DS— Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 24,1981
LANCASTER “The
introduction of the no-till
drill will have as much an
impact on farming m the
years ahead as the no-till
concept itself,” said Ken
Stonesifer of Keysville,
Carroll County, Maryland.
Stonesifer was a member of
a three-farmer panel at the
7th Annual Mid-Atlantic No-
Till Conference, held here
recently
A gram farmer and former
no-till farmer consultant,
Stonesifer continued:
“At least a decade in
developing, the no-till drill is
or will be the missing link in
the no-till cropping chain It
is now possible to plant
virtually all field crops and
most vegetable crops
without major sod disruption
or removal of surface
vegetation.
“I don’t mean to mislead
you with my enthusiasm
More work needs to be done
to further refine the drills
now available and as new
chemicals are released, we
will need to know how to best
use all the tools at om
disposal to maximize net
profits
‘ I have tried to keep
abreast of the no-till drill
market for about six years I
have seen many successes
and many failures, but each
year was more encouraging
than the year before
“Last spring I decided to
mvest m my first drill
“My requirements for a
piece of equipment are quite
different from a family farm
operation. Because I do a lot
of custom planting, I en
counter varying sod types
from beach sands to com
pacted clays. Stones and
ditches are everyday oc
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and unusual, unexpected
cover crops.
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nearly all seeds regardless
of size or condition, easy to
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“Aside from brand named
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forsee a farming revolution
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"Until the refinement of a
no-tdl solid-stand seeder, the
farmer who used the no-till
concept was either
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the dreaded tillage tool for
establishment of non-rowed
crops. He was obligated to
own a muriad of land
preparatory equipment and
make additional provisions
for labor or if a crop rotation
was desirable, expose the
naked soil to the whims of
wind and water for periods
of a few weeks to several
months.
“To avoid this type of land
abuse in a continuous corn
culture, I have had cover
crops flown on by plane or
spun on with a fan-type
spreader. Sometimes I had
good stands, other times
poor Regardiless of seeding
rate, good stands can not be
attained without seed con
tacting moist soil
“I used to use 100 to 150
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established acceptable
covers. This year, by placing
the seed in soil with the drill,
I got mere uniform stands
with a greatly reduced
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were achieved in less than
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