Penn State Slates *Living Mulch 9 Tour
UNIVERSITY PARK - When
looking for a ground cover to
prevent soil erosion for complying
with government programs, or just
a better way to prevent runoff in
planted fields, why not consider a
crownvetch living mulch?
Nathan Hartwig, associate
professor of weed science at The
Pennsylvania State University,
says crownvetch planted as a
living mulch can improve soil
9:30 to 10 a.m.
10 a.m. to noon
noon
1 to 2 p.m.
2 to 4 p.m.
Interested persons should contact organization and address. Please
Dr. Hartwig at 119 Tyson Building, send a check for $5 for each person
University Park, PA 16802 by June to cover the cost of lunch and bus
13. Include your name, fare for the tours.
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Registration at the Agronomy Farm
(Highway 45, 2 miles west of Pine Grove
Mills).
Tour the Research Plots
a. crownvetch establishment in corn.
b. crownvetch establishment following
small grains.
c. crownvetch
bicides.
d. influence of tillage on crownvetch
suppression.
e. cropping rotations in crownvetch.
Lunch at the Agronomy Farm.
Farmer experiences with crownvetch.
Tour of Local Farms where crops are
planted into crownvetch.
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conditions for crop growth and
almost eliminate erosion.
To show farmers and soil con
servationists the value of the living
mulch, on June 25 Dr. Hartwig will
take interested persons on a tour of
the Penn State Agronomy
Research farm and local farms
where crops are planted in
crownvetch. A schedule for the day
is listed below.
The schedule is as follows;
with her-
suppression
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