El2-Lanc«ster Farming. Saturday, August 13, 1988 UNIVERSITY PARK, PA. Increasing concern over manure management brings a new feature to this year’s farm machinery demonstrations at Penn State’s Ag Progress Days, August 16, 17 and 18. Each afternoon at 1:30 p.m. far mers will be able to see firsthand proper methods of calibrating manure spreaders and a demon stration of manure injection equip ment The calibration demonstra tion will include determining the nutrient content of the manure as well as determining how much manure to spread per acre. "For the past several years Penn State has been developing methods to improve the efficient use of nutrients on Pennsylvania farms. Extension efforts have focused on the development of nutrient man agement plans that reduce nutrient loss and protect surface and groundwater supplies. The Ag Progress Days demonstrations of manure handling equipment add a new component to our manure management programs,” says Dr. Paul Robillard, assistant professor of agricultural engineering. Also new this year will be a greater emphasis on consumer information about purchasing and using farm machinery. “At each demonstration we plan to present a short commentary on the educa tional aspects of equipment being shown. This information should be helpful to someone appraising the capabilities of competitive brands of machinery,” says Professor. Paul Anderson, associate profes sor of ag engineering and chairman of the field machinery demonstra tions committee. “Our emphasis this year is on tillage, forage hand ling and manure handling.” Ag Progress Days visitors will This PTO alternator includes plus or minus 1 percent automatic voltage regulation and generates at 1,800 rpm to provide precise voltage control. 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Seedbed preparation and planting demonstrations will feature prim ary and secondary tillage and con servation planting. “There’s always something new and different in the tillage area,” says Anderson. “We are seeing a general trend toward reduced til lage practices and toward combin ing primary and secondary tillage into one piece of equipment The question then becomes, ‘how well can a planter work in that environ ment?” Machinery demonstrations will help farmers answer that ques tion for themselves. Penn State research shows that no-till or minimum-till planting methods save on soil erosion, time and labor. Other field demonstrations are mowing and tedding equipment as well as hay harvesting machinery, including windrow inverters, win drow mergers, balers, bale wrap pers and the application of drying agents. “We’ve seen a lot of inter est in large square balers that pro- required for starting even the hea viest motor loads. 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