETTSTEIN Harvesting is possible With increased concern some 350 acres of field com extra2o cents
County Agent during wet spells, when over energy supplies, the nth last year on the land Gulick SSflforSm
FlemJngton, N. J. normally filled fields could till farmer finds himself in-a farms in southern Hunterdon aterhans the hiehlieht
LANCASTER - No-till just not support the equip- good position to considerably County. And it was all no- offe
gained favor with many of ment. reduce the amount of fuel till! Much of the com crop a “Beatae the wfeds ”
our farmed back about No-till operators are quick used in theplanting of crops, eoes tyto toe silos for J^* 3 Three Successful Penn
eight or nine years ago' to acknowledge no savings in Dick Gulick and Art feeding, the 300 head of svlvania farmers ioined
because ,of several dollare. The cost of initial Smith, Rocktown, N.J., were Holstein cattle. Some corn is three Extension Service
recognized advantages. One knock-down of existing among farmers in at- stored as grain for feeding, ftds sisSfSnt specialists in describing toe
is that the organic matter on vegetation offsets the tendance at toe recent Mid- _rest is sold on toe market. stm turns signmcant ao- reeom
top of the Mil would servers plowing and harrowing Atlantic NihTiU Conference / He also reports that he had 3 | e3 fter^ers n^ e SSfor
a mulch,holding: the soil m And, management f is here. Some 1200 farmers ' SS indSSb FdpS- hi the production of field
place, and mamtainmg sod cnUcal. There’s no room for from six mid-Atlantic states rel Ton *om via no-till.
moisture. Time-savmg to a errors Timeliness is un- attended the day-long affair - SSEeteSque It was a good day. with a
farmer, so essentud in the pprtant, the selection of the and heard speakers discuss ' SS lot of good information
Spnng rush,-was also con- right herbicides, proper use a range of subjects on toe no- tin ±Tred presented- -.Perhaps, -^s
_sid.red.toJ* ap-importmlf rf-nodfll-ptoter; «B are -aiagesystem - - ™S valuable s the. ionmj
advantage. ' . essential, -..- GnUetene-Smlth planted ■ -- 2dTrt program were the inform^
4 ~ herbicide and soil toffies discussions that took place
1 from runoff from convention during the day, at lunch and
K VAIID 11 Alice PftrtPFPl V vlgiiSt versus no-till systems, some hi conversations in the car
I w T wllll fIUUOE, r IfUr UILI recent research data on no- traveling to and from,
/ ‘ i : , \/ 4; A till seeding of small grains No-till seems to have found
?,/ ■ ■■ ■ : m WkJfc / and toe introduction of its niche. A practice that we
■■■ I U mtmM £ ■■■ legumes in hay and pasture have indicated from toe
m fields hy no-till. An Ex- start as being not for
tension Service economist on everyone, it does fit rather
the Penn State staff in- well a number of our farm
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