V" * Set For national lock Show AGO, Prizes totaling m $130,000 were ap ■or the 1960 Interna ivo Stock Exposition •se Show at a recent liere of the show di- itition will be provi -12 breeds of cattle. Is of sheep, 7 breeds (O and draft and horses. The. -latter „ll include riding and driv fng horses and ponies that ,ii be starred in fast action Untests at the 14" Interna "l Horse Shows, that are heduled for the 8 day run the Exposition. The 61st annual show will held November 25 to De “"her 3 m the Internation al Amphitheatre and a large URLING'S CHICKS or Top Quality Eggs Last fall, at NEPPCO, wr egg quality was highest imong all entries. These were wn eggs— after they had >cen laying 12 to 14 months, [■hat’s when Quality Eggs iay best. At Bill Burling’s you can End just what you want. You have eight top strains and crosses to choose from. Dur Sexlmks are very popul ii with nearby farmers Then there are the “pick” }{the best strains and cross for Broilers, or meat-and :g?s One customer said our >ey Leghorns are: “Just umderful birds to handle”. That’s important in high unvered Leghorns. Stirling's Big 8 Carey’s Famous Random Sample Test-winning Leg 10ms A customer made a !70-egg average on 1800 >irds! Ready - to - Lav Pullets BURUNG’S ioxF V* X f ® *mwm ML - hib ■* Keeps Grass Silage Green > STA-FRESH fresh, Sweet-Smelling! afea of the adjacent Chicago Stock Yards. The five dairy breeds, -in addition to Milking Short horns—a ' dual-purpose breed —wilj be featured in the competitions the second suc cessive year, the manage ment reports. The expanded cattle show will crowd the Amphitheatre’s main arena with judging activities from the first day to the last, ac cording to show officials. Steers and purebred beef animals will be judged the forepart of the Exposition, and the dairy breeds are scheduled the lattei half of the show. CONTROL SPITTLEBUGS Size, quality, and yield of strawberries can be greatly improved by controlling sp ittlebugs early in the sea son, reminds John Pepper, Penn State extension ento mologist. Merryknoll Sexlink (Rock x Red)—Bred by electronic “brain” methods. Golden Sexlinks Harco male x Andrews White Rock female. They’re tough, and great layers. Cobb's White - Hocks Broiler Test winners and good layers too. Vantress x Cobb White Rocks Popular for meat. Garrison Cornish Male at Cobb White Rock female Super meat quality. Gove's Barred Rocks.. Still a favorite of many farmers. Burling's New Hampshires. selected stock. When you're ready to or der. pick up the phone and call Oxford 286 collect. Available At ALL Times HATCHERY Oxford, Peima. SILAGE-GRADE SODIUM METABISULFITE Lawn Fertilizer Should Fit Need Say Researchers Nitrogen fertilizer for lawns and parks, available commercially m three forms has been tested for 7 years by the Agricultural Experi ment Station at The Penn sylvania State University. These nitrogen fertilizers are grouped into ureaforms, natural organics, and soluble earners, says Joseph M. Duich, in charge of turf grass research at Penn State The soluble carriers are the common form of bagged fer tilizer, he adds. Ureaforms gave the slow est rates of growth in Penn State experiments but grew grass the greatest length of time. Natural organics had the next longest growth per iod. With organics, quality and quantity of grass were influenced largely by factors such at temperature and rainfall. Greatest total growth, within 4 to 6 weeks after application, was made with the common form of soluble carriers. After that time the growth fell off rapidly. Gro wth and quality of grass were not as good with solu ble carriers as with natural organics and ureaform pro ducts With ureaform componuds Duich recommends at laast 4 pounds of total nitrogen per 1000 square feet per sea son for adequate growth of Merion Kentucky bluegrass and mixed bentgrass. For creeping red fescue, rates of 2 to 4 pounds are adequate. Lancaster Farming advertis ing brings results. Cattle really clean up grass silage treated with STA-FHESH... make big gains in milk and beef. Cattle just naturally pre fer it. In free-feeding tests, they eat up to four times more treated than un treated silage. Here’s why: STA-FRESH treated silage smells sweet—and is far richer in carotene (Vi tamin A), sugar, digestible dry matter, and total digestible nutrients (TDN). STA-FRESH is economical, too. Just one 80-lb. bag treats 10 tons of silage. It’s Lancaster Farthing. Saturday, May 14, i 960—15 Soil Tests Show Fertilizer Needs Nearly 25,000 soil samples were analyzed at the Pennsylvania State University Agricultural Experiment Station laboratory last year. Results, interpreted by Agricultural Extension specialists, .are the most dependable guide to needs of crops for lime and fertilizer available to Pennsylvania farmers, gardeners and home* owners. About two-thirds of the samples were from fields, the remainder being from vegetable plots, lawns and miscellaneous areas. R. J. Thomas, chemist in charge of the Laboratory, is shown here conducting potassium determinations. Sampling kits are available for a nominal fee at County Agents’ offices at all times. Regulations On 2,4-D Unaltered In response to many ques tions raised about the status of 2, 4-D for the control of weeds, the U. S. Department of Agriculture today stated that there has been no with drawals of its registrations for uses of this chemical. 2, 4-D has been widely used for the control of weeds for many years. Registra tions given under provisions of the Federal Insecticide, , “Prompt Ball Bond Service'’ BUHRMANS CONVENIENT PARKING LOTS Opposite Brunswick Hotel Opposite Post Office Next to Western Auto Store 115 East King Street Norman A. Buhrman, 228 N. Duke St. “Prompt Bail Bond Service" Grass Silage treated with a Sllage-Grado w i l\"l"r%CiOn SodiumMatabiauliite easy to apply at blower or field chopper ... works well in upright, trench and bunker silos, on all grass and many legume forage crops. To put up the freshest, greenest, sweet est-smelling grass silage you’ve ever had, see your dealer for STA-FRESH now! GENERAL CHEMICAL DIVISION 11 StKlh lllh Street, fhileitljMe 7, »•. Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act for the use of 2, 4-D are supported by broad expri ence and research conducted by public and private institu tipns. The labels for register ed products contain instruc tions and adequate precau tions for use to protect the public USDA, in concert with other responsible agencies of State and Federal Govern ments, continues to recom mend the use of agricultural chemicals in conformity \Vilh directions and precautions appearing on the labels oi products registered for inter state commerce. As in the case of other agricultural chemicals, stud ies are being continued on the use of 2, 4-D for the con trol of weeds in pastures, forage, and field crops. US DA is continuing research in cooperation with industry. State, and other public ag encies to insure the maxi mum benefit and safe use of agricultural chemicals.
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