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HAROLD KNECHEL
HAD A PROBLEM...
HERE'S HOW HE
SOLVED IT!!
BUCKS - MONTGOMERY COUNTIES
HOW MD YOU HARVEST YOUR
WET GRAIN THIS PAST FALL?
Harold Knechel Family Farm, 471 Indian Creek Road, HarleysviHe, PA 19438
Penn-Jersey HARVESTORE Systems, Inc.
NEW HOLLAND, PA
26, 1910
The first corn combined was 120-day seed, planted from the 19th to
the 26th of June because of the extremely wet spring. The corn con
stituted the first Vi of a 2060 HARVESTORE® Structure. Harold hired a
self-propelled custom combine but the conditions were so wet that the
combine had to stay on the rows to stabilize. The wheels of this four-row
combine just matched Harold’s first and fourth rows. During the time his
corn was harvested this same machine was unable to harvest soybeans
due to wet conditions. This 120-day corn was harvested when it had
frozen at the dent stage and moisture was estimated at about 42%. (In
order to harvest this corn they had to speed up the cylinder, open up the
concave, and remove the lower screen in order to get all of the cob.) This
is the first year that Harold has gone to High Moisture Ground Ear Corn
and he did it for two reasons: (1) Incorporate the cob in order to decrease
total moisture content and (2) To get the most out of his land because of
increased costs of fertilizer, etc. Harold was very happy to get his corn in
when he did. He believes that including the cob, adding about 3% dry
oats to the mixture, and using dry ice after each filling to eliminate exist
ing oxygen in the HARVESTORE* were the most important factors in
obtaining an excellent quality feed with such high moisture grain.
Harold's son Jeryl is shown holding a sample of the high
moisture corn from their Harvestore* Looking on (from left) is
Michael Orndorff, Harvestore* representative, father Harold
Knechel and son Darryl.
P.O. BOX 7
Phone 717-334-4051
-J