D2o*Lancast«r Farming Saturday, November 8,1986
Groundwater Workshops Set At Three Maryland Locations
Consider these facts
About 85 percent of the water
supply in Maryland’s coastal plain
counties is groundwater from wells
and other subterranean sources.
The coastal plain area includes
17 of Maryland’s 23 counties,
bordering both sides of the
Chesapeake Bay. This area is
experiencing constantly expanding
pressures on its fresh water supply
due to population growth, in
creasing use of irrigation on farm
Gehl Offers
WEST BEND, Wise. - Gehl’s
new model 125 and 170 Mix-All
portable grinder mixers are now
on line, according to Jim Phillips,
Gehl Mix-All product manager.
Described as “second generation
hydraulic machines,” the new
models combine the advancements
made on all past models with
design changes that add con
venience and economy, says
Phillips.
Features include a mill with 66
cutting hammers for a more
uniform grind; continuous
recirculation action for thorough
blending; hydraulic operation for
smooth feeding, fingertip control
and fast unloading.
A big advantage of
hydraulically-operated feed
making with a Mix-All is reduced
maintenance, Phillips notes. Gehl
engineers have eliminated many
parts that normally cause
problems, such as the drive belts,
chains and gear clusters on the
feeding attachments and loading
mechanism.
Model 125 has a capacity of 100
bushels, and model 170 has a
capacity of 135 bushels.
For additional information on
the new Mix-Alls, contact Richard
Burckardt, Gehl Company, West
Bend, W 153095, (414) 334-9461.
Crop Residue
Aids Wildlife
The practice of leaving the
residue of the latest crop over
winter is helping wildlife in
Franklin County. Research is
showing that letting crop residue
on the surface over the winter
months is providing important
wildlife benefits, states Robert
Hotchkiss, soil conservationist
with the Chambersburg office of
the USDA Soil Conservation
Service.
On many farms fencerows,
windbreaks, bushy draws, and odd
areas within and between fields
have been cleared to enlarge
farming operations. Farm wildlife
populations have declined in these
areas.
A two-year study in Illinois found
448 more birds per square mile in
fields of standing cornstalks than
in fall-plowed fields. According to
the study, more waste grain is left
in the untilled fields. The untilled
acreage averaged 384 pounds of
waste grain per acre while only 3.3
pounds per acre was left in the fall
plowed land.
With an adequate crop residue
left on crop fields, nest sites are
dispersed throughout the field. A
study in lowa showed an average
of 37 bird nests per 247 acres
compared to only 4 nests for the
same acreage when the crop
residue was plowed under.
Winter is extremely hard on both
wildlife and the soil. When a
protective cover is left on the
fields, both wildlife and the soil
benefits from this crop residue.
crops, and lack of sufficient rain
during the past 1 years.
Associated with these supply
pressures are growing statewide
problems of groundwater con
tamination caused by rusted and
abandoned underground storage
tanks, improper hazardous waste
disposal, insufficient wastewater
treatment at municipal sewage
plants, and septic tank failures.
Added to this are such regional
problems as saltwater instrusion
on the Eastern Shore, urban
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Eight inch intake and exhaust hoses take the grass clippings and leaves away from the mower and into
the storage area. The grass clippings and leaves are collected in a 50 cubic feet storage area using a 17
cu. ft welded steel cart and a matching all-steel cart cover.
730 South Broad St.
Lititz, Pa. 17543
on Route 501 6 miles North
of Lancaster
Lancaster County
717-626-2121
stoirnwat n r mnoff in the
Baltimore metropolitan area and
acid mine drainage in western
Maryland.
Is anything being done to protect
Maryland’s precious groundwater
supplies? Yes, planners, public
officials, local health officers and
civic-minded residents in various
municipalities are tackling the
problem head-on.
Many of them have been
prepared for the job, at least in
part, by two sets of daylong
rac Vac
The Models 854 and 856 PTO Vacuums are
designed for tractors using a 540 RPM and an
856 RPM power takeoff speed with front or mid
drive mower. The Model 854 is for all 540 RPM
tractors. The Model 856 fits the 856 RPM PTO
speed.
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IN STOCK NOW
TWO CONVENIENT LOCATIONS:
PARTS * SALES ★ SERVICE
educational meetings, beginning in
January 1985, which were spon
sored by the University of
Maryland’s Cooperative Extension
Service with assistance from other
state agencies.
A third round in this series is now
scheduled at three locations across
the state during November and
early December. It is intended to
cover the upper Eastern Shore,
central and western Maryland.
The second round of meetings, held
last May, covered southern
Maryland and the lower Eastern
Shore.
The new schedule of dates and
places is as follows:
Nov. 7- Upper Eastern Shore
meeting at Chesapeake College
near Wye Mills; room C-203 in
Caroline College Center on main
campus. Located at junction of
U.S. 50 and Highway 213.
Registration deadline is Oct. 29.
Nov. 20- Central Maryland
meeting in the Holiday Inn at
Timonium. Take exit 16A off In
terstate Highway 83 north of the
Baltimore Beltway. Registration
deadline is Nov. 11.
Dec. 4- Western Maryland
meeting in the Holiday Inn at
Cumberland. Take downtown exit
43C off U.S. Highway 48.
Registration deadline is Nov. 25.
Each of the three meetings will
start with registration and a coffee
hour at 8 a.m.; the educational
VACUUMS
Both PTO units mount on a category 1 3-pt.
hitch. Impeller speed needed to do an efficient
cleanup job is obtained with a two to one Durst
gear box and necessary jack shafts to obtain a
speed of 3600 RPM in the air turbine.
program will run from 9 a.m. to
3:30 p.m. A $l5 registration fee
includes lunch, coffee breaks and
printed materials.
Morning sessions essentially will
duplicate the programs held in
May, reports Dean F. Tuthill,
conference coordinator. But the
afternoon sessions will cover new
topics tailored to each area where
the meeting is being held, he said.
Dr. Tuthill is an Extension
specialist in agricultural and
resource economics at the
University of Maryland’s College
Park campus.
Conference brochures, which
include a registration form, are
available from offices of the
university’s Cooperative Ex
tension Service m each Maryland
county and in Baltimore. Or, you
may obtain one by contacting Dr.
Tuthill’s office in College Park
during weekday business hours.
The telephone number is (301) 454-
3226.
Working with the Extension
Service in sponsoring the ground
water education meetings are the
University of Maryland’s Water
Resources Team and Water
Resources Research Center, along
with the Office of Environmental
Programs in the state Department
of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Partial funding is being provided
by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency.
PTO
R. 7 Lebanon, Pa. 17042
Rt 419 1 mile West of
Schaefferstown,
Buffalo Springs
Lebanon County
717-949-6501