upermarket Service In Tie War Against Waste 5 (01 s Note- This is the , Bn t, oi me articles descnb j,pw the Lancaster County °i fennel vat.on District came |te {.e"is The hist article will 5 j>r nt -v j d neit week. Service in M*it Conservation Need advice on building a tt6 canning pickles cutting B1 ]’( i oi huild'ng a taim md'' This is only a sample of e w de variety and wealth or 'Ugh on disease but mild on plants, “Manzate” gives you sure protection against the major fungus Powerful disease protection begins with Du Pont M ANZ ATE®... ends with more # 1 tomatoes. Whenever you use Du Pont "Manzate” nianeb fungicide, you get powerful disease pro* tection. Over a decade of field applications—in every im* ■portant tomato area—proves "Manzate” is tops for disease year, for healthier, heavier harvests—and extra profits, too—spray your tomatoes regularly with You’ll see why it’s still the first—and the last— ’word in fungicides. " MANZATE® ■On *ll chemicals follow labeling instructions and warnings carefully* JSfca jil-trn, ~ . > information’hnd seivices avail able through our government agencies Here in Pennsylvania, repre sentatives tiom all levels of government aie encouiaging sound land management piac tices Let s take a look at some ot the solutions expeits who assist soil conservation dis tnets have devised to conqtun our land management pio blems. P. O. Box 25, EPHRATA MANZATE AND OTHER DUPONT PRODUCTS distributed by J. C. EHRLICH CHEMICAL CO., INC. 736 East Chestnut Street Lancaster, Pennsylvania Phone EX 7-3721 Lancaster Co. Distributors for Manzate MILLER CHEMICAL and FERTILIZER CORP. •* maneb fungicide Conservation Practices The most basic problems in Pennsylvania are soil erosion and water control. The U S Seal Consenation Service specialises in these pioblems Cu’tivated land cieates the woist eiosion pioblems since there aicmt enough plants to hold all the soil in place Instead of i tinning com lows up and down lull, soil eonseivationists s e commend mining the iovv mound per pendifiilar to the slope Lack coin tow them becomes a tmy check dam nisteid of a chant age dmh Row ci ops should also he planted in long stnps about SO to lem teet wide ip® maneb fungicide Belter Things for Better Living... through Chtmislrff Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 30, 1962 These aie alternated with stnps 01 grass or other close growing (over crops which 101 m a sod. to hold the soil m place This "new look” m agucultuie is called contour sirip-u oppiiig. It thp doesn t do the job, guttci-like ten aces tan be bunt to catch the water and channel it aiound the hill The expeits call these dueisiou tciiaces Conti oiling siiitaco wain doesn I ahvavs do the whole 100 eithd and the SOS tei him iniis go nndei gi mind to solve diamage pioblems with tile line,. Phone RE 3-6525 iseases that attack tomatoes. isot only can soils be lem venated trom foimei abuse, they can he iinpiovcd Thiongh the skills ot the Agncultmal Extension Seivue at The Penn sylvania State Umveisitv, soil is tested and lime and leilihz ei additions and lotations le comnieuded to make the laud moie pioducuve thaueveiy be loi c Consei \ atiou faimcis are learning not to ignoie their woodlots Tlioy Know that <ous piodnce nnlK tioin glass not tiers Oiiii; the woods aio lenc id olt a toiesiei tiom the .Stale lli'p.ii rnitnl ot Foiestb and Walois helps initiate a sciennlic tier m.i na genicnt pi obtain T!v hating enoiuh good tices to maintain a con tinuous toirst, land auneis and timber opeiatois find they can iiamest a tine <iop ot timber as otten as e\eiy 10 yea is Healthy boil pioduces heal thy plants, health* plants pio duce healthy vv ildhfe. Some of the lust conservation prac tices m Pennsylvania appear ed on land owned by the Penn sylvania Game Commission. Lons, nanow fields and ter races not only protect the soil, they seive as handy tia vel lanes for farm same Land owneis especially mtei estecl m attiacting wildlife can in stall additional piactices For example, the thorns of a hedge can leplace baibed wne. The edges of a woodlot can be cut to eliminate shaded aicas m ciopland and pioduce bmshv aieas to shelter wild life Saving a few hollow tiees in the woods will furnish good apaitmeut houses foi buds and animals. Fisheimen aie glad to have the tai met keep his soil at home Fish don’t particulaily cai e lor muddy breathing If the laudownei is interested m lining fish to his stream the best to see is the local iish warden tor the Penns*'!- vama Fish Commission It you have a faint pound, he can help you to create the best possible fishing in it. Oui modem utilization uses Kind loi moie than fanning. It has to ha\e buildings and highwais Conservation fann ing Keeps oui laims oft the highways and the Pennsj h an la Depaitment of Highways can, in turn cooidmate high diainage with lana diainage av Education a Itasu Job In addition to thib team of technical adi iseis helping landouneis thlough soil con sei ration distucts, theie is an educational team. County Agents spend much, of then 1 time passing along mfoimation received fiom the Experiment Station at Penn State The Vocational Agricultural pio giam in tianting tauneib apd agricultural ivoikeis lor the futuie in cicating new conser \atioimts. 1 Conservation pays' But at times it’s difficult, financially, tor the farmei to get stalled m his cousei \ ation piogiain To aid Inin, the tedeiat goveui inent has set uii a cost-shauug piogiain. Thete is an Agncultui al Stablilizauon and Couseivanou CoinmiUce in eveiv tounty to help the ini met install cou sci ration piactices Another lodeial agemv, the lainuns Homo Administration makes low imoiest loans available to lanneis who want to improve thou fanning opeiatums The many diileient kinds of available sei vices, keyed to difteient needs, may be con fusing to the lardowneis The aveiage fanner may wonder: can I obtain seivice for mv problems, and if so, which agency shold I see 9 Helping to oveicome this confusion is one (Continued on Page 83 7
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