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Know Farm’s ‘Microenvironment,
* Says Corn Grower President
* Rakestraw farms »boul 1.100 acres of
ANDY ANDREWS ClO ps (700 in com. 150 acres in
Lancaster Farming Still enm „,d 150 acres in hiy) wilh
MONTOURSVILLE (Lycoming » Curt said that a farmer
Co.) "You hive u> know the micro- taow qu alUies of the soil and
environment ofevery place you f*m m environment as a whole.
order to be able to make an intelligent „^ e (, av e some clay and rock, he
choice in seed com selection, said "They say this is where the gla-
Cun Rakestiaw, newly elected presr- c|ersdld most damage. The edge of
dent of the Pennsylvania Master Com f WJB righl here So we ge t »
Groweis Association, Inc. » bl( of everyl hing around here ”
Dunng an interview early last month . o^ egtraw M j,j t lot of the land he
with Lancaster Farming, Rakestraw w com hIJ a 10l 0 f different
toured several of the 31 dl [ feren ‘f? r "| vim eliesof soil, ranging from a Hager
sites he rents in the faim valley north of S)U loam l 0 s haley loam to red
North White Deer Ridge At one Penn one fann a lhe Lycoming
State research lest plot (one of several r sai( j .. we were told there were
early to medium season plots statewide) different soil types in three of the
on land leased from Joe Youman s ~ he saJ( , .. And j bc|| CV e it
Farm in Fairfield Township, Rakestraw t* • . lt it msl changes every
spoke about some of the f £ ( or „
tors growers should consider when , Turß t 0 Pta* J)
| picking a variety —|
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