16—Lancaster Farming, Friday, July 6, 1956 Among the many ancient covered bridges in Lancaster County is this the,Pine Grove Covered Bridge, linking Lancaster and Chester Counties in the extreme southeastern part of the County. HIT BY THEE: SUE CITY LOS ANGELES Two ’ men, Albeit Sirvm and Salvatore Guerrero, were playing gin rum my in Echo Park when a euca lyptus tree fell on them They have entered suit against the city of Los Angeles for $150,000 damages, charging negligence. The tiee had rotted at the roots. HARVEST INSURANCE ost You still have time to “insure” a successful harvest of this year’s grain or seed crop with your own ALL-CROP Harvester. Having your own Model 66 is proved protection against costly delays and crop loss from lodging, shattering and bleaching. The “coverage” offered by the ALL-CROP Harvester is extremely broad—it handles more than 100 different crops —grains, seeds and beans. 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Pine trees frame the covered bridge, the power house and dam to the left, one ot Lancaster County’s many scenic spots (Lancaster Farming Staff Photo). results of cooperative research conducted since 1951 by lowa State College, and the UIS De partment of ’ Agriculture This work has demonstrated that in the-row weed growth can reduce bean yields in soybeans by about 10 percnt Extensive field trials at Ames, lowa, not only established the high cose of'natural weed infes tations, but measured the dam age caused by weeds under a variety of conditions of infesta tion Thesa experiments, conducted by David W Slaniforth, lowa Agricultural Experiment Sta tion, and Charles R Weber, em ployed cooperatively by the Sta tion and by USDA’s Agricul tural Research Service, involved such typical plants as yellow foxtail, a grassy weed, velvet leaf and Pennsylvania smart weed, both broadleaved weeds, and the Hawkeye variety of soy beans The weeds wer-a planted singly and in combination in the row with soybeans, and then were thinned to stands of 3,6, and 12 weeds per foot of row. Weeds were removed at a half dozan specific intervals during the growth of the soybeans In general, / this elaborate re search program demonstrated that soybean yield reductions are proportional to the amount of weed growth, and that the combined above-ground growth of soybeans and weeds is ap proximately the same as the above-ground growth of weed free soybeans The tests showed also that the piesenoe of weeds delayed maturity of beans about one day, decreased the height of soybean plants about 2 inches, and increased lodging of soy bean plants 'about 2 to 6 per cent. Little Effect in Dry Years The scientists found that al though weather is an important factor—in dry years weeds had little effect on .soybean yields, and in years of ample moisture weeds reduced yields the most late in the season—weeds on the average began to affect soy bean yields early in the season and caused progressively great er yield reductions as the crop matured In one experiment aimed at Involve Typical Plants demonstrating the different ef-- feet!?* of varieties and numbers of weeds on soybean yields, the scientists found that a foxtail infestation averaging 6 plants per foot of row during the en tire growing season caused only a 2.6-percent yield reduction, but that 12 foxtail plants per foot of row caused an 111-per cent yield reduction. The two broadleaved weeds— velvet leaf and Pennsylvania smartweed—caused an average reduction in soybean yields of 8 percent when grown at a den sity of 3 plants per. foot of row and 9.1 percent at a density of 6 plants per foot of row. 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DOG DIE Hutchinson, 1 Kan. Three hours after Throval L. Johnson, 6, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald L. Johnson -was missed, the father, found the bodies of the boy and his pet dog curled up inside an abandoned upright metal ice chest. The tiny dog’s body was covering the one small air vent into the box. cies in a given treatment. Because foxtail becomes estab lished early in the season, it tends to reduce soybean yields during the entire growing per iod; smartweed, however, winch is two to three weeks later than foxtail, tends to decrease yields the most late m the season (early September) S* •> V 'WM* * V> . . . < % H. S. Newcomer Mt. Joy COST
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