March Starts Check-Up- Time For Gardners Garden catalogues are full of information pertaining to new types of plant material, flowers and new garden equipment, Plan to try some of the new flowering annuals both for cut flower and border plantingr Look over shrubs and trees If any of them,have been damaged by heavy snows or ice cut back the damaged portions to clean live wood Paint any wounds, which are over one inch-in dia meter, with a protective tree paint. Clean up all rubbish around the yard, and burn dry material which cannot be used in the com post heap. Look over garden tools. Be sure that all of them are in readiness for spring use in the garden. Remove heavy mulches from crocus and snow drop bulbs. Do not remove mulch from tulips, daffodils and other bulbs until late March or early April. Repair and paint garden furni ture and trellises and arbors. Look over the rock garden and firm all plants which may have heaved. Topdress area with or ganic peat mixed with garden soil. Loosen mulches around peren nials. PROFIT-MINDED POULTRY RAISERS SELECT • HIGH, STEADY EGG PRODUCTION • EFFICIENT USE OF FEED '' • MAKE YOU MORE MONEY SEE ME AND ORDER DSKALI CHIX NOWJ- P. L. Rohrer & Bro* Ine. SMOKETOWN, PA. Ph. banc. EX 2-2659 Now ... with Ful-O-Pep Growing Ration J. C. Suavely & Sons, Inc. Landisville, Pa. Millport Roller Mills J. C. Walker & Son Lititz, R.D.4, Pa. Gap, Pa. V\\\X\VXXX\\VXVV\V>'VV(|)VVVVVVVVVVVVVV\.VVVVVVV THIS CHART HELD by County Agent Max M. Smith shows the pH requirements of various crops. For alfalfa and other legume crops, the pH should be near 7.0 (neutral), while some vegetables like a soil that is more acid. Most soils that were formed under forest conditions tend to be acid and require frequent lime treatment. (LF Photo) I FARMERS! 8 Is ■« » « » Check your sprayer needs S § now. We have all sizes y H and types in stock. Also H used pumps and sprayers H of various sizes. « 22 ♦♦ 22 ♦♦ | Lester A. Singeii IRONKS, PA. | Phone Strasburg OV 7-3226 H H Your Myers Dealer who H H specializes .in "Sprayer || | Sales and Service. | LOW-COST PULLETS on range or in confinement Whether you are raising pullets in confinement or on range winter or summer new Ful-O-Pep Growing Ration with Hi-Fi performance will give you a better bird at less cost. You’ll save up to per bird ... yet have pullets that are healthy and full-bodied and ready to lay. Ask us this money-saving plan Grubb Supply Elizabethtown, Pa. D. W. Hoover East Earl, R. D. 1, Pa. Leader Herd Guernsey Completes HIR Record PETERBOROUGH, N. H. A icgistered Guernsey cow, Laux mont Linda Darnell, owned by Guy A, Leader & Sons, Inc., York, Pa., has completed an official production record in the Herd Improvement Registry division of the American Guernsey Cattle Club. This record was tor 11,509 pounds of milk and 585 pounds of fat. “Darnell”, was a senior two year-old, met calving require ments, and was milked two times daily for 360 days while on test. This official production record was Supervised by Pennsylvania State University. George Rutt Stevens R. D. 1. Pa. Paul M.' Kessler &' Son Paradise, Pa. Lancaster Farming, Friday, March 8, 1957—’ Soybean Cyst Nematode Found In Arkansas The Arkansas State Plant Board and the U. S Department of Ag ncultme announce that the soy bean cyst nematode has been found in one county in northeast Arkansas Arkansas thus becomes the fourth state in which this parasite of soybeans and other plants has been discovered since its first ap pearance in the United States 2Vz years ago Two counties in North Carolina and one each in Tennes see and Missouri are also known to be infested. Identification of the soybean cyst nematode in Arkansas was made February 19 in soil samples collected in Mississippi County in the northeast comer of the State. This finding of the pest was a result of the comprehensive nematode survey now getting un der way throughout the Missis sippi River Valley. The survey was begun after discovery of the nematode late last year in Lake County, Tenn., and in Pemiscot County, Mo., just across the Mis sissippi River. As weather conditions permit, the cooperative State-Federal search for the nematode -will be extended in principal soybean producing States to determine the pest’s distribution. The soybean cyst nematode parasitizes soybeans and certain other crops, including annual lespedeza, common vetch, and snap beans. It made its first U. S. appearance in North Carolina in 1954. Before that time it was known only in Japan, Manchuria, and Korea. North Carolina has had a State quarantine in effect against the pest since March 1956. A public hearing on a proposed Federal quarantine to prevent spread of the* nematode was held in Washington, D. C., January 31. Representatives from nine States, including Arkansas and other States where the nematode has been found, attended this hear ing. Unit Packages Used for Fifth Of Produce Sold Approximately a fifth of all fruits and vegetables delivered to retail stores are now packaged in consumer units, and the propor tion continues to increase, accord ing td a study conducted jointly in Northeastern States by the U. S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service and Cornell University. In the Northeastern region, of the approximately 100 fresh fruits and vegetables marketed, only about 30 were prepackaged by the plants surveyed. Some plants packaged as many as 15 items, and some only one. Packaging of some commodities is still in the experimental .stage. Vegetables are more generaly packaged than fruits. Items more likely to be packaged are those to which pre packaging gives protection from bruising, preservation of quality, sanitation, and consumer appeal and convenience. Leafy vegetables, such as spin ach, usually require more atten tion in packaging than root-type vegetables or fruits. Some of the root-type vegetables, such as rad ishes, turnips, onions and beets, were packaged almost entirely automatically The bag was fab ricated by a machine and the commodity was automatically weighed, Ragged and sealed. Other products were packaged al most entirely by hand. World Com Production Expected to Top 1956 Latest figures available to the Foreign Agricultural Service show that world corn poduction in 1956-57 may total 6,585 million bushels. If the current estimate materializes, the 1956-57 crop will exceed the previous year’s crop by 310 million bushels and the 1945-58 average by 1,295 million. Farmers Supply HULL PEAS 10 lbs $ 3.50 SUGAR PEAS 10 lbs. 4.00 GREEN BEANS 10 lbs. 350 YELLOW BEANS 10 lbs 4.00 LIMA BEANS 10 lbs. 4.00 SWEET CORN 10 lbs. 3.00 VEGETABLE SEEDS Large 10c or Oz. Pkts. Seeds available in larger quantities at big savings. FLOWER SEEDS 10c to 50c Pkts Large selection of varieties STRAWBERRY PLANTS Large, Sturdy Plants for Best Results ORDERS* MUST BE PLACED EARLY , (DE LIVERY ABOUT APRIL 6) PREMIER BIG JOE FAIRFAX TEMPLE FAIRPEAK SPARKLE CATSKILL $3.00 per 100 $ 7.00 per 300 $ 18:00 per 1000 EVERBEARING / STRAWBERRY PLANTS RED RICH —The biggest berries you ever saw. 25 for $ 5.00 100 for $15.00 GEM —A large, sweet berry; excellent for freezing 25 for $2.50 100 for $ 7.00 RHUBARB ROOTS 25c each 6 for $ 1.25 ASPARAGUS ROOTS Available about April 5 Order now. Big 2-year-old roots. 100 $3.75 1000 $35 00 ONION SETS Available now Yellow Globe Bu. $3.25 White Globe Bu 360 Bottle Bu 350 CERT. SEED POTATOES Available approx March 10 for early planting Place or ders early We deliver on our regular routes. Cobblers Early Surprise Katahdins Green Mountain Kennebec Bliss HYBRID SEED . CORN U S No. 13 H-780 H-276 FARMERS SUPPLY CO. 137 E. KING ST. •?
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