Kutztown Fair
(Continued from Pago A2O)
ey,” said Brennan’s mom, who
grabbed the halter to stop the calf.
“We’ll haveto do something diffe
rent for the next fair.”
Despite his troubles, Brennan
placed third overall.
Sarah Johnson, an gltemate
Berks County Dairy Queen, and
her friend, Denise Hoch, placed
fourth with their two Jersey calves
in Hawaiian grass skirts.
Sarah and Denise also wore
grass skirts over their shorts and
walked around the show ring in
bare feet.
When told she was taking quite
a chance in her bare feet, Sarah
replied that she hadn’t stepped on
anything “big."
Stacey Dietrich, who earlier had
die grand champion Holstein in the
show, and her friend Jennifer
Rassler were the grand champions
in the Mardi Gras. They also
depicted a Batman entourage, with
Stacey as Vicki Vale and Jennifer
as the Joker. Their Holstein was
costumed as The Penguin.
In the colored breeds portion of
die dairy show on Wednesday, the
winner of the champion Ayrshire
once again was Jed Vail of Mycr
stown. Jed, a junior at Tulpehock
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A similarly-contrived method is dn £ die roil- there they
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account the dryness at storage vary Percent” from what is
(about 15.5 percent moisture). actually m the manure to be
The benefits of estimating crop aPP‘jed
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The practice is also beneficial if ££ ' de ® of how ™ ch less or
a producer wants to do variety Sed nutnent “
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Grains
A soil lest gives a
base for existing nutri
ent levels, the manure
test gives the additional
amounts of nutrients
which can be applied,
plus the amount of star
ter fertilizer should be
taken into account
The amount of nutri
ents needed depends on
the crop and expected
yield.
Information on the
specific nutrient needs
of a projected crop yield
are available.
To figure how much
additional commercial
fertilizer is to be needed,
calculate the amount of
available nutrients
existing in the soil, add
the manure and starter
fertilizer amounts and
the amount that should
be side-dressed is that
amount needed to equal
the amount needed by
the crops.
Also, to accurately
predict how much nutri
ent value per acre is
coming from manure
applications, the spread
er rate must be cali
brated. It can be done
with 10-foot by 10-foot
plastic sheets that the
spreader is driven over,
at the normal applica
tion speed.
The amount of man
life on the plastic is
weighed. From testing
the manure, the estimate
nutrient value per
weight is multiplied by
the weight of the man
ure on the plastic and a
> usable value for manure
nutrients can be gained.
According to the
speakers, the advan
tages of using nutrient
management tools and
estimation tools is that
maximum yield goals
can be set and achieved,
it makes the best use out
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it is flexible and can be
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