A2B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 26,1980 Newest farm ideas shown on Kent Connty farm tour HARRINGTON, Del. - Eighty local farmers had a first-hand look at some of the new practices being used on agronomic and vegetable crops in the area. lliey took part in the recent Kent County Crops Tour, sponsored by the University of Delaware Cooperative Extension Service and the agribusiness community. First stop on the tour was Lake Forest High School, where the FFA chapter, working with the Extension Service, had prepared replicated plots featuring various treatments on no-till and conventional com and soybeans. At the Winkler Brothers Farm near Harrington, which features no-till com and soybeans and irrigation, growers paid special at tention to the no-till planter equipped with a squeeze pump. It is used to apply a dnbble application of Poly-N starter fertilizer along the sides of rows. At his farm near Williamsville, Robert Mmner uses dnp irrigation with cantaloupes. He also uses the drip system to apply nitrogen fertilizer. Moving on to the Kent County Water Treatment Plant, county agricultural SSgnl, Dave -Woodward expiHlUca fitb uauviuuauuii project in which sludge from the plant is used as a nitrogen source in com production. Earlier research on this sludge by University of Delaware Agricultural Experiment Station researcher William Liebhardt has shown it to be safe and effective on field crops as long as it’s applied at reasonable rates and the soil pHjs not allowed to drop too low. Now Kent County has been spreading or injecting the sludge on interested far mers’ land. But since many farmers have expressed interest in using the sludge for vegetable rather than field crop production, Liebhardt is now researching the ef fects of sludge on vegetable crops at the University’s Georgetown Substation. The last farm on the tour GARBER Oil CO. (texaco) Fuel Chief HEATING OIL L OIL HEATING EQUIPMENT AIR CONDITIONING MOUNT JOY PA Ph 653 1821 Delaware extension crops specialist Frank Webb descril School FFA corn demonstration project to an audience of personnel during the recent Kent County crops tour. .Jtyagi jgi county uses to inject sewage sludge into farmland. He described the project - * rvtuntv crops tour. belongs to Charles Pasties, Milford. There the group looked at drop irrigation under plastic for peppers, cantaloupes, and honeydew melons. About half the group ended the day by joining fanner Vance Moms and his sons on their boat, the Tradewinds, for a trout fishing ex pedition. . eV J THE SOLAR PAK II S™ GRAIN DRYING SYSTEM Let the sun help lower your grain drying costs with proven Solar Pak II reliability ' ;5 ■V£ **■ "I estimate my cost to be about IVBu compared with "In as little as 14 hours we have reduced 16 20 percent 26‘/Bu to dr» 25% corn down to 13 5% I also got less moisture wheat to 13 percent with the solar system It shrinkage by drying at the lower temperatures supplied by also works well with sunflower seeds ” the solar system After the drying season is over, use your Solar Pak II system to heat barns, outbuildings or house. Anywhere you want low cost heat. You can even split the system and heat two separate areas. tsa farmers and extension By: Chicago Solar Corporation * *!/ " C ■' V, ' ENERGY FROM THE SUN SHOULD BE YOURS Sheboygan, Wise Farmer SOLAR SAVER VANGARD | Ahead in yields | s and anthracnose f > h Ul ligh ores! Z • Fights ‘summei decline' (£ Ccinsed by anthracnose qj • Pioven yield leadci • Early maturity, last regrowth I” • Good bacterial wilt resistance _j 5 • Fine stemmed, leafy forage [” • Available with GroZone 1 ' 1 Seed -J Coating <- a From North American Plant Breeders * Z P. L BOBBER & BRO., IHC. > 5 "gSMOKETOWN. PA PH: 717-299-2571^ DO ,« n , > ALFALFA VARIETY • NAPB ALFALFA r\ 4 -y >** fl *' For Information Call: 717-733-2902 Available now at: System does not include bin Lisbon No Dak Farmer
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