THESE PROSPECTIVE MEMBERS of the Lancaster County 4-H Poultry Judging Team get some of the fine points explained to them by Carl 0 Dossin, extension poul try specialist of Penn State. He and As- Plant Food Educational Council Organized Recently at Penn State i Designed to foster and promote useful and practical information regarding all forms •oCplant food, soil amendments and their use on crops, the Pennsylvania Plant Food Educational Council was re cently organized at the Pennsyl vania Slate University. - - President is Arthur A. Schultz, fertilizer manufacturer, Reading, vice - president, Howard B Sprague, head of the department of agronomy,' Penn „State; and tieasurer, Roger,. C. Smith, East ern States Farrars’' Exchahge, West Springfield, Mass. , , - If a ,-farmer, -and applies a' few simple* principles l of crop fertilization, he will in crease his returns and profits, as serted M. S. Williams of the; National Plant Food Institute,: speaking at the organizational meeting The best way for a farm from GREIDER LEGHORN FARMS. Inc. SURE-fire treatment for Lice ! Last summer I reported in Chicken Chatter a method of treatment for lice which we have been using for several years with excellent results. Since then we have had so many re quests for that information that I am repeating it once more The treatment consists of spraying the birds with a mix ture of lindane and water. Lindane 20% (manufactured by Vineland Laboratories), is used Mix one level tablespoon, of lindane with one quart of water. This will treat 500 or more hens for a cost of less than 100 The birds are sprayed at night when on the roosts with the aid of a flashlight. Be sure every bird is hit, including any that may be in the nests or on the floor, or they will soon reinfest the flock The birds will cough and sneeze when the spray passes over them but this does not seem to hurt them in any way. A 2 or 3 gallon knap-sack sprayer is used. I suggest you save this article and tack it on your feed room wall Then you’ll have it when you want it. Greider Super-Cross Leghorns Make Good Summer Layers They have-bred-m ability to keep right on going when hot weather strikes, while many other strains fall off in pro duction during the first hot spell and cannot be brought back up, no matter what is done It seems that it is easier to keep our birds eating, and I believe this may account for the more consistent production. Summer Egg Quality is also excellent. Our birds are noted among egg buyers for their ability to retain top egg quality and for the absence of meat and blood spots. We are at present putting special emphasis on harder egg shells in our breeding work, which will mean a very minimum of cracks and more profit for the producer. ORDER YOUR FALL CHICKS NOW AT LOW SUMMER PRICES Greider Leghorn Farms, Inc. Mt. Joy R. 1. Pa, sociate County Agent Harry S. Sloat gave the boys and girls a preliminary work-out Tuesday night at the farm of H Raymond Stoner, 1051 Eden Rd, Lancaster (LF Photo) • ei to find out how much fertilizer to use is to have a test applied to his soil. Need for completion of a soil mapping program for Pennsyl vania was stressed by Dr, Sprague Aiound $l3O million are spent annually in the state for feed and only $3l million for fer tilizer. More should be spent for fertilizer and more feed grown at home, he feels. Soil maps are needed he said fa determine the general area in which more fer tilizer is needed. Advantages from the use of the newer, more productive hybrids and strains of farm crops are r available only where soil fertility ■ is high, these men agree, Ability of a com hybrid to yield must be 1 supported by plenty* of available plant food. At low fertility iev- Icls, hybrid corn is no better than old open-pollinated varieties. Phone 3-9900 LANCASTER FARMING Classifieds Ads Pav <* < / f X*\ ' - tom fill a DITHA Growers using Dithane M-22 (mancb) find it takes fewer tomatoes to make a bushel. This follows from the way Dithane M-22 controls diseases, helps the vine produce more big ones. Dithane M-22 keeps down anthrac nosc, early arid late blight, gray leaf spot and RHOTHANE FOR INSECTS For tomato insect control, add Rhothane to your spray tank. Rhothane checks fruitworms, hornwormt, pinworms, flea beetles, psyllids, and thnps. Ditkane and Rhothane are trademarks, Reg. U, S. Pat. Off, and in principal Joreign countries. Dilhane Products Sold and Distributed by P. L. ROHRER & BRO. SMOKETOWN, PA. Lancaster Farming, Friday, July 26, 1957 Fertilizer Use Dropped Last Year For First Time in U.S. History The total supply of nitrogen, phosphates, and potash for the 12 months ended June 30 is cur rently estimated to have been slightly less than for the previous year, according to the Feitili/er situation yearly review This estimate is based on indus try’s reported lates of production lather than on capacity to pro duce, since capacity is in excess of actual output. Also there were substantial increases m exports of phosphorus and potash The 1956-57 fertilizer season, was slow in starting Throughout much of the fertilizer year, great sections of the country suffered froirTextreme drouth During the first and second quarters, reports from the mid-South, mid-West and Southwest indicated severe ciop damage due to high temperatures and lack of moisture In the Northeast vegetable crops and pastures were hit by dry weather Spring deliveries March to April were reported to be spot ty with some price cutting, due m part to the slow market Heavy spring rains, even disastrous floods in some aicas, pre\entecl farmers from spreading feitiluci IVtore normal lainlall in sections of the mid-West, on the other hand, caused an upturn in move ment in these sections It is expected that growing de mand for all feitilizeis will le sult from increased use in pre°- ent farm operations as well as from numerous new practices The impact ot the Soil Bank, and the resulting aweage drop, has not been in effct long enough (o be felt However, it is expected that farmeis will use more fertil izer on a reduced acreage This is the first year in history that total fertilizer use has shown a drop The gieatest drop has been in the use of nitrogen, nearly 60,000 tons and in the use of phosphorus, 37,000 tons Potash use remained steady at 1 875,000 tons Supplys of all fertilizer mate rials are expected to be in either equal or greater supply tor the coming year than for the past year. It is expected that the tiend in using higher analjsis fertilizer materials will continue. Septoiia leaf spot Ditha\e M-22 piotccts the stems, fruits and foliage from ALL ifripoitant fungous diseases —helps keep the \ines lush and green, the tomatoes free of disease injury. Apply Dithvn’e M-22 and sec. Chemicals for Agriculture ROHM £ HAAS COMPANY WASHINGTON SQUARE, PHILADELPHIA 5, PA. Jtepresentataes in principal foreign countries Ph. Lane. EX 2-2659 7
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