B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 4, 1964 Crop Summary Harvesting In Full Swing Harvesting and tobacco transplanting continued in full swing this week in the county. Soil moisture became in creasingly short in many areas of the state during the week ending June 29, according to the Pennsylvania Crop Re porting Service Irrigation was being used more generally to offset a lack of adequate rain fall. Row crops were cultivated and sprayed for weed control. Combining of barley pro ceeded rapidly m the south ern counties Wheat has head ed well and is turning yel low. Much oats headed on short straw Corn stands are very spotty and langes from 1 10 inches to waist high The dry weather and cool nights ha\e slowed com giowth Some com is being planted foi silage Hay and pastiue conditions \aij widely e\en within local ities Repoits lange liom no glazing possible to good ,pas tuie within the same county Hay making is piogiessing iapidly thioughout the state Hay quality and yield aie gen erally good Alfalfa weevil is causing some damage in the cential counties Some second ci op alfalfa hay is being made Sweet cheny haivest is in full swing Yields aie especial ly good in the impoitant Lake Ene fmt belt A few aieas aze having some tiouble with bird damage and lot Some sour chenies are being picked Thinning and spraying of ap ples in the southern and cen tral aieas continues Early vai.eties of peaches aie show ing color Pest Control Chemicals To Be Controlled UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa , Plans for the effective control of pesticide lesidues on farm commodities were initiated jointly today by the Pennsyl vania State University College of Agriculture and the State Depaitment of Agriculture Leland H Bull, State Sec retary of Agriculture, and Dr Russell E Larson, dean of the College of Agucultuie, said primary concerns are for qual ity control in farm pi oducts and assurance to consumers that they aie getting whole some commodities They said emphasis will be placed on research, and that laboratory facilities of the de partment and those of the col lege will be pooled for making necessaiy analyses This joint approach, they pointed out, will speed up the woik and avoid duplication of effoit Both indicated they will be i oiking closely with faimeis thioughout the state to study p, oblems of insect and disease conti ol as an aid to the pio ducer and to assme consum ers of getting clean and whole some pi oducts Pesticide ) ecommendations, they explained, aie made in accoi dance with fedeial laws and i emulations which stipulate the vauous toleiances These recommendations aie unifoim foi all states Dean Larson and Secietaiy Bull said Pennsylvania faimeis have a good iccoid for the safe use of pesticides and that eveiy effoit is being made for safeguaidmg useis of pesti cides and feed additives and Potatoes are in good condi tion and show good growth. Early stands in Lehigh county are in bloom. Some snap beans are being planted in the north, while in the central areas they are be ginning to bloom. In the south harvesting should start in ear ly July. Beets, sweet corn, cu cumbers and tomatoes are growing well. Some beet har vest is taking place. Early sweet corn areas have good stands with some plants in tas sel. In later areas the stands are more irregular. Lettuce dnd cabbage are growing well in the southern areas with haivest starting. v.w.w Checkerboard News s* NEW, IMPROVED PURINA PIG-PLUS! Yessir, Purina has come up with another greatly improved Health Aid ... and this one’s for your pigs. It’s new, improved Purina Pig-Plus. Last year’s Pig- Plus was great... but this one’s even greater! More extra “plus power” has been added to give pigs even better health protection and faster growth than last year’s popular product. Five years of Purina Research went into this high powered combination of vitamins, min- -gsAtf erals, antibiotics and sulfas. Now, it’s ready for you at our store. Ask us to » mix in just the right amount of new POO® Purina Pig-Plus in your next pig ration. \ ÜBQPJ M You'll see for yourself... a little Pig- Plus can do a lot for your pigs. LOW COST PRODUCTION... the reason why more farmers feed PURIK3A John J. Hess, II Paiadise - New Pi evidence John B. Kurtz Cedar Lane James High GordonviUe John B. Kurtz • Hove You Heord?^ (Continued Trdm Page 7) paring. Cook in as little wa ter as possible and use the cooking liquid in soups and gravies. It’s wise to start cooking po tatoes in boiling water. And when the water has reached boiling, reduce the heat to just bubbling—never violently boil a potato. Boiling- cooks the outside before the inside, and by the time the inside is tender the outside is over cooked. The smaller the piec-. es, the quicker they cook. 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S. Newcomer & Son M. S. Yeorsley & _ t,<ui-29W ANIMALS NEED SHADE Farm animals like shade from the hot sun, tc o says Thomas King, extent animal science specialist at n, Pennsylvania State If no natural Shade is a\ ail able in the pastures, you Cf set four poles in the use a framework of light poi e for the roof and cover straw or corn stover held P place by woven wire. u 'j* v v \ v * * * i t for more I profitable I CROPS hg«m EEtofj A. H. HOFFMAN SEEDS, INC, landUville, Penno. Jsrvmg /cnrers *ifh 'neif quoMy seeds since DEEM Z_l-V
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