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Clinton News-Record, 1985-07-31, Page 26S . PER PE IALLI IN WATER OR IN OIL CLOVER LEAF CHUNK LIGHT TUNA 4 NJ .E -P „OW i d+ t'o f ►n and Brice . recently tO ear first hand .airg.t. goose tion tillage, A. v . klrUrn,. tAqiteelndque of farting Sal fonservation Day, organized by.the Ilan Soil and Crop Assoelation, was he 4 at the farm of Ray and, Mildred Hogan in AshffieldLownship. -' Area farmers toured fields on the Hogan farm using ridge till, and no till, two types of conservation tallage, and conventional tillage for theh white bears and corn crop. There were displays of . machinery used in - • soil conservation and four guest speakers from the U.S. who are involved in the prac- lapplication of conservation tillage. ccording to Jane Sadler Richards,. MAF's senior conservation advisor, there are three basic types of tillage, no till, ridge and minimum till, which is an umbrella term which encompasses chisel plowing, discing and cultivating. The basis of conservation tillage, is to leave the residue from the previous crop on the field rather than plowing it under using conventional tillage. The residue helps to control soil erosion by intercepting the rain drops so the soil does, not become detached by the rainfall. The residue serves as a dam which slows down the speed of the water and keeps the land moist for a longer period of time. The process is useful on the tops and side slopes of hills where top soil would ordinari- ly wash away and crops would suffer. "The residue helps to keep the soil where_ it should • be," she said. No Tillage, the most extreme form of con- servation tillage, is where tillage prior to planting is eliminated. The spring. planting Carl and Rosemary Epply of Wabash, Indiana better to those using the, conventional tillage system. Although the ridge and no till systems are relatively new, the farm must be patient with these systems. "You've got to give it a fair shake before you decide if you're happy / with it," she said. Farmers should try it for between two to four years before deciding ' whether or not to continue with the systems, she said. One of those convinces or me uea,er:il,� �. the alternative tillage systems is Dr. Howard Duster, an associate professor in the department of Agricultural Economics at Purdue University in Indiana. He spoke about the economic returns from alter - can therefore be done in May using a modified planter and tillage is"limited to a two to three inch strip. Ridge tillage, a system of putting five to six inch hills. m which the crop grows, is used mainly for soy bean and corn crops although there is ex- perimentation done to make it useable for cereal crops, said Sadler Richards. There are a number of benefits to using the alternative tillage methods, says Sadler Richards. One of the obvious benefits is the reduction in soil loss due to erosion. The system also saves on fuel costs as well as time and labor. She says farmers using the system are generally "very happy" with the system and the yields are comparable or KRAFT ASSORTED VARIETIES 455 mL 1.29 B.B.Q. SAUCE CHRISTIES CHEDDAR FLINGS OR CHEDDEES SNACKS 150gPKG ROYAL OAK WITH MESQUITE CHARCOAL BRIQUETS 10 lb. FOUR VARIETIES RICKS PICKLES , 500 mL 99' 159 1.59 KRAFT THICK 'N' SPICY 3 VARIETIES BAR -B -Q SAUCE 455 mL SCHNEIDERS ASSORTED VARIETIES FROZEN MEAT PIES 2 s 1.39 250 g 1.49 SUPER SPECIAL! 1 POTATO CHIPS ALL VARIETIES HOSTESS BRAND VARIETIES HOSTESS BRAND 200 g PKG. JAVEX BLEACH LIQUID STYLE FRESH SCENT 3.6 LITRE dive e Il datSolC+ D rDuster. eri ,ot'reseerp. alternative ; tillage cgs.In ndi , released a .seie ztif paper oo t subject., He, * wit three other professprs . m the. university, found that tl}e profit from fog the' alternative 114g on corn and soy bean, plots; veried:'fr+t ' l r acre.. The experiment a revealed that rno till system produced profits. c ° BAA r>tble to those of the ridge:till oto well. °.. ed, slop- ing soils. However; no tiill'was., found to be unfavorable compared with other systems on other soils. The tillage systems that were tested were, fall, plow, fall.chisel plowing, spring plow, spring disc: till plant or•ridge till and no till. Erosion connected with the systems turn- ed out to the severest with the plow systems, to a lesser extent with the chisel and disc systems and minimal with the ridge till and no till systems. The experiment concluded that the alter- native tillage systems are an economical alternative to the conventional or moldboard plow system for corn and soy beans in Indiana. Most importantly, Dr. Doster said the types of soils, found in In- diana are relatively similar to the soils found in Huron County. 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Carl Epply, a farmer from Wabash, In- diana, has been using the ridge till system for the past years and gave insights into the system for the a proximately 200 who at- tended Soil Conse>vation Day. Mr. Epply found that his corn and soy bean yield were reducing every year under the. conventional moldboard plow system. After consulting with the rural con- servationist for the area, he discovered that his yield problems developed because of compaction in the soil after spring plowing. Under his present system, he does no plowing in the fall and plants on a six to eight inch ridge directly into the corn stub- ble in the spring. After five years, he has found that the compaction problem was alleviated. "It made me feel pretty good that we were able to improve the soil with a new method of farming," he said. Since he began ridge tilling in 1979, the yield has increased dramatically. In that year, the corn yield was 156 bushels per acre " while in 1980, a dry year, resulted in a yield of 145 bushels per acre. He said he has ex- perienced an 18 bushel per acre increase since switching from conventional plowing. In 1981, the yield increased to 155 bushels per acre. The bean crops have also been in- creasing with the ridge till system. He says he saves on fuel because he uses only one tractor at planting time and he saves, a lot of time because he does all the planting by himself. He says the saving amounts to between $40 - $60 per acre by us- ing the ridge till system. "Before, I could see nothing but trash, but now it bothers me to see clean tilled fields," he said. Rosemary Epply, a former broadcaster in the Wabash, gave a recitation on the soil and how it affects each of us. She also spoke on the hazards of stress on the farm and how more aid more farm marriages have ended in .,:i•; : r e when 20 years before farm divorces were are. She said this stress ac- cumuli:les at planting time. With her hus- band's use of conservation tillage, the work- ing hours at planting time are greatly reduc- ed which eases the tension which farmers feel at this time of year. Ben Edmunsden, a farmer from Clayton, Indiana, has used the ridge till system since 1982. He says he is reducing the costs with every year on the system and the pressure to get the crops in is greatly reduced with conservation tillage. "When we get up in the morning we just start planting, We find this a pure and sim- ple delight," he said. "We just plant day after day with nothing to hold us up." He says his corn yield is at 160 bushels per acre while his soy bean return is at 45 bushels per acre. However, he says farmers, mtist believe in the system "120 per cent" to... make it work. "We feel like we're making some great ,in- roads and we hope to keep working on this," he said. Ray Hogan, who hosted Soil Conservation Day, has used conservation tillage for the past six years. This year he has 300 acres of corn and 50 acres of edible beans planted us- ing ridge till. Another '110 acres is planted using conventional methods. • He says by using the conservation tillage systems he is growing corn for $25 an acre less than when it was done conventionally. He used the- conservation tillage in earnest with small acreage and found that it worked well on his farm. Before this he used a reduced tillage system where no fall tillage was done, and discing would be done ahead of the planter in the spring. He says, however, if farmers are prepared to embark on a conservation tillage system, they should experiment to find what system works•bestd`or them. With all the positive results in the United States with conservation tillage, he believes it -should gain more acceptance in Canada. 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