6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 23, 1959 Tobacco Seed-Bed Meets Set For County Farms on Thursday Harry S Sloat, associate county agent, has announced a senes of field-day meetings to be conducted Thursday to compare results of soil treatment, seed bed preparation, management, weed, disease and insect control and cultural practices at several farm demonstration plots for compari sons. Sloat stated in announcing the meetings that a supply of strong, vigorous and healthy tobacco plants for field set ting in early June is essential to production of a good crop Soil sterilization, he stat ed, is important to control agement and fertilization, weeds, disease and insects -in 10-15 the tour will stop the seed bed With fewer a l the John J , Herr farm > steaming rigs in use, chemic- 1® 2, to inspect var al treatment is becoming lous chemical treatments more important and s P ra y demonstrations. There is evidence that the Light soil, chemical treat peat moss usage in seed bed ment and fall steaming of preparation has produced beds will be reviewed at stronger plants with better the Willis Hackman farm, loot systems, Sloat added E-town ED 3, at 11 15 a m George Berggren, Penn Chemical soil stenliza- State extension agronomist, tion, spring steaming and is expected to be present foi growth of plants under sash the tour. and muslin will be studied First stop will be at 9a m at the John D. Burkholder al the Field Research Labor- farm, Lititz RD 3, at 1 15 p story, one mile northwest of rn , following lunch break Landisville, where farmers Fall chemical treatments can see results of venom will be reviewed at the rates of chemical applied for Witmer J Rohrer farm, soil sterilization on tobacco Strasburg RD 1, with the bed, varieties, seed bed man- stop scheduled for 2 15 pm. 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The latter Dr. Karl Brandt, member £ ° f “• c °““ u - sau j Economic Advisers, told the If the problem to be participants that rural and solved permantly, Dr. Weav- resource development pro er said, this “in-between” grams are made to empha group will need to expand Sl2e o ff-farm opportunities in their farm units for full-time these areas if the low-income commercial farming, become farming problem is to find part-time farmers or leave a permanent solution, agriculture entirely. Workshop participants al- ilfrx/ A ccn so reviewed reports of ses- * OUHTy ASoll. sions devoted to methods of implementing the Rural De- velopment Program locally Topics covered included organization of the program, Lancaster County Poultry contests have maintaining effective local Assn, has "announced the nounced direction, the role of agenc- Ninth Annual Chicken Bar- Chicken baibocu ( les resource studies, and in- becue from 3 - 7 pm, Satur- -will be $1 50 foi a j ■ day, June 6 in the Lititz $1 for children Pinal stop is scheduled Spring Park Barbecue ofiiciaij for the Amos Stoltzfus farm Events includes election of there will bo ' m Gordonville RD 1, at 230 p 1559 Queen for the county “take-outs”, ioi tkft m Application of liquid group and chicken cooking mg to eat at home and blood meal, fertilizer contest at 7pm Added atti action and spraying will be discus- Judges for the chicken eight new gas scd cookin’ & “Chick Lookin’” for sale at leducedc Announcing- the No. 15 FIELD HARVES \ intcrmatimal HARV(ST(ft Paul Nolt C. 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