Scholarship Winner Named HERSHEY (Dauphin Co.) - The PFGC scholarship wiimer from Delaware Valley College was Jeremy Yeager, senior in agronomy from Chambersburg. Yeager was presented with a scholarship in the amount of $750 from PFGC. Jeremy comes from a dairy farm d/SSi) SUPERFLOW FERTILIZER SPREADERS d/icon) SUPERFLOW v / SEEDER Spreaders are the most accurate broadcast spreaders in the world. The unique pendulum action keeps the spread pattern close to the rear of the machine while at the same time providing a symmetrical pattern on both sides. Si B'' I working I spreading width | The pattern allows “back and forth” as well as “around and around” operation. The “truncated” pattern offsets inaccurate overlap problems, eliminating streaking. Stop By Your Nearest Dealer and See First Hand Why They’re Worth The Investment PENNSYLVANIA Bloomsburg D&E Equipment Centre Hall Dunkle & Grieb, Inc. Clifford North East Dist. & Equip. Glen Rock Wertz Farm Equipment Jersey Shore Thomas Dunlap D ' S,rlbU,ed By: fSHsS) CUMMINGS and BRICKER, Inc. ST I 5 100 Stover Drive, Carlisle, PA 17013 717/249-6720 GREENLAND 'vrK,, Klingerstown Stanleys Farm Service Leola M.M. Weaver & Son Mahaffey Hutton Farm Equipment New Berlinville Erb & Henry Equipment New Ringgold Eckroth Bros. Farm Equipment Orefield Eckroth Equipment near Chambersburg, He has also worked for a crop consulting firm in Shippensburg. Jeremy has a real appreciation for the importance of quality forages for dairy production and for the diversity of the types of forages grown in his area of Pennsylvania, I i I i.^^j I ® I overlap j Peach Bottom Triple H Equipment Rome Allis Hollow Equipment Pen Run Manor Motors Sharon Watsons, Inc. NEW JERSEY Pittsgrove Schaper Bros. 100-120 Lehigh Ave., P.O. Box 928, Batavia, New York 14021-0928 716/343*5411 taaglng ‘Garnergrass’ Management (Continued from Pago 24) Cows are put on pasture on April 18-20. Acres from which baleage is removed are added to the rotational system in June. Gamer noted that, as far as they know, it was the first pasture system RU: ho| eni cot stal plal ad/ vai cost-shared by the Chesapeake nay Program in the state. Gamer hires a neighbor to do bis may mowing and baling. “We do all of our haying in two days." he said, “the worst two days of my summer." The “gamcrgrass” is similar to a sweet vernal grass, but with distinct characteris tics. The junk grass, as it is also known, continues to prolif erate and is common to the Morris Volusia soil, a clay-glaciated soil, more acidic than limestone soils. Gra dually, more volun tary clover has begun emerging with the junk grass, promoting even additional feed quality. “It’s not the best clover, it's short to the ground, but it works fairly well,” said Gamer. Now, Garner’s herd average is about 18,000 pounds. In the summer, the cows are fed a supplement ground shelled com or commeal along with the forage. In the winter, the cows are fed a “grist mill mix,” he said, as a supple ment, in addition to the baled grass. All other hay is purchased. Now, instead of two machines cut tings per year, the cows go onto the pas tures and take about 15-18 cuttings them selves. And the pro tein is “double what it was,” Gamer said about 20 percent crude protein. The tough “gamer grass” is predominant in the fields. “There is enough seed in the soil for 300 years,” Gamer quipped. Gamer has not applied commercial fertilizer since be began grazing. He composts manure and sells the material in the summer. Gamer said that the farm recently installed a spring development “so we now have gravity-fed water available in every paddock.” The producer also noted that he has picked up an addition al 18 acres of rented ground about a mile away from the home farm. They hay from that location will have to be baled. He may slowly expand the herd size. But for now, he remains land locked by some development.
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