AlB-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 12,1985
HARRISBURG - Governor
Dick Thornburgh and his wife
Ginny will officially open the Pa.
Farm Show in the large arena at
noon on Sunday.
Use corn stalks
for winter bedding
CHAMBERSBURG - Mr.
Farmer, have you baled up your
corn stalks? Don’t bale them up
unless you really have to have the
bedding, advises John R. Akers,
district conservationist with the
Chambersburg office of the USDA
Soil Conservation Service.
It is essential to protect the com
fields from this winter’s excessive
freezing, thawing, rainstorms and
wind. For those farmers who pick
their com and let the stalk residue
in the field, their soil will be better
protected.
In addition, those farmers who
wish to plant by the no-till planting
system next spring will have an
adequate cover of residue on the
soil for this planting. To be doing a
proper job of no-till planting, it is to
be done in a residue that covers 30
percent of the surface after
planting is completed.
If stalks must be removed for
bedding, take them from the more
level fields first. It is helpful on
sloping fields when removing the
Triticale standards
changed
WASHINGTON - The U.S.
Department of Agriculture will
change its inspection standards for
triticale on May, 1, 1986. Revised
standards will make triticale that
contains one or more castor beans
grade “U.S. Sample Grade” and
will eliminate the use of smut as a
condition causing the gram to
become “U.S. Sample Grade.”
Current rules allow the presence
of two castor beans - a seed toxic
to livestock and rarely found in
grain - in a 1,000 gram sample to
render triticale “U.S Sample
Grade."
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Opening ceremonies
Sunday at Farm Show
The opening ceremonies, which
are free and open to the public, will
feature the many food and
agricultural products produced by
the state’s 59,000 family farms.
stalk residue to cut off a couple of
rows, skip a couple of rows, and
continue this up the hillside. This
method does provide some
protection to the hillside from
erosion that would occur if the
whole hillside is left bare for the
winter storms to attack the field.
For further information, contact
the SCS office at 550 Cleveland
Ave., Chambersburg, PA 17201,
phone 717-264-7013.
The theme for the 1985 show is
“Agriculture: The Pride of Penn
sylvania,” recognizing the status
of the food and fiber system as the
Commonwealth’s number one
industry.
Representatives of 25 Penn
sylvania commodity associations
will present gifts to the governor
and Mrs. Thornburgh and provide
visitors with an opportunity to
sample “The Pride of Penn
sylvania.” Each association will
have a booth in the arena for
distribution of food samples
throughout the afternoon.
The main exhibition areas of the
Farm Show Complex will be open
from 1-6 p.m. on Sunday.
The large arena will open at
10:30 a.m. to accomodate visitors
attending a non-denominational
worship service, which begins at
11:15 a.m., and the grand opening.
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Bechtel Farms in Halifax Township was named the Out
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the Dauphin Co. Conservation District. District Chairman
Russel Cassel (left) presents the award to Kenneth Bechtel II
(right) and his brother Jay Bechtel (center). The brothers,
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