LTITTZ (Lancaster Co.) - More
than 800 people attended the two
day planting clinic, equipment
demonstrations, and field plot eva
luations at Binkley & Hurst Bros.,
Inc., this week. The event was
staged to help farmers see what
new technology and equipment is
avalialbe.
“We long ago stopped telling
people what to do.” Don Hoover
said. “Our presentations come
from a broad scope of experience,
and we throw all the options out
and let farmers find what works for
them.”
Two out-of-state farmers were
among the presenters at the “sit
down” seminars in the shop. Ray
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SPONSORED BY; Empire state Potato Club, Inc.
IN COOPERATION WITH; •American Agriculturist
•New York State College of Agriculture & life Science *New York
Equipment Dealers’ Association 'New York State Farm Equipment
Club *New York State Electric A Gas
Corporation 'Rochester Gas & Electric
Corporation •Cornell Cooperative Extension
Admission:
$5.00 per
car
Planting Clinic Draws Large Crowd
Dawson farms 5,500 acres in
Farmwell, Michigan, and Joe
Whitney is a farmer from St.
Marys, Ohio, and also operates a
distributing business of farm
implements.
Rawson spoke of making the
transition in tillage to new techno
logies as being motivated by pro
fit Sensing systems and compu
ters now give farmers the ability to
tell the fertility of the soil any
where in the world. As you man
ipulate the soil air, the soil water,
and the soil residue, you can
reduce soil fertility costs and with
die time factor, grow more crops in
less time and with less input
Whitney took a common sense
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Field Demonstrations
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look at how farmers plant com and
soybeans. The whole issue of
planting is to make sure you have
even germination. If your seeds
don’t reach the depth of the mois
ture level, you have delayed
The field demonstrations and planting clinics at Binkley & Hurst Bros., Inc., draw
more than 800 persons.
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emergence. Planter leveling, even
seed beds, even seed spacing, seed
disk tensioning, and good blade
contact in minimum tillage situa
tions, were subjects covered.
Many other area agribusiness
also had booths and representa
tives at the clinic. The commodity
promotion groups served breakfast
and lunch. A special ladies’ tour
was arranged to local shops and
outlet stores.
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