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Dairy
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The above losses are further
increased in the field, and the
losses will vary depending on
application and incorporation
practices. Nitrogen in manure is
present in liquid and solid forms.
Generally, the ration is about 50:50
- if you’ve done a good job saving
the liquids. The liquid phase is
readily available to plants in the
year of application. It is also quite
vulnerable to volatization and to
leaching if it hadn’t yet been taken
up by the crop. This volatile phase
is quickly lost by agitation and by
exposure to sun and air after ap
plication. That’s why it is so im
portant to incorporate manure
quickly and to minimize agitation
and spraying.
On the other hand, the solid
(organic) form is slowly released.
Only about half of it is available in
the year of application; the
remainder is available in future
years.
The liquid phase also contains a
major portion of the K. However,
unlike N, it is not volatile, but it
can leach. Most of the P is in the
solid phase, and it is rather stable.
WHITE WASHING
with
DAIRY WHITE
• DRIES WHITE
• DOES NOT RUB OFF EASILY
• NO WET FLOORS
• IS COMPATIBLE WITH
DISINFECTANT & FLY SPRAYS
• WASHES OFF WINDOWS &
PIPELINES EASILY
BARN CLEANING SERVICE
AVAILABLE WITH
COMPRESSED AIR
To have your Darn cleaned with air it will
clean off .dust, cob webs & lots of old lime.
This will keep your barn looking cleaner &
whiter longer.
Me will take work within
100 mite radius of Uneoster
MAYNARD L. DKITZEL
Witmer, PA 17585 717-392-72'?/
Bam Spraying Our Business, not a sideline.
Spnym§ s'mct 1961.
ATTENTION
FARMERS
It Is Not Too Early To:
1. BUY ALFALFA SEED-
We have two top varieties available
for spring seeding:
Cimarron & Saranac AR.
2. Plan your SPRING WEED
CONTROL in established
ALFALFA. Call us to select the
best plant for your farm.
3. Line up your SMALL GRAIN
TOPDRESSING. We are ready
and Feb. I March is the time.
4. Be sure your FERTILIZER PLAN
is complete for 1984. Our Salesmen
will help you set yours up.
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” L ANHYDROUS AMMONIA J PQQQ QQ
2313 Norman Rd., Lancaster, PA 17601
PHONE: 717-397-5152
Hours: Monday thru Friday 7:30 to 4
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The
National Grange has urged the
House Agriculture Committee to
recognize the changing nature of
farm production when writing the
1965 Farm Bill. Edward Andersen,
leader of the nation’s oldest farm
organization, testified recently
that farm programs of the past
helped thrust American
agriculture into world prominence,
but the programs needs to be re
examined in light of changes that
have occurred in agriculture
during the past 50 years.
Andersen noted that previous
farm bills have been written on a
commodity-by-commodity basis
“without proper focus on the
overall effect such programs were
having on the structure of
agriculture.” The Grange leader
wants a farm bill that does what
previous farm bills attempted to do
without success which is aid the
size farm that is family
owner/operated. In order to help
the family sized farm, Andersen
Target ag policy to family farm
said the government must avoid
distributing farm program
benefits to farms that don’t need
help. “Because our farm programs
reward production volume, the
biggest farms get the biggest
payments regardless of need,” he
said.
Andersen reminded the Commit
tee not to confuse farm size with
farm efficiency. In the past,
farmers were urged to get bigger
to capture scales of efficiency, but
Andersen pointed out there are
limits to efficiency. “We have
heard entirely too much talk about
the ‘inefficient’ farmers being
forced out of production, when, in
fact, efficiency has very little to do
with it,” he said. The real issue is
how farms are financed. Andersen
suggested that the Committee
consider farm programs that offer
income supplements to farmers
who need assistance.
Andersen also urged the Com
mittee to begin work, in con
junction with the tax-writing
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committees, to overhaul the tax
code in order to better serve family
agriculture. He cited a recent
report to Congress that
acknowledged that more funds to
the treasury are lost through farm
related tax shelters than what the
treasury earns by taxing farm
profits.
“Farming has become a total
tax loser because of sheltering,”
Andersen remarked. He noted that
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WELLSBORO The Tioga
County Cooperative Extension
Service is sponsoring a Crops and
Soils Day on Tuesday, March 20, at
the Youth Center on the Tioga
County Fairgrounds, Whitneyville,
from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.
This year’s program will include
seed dealers, fertilizer & lime
dealers, chemical companies,
machinery dealers and others
R.W. KELLER SALES
Perkasie, PA 18944
Ph: (215) 257-0101
M. ML WEAVER & SON
N. Groffdale Rd.
Leola, PA 17540
Ph: (717)656-2321
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West Grove, PA
Ph: (215) 869-9440
869-2214
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MARLIN W. SCHREFFLER
Pitman, PA
Ph: (717)648-1120
ARNETTS GARAGE
Rt. 9 Box 125
Hagerstown, MD
Ph: (301) 733-0515
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700 E. Linden St.
Richland, PA
Ph: (717)866-7518
legitimate income tax, some
nonfarm investor is using a farm
tax shelter to hide more than a
dollar of income earned in some
other business. “That’s not the
way it was supposed to turn out,”
he said. “Just as we have failed to
target our farm program benefits
to family agriculture, we have
failed to target our tax policies to
those whom we intended to
benefit,” Andersen concluded.
interested in setting up a display.
They will have a chance to talk to
the farmers.
A free lunch will be served to
everyone and the cost covered by
the rental of the booth space.
Dealers interested in setting up a
display should contact the Ex
tension Service as soon as possible
at the Courthouse Annex in
Wellsboro, or by phoning 717-724-
1906, Ext. 266.
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Maxatawny, PA
Ph: (215) 683-7252
WEB SNYDER INC.
RDI
Watsontown, PA 17777
Ph: (717)538-5555