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.
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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)
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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
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SUPPLY CO.
137 E. KING ST.
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