mth American Wild Tobacco Cross
ows Good Results at Landisvilie
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i GRES S REPORT No. 32,
insylvania Agriculture Ex
•iment Station, The Pennsyi
tia State Univeristy, University
rk, Pa.
tobacco from South Aim
ca crossed with high produc
g varieties at the Field Ro
arch Laboratory at Landisvilie
er a period of years has pro
ccd strains of cigar-leaf tobac
tbat are resistant to two seri
s diseases, wildfire and mosaic,
nnsylvania agricultural jsxipen
it station personnel report'the
;w strains are now in scant
aal stages of testing
As with any new' cigar-leaf
,bacCo, the final test will he
ie acceptance or rejection of
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Quantities of the new materials
are now completing the curing
periods and soon will be manu
factured into cigars for critical
testing toy a panel of smokers.
Wildfire has long been investi
gated by scientists in Pennsyl
vania. The disease appears near
ly every year as a moderate fleck
ing of the lower leaves of the
tobacco plants as they grow on
/the field. 'However, in certain
years this' disease sweeps through
the fields to devastate the tohac
co-growing area with entire crons
made worthless within a few days
of harvest.
Mosaic, commonly called cali
co, also is common in tobacco
fields where it stunts plants and
crmkless the leaves. Mosaic i
easily spread by workers'carry
ing the infection on their hands
or on culivatmg tools.
Strains of the resistant varie
ties have Ibeen bred since 1948
and have been tested at the Lan
caster ■County Laboratory. While
the experiments have concentrat
ed on developing disease resis
tance, -the new cigar-leaf strains
(have been selected for high yield
ing ability and good growth
characteristics To further test
iflie new materials, the 1953 crops
were evaluated toy toxnacco buy
ers after stripping was complet
ed in the spring of 1954. A simi
lar check was made on the 1954
crop, and both these crops are
•now being processed. Final test
■ing of these samples, when made
Into cigars, will stress the flavor
■and aroma, as weM as general ac
ceptance of the end product
Chemical analyses have support
ed the conclusions of the buyers
that the new resistant strains are
‘good tobacco.”
DHIA Names Three
To Formulate Plan
For Procedures
Victor Plastow, assistant co
unty Lancaster County agent, has
been named chairman of a three
man .policy committee to form ■
ulate procedure for the Red Rose
Dairy Herd Improvement associa
tion.
He was appointed Tuesday
night in a meeting at the Lan
caster- post office Others named
hy President J. Lester 'Charles
were Melvin Stoltzfus, secretary,
and Charles M Long, treasurer
Allen J Hmish, from Curry
vilie in - Blair county, wall start
soon as a tester for the associa
tion, and Glenn Case, Troy HI,
may accept a testing job.
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Short Courses in
Farming to Open
At Penn State 1)
The Colege of Agriclture at
The Pennslvanxa State Umvyer
s’ty will again offer four-week
short courses in general farming,
dairy farming, andk livestoc
farming for persons 16 years or
Oder.
The general farming course will
be from Jan. 4 to Feb. 1. The
dairy farming and livestock farm
ing courses yvill run simultane
ously from Feb. 1 to 29.
.These short courses, taught by
the faculty o fthe College of
Agriculture, are made as practical
as possble and much instruction
is conducted in*the laboratories,
shops, and barns of the Uni
versity.
In the general farming course,
the folowing subjects are empha
sized: farm machinery and trac
tors; farm management; farm
mechanics; forage crops and pas
tures; grain crops; poultry farm
mg; rural economics and social
pj oblems.and soilsand fertilizers,
The five-breeds of cattle in the
University dairy barns and the
laboratone sin the dairy building
provide facilities for the dairy
faiming course. The following
topics will be emphasized in this
course; animal diseases; -dairy
cattle breeds and .selection; dairy
cattle feeding; dairy herd man
agement; milk secretion; pasture
and grassland management; grain
crops and fertilizers, and repro
duction of dairy cattle.
The subjects of the livestock
faiming course offer up-to-date in
formation on livestock breeding,
feeding, selection and manage
ment. Sbjects emphasized in the
livestock course are: animal dis
eases; barn practice; farm slaugh
tering; feeding of farm animals;
livestock breeding and selectioh.;
livestock judging, livestock man
agement; pasture and. grassland
management, and gram crops and
fertilizers.
A leaflet describing these and
other agricultural shorts courses
offered by Penn State may be
secured by writing to: Director
of Short Courses, College of Agri
culture, The Pennsylvania State
University, University Park, Pa.
Other short courses in agricul
ture aer being offered by the
Pennsylvania State University this
fail and winter.
Te courses include - Dec 5-7,
Farm Income Tax and Social
Security; Dec 5-10, Ice Cream for
Supply Men; Jan 2-7, Testing
Milk and Cream; Jan 4-Feb. 1,
General Farming; Jan. 9-21, Ice
Cream for Plant Men, Jan 23-27,
Rural Electrification; Jan 23-Feb
4, Market Milk.
Jan. 30-Feb. 11, DHIA Super
visor Training, Feb 1-29, Dairy
Farming; Feb. 1-29, Livestock
Farming; Feb 27-29, Sheepmen;
Mai. 5-9, Feed Dealeis and Mil
lers; Mar 6-8, Beef Cattle Herds
men; Mar. 12-16, Grassland Farm
ing; Mar 12-16, Lumber Grading
and Inspection; Mar. 26-30, Dairy
Cattle Herdsmen.
Pennsylvania Cigar
Leaf Tobacco Falls
Below Normal Total
This year’s crop ot cigar leat
tobacco in Pennsylvania is esti
mated at 40,815,000 pounds, ac
cording to surveys as ot Oct 1,
the State Depaitment ot Agri
culture announced.
Production in 1954 came to 43,-
416 000 pounds and tne tu-year
average is 49,472,000 pounds, the
Department said.
Growers report that beptemher
weather was good for growth ot
late-planted tobacco and maturity
and cutting of earlier set acre
fges, the survey showed. Late set
tobacco had the best growth, the
same as last year, but rust or wild
fire hit some fields rather hard
A little late tobacco was dam
aged by heavy rains accompany
ing the hurricanes in mid-August,
from both drowning and water
logging. Generally, the crop is
reported curing well with only a
little pole burn.
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Lancaster Farming, Friday, November 4, 1955—13
Hunters Urged
To Help Prevent
Forest Blazes
HARRISBURG (Special)
The hunting season is also the
period of the greatest forest tire
danger in the Keystone state, the
Pennsylvania Forest Industries
Committee warns.
E. 0. Ehrhart, Johnsonburg,
chairman of the wood-using
group, urged hunters to be ex
tra careful with fire during the
fall season when the woods are
lull of dry leaves. He pointed
out that nine out ol ten torest
fires in Pennsylvania and through
out the nation are caused by
man’s carelessness and therefore
are preventable.
Some Game Perishes
While everyone loses when
forests burn, Mr. Ehrhart said,
sportsmen and wood-using mdus
tries probably Sutter the greatest
losses. “Sportsmen lose because
every woods fire takes its toll of
bird and animal life,” he declar
ed. “Some game perishes in the
path of flames, other wildlife
escapes only to starve later be
cause food and cover are de
stroyed by fire We in industry
lose because we depend on a
continuing flow ot lorest crops
to keep our mills operating”
Mr. Ehrhart called on Hunters
ana other forest recreationists to
help in the fight against fire by
following these simple rules;
1. Use the car ash-tray while
driving
2. Crush out cigaret butts and
pipe ashes thoroughly
3 Break used matenes betore
discarding them.
4. Thoroughly douse or bury
all camp or warning nres
Other Committee members
The Pennsylvania Forest In
dustries Committee is a group
organized to promote wise use ot
the state’s forest resources In
addition to Mr. Ehrliart. mem
bers include - George F Patu)-
son, Wellsboro; W P Arnold,
Pittsburgh; Ray F. Bower, Erie;
F Marshall Case, Troy, A J Die
cld, Jr, Pittsburgh.
John E Dußois; " William B
Eisenhardt, Easton; James L El-
I’ott, Couderspoit;' William L
Fanil, Jr, Bradford; R. J Gustai
son. Endeavor: Russell E Head
lee, Garards Fort, J John Herz,
Williamsport; D E. Hess, Gettys
burg, Charles Holtzapple, Lewis
burg; Louis Krumenacker, car
lolltown; John C. Lenman, Ever
ett: William H. Lynn, Tyrone;
Edward A Pontzer, St Marys, H
E Sanford, Wmdber, and James
B Watson, Sr, Umontown.
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Vesicular Exanthema
Curbed by Garbage
Bans in 46 States
Forty-six states have now pass
ed laws banning the feeding of
uncooked garbage to hogs,-..111*1
American Veterinary Medical As
sociation said recently, quoting
figures secured from the
partment of Agriculture.
The USDA also announced that?
after , Jan. 1, 1956, special pro
cessing will be necessary betorej
swine fed raw garbage at any;
time, or products irom suchs
swine, will be allowed in mter-|
state movement. j
In 1953, upon severe outbreaks!
of vesicular exanthema, the USDAi
ordered restricted movement oft
hogs fed raw garbage. At t!ja(|
time over three-quarters of a
lion hogs were being fed raw?
gaiage However, since that time!
satisfactory garbage cookmg|
equipment has become available}
and now only 281,000 hogs aref
being fed such garbage. |
VE is the highly contagious!
disease that causes vesicles or
blisters in the mouth and on the
snout and feet ot infected hogs.
It resembles foot and mouth dis
ease If such symptoms are noted,
a veterinarian should be contact
ed immediately.
The disease, vesicular exanthe-*
ma, is now limited mostly to|
isolated premises in ’ 39 counties!
in California and live northeast-!
ein states r the USD A reported. |
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