6—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, May 9, 1964 SPACING OF SUGAR BEETS is discussed by Dr Albert S Hunter, Pro fessor of Soil Technology at the Pennsylvania State University, on the tractor, and John Yocum Superintendent of the PS U Field Research Farm near Landisville Fourteen varieties of sugar beets are being grown on the farm L F Photo • Sugar Beefs (Continued trom Page 1) ing a standaid commemal veg etable plantei seeded the beets on 24 inch lows 35 feet long Each vauetv is icphcated six tunes on the plots Seeds ueie planted about an inch apat t to allow foi pool geiminaUon but will be thinned to about a foot apai* latoi Me r harical thmne's aie on the ‘inaikel but toi the evici'men tal plots (he thinning and v eedmg ai 1 1 be do bv hand T)i I' a lei said Hov'c\ei the 'll oi ticaP t ie dcpailmont at Penn Stale is e\pei imenting with chemical weed contiol Han act.ng will also oe done Soaoccoocoo-Moc (gl? Bfsif ; .. . j/'i'L - *• _> or PCJ-~Tv , T * JjiL Oiclei OEKVEIS PELLETS Daj Old 01 Up To Twentj Weeks Old Erom DUTCHMAN MILLS, INC. IE I) 1, S'l E\ E\S. PA Transplanting Tabasco? Core In and see us about Transplanter Solution Your tobacco plants need special pro tection from soil insects at transplanting time That’s why we’re recommending ISOTOX Trans planter Solution for use now This is the best pro tection you can buy. For as little as 50 cents an acre and without any additional equipment on your planter, you can keep off wireworms, maggots and other soil in sects. T \T Jl»1 1* Cl Oil <'l Miu On \ll I'ln mu iK Ji» ul 1 >ir* c t nri - uid ('uiUuit'- i eton I '"l P. L BOHRER & 6R0., INC. y -kji- - SMOKETOWX ISOTOX mixes with water in the “setting water tank ’’ It won’t settle in the water so your plants get uniform protection around every to bacco root and stem So, don’t take a chance If 3011’re transplanting, see us for ISOTOX Transplanter Solution Phone Lane. 397-3539 by hand this year, 'Hunter said, because the, size of the plots and the 'weighing and sampling of,beets makes use of machin ery impractical “We aie pietty sure sugar beets will grow in this area, but We want to find out how well they will grow, how well they will yield and how much sugai content they will have,” Hunt ei said He added, “We know beets should be planted early, at least as early as oats, and we know they need a fine, firm seedbed, but we hope to learn a lot more about then culture and fertility requuements ” One thing he hopes to learn is what spacing is best In some pai ts of the beet growing aieas, the rows are as close as 20 inches, but Hunter says this spacing would cieate some i^^ s h b h h ■*hHbs Checkerboard News N jsi -.*■•■ 1 i. **ssa <> **. < < * * 'i * v N V 'C‘ v V V V Wf "■ f '»*■ ' > 'Sj, ■-*’ iv v * rt^V s >) h. 'v % „ - , r£ v ~ < , v * ' SV-<, <*K ~ ' » ir vV/ *-v r •» ? -k -si f*g? yu,-- v*r ?'v v, v /.. * >■s -wc vv- <-'rss ,: >yg <« :rr 1* It pays to feed heifers. dry cows the Purina Way! Grain feeding of heifers and dry cows is an accepted practice by leading dairymen. They do it to make more milk . . . and more money. Many report 1,000 pounds more milk during the next lactation when a dry cow is properly conditioned on Purina D & F Chow. You feed it according to body weight... a thousand-pound cow, for example, needs only 10 pounds a day. Purina D & F —full name, Dry and Freshening Chow—is specially designed to help build body condition, which later - Converts to low cosi milk. You’ll find D & F in coarse or pellet form, whichever fits your feeding situation best. Either way, it’s one of the smartest feed buys on the market today. Ask for it by name —“Purina D & F” — at our Store. LOW COST pßOtoy ctsom . - - the reason why more farmers John J. Hess Kmzers - Vintage Warren Sickman Pequea John B. Kurtz Cedar Lane James High Gordon\ille John B. Kurtz EpUrata problems with cultivation, it may be that special machine iy will have to be developed, he feels. Dr Hunter believes that the cash crop aspect has overslud owed the important by-products from beets. He pointed out that the tops are fed as green chop or ensiled for livestock feed and the beet pulp is an mi portant ingredient in many daily and beef cattle rations "If we find that beets yield an acceptable amount of sugai, and sufficient farmer interest develops, the next problem wilt be to find someone willing to build a processing plant,” he said The county plots are among 15 thioughout the state [Four aie in York County, one in Lebanon, and one at Heishey in Dauphin County feed PURSNA ®Recisl ereiJ trademarks —Ralston Purina Co Ira B. Landis Valle} Road, Lancaster Wenger’s Feed Mill, Ihc- Whiteside & Weicksel S. H. Hiestand & Co. John J. Hess, II Intel couise- Nei\ Provide!!'- 3 Rheems Kirkwood Salunga
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