Broiler Pullet Hatch Lower hatcherymen placed 2.1 million egg type chicks during June, according to a report from the state Crop .Reporting Service. This number represents an increase •f nine per cent over place ments in June of 1961, hut Hollowing the noi raal seasonal decline, was the lowest month iy output this year. Output of broiler type clucks 5a the state totaled 4 3 million in June, a decrease of eight pef cent from last j ear. S Lancaster Co. Distributors for Manzate MILLER CHEMICAL and FERTILIZER CORP. P. O. Box 25, EPHRATA Phone RE 3-6525 .ease but mild on plants, “Manzate” gives you sure protection against the major fungus Powerful disease protection begins with Du Pont MANZATE®... ends with y- maneb fungicide more # 1 tomatoes. Whenever you use Du Pont "Manzate” maneb 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, ■"Manzate”. 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# The total production of 6.5 million chicks in the state was three per cent below June of last year and four per cent below average. The U. **B output of egg tjpe chicks was up nine per cent over June of 1961, but the national production of broiler type chicks was down four per cent. Total product ion during the month was down two per cent from the same month last year. Domestic placement of pul let chicks for hatchery sup ply flocks was 29 pel cent below the placements m June 1961 and 41 per cent below June of 1960. Placements MANZATE AND OTHER DUPONT PRODUCTS distributed by J. C. EHRLICH CHEMICAL CO., INC. 73t> East Chestnut Street l/.uic.ister, Pciiiisyl\<iiil<i Phone EX 7-3731 of pullet chicks by leading primary breeders in the United States for the first six months of the year were 13 per cent below the same period a year earlier. • County Youths (From Page 1) Fanner Cooperatives, Participants were selected through a unilorm proceduie thioughout the state, repoits Glen G Caiter, executive soc ietal y ol the PAPC. Local councils made their own selec tions aftei conducting quizzes, studying activity lepoits, hold mm •It u i r<i " maneb fungicide Better Things for Belter Living.., through Chemistry Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 21, 1962—' mg interviews., evaluating per sonalities, interest m coopera tives, speaking ability, etc. Emphasis at the Institute was on jouth participation. Xot only did young delegates share with adults the speaking program, they also chaired the sessions and introduced all speakeis. The joung people governed themselves thiough a council composed of one lepiesentative pieiiously selected by each lo cal coopeiatne council This couin 1 1 met July 1 j to piovide chan men tor the genet a I ses- tomatoes.' attai iseases sions and make regulations tor the week. All meetings, meals, and lodging weie at the State Col lege. Adult chaperones weie on hand, but the Institute proved that these young ima! leaders effectively police their own conduct, asseits Eli Wi_- gins, a director ot the Penn sylvania Association ot Fann er Coopeiatives Keynote speaker was J. Kenneth Stein, p i e s i d e n t, American Institute ot Coopeia tion, Washington, D. C Stem detailed how coopeia- tues have helped Anieiicaus, including ciedit at Kites so low that they die the emy ot tdimi'i') m mam other countiiee Although Ameiuau coopeiatives piovide pioduc tion and capital impioiemeut ciedit in the fa per cent lange, tauneib in many countues pay 25 to 50 per cent mteie&t, he asbeited He noted that one of the eailiest American coopeiatuea was, a chuich sponsoicd in surance company to take caie of the families of n ?sionsr les killed by the Indians An other was started by Benjannu Franklin Theie is nothing wrong with competition in business, Stem said, but “if you think some one else sets up a business to take care of you. you have not learned yom economic lessons veiy well Faun coopeiatues weie bom out of a need for mutual self help.” Chan man of the Sunday exening session xvas .1 Liu. Hubei, daiiymaii and piesident ot Intei-State Milk Pioduceis, Philadelphia. Miss Ella Daub ert, 19'U Pennsylvania youth delegate to the Ameiican Institute of Co opeiation, addiessed the group buetly on Why We Are Heie. Retelling to the attendees aa the “ci earn of the crop”, she exhoited them to “giasp all mtoi matiou you can. so you will be able to impioxe co opeiatrves in your own com munities Without coopeia- Lues, we can not experience oui pnvileges as Ameiicans.” she said. Leafhopper Damage Noted Repot ts ol altalfa le.i C hoppci damage Ua\o been com ing m tiom aiound the touu tm Arnold Lueck, assista it couut> agent said this week. In most cases of second nop alfalfa, the plants aie too fat adtauced to be helped by spiaving now, ho said. Tie lecoramended that farmeis make suie that it is leafhopper damage and not some other factor causing jollownig of die legume plants. The best wav to deteimme it leafhoppers are piesent is to walk thiough the held and watch for the pale \ellowish gieen insects to lump out ahead Leathoppeis should not be confused with the adult spittlebng, sometnn n called “tiog hoppeis’ 01 the little biack tlc a beetles com mon on potato plants It leilhoppi is <ii e pusi’ir, the laimei has to decide it r iiop will pa\ toi ihvi cost ot bin .n 1114 Matonal apc ommouded it the giowei -decides lo spi > is Met how c hloi at the iai3 oi tlnee pints pei aoe ot the 21 pei cent emulnion m a minnuuni ot JO gallons ‘>i watei S]ii<i\ should be <i i plied when plants aie torn to bi\ inche& high, and at se\en da\s should he allowed between spiayms and hane^t. ■7
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