Phillips
LANCASTER - “The
history of no-tillage is
relatively short,” stated
Shirley H. Phillips, Assistant
Director of Agriculture at
the University of Kentucky.
He was addressing fanners
from Pennsylvania,
Maryland, Delaware, New
Jersey, Virginia, and West
Virginia during the 7th
Annual Mid-Atlantic No-tili
Conference held here
recently
“Most of the develop
mental research is less than
30 years old,” he said. “The
actual adoption periods
dates back into the late
1960’s and early 1970’5.”
First no-tillage practices
Farmers studied the planter demonstrator as it
recirculated corn through the "planting” process.
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were centered around
growing com in a killed sod.
Few researchers, Extension
specialists or early adopters
could envision soybeans
planted into small gram
stubble, double cropping for
gram and silage, or the
many crop sequences that
are commonplace today.
“Most of us have gone
through the growing pains
associated with no-tillage, a
concept that approaches a
180 degree departure from
traditional production
practices in conventional
tillage,” Phillips said. “My
personal no-tillage
developmental patterns
were something like this:
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Two years’ study to prove
no-tillage won’t work; three
years’ reversal with studies
to prove it will work, and at
the same time making
recommendations without a
research base; five gears’
study of why no-tillage
works; fifteen years refining
the concept and practices.
Something new farmers
who traditionally plant small
gram as a cover crop in the
fall to protect soil from
erosion during the winter
might consider switching to
hairy vetch, an annual
legume, said Phillips.
Research indicates the
legume winter cover crop
will help protect soil from
erosmo and at the same time
will cut the nitrogen fer
tilizer bill for the com crop.
Like wheat, barley or rye
cover crops, hairy vetch
provides a good soil cover
and mulch for no-tillage corn
planted in the spring. In
addition, hairy vetch is a
legume which has the ability
to fix nitrogen from the
atmosphere and supply the
corn crop with nitrogen that
otherwise would have to be
purchased as fertilizer.
University of Kentucky
College of Agriculture
scientists S.A. Ebelhar,
W W. Frye and R.L. Blevins
conducted research over a
period of three years using
winter legumes to fix
nitrogen.
In the three years of
research, average corn
yields show hairy vetch
supplied as much nitrogen to
no-till com as did fertilizer
applications on an average
of 39 pounds of nitrogen per
acre.
Planting hairy vetch cover
crops not only out the in
dividual farmer’s fertilizer
bill but also help the nation
conserve energy, Phillips
said. One of agriculture’s
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Much of the Southeast has
productive level soils with
high water tables, he con
tinued. The major problem
associated with producing
Franklin Extension to meet Friday
CHAMBERSBURG -
Charles Overman, general
manager of Adams Electric
Co-operative, will address
the annual meeting of the
Franklin County
Agricultural Extension
Association on January 30,
according to Association
President, James L. Wilson.
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reducing delay m planting to
allow the water table to
recede and soil tem
peratures in increase.
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the fall and planting no
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citizenship, our heritage of
freedom, and the roles and
responsibilities of the in
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Over 350 county residents
are expected to participate
in the Annual Meeting which
gets underway with a social
hour at 6:15 p.m., and dinner
at 7 p.m. in the Kauffman
Community Center.
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educational programs
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higher soil temperatures at
the ridge crown, placement
of seed above water table,
timely planting and in
creased yields. Fuel
requirement would be
similar to chisel planting,
Phillips explained
conducted by the Extension
Service during 1980.
Wilson urges all county
citizens to attend, and to
participate in the election of
new (hi ectors. All county
residents of legal age may
vote.
Tickets for the event are
available thru today from all
Association Directors, and
at the County Extension
Office, 191 Franklin Farms
Lane, Chambersburg
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