M-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 3, 1999
Pancake/Sausage Day,
Open House Slated
ELIZABETHTOWN (Lan
caster Co.) On Wednesday,
April 7, White Oak Mills Inc. has
scheduled an old-fashioned pan
cake/sausage day and open house
here at its headquarters.
Having held an annual daily
customer appreciation seminar for
the past 12 years. White Oak Mills
is extending an invitation to all
Pennsylvania and Maryland dairy,
swine, poultry, and other livestock
producers, customers, and indus
try associates to attend this year’s
one-day pancakc/sausage event.
Activities will include mill
Kuhn Introduces
Mixer Wagon
VERNON, N.Y. A new mix
er wagon, the Eutotnix II 1460,
has been added to the machineiy
line available from Kuhn Farm
Machineiy, Inc., Vernon, N.Y.
and Kuhn S.A., Saveme, France.
Based on years of successful
sales and experience with the
Euromix HI Series, the Euromix II
features the ability to incorporate
entire large square and round
bales of hay or haylagc into the ra
tion using twin horizontal rotors.
Other standard features of the
Eutotnix II 1460 include a capa
city of 500 cubic feet, unloading
on cither the left or right, a fully
independent chassis for additional
strength, heavy duty construction,
double planetary reduction gear
box, and an optional program
mable ration scale.
Kuhn offers a number of bale
Hamilton Becomes Pro
Series Distributor
EPHRATA (Lancaster Co.)
Hamilton Equipment, based here
and with a branch in Raphinc, Va.,
has been appointed exclusive
wholesale distributor for Pro Ser
ies products for Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland,
Virginia, and West Virginia.
Pro Series Products is a division
of King Machine Company, Inc.
of Scottsburg, Ind. Pro Series
Products include the popular Pro
Chopper bale chopper/blower and
Pro Crimper mulch-crimping disc.
Hamilton Equipment will sell
and service Pro Series products
through its dealer network of farm
equipment and commercial equip
ment dealers. Landscape contrac
tors will benefit by having region
al warehouses to inventory Pro
Series products.
MILK
Where's your mustache? “
touts and “people stress manage
ment" talks by Dr. Jim Van Hom
of Pennsylvania State University,
given throughout the day. At
tendees may also share fellowship
with industry representatives and
company personnel, visit informa
tional booths, and register for door
prizes. Pancakes and sausage will
be served all day.
The April 7 event will be held
rain or shine from 7 a.m. to 3 p,m.
To attend this free pancake/sau
sage day and open house, call
White Oak Mills’ customer ser
vice department toll-free, (800)
468-5524.
A new mixer wagon, the
Euromix II 1460, has been,
added to the machinery line
available from Kuhn Farm
Machinery, Inc., Vernon, N.Y.
and Kuhn S.A., Saverne,
France.
unrolling and feed processing im
plements designed for today’s
progressive farmer.
Hamilton Equipment will
sell and service Pro Series
products through its dealer
network of farm equipment
and commercial equipment
dealers.
Brubaker Hires Specialists
EPHRATA (Lancaster Co.)
Brubaker Agronomic Consulting
Service, Inc. (BAGS), based here,
has announced that two new spe
cialists have joined the company.
Charles “Chuck” Ward serves
as an agronomic territory consul
tant and certified nutrient manage
ment planner. George Hazard
works as a certified nutrient man
agement planner and environmen
tal specialist.
Chuck Ward has an extensive
history working with agriculture
and conservation issues in Mary
land and Virginia. He was raised
mi a small farm in Stockton, Md.
After receiving his bachelor’s
degree in agriculture from the Uni
versity of Maryland Eastern Shore
in 1992, he worked in the ag field
for government and private firms.
Ward is nutrient-management
certified and is knowledgeable of
federal and state agricultural and
environmental programs. He
serves clients on the lower
Delmarva Peninsula, writing nutri
ent management plans and con
sulting on more than 40 crops.
George Hazard has been hired
as a certified nutrient management
Deere Announces No
MOLINE, HI. The next gen
eration of John Deere no-till drills,
the 1560 No-Till Drill and 1860
No-Till Air Drill, have replaced
the 750 and 1850 drills, respec
tively.
The new models feature en
hanced depth gauging, no-tools
opener adjustment, and all-till ca
pability. A new seedbox on the
plain-grain version of the 1560
Drill provides increased capacity,
and fills and empties more com
pletely.
One of the most noteworthy
features on the new 1560 No-Till
Drill and the 1860 No-Till Air
Drill is the new opener. It is de
signed and manufactured by John
Deere and has more-precise depth
gauging, with 13 depth settings in
quarter-inch increments, com
pared to seven 7/16-inch incre
ments on the previous opener.
The new design also provides
two inches of vertical float before
“active” hydraulic down-pressure
and opener spring force are ap
plied. This enables the opener to
follow rolling terrain and run in
mellow soil conditions without
applying excessive down force.
Corn Club
HENDERSON, Nev. The
Pennsylvania Corn Club recent
ly announced the winners of its
annual yield contests
Joseph F. Matejik of
Mechanicsville, Pa., was the
1998 winner in the shelled-grain
class with yield of 202.6 bushels
per acre.
Matejik also won a second,
even more prestigious award
with the announcement that he
had taken first place in the
Three-Year Average Awards,
shelled-gram class (regular har
vest size). This award recognizes
good management and produc
tion practices that bring consis
tency to a farming enterprise
Matejik farms about 700 till
able acres with 450 acres of
corn, 200 acres of soybeans and
50 acres of wheat in Bucks
County.
In 1996, the first year of
Matejik’s three-year campaign,
he planted Hytest® 4682 hybrid
which yielded 187.7 bushels per
Charles “Chuck” Ward
planner and environmental spe
cialist Hazard has extensive his
tory in nutrient management, pre
viously working for a conservation
district. He is very familiar with
concentrated animal feeding oper
ation (CAFO) regulations.
Hazard has served on the Mid-
i
The John Deere 1860 no
till air drill is available in 30-,
36-, and 42% -foot models.
The drill’s new no-till opener
features no-tool adjust
ments, less maintenance,
and greater operating flexi
bility.
Opener down-prcssuife can be ad
justed from a minimum of 165
pounds up to 450 pounds (depend
ing on the model). The result is ac
curate depth control in any seed
bed conditions.
A choice of either steel or
smooth-sided gauge wheels is
available to match soil conditions.
The smooth wheels minimize soil
throw, making them particularly
well,suited for a wide range of
conditions, including convention
ally tilled fields.
Honors Yield Winners
acre (.b/a). In 1997, Matejik
switched to the Hytest HT4612
hybrid which yielded 211.9 b/a.
This past year, he continued
with Hytest HT4612 and was
able to yield 202.6 b/a for a 3-
year average of 200.7 b/a.
Hytest 8H4612 is a relative
newcomer for Pennsylvania
growers. Development trials
indicate this is an aggressive
hybrid that emerges fast with
excellent early-season vigor.
“8H4612 displays good cold
tolerance and its early-season
vigor is ideal for no-till produc
tion,” Matejik said. “It also has
high tolerance to many foliar
diseases.”
The hybrid is planted
throughout Midwest and
Northern states. It has a rela
tive maturity of 109 to 111 days
and requires 2,495 growing
degree units.
“We’ve planted Hytest
hybrids for years with excellent
results,” Matejik said. “They
start off fast, resist diseases,
State Resource Conservation and
Development Council board of
directors, Juniata River Clean
Water Steering Committee, and is
a Juniata County Farm Safety
Coalition member. Hazard
received his bachelor’s degree in
biology from Penn State.
Till Drills
Seed flow to the furrow is en
hanced by a 25-percent larger
steel seed tube inserted into the
seed boot A new two-piece seed
boot with replaceable bottom por
tion helps cut maintenance time
and cost.
The opener hub features a sea
led double-row ball bearing that
reduces maintenance. The pre
vious opener hub used a grease fit
ting and roller bearing. John Deere
engineers also designed a larger
closing-wheel bearing and moved
it from the wheel to the arm to
keep it out of the soil. The bearing
has an improved seal as well, to
increase reliability. The press
wheel bearing seal has also been
improved.
Adjusting the new opener for
peak performance has never been
easier. An operator can adjust seed
depth in quarter-inch increments
to 3'/z inches and set down-pres
sure on the press wheel from 5 to
45 pounds, and closing wheel
pressure from 26 to 43 pounds
quickly, and without tools. Down
pressure on each opener is set
without tools, also.
and finish strong with excellent
test weights and total yield,
Matejik put together his win
ning program using a no-till pro
duction system. Last spring was
cold and wet so his com didn’t
get planted until May 15 He
planted 30-inch rows into rotat
ed soybean ground.
“In the yield contest I use my
better fields, but I don’t do any
thing special beyond that,”
Matejik said.
“I try to end the season with
30,000 plants per acre,” he said
Last year he planted a popula
tion of 33,606, a little higher
than normal but it worked out
okay, he said.
“To achieve maximum yields,
you need a complete package
Start with a dependable hybrid
and develop inputs that opti
mize that hybrid’s potential
Yield contests are the fun side of
production. Optimizing yields
for maximum profit potential is
what keeps us in business,” he
said.
George Hazard