A24—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 17,1952
Stray voltage
(Continued from Pag* Al 7) In an effort to stride forward in a
. .. . „ . . cooperative nuuuier, State Grange
he posaWe to suffer from stray Ma £ er Wlsmer app ointed a
voltage problems. According to commi tt M to investigate the
Matson, the answer to this question of additional funding
would be an emphatic yes .He and s j ra y voltage research,
explained that stray voltage can committee members include: Ben
travel for miles through ground SUck Grange Energy comm ittee;
water aquifers and old mine Neil BusSj ag staff . Jack
tunnels. Gray, House ag staff; Fred Wertz,
Even though Matson, McCurdy Pa . of Ag; Bruce Moyer
and Fetrow had answers for many re*. and Bob pa rdoj co .
of the questions concemuig stray opS- first official meeting
voltage, they aU admitted there is held next Thursday at
* n . urg s n L!? f ° r more rese “ ch REA building in Harrisburg,
and understanding.
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Soil compaction reduces yields,
HARRISBURG Excessive soil
compaction can result in reduced
crop yields and can increase
erosion, reports Joel Myers of the
Soil Conservation Service in
Dauphin County.
Myers indicates that excessive
soil compactionresults from travel
on the field when soils are too wet.
He cites manure spreading in early
spring as a common example.
“During the winter months sod
structure is improved by freezing
and thawing conditions; however,
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these beneficial effects are often
lost due to excessive travel on the
fields, especially m early spring,”
he says.
Conservation tillage can help by
reducing the number of trips over
the held. These reductions in
tillage also aid in making soils less
susceptible to compaction and
rutting in the fall when harvesting
crops, Myers notes.
Myers stresses that as com
paction increases, infiltration of
moisture decreases. This results in
two areas of concern. First, if
infiltration decreases, less
moisture is available to crops
during the growing season.
Secondly, mcreases in runoff
result from decreased in-
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runoff is increase in sheet and nil
erosion on cropland,” says Myers.
“Also, gullies are more likely to
form where surface water
becomes concentrated.”
Another factor reflected by
recent research shows that with
increased compaction, energy
requirements for tillage can be
increased significantly. This is
especially true where a plow or
chisel are the primary tillage
operations. The resulting condition
of soil tilled after compaction can
increase the difficulty of preparing
an adequate seed bed for spring
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