Soybean Depth Control, Plant Population Successful Ingredients For Winner
A three-acre “block” was cut out of the main field and weights were taken separate
ly. Here Jon stands with son Phillip on last year’s championship soybean ground.
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percent planted before May 10.
The earliest planted acreage in the
contest was April 28 and the latest
May 29. Ninety-four percent of the
contestants inoculated and 67 per
cent used a drill. Fifty-six percent
seeded in rows less than 10 inches
apart and 33 percent seeded into
14-IS-inch rows. In overall plant
population, S 3 percent had plants
per acre totalling 200,0000 r more.
Ninety-four percent of the parti
cipants noted good weed control.
No one rotary hoed and plant lodg
ing was noted as “very little.”
Last June Stutzman hosted
about 25 members of the Kutztown
York County
Sets Holstein
Open House
BROGUE (York Co.) A
Yak County Holstein open house
is scheduled fa H.E. Heindel and
Sons, based here, on Tuesday.
April 14, at 7 p.m.
Featured speaker is Dave Rama,
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Young Fanners Association at his
farm. The field day looked into his
crop management strategies. Jon
specializes in a variety of agro
nomic crops.
Ideally, Stutzman indicated he
would like to raise more vegetable
crops. Five years ago the family
began a sideline business, selling
fall ornamentals, including pump
kins, gourds, and Indian com.
“We enjoy Mitering our crops in
the fair,” he said.
His children not only help with a
stand out in front of their farm sell
ing pumpkins and gourds in sea
son, they also help with vegetable
harvesting.
Cattle Exchange, Delhi, N.Y., on
merchandizing.
For directions to the open house,
lake RL 74 south of Brogue. Take
the first road right, which is Work
inger Rd. Take Woridnger Rd.
until it dead-ends at die farm lane,
about IV4 miles.
For more information, contact
Dan Hushon or Jeff Hcindel at the
farm, (717) 927-6558.