Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, October 30, 1993, Image 151

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These Pictures Were Taken At Ag Progress Penn State 1993 And
Equipment Shown At Work Was Furnished By Binkley & Hurst Bros.
It Takes A Sunflower Ripper To Take This Type Of Punishiment, So Buy Heavy Duty Tillage, Buy Sunflower
And A New Case IH Magnum Tractor From Binkley & Hurst For Outstanding Performance
This series of photos shows a deep-tillage device called a V-rlpper as it bute to compaction. Also cat ippet. jp tn t
digs 15-inches into the soil to loosen the hard-packed soil. In hay for more er layers of topsoil and the subsoil to allow for better plant root growth. The
than 25 years, the field was used for many years as a parking lot at Ag Prog- subsoiling demonstration was one of several tillage demonstrations that
ress. Over the years, during dry and wet conditions, cars and other equip- visitors could see at this year’s Ag Progress Days,
ment packed the soil, Inherently full of rocks and clay, which help contri-
Once A Parking Lot, Now A Deeply Tilled Field By Binkley & Hurst Bros. Heavy Duty Sunflower Tillage
Equipment and Case IH Magnum Tractors All Sold And Serviced By Binkley & Hurst
Your Dealer For Heavy Duty Equipment
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming Staff
ROCKSPRING (Centre Co.)
Once upon a time, they needed a
place to put cars. So they used a
hay field.
The hay field, you see, goes
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back, way back, to a time before
tons of cars and equipment were
invited onto it, in conditions rainy
and dry, to pack it down.
Its usefulness as a parking lot
served well, but for growing crops,
well, that was in question. It was
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-solid hardpan. Dusty and rocky.
Nearly unfit for farming.
Until a deep tiller, what tillage
experts call a "V-ripper,” arrived
one day.
Despite the rocks, clay, hard
pan, and dry, dry soil, the V-ripper
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did its job, and dug down deep
IS inches deep, to be exact. The
subsoiler helped loosen and dis
lodge the compaction layer so
harmful to good root growth and
overall crop condition.
The photos here depict the “V
muster Farming. Saturday, October 30, 1993-Dl9
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ripper” at work during a special
deep tillage demonstration on
Tuesday afternoon at Ag Progress
Days.
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