D6-Lancaster Farming Saturday, October 17, 1987
Sundance Improves Chipper/Gr
Sundance announces a new
improved version of the very ver
satile “Little Beaver” Chipper and
“Mini Tub” Grinder. The product
has application in agricultural,
landscaping, brush clearing, home
owner and other commercial
markets and is available in both
P.T.O. and engine drive models.
It’s a brush and dry wood chip
per, shredder, hay and feed grin
der, bedding and mulch chopper,
ear com and grain grinder and vac
uum cleaner all in one machine.
The basic machine is the same
for both grinding and chipping
operations. You simply change the
“Little Beaver” input chipper head
to the “Mini Tub” grinder head and
easily change from grinding bra
ches.up to 3.5” in diameter to
grinding straw for .mulching or
bedding. Mulched straw can be
placed on the ground right where
the operator wants it by utilizing
the long flexible hose attachment.
The hose can also be used to vac
uum leaves etc. into the grinding
chamber area and then discharged
into a trailer for disposal. The
“Mini Tub” grinder will grind
square bales of hay and straw at a
rate of up to 4 ton per hour. The
“Mini Tub” will also grind ear com
and other small grains at the rate of
up to 250 bushels per hour.
For more information contact
Ryder Supply Co., P.O. Box 219,
539 Falling Springs Rd., Cham
bersburg, PA 17201,
717-263-9111.
Treat For Quackgrass
For Maximum Control:
Recent studies on the growth
patterns of quackgrass show that
fall is an excellent time to treat to
get maximum control, says Tom
Larsen, weed control specialist for
Monsanto Company.
According to Larsen, research
shows a single applcation of a
translocating herbicide in the fall
not only provides immediate con
trol of quackgrass plants but gives
up to 85 percent control two crop
ping seasons later.
Armstrong
Expands
R-3 Line
The Armstrong Tire Com
pany plans to introduce four
sizes In its Torc-Trac R-3 trac
tor tire line. Scheduled for
availability this fall are
12.4-28, 13.6-28, 24.5-32 and
30.5 L-32 offerings. The Torc-
Trac’s non-dlrectlonal tread
design delivers both e&el
lent traction and flotation.
can vacuum leaves.
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as ear corn and other small grains.
‘That can be a great asset to far
mers who have had to use high
rates of atrazine and heavy tillage
every spring to control quack
grass,”Larsen says. “Add to that
the benefit of getting a headstart on
spring work, the cropping flexibil
ilty offered by using less atrazine
and a no-risk quackgrass control
guarantee offered by Monsanto,
and fall application becomes an
option that’s hard to ignore,”
Larsen says.
The guarantee program prom
ises that growers wfto spray Ran
ger herbicide according to label
directions this fall will have 85
percent control (of the quackgrass
that is sprayed) during the ’BB and
’B9 cropping seasons. If the fall
application should fail to work,
Monsanto will replace the Ranger
for any follow-up treatments
necessary in the spring prior to
planting. The guarantee applies
only to acres that are in annual
cropping rotations.
Fall is a very good time to con
trol quackgrass with Ranger herbi
cide, Larsen explains, because at
that tune of year most quackgrass
plants will be emerged. Nearly all
the rhizomes and a good portion of
the viable seeds in the soil will
have sprouted tops. Spraying at
that time will enable the herbicide
to be carried by the plants’ vascu
lar system into virtually all the
roots, giving nearly 100 percent
kill of tops and rhizomes.
Fall is also the time that quack
grass is storing up nutrients to sur
vive the winter and spraying at that
time ensures good movement of
the herbicide into the plant’s root
system for complete kill.
“Quackgrass control is essential
for top yields,” the weed specialist
explains. “It can mean up to an
additional 10 bushels of com per
acre and increased tonnage and
protein content in alfalfa.”
Full treatment with a translocat-
inder
In Fall
Monsanto
ing herbicide also eliminates the
problem of atrazine carryover
when rotating to forage crops.
Since quackgrass will not be a
problem for two seasons, there is
no need to use high rates of
atrazine.
Fall treatment can also be fitted
around other activities. Quack
grass is active at lower tempera
tures and continues growing after
the first frost. So long as 50 per
cent of the quackgrass plants are
still green they can be treated with
good results, according to Larsen.
Controlling Arthropods In The Hen House
BY LISA HAMM
LANCASTER There are bugs,
and then there are bugs. In high
rise hen houses, the undesirable
bugs are manure-breeding flies,
hide beetles, and mealworms,
while the good guys are preda
ceous mites, hisler beetles, and
parasitic wasps. The trick for poul
try farmers is to kill the former and
encourage the growth of the latter.
Dr. Clarence Collison, a Penn
State extension entomologist, dis
cussed methods of controlling
arthropods in hen houses at a poul
try health seminar on Monday
night. Current pest-control mea-
Eby Buys Grand Champion
At Eastern National
The 1987 Eastern National
Livestock Show Grand Champion
Market Steer was purchased by
M.H. Eby, Inc., of Blue Ball, Pen
nsylvania. Eby paid $1.05 per
pound for this 1395 lb. Simmental
- Angus Chi Cross steer.
The Eastern National Livestock
Show attracted 10,000 people
BUSINESS NE
Automatic now produces four sizes of two-stage roller
mills.
Automatic Now Selling
Two-Stage Roller Mills ;
CHAMBERSBURG Auto
matic announces a line of two
stage roller mills for commercial
use, according to distributor Ryder
Supply. Mills are designed for
heavy-duty use with two sets of
rolls mounted over and under. The
lop rolls are coarse-groove and the
bottom rolls are fine-groove to
provide maximum control over
uniformity of particle size, no mat
sures rely almost exclusively on
pesticides, he said. Since pests
quickly develop a resistance to
insecticides and improper use of
pesticides results in killing benefi
cial arthropods, Collison sug
gested integrated pest manage
ment as an alternative method.
This method involves combining
cultural, biological and chemical
control tactics.
Manure management is crucial
in controlling pests. Because
temperature and moisture are key
factors in breeding insects adult
flies like warm, moist manure it
is necessary to have adequate ven
from Maine to Florida and as far
west as Indiana. Over A of the
exhibitors were first timers, h is
one of the few remaining shows
that offers a special sale for 4-H
and FFA members.
Eby manufactures aluminum
livestock trailers and bodies and
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ter what grain is being processed’
Mills are available in four sizes to
produce 500,1,000,2,000 or 3,000
bushels per hour. Big diameter
shafts, oversize bearings and deep
grooved rolls are designed for
trouble-free operation. Muluple
V-belt drive provides smooth,
positive power. Mills are equipped
with quick-change rolls which can
be changed in a matter of minutes/
lilation and a daily routine that
includes checking the manure pit
for leaks. A high-rise hen house
with a dry pit and scrapper boards
that push manure into cones will
have only one place to watch for
breeding flies: the ridge crest
where fresh manure drops, said
Collison.
Many farmers clean out their
pits as soon as they notice a fly
problem. While this will clear out
the current pest population, within
two days, it provides the ideal con
dition for fly breeding. In addition,
just as it wipes out the harmful
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service states east of the Mississip
pi. Their commitment to produc
ing an excellent product is
reflected in the fact that their busi
ness continues to grow in a slug
gish farm economy.
Eby also is a dealer for Timpte
trailers, the largest manufacture of
grain hoppers in the U.S.