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promotion
,t would set aside
the quarter-million
special emergency
Maior use would
swift counter-mea
promote products
, e their normal mar
[tern upset by the
Semes or other
lemaining $210,000
, S plat into three par
-000 each The first
would be available
nips who apply and
, r matching-fund as-
The second and
jd be for promotion
operating under a
order or agree
ie third $70,000
available for promo
, nna . Certified pro-t
Inrd would be split
ines based on crop
. m the state. This,
stated, would pro
categories for allo
matching-fund mon
;ist in product pro-
applying for these
would need to meet,
tment requirement
re than 50 per cent,
iposed budget of a
he for salaries or
ANON CHEMICAL CORPORATION
(TON
POTATO GROWERS SAY
about controlling blight with
ITHANE M-22
barrels more per acre:”
ethane M-22 on about 10 acres
les during 1958 with very satisfy
;s. During August, about 9 inches
ill, and late blight became a seri
it to Aroostook County potato
feel that Dithane M-22 passed
test by giving us better blight con
i we had with the nabam fungicide
the balance of the crop. In addi
the excellent disease control, we
increase in yield amounting to-30,
per acre.
■aosier, KVL FARMS. PRESQUE ISLE, MAINE
.; prefer working
with DITHANE M-22.**
Dithane M-22 helped us
grow a good clean crop of
potatoes last season.
Weather conditions dur-
ing 1958 were very favor-
blight and it was present in the
S* Dithane M-22 kept our vines
|ntil harvest. We would also prefer
p with Dithane M-22 to other ma-
is convenient to handle and
teadily,
,n *s & Son, R D #l, BATH, PA.
are the same from all over the
potato blight con
• better yields ... ease of handling
• * • and definite plans to use
® M-22 on a larger scale this sea-
J'ou haven’t yet discovered the
? of this improved maneb
e ’ e^ with your Rohm & Haas
. , or y°ur -pesticide dealer before
a ygoes by. You’ll like the results.
P. L. ROHRER & BRO.
‘OKProww, PA
for paid advertising-space, or
for contributions to regional
or national promotional or
ganizations in that commo
dity field. Complete budgets
would be required along
with other measures to insure
-value of the contracts to Pen
nsylvama
Point , Four provides the
Bureau of Markets an addi
t'ondl $300,000, of which
$270,000 is to be used for its
promotional activity work
Inspectors would be put in
the field to’ Supervise the
grading and labeling of Penna
Certified products, under the
marketing orders and agree
ments •
The $270,000 would pro
vide funds for the manpow
er, -enforcement and adminis
tration of Quality-control
Henning stated, "We in
tend- -to promote, but it
would be foolish to attempt
to "promote iust anything
that- grows. We would end
up spreading a poor reputa
tion for Pennsylvania prod
ucts.
' Thcll is why the Depart
ment will be putting a major
share of Us effort toward
seeing that we have the lop
quality. dependable products
■on the market—these we
wijl* promote". This is the
keystone of our four-point
program."
‘•The ehallange is clearly
Distributing in Lancaster County
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Your Local Dithane Dealer
up to agriculture itself. If
the agricultural organizat
ions do not share our interest
in these programs, do not av
ail themselves of these mar
keting tools, do not find with
in their organizations the
leadership and resources to
participate, we are not going
to press our proposals.”
We have, as you and I are
painfully aware, a serious
financial condition in the
treasury of the Commonwea
lth. We can let these funds
stay unexpended and put
them to good use elsewhere
at the end of the -biennium.
We do feel, however, that
these programs are needed,
We feel they will bring re
turns far greair than the am
ounts appropriated.”
Rainey commented at the
close of the meeting, “We
helped draw up these legis
lative proposals because pro
ducers asked us to, and be
cause no one has offered any
thing else in the way of con
crete programs.”
“It has been brought out
that a commission control of
commodity programs would
bring producer control to
these commodities. No one
in the department has the
slightest objection to this ap
proach, except it has been
almost impossible to get
such legislation through the
Phone CRestview 3-1687
;; exceptional control of late blight.”
I used Dithane M-22 on my entire crop of
certified seed potatoes during the 1958
season and I feel that the performance of
the product was outstanding. During the'
month of August, we had an excessive
amount of rain in Aroostook County and
late blight rapidly developed in the area.
Despite these severe disease conditions,
Dithane M-22 prevented any late blight
development in my crop. Under the cir
cumstances, I feel that Dithane M-22
gave me exceptional control of late blight
,Athell Banks, MARS HILL, MAINE ‘
.. biggest crop I
ever produced.”
I used Dithanb M-22 on
my potato crop exclu
sively during 1958 and
harvested the biggest and
best quality crop I ever
produced. The crop was clean and free of
blight in spite of favorable disease weather
experienced during the growing season. I
find its ease of handling and mixing a real
advantage and certainly plan to use it
again next season.
Ernest R. Ringer, R.D. #l, ALLENTOWN, PA.
Dithane is a trademark, Reg U S Pat. Off.
and in -principal foreign countries.
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COMPANY
WASHINGTON SQUARE, PHIIAOEIRHIA S, M.
Phr Lane. EX 2-265 r
Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, April 25, 1959 —7
LeSand Nixon
Is Pa. Potato
Growers Head
Leland Nixon, State Colle
ge, is new head of the Penna
Co-operative Potato Grow
ers Asson. which maintains
offices in Harrisburg.
His father, Dr. Ernest Le
land Nixon, “Mr. Potato of
Pennsylvania,” is an uncle
of the vice president Dr. Nix
on is a founder and for many
years has served as adviser
for the association.
The younger Nixon is an
agronomy graduate of the
College of Agriculture at the
Pennsylvania State Umversi-
Assembiy.
We believe this Four-Point
program has a chance of get
ting through and doing the
job”
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of potatoes. He has been first
vice president of the associa
tion for the past five years.
Nixon succeeds Ivan Miller
Corry, Erie County, presi
dent of the potato growers
for the past five years. Rob
ert Harwood, Wattsburg, Er
ie county, was advanced fr
om second to first vice presi
dent; Carl Wotnng, Schne
cksville, Lehigh county, mo
ved up from third to second
vice president; Harold Rice,
Jersey Shore, Lycoming co
unty, newly elected director,
was named th'xd vice presi
dent.
Re-elected for - one-year
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Schuylkill County treasurer;
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