FFA displays at East Towne Mall
East Towne Mali is cooperating pesticide safety called Pesticide
mtb Lancaster County Future Precaution. Manheim's FFA
Farmers of America Chapters, expounds raising bunnies tor
Wednesday through'Friday, for a money.
special Harvest Week. Elizabethtown’s FFA explores
Of particular interest will be a the changes in agriculture showing
duck slide and a baby barnyard what one hour’s wage bought m
and Lancaster County farm 1860 as compared to what the same
animals Also on hand will he the hour’s wage bought in 1979. Penn
Pennsylvania Department of Manor’s FFA compares the cost of
Agriculture’s Agri-Animals and drying feed corn with solar energy'
the Country Store. vs. the conventional method. ■
The main feature of the show will Elanco’s FFA .Jthat
be the farm windowsfor a peek at Lancaster County nourishes the
what today’s modern farmer must nation showing input and output of
know. For example, Ephrata’s agricultural products. Pequea
FFA Chapter presents a display on Valley's FFA theme is tall harvest
Best pastures start at top
COLUMBIA, Mo. To get the
most from pastures and the most
efficient use of fertilizers, don’t
fertilize the soil. Feed the plants.
That means taking soil tests in
the top three inches not the top
seven when testing soils of
permanent pastures.
It means topdressing to most
efficiently supply nutrients to
permanent, nonrotation pasture
land, claims Earl Kroth,
University of Misso un-Columbia
soil scientist.
Kroth and his colleagues have
spent more than 20 years studying
the nutnent needs of tall fescue
and reed canary-grass when used
for pastures in Missouri. Their
aim: average annual production of
three tons an' acre to be grazed
without a complicated rotation
system.
What they found is that excess
phosphate and potash have a
tendency to accumulate in the
upper one to two inches of the soil.
So, if farmers took soil tests to
depths of seven inches, the tests
show they needed more phosphate
and potash then they actually did.
The scientists also identified the
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phenomenon of “luxury con
sumption.” In other words, if
fanners put on more phosphate
and potash than their forages
needed the forages would use up
the excess but would not increase
yields accordingly.
“From all of our research, we
are confident that topdressing is an
efficient method of supplying
nutnents to forage crops,” Korth
said.
“Additional studies may indicate
when it is best to apply phosphate
and potash, spring or fall.”
UMC studies indicate that split
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August; the other in May instead of
December or March,
'‘The studies further showed that
30 pounds of phosphate per acre
per year is a practical rate where
forage is removed,” Kroth said.
“But if this pasture is just grazed,
annual applications may not be
necessary. That’s because the
nutnent is recycled and made
safety and Lampeter/Strasburg
and Warwick team up with a
display of bee keeping equipment
and honey.with honey samples and
honey for sale.
In addition to the farm windows
giving a pretty good picture of the
farm scene, there will be an in
formation booth to answer
questions. On hand will also be the
county dairy and poultry prin
cesses and the State FFA
president, Doug Hershberger.
Capon judging is scheduled at 6
p.m. on Friday, with an auction to
begin at 7 p.m.
available to the plants due to
decomposition of manure and
ungrazed plant parts.
“On eroded Shelby soil, we found
that we needed annual applications
of 50 pounds,of potash in com
bination with 30 pounds of
phosphate to produce an optimum
yield of three tons of tall fescue hay
per acre.
“All of our studies emphasize the
need for soil testing especially
the top three inches of permanent
pastures to make most efficient
use of expensive phosphate and
potash.
“Then we recommend top
dressing to ‘feed’ the plants, not
‘fertilize’the soil.”
More information on fertilizing
pastures is available from area
extension agronomists, livestock
specialists, farm management
specialists or from district soil
conservationists. They have copies
of Missouri Agricultural Ex
periment Station Bulletin 1039:
“Topdressing Nitrogen.
Phosphorous and Potassium on
Cool Season Grasses for Pasture
Production,” by Kroth and Louis
Meinke.
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