Raymond (Shorty) Barr and his father,
Very] (Dutch) Barr, manager of Gibbs
Food Co. experimental farm, here survey
the results of helicopter spraying 'in the
35-acre pea field near New Texas. Shorty
Helicopter Spray
Operations Here
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Farming, “and as a result farm
ers want it back for their tobac
co crops.”
“In addition," he continued,
“hundreds of acres of toma
toes are under contract here
for spraying.”
“Luckily we caught these
aphids at the right stage,”
Dutch explained, “and the peas
are far enough advanced that
they will outgrow what damage
has been caused already ”
Gibbs operates a 68-acre ex
perimental farm at Little Texas,
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Surveying Aphid Kill
but has around 300 acres m the
southern end under contract
| “Some peas were shipped, pack
ed in ice, in trucks from here
to Baltimore to reach market at
.the right time, in best condi
tion,” Dutch added.
1 “The' Gibbs Co. is willing to
experiment,” the farm manager
told, and “this went over so big
they would like to see a heli
copter based h-ere -permanently-
It can spray for spittlebugs, and
it can cover orchards like noth
ing you’ve seen ”
In its Lancaster County pea
aphid campaign, the Helicopter
was loaded with Malathion, ap
plied m solution with water at
the rate of one and one-halt
pints per acre. Eighty acres can
be sprayed in an hour, and each
load the helicopter carries is
sufficient to spray 17 acres.
Follows Highway Maps
Accompanying the whirly
bird is a truck with gas;'water
all supplies needed for spray
ing and for operation of the air
j craft That’s what attracted so
jinuch interest in Solanco, accord
ling to an automobile salesman,
Ken Wiker, who reported farm
lers there were astounded to see
| the helicopter flying north
[above Route 222, after turning
[at the junction of Routes 72 and
[ 222, following the company auto
below-
'/i
But when dusk fell, visual
contact was lost' and the heli
copter pilot followed, his 'road
map into Quarryville, made a
360-degree turn and whirled
back down to Little Texas, land
ing on a farm near Barren
l Crossroads. The amazed farm
|ers’ wife broke up a telephone
conversation with a gasp “Got
to run a helicopter just land
led by the house!”
I Mr Barr figures on Florida
help during the bean-picking
period, and by this weekend
picking of peas is expected to
start.
I It’s certain the air-age, with
the whirly-bird," has arrived in
Lancaster County.
Rothsville Home
Sells at $12,100
'Herbert Nixdorf, R 1 Lititz,
purchased the 2'/E-story frame
dwelling in Rethsville offered
this weekend at public sale by
Samuel Auker, Jr., and Mar
jorie Auker Purchase price was
$12,100.
I Other items auctioned off by
Elmer H Kauffman included
butcher shop equipment, includ
ing a refrigerator, $325; meat
sheer, $114; meat grinder, $80;
cubing machine $65, and an iron
1 kettle $22 50.
reports a kill of at least 90 per cent was
made in the first demonstration of heli-
copter spraying in Lancaster 'County. (Lan
caster Farming Staff "Photo).
Tucquan Lions Club
To Install Officers
Installation of officers for the
1956-57 term will highlight the
dinner-meeting of the Tucquan
Lions Club to be held at the
Conestoga Township Elementary
School on June 19, at 6 45 p m
Officers include Carl Lefever,
president, Herbert Brubaker,
vice-president, Aldus Eshleman,
secretary, and John Stoner,
treasurer.
Ladies Night also will be ob
served at the session
Members expecting to .attend
the Lions International Conven
tion to be held at Miami, Florida,
on June 27-30, include Herbert
Brubaker, Ray N Weaver," John
Drumm, Harry McKinley, Aldus
Eshleman and Edgar Sheaffer
Light Colored Rugs
Became Gray iifLJse
) When selecting a new rug re
member that the popular lighter
colors and monotones show dirt
and become gray with use.
I Because of this, Bonnie Dale
Sansom, extension home furnish
ings specialist of the Pennsyl
vania State University, suggests
choosing a shade or lone, a bit
stronger than desired The car
pet will be grayer most of its
life than when first selected.
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By The Use of LIQUID NITROGEN
JL. PASTURES AND HAY FIELDS FOR 2nd CUTTING produce more good, high quality,
low cost feed than almost any other crop—if they get enough plant food and water
FERAN Nitrogen Solution is ideal for building up extra tonnage of good, rich, green feed
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•4k 5 PASTURES—Nitrogen is necessary for high quality pastures. For each pound of mtro
* gen taken up bv forage plants. 6 1-4 pounds of vital and valuable protein is given back in
in return. For faimers who need more high-quality protein, this is the way to get it.
Pastuies need a readily available soutce of nitrogen For summer pastures use 30 to 60
pounds of nitrogen per acre on annual or perennial grasses and millet. It pays to use as
much as 200 pounds of nitrogen per acre on Costal Bermuda Grass For permanent pas
tures apply 40 to 80 pounds of nitrogen per acre by dnbDling on FERAN m the fall, m
addition-to other fertilizer.
4r CORN needs plenty of nitrogen for big profitable yields. You can aoplv FERAN when
you plow down cover crops or stalks, to assure quick rotting into nitrogen rich humus.
Or apply 60 10,120 pounds of nitrogen from FERAN on the soil at side dressing time. Or
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If s The Law
“It’s the Law” with simple an
swers is offered by LANCASTER
FARMING in cooperation with
the Pennsylvania Bar Associa
tion. General interest questions
are welcomed,* and will be an
swered as soon as possible. Let-
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Law.” LANCASTER FARMING
Quarryville. Pa.
j Q My wife and I moved to
Lancaster in 1947 from Trent on.
where we had sold our house
for a profit of $2700. The real
I estate man told us that we did
not have to pay any income tax
on this amount. Now we have
.been advised that we should
'have paid a tax on this $2700,
that the Government could take
| j the house we now own and
j make us pay the tax, plus mter
i est, plus a fine and might put
us in jail Do we have to pay
tax on this amount and, if so,
how much? T Y.
A. The law requires you to
report any gains from the sale
of your residence Your gam is
the difference between the sale
'price and your original cost plus
the cost of permanent improve
ments. If depreciation was al
lowed or allowable during^any
period because you rented the
house or used part of it for
business purposes, then the ori
ginal cost must be reduced by
the amount of depreciation
[ If you sold your house at a
gain, and within one year alter
or before the sale you purchas
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dence, none of the gain is tax
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dence. This was not the law,
however, in 1947. All of the
$2700 would be taxable, theie
fore, and the tax would depend
'upon what other taxable income
you had in 1947.
Q My wife and I have a will
in which the smvivor inherits
the estate consisting of stocks
and bonds. These stocks and
bonds are listed in both names.
On the death of either, will the
survivor have to pay, both State
and Federal inheritance taxes?
If so, is there any stated per-
centage figure’ Also, is any
amount exempt from this tax.
C 'b.
A Propelty held jointly by
husband and wife as tenants by
entireties is exempt from Penn
sylvania Inheritance Tax, but
is subject to Federal Estate Tax
if the estate exceeds $60,000
Q Is there any law against a
person taking a family name
without permission of the-fam
ily?
A. It shall be unlawful for
any person to assume a name
different from the name by
which such person is and has
been known, unless such change
in name is made pursuant to
Court proceedings.
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