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Young Farmer Near Bainbridge Builds Farm Efficiency
Robert Strickland, a Penn State graduate, operates a 196 acre livestock farm near Bainbridge. He started in 1956 with two sows, 200 layers, 20 acres of tobacco, and no machinery, and grew to 20 sows, 500 layers, a full machinery line, 46 steers, and hay yields above 20 tons per acre by cutting waste and watching details. His 1957 plan includes 16 acres tobacco, 31 corn, 18 wheat, 12 barley, an acre of sweet corn, and 30 to 35 acres of mixed hay. corn averaged 50–60 bushels per acre but moisture hurt yields, tobacco yield was 1,200 pounds per acre. Continued on page 11.
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