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Harvest all that you grow
After investing considerable time and
money to grow a corn crop, you can't
afford to leave 10% of it behind. Such
carelessness turns 150 bu. corn crops
into 135 bu. yields.
Surveys of Corn Belt farmers' har
vesting habits show that 60% are los
ing more than 5% of their crop. Near
ly 21% are actually leaving more than
10% of the crop in the field.
"A careful operator can squeeze
another $8 per acre out of a corn
crop," states D. M. Byg, Ohio State U.
ag engineer. "That makes the operator
the most valuable moving part on the
machine!"
Get off and look. Seeing is believ
ing... especially when you start count
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I. E. McCall
Mr. I. E. McCall, represen
tative of the Chevron Chemical
Company, Ortho Division, Tifton,
Georgia, will be one of the speak
ers at the Early County Crop
Clinic on January 16, Blakely,
The BANK OF EARLY is PROUD
to serve the FARMERS of
our area and hopes that
you will enjoy the
CORN-SOYBEAN CLINIC
in Blakely on
January 16.
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ing kernels or ears you find and con- *
vert them into bushels per acre. The
chart above gives you some tips on de
termining what you're leaving behind.
By starting earlier and finishing fast-
er, you save both time and bushels.
The chart below indicates how field
Finish Harvest In:
If you start B~days 14 days 28 days 42 days
when moisture is: .
your field losses will average:
28% 2.7% 2.6% 3.1% 4.1%
24% 2.6% 3.0% 3.9% 5.2%
20% 4.4% 4.9% 6.3% 8.4%
"Speakers Slated For Crop Clinic Program”
Georgia. The topic of his talk
will be "No-Tillage corn and
soybean production with para
quat and other herbicides". A
series of slides will be present
ed showing equipment involved
plus the actual application of
paraquat in the No-Tillage pro
gram. Actual fields of corn and
soybeans will be shown where
the No-Tillage program was fol
lowed and results obtained.
LE. McCall is a graduate of
the University of Florida, lie
has been with the Chevron Chemi
cal Company, Ortho Division, for
the past 17 years. Uis work
has been related direct with agri
culture in Georgia and North
Florida.
All farmers growing corn and
soybeans are urged to hear this
speaker. No-Tillage production
of corn and soybeans is on the
increase in several areas of the
South and greater interest is anti
cipated in the future.
Only about 14 percent of the
people of Pakistan can read.
losses mount as the crop dries down.
Time your harvest to keep losses at a
minimum. Notice, by starting harvest
at 28% moisture instead of 20%, field
losses are cut in half.
Whether you harvest the corn crop
yourself, or have it custom combined,
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R. E. Cherry
R. E. Cherry, Allis-Chalmers'
speaker for the 1969 Crop Clinic
presentation was named Farm
Equipment Sales Manager on
January 1, 1968. Prior to that
time, he served as District
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Lester H. Hartwig
LESTER H. HARTWIG, Tal
lahassee, Florida, has repre
sented Amchem Products, Inc.,
Ambler, Pa., national developers
and marketers of chemicals for
weed and brush control, in Ala
bama, Florida and Georgia, for
the past 16 years.
Mr. Hartwig was reared on a
West Central Minnesota farm
and was graduated in agricul
tune by the University of Min
nesota. He served as assistant,
agricultural extension editor at
The Pennsylvania State Univer
sity for several years and has
written farm success stories for
national publications. Before
entering sales work, Mr. Hart
wig wrote advertising for nation
al accounts with products sold
to the farm market. He operat
ed a poultry and egg farm in
Alabama for several years. At
the Blakely Crop Clinic, Mr.
Hartwig will discuss "Weed Con
trol in Soybeans".
Representatave in central Ken
tucky and in the same position
in Northeast Alabama. He also
served on the home office staff
in Milwaukee, Wisconsin as a
Harvester Sales Representative.
A native of Glasgow, Kentucky,
he was graduated from Western
Kentucky University, Bowling
Green, Kentucky, and now lives
in Chamblee, Georgia.
EARLY BIRD DOOR PRIZE
DRAWING AT 9:30 AM
IT S TIME TO PLAN AHEAD...
TO GET AHEAD
you'll want to demand careful atten
tion to each of the following harvest
ing suggestions:
• Find your operator's manual, keep
it with the machine, and go by the
book. Second-guessing won't pay.
• Drive with care. Keep on the row,
and hold your ground speed down.
• Keep an eye on the grain bin and
tailings. Irregularities in adjustment
show up fast in these locations.
• Know what to adjust. Main adjust
ments are stripper plates, gathering
chains, cylinder speed and clearance,
concave adjustment, cleaning shoe,
and engine speed.
• Take your time; get all the crop.
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Casey Pitts
Mr. Casey Pitts, District
Manager for DeKalb Agricultural
Association, Inc., will give a
presentation entitled "This Corn
Growing Business."
Mr. Pitts is a native of North
Carolina. He received his B.S.
Agricultural Education from
North Carolina State University.
He has previously been em
ployed in farm supply industry
with experience in farm machi
nery and farm chemicals.
Mr. Pitts now resides in Al
bany, Georgia.
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