Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-03-24
MADISON wheat FIELD Is
SEEDED BY USING AIRPLANE

Flying Farmers of Ohio are
bringing the airplane down 20
earth. Ranking third in member
ship of the United States, "Ohio's
Flying Farmers have long accept
ed the airplane as a way of life.
They are now accepting it as a
way of farming" states R. +.
Young, President of the Ohio
Flying Farmers and Agricultural
Aviation Coordinator of the Ohio
Aviation Board
Twenty-Five acres of wheat
ground was topdressed and seed
ed on the ]. B. Anderson farm
near Kiousville using an airplane
to do the entire job Saturday
morning March Is.
The grass seed mixture applied
from the plane was pounds ALTA
lfa, 3 pounds red clover and 72
pound of ladino per acre. 20
units of nitrogen fertilizer was
applied at the same time By
mixing the fertilizer and grass
seed together. The fertilizer used
was Ford 20.5Gc nitrogen applied
at 100 pounds per acre. APT II
Stearman plane from Ohio State
University School of Aviation cs-
pecially equipped to do grass
seeding, fertilizing, busting, pellet
izing and small grain seeding was
used to do the job.
This 25 acre field is one of the
demonstration areas being set up
in each county for aerial farming
experimental work. All work is
nonitored by the County Agrleul-
tural Extension Service, ONO
Agricultural Experiment Station,
COLLECT of Agriculture at OSO
and the Ohio Agricultural Await
ion Dept. complete follow up Will
be made on yield increase, distrl-
button pattern. Costs compared py
around equipment and the bene-
ficial effect to the young clover.
Farmers interested in the use oil
the airpIane agriculturally should
contact their local county agent or
r. f. Young head of the Agrlcul-
tural Aviation Dept. sol Wyan-
dotte Bldg. Columbus, Ohio.
The Agricultural Aviation t,Do ! PRO o,,i-
e,,,a,,, ic Xonitored by the Agrl-
cultural Experiment Station, Col
lege of Agriculture at Ohio Sta'e
University, University School ol
Aviation. Agricultural Extension
Service. National Flying Farmer
Research Foundation, aerial ap,
plicators, Ohio Aviation boal y
and other agricultural agencies
A definite demonstration ana
research program is now set up 10
ovalnate the use of the alrplane
and its applicator equipment IN
all unases of farming operations
this production year. mus la1
IA farms with III fields locatea
in 40 counties have dedicated over
10000 acres for agricultural aVl-
alton experimental work this sea-
son.
The airplane is being used tor
agronomic practices such as Top
dressing wheat, pastures and field
crops with liquid and granular
fertilizers; seeding Of grass ana
small grains such as oats, rye
and wheat; control of spittle bugs
in legumes, corn borer, soyoean
dafoliation, busting and spraying
for insect and disease control.
The Ohio Forestry Dept. IS
planning on wide scale research
and demonstration projects IN the
control of forest insects and ols-
eases such as the pine shoot motn'
and European saw fly.
The Ohio Reclamation Dept.
plans to use applicator planes Tor
grass seeding, fertilizing and tree
planting on the spoil banks OF the
strip mine area.
Air tours have been set up Tor
2S county Soil Conservation DIS
tricts for putting conservation on
the land this summer.