5. NO. 12
vention is Answer
Fire Blight Control
Mrol of Fire Blight in
oichards is mostly a
am of prevention, co
rn chardists were told
)r Carlton Taylor, Ex
plant disease specia
f-om Pennsylvania State
irsity at a demonstrat
n the orchard of Robert
I Lancaster R 2, on Tues
i group of 30 orchard
ibserved as Taylor used
carded blacksmith’s kn
-3 remove cankers from
:ed branches m the
et pear block in the or
-1 lay 1 or explained
these hold over cankers
;ions in which the bac
disease passes the win
should be removed in
note’’ when there is less
e of spreading the dis
with the tools
inches more than half
d by cankers should be
red, Taylor said, and
ut should be made four
ery Growers
ect New
ain Here
ery growers have giv
p in their attempt to
seed of the old Hou
irain which was popu
ith county growers be-.
World War 11.
new strain of celery,
a only as H 46-3, has
selected to replace
r on county vegetable
, growers were told by
Irnest Pollack, Extensi
igetable Specialist from
'ennsylvama State Uni
y, at the farm of Am
ah, Millersville Rl, on
ay
now strain, developed
elected by Dr. Pollock
seed furnished by 'Mr.
was one of several
s bem *ested by local
irs m county in co
tion i the Univer
-2 aie very enthusiastic
Hus new stram,” Funk
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Co-op
fs New Sire
Guernsey Sire Selec-
Committee of South
n Artificial Breeding
1 alive recently an
cd, the purchase of SG
kiidon Harvest King
500101 Mr. Herman
ln S Guernsey Commit
miunan stated the sev
ar old bull formerly
Ibv Peter and Ehza-
Zeitlor and Raymond
■■ouiso Witmer will be
ueod to dairymen in
near future.
American Guernsey
Club recognized “King
as a “Gold Star Sire”,
is the high
-Hoiomcnt a Guernsey
n n accomplish.
01 dmg to his SPA.-
Proof “King Cole” has
■Shlcrs averaging 12,-
i -V 1 milk, 5.1% test
'in s i- a l as compar-
J t u "51 lbs. of milk, 4.-
f and 527 lbs. of fat
lr dams Eighteen of
agnters excelled their
milk, sixteen in test
'anty-one in fat.
inches back from the visib
le margin of the infection
to make sure all diseased tis
sue is removed.
If the infections are re
moved in the warmer wea
ther of spring or summer,
sma’l branches should be
broken off rather than cut
off since the disease can be
carried from one tree to an
other on the tools If the
cankers must be cut out in
warm weather, the wound
should be painted with a so
lution made of two quarts
of water, one-eighth ounce
of cyanide of mercury and
one-eighth ounce of corro
sive sublimate.
Any cultural practice wh
ich encourages vigorous gr
owth tends to encourage the
spread of Fire Blight, Tay
lor said High concentrati
ons of soil Nitrogen, prun
ing which forces water sp
routs, or an excess of wat
er can cause an outbreak of
the disease.
Spraying -to control infect
ions on pear, apple, or quin
ce trees and on some of the
ornamentals, should be done
at about 25 percent bloom
and again at about 75 per
cent bloom, Taylor said.
Taylor recommends use of
streptomycin formulations at
100 parts per million in the
bloom sprays. * *
The demonstration was un
der the direction of Associ
ate County Agent, Harry S.
Sloat.
FIRST PLACE WINNER IN THE Handyman 4-H Club
roundup at the Production Credit building on Wednesday
night was Wilmer Wenger, son of Mrs Miriam Wenger, 76
Greenfield Road, Lancaster. The 16 year old junior at Lan
caster Mennonite School has been in 4-H Club work for four
years Previously he has carried projects in Garden, En
tomology and Bees. His winning entry in the handyman
club was a desk with built-in drawers and waste basket.
The Handyman club was new in the county this year.
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Lancaster, Pa.. Saturday. February 13, 1960
REMOVAL OF THE CANKER in which Fire Blight
infection spends the winter is one of the methods employ
ed in the control of this disease of pears Dr. Carlton Tay
lor, Extension plant disease specialist from Pennsylvania
State University, left, explains to Robert Herr, Lancaster
R 2 orchardist, the proper method of removing the diseased
tissue-with a curved knife of the type used by blacksmiths
to trim horse hooves Other knives will work, but the
curved blade makes outlining the area much easier Bart
lett is one of the more susceptible varieties of pears while
Keiffer and Scckel are relatively resistant to the disease
Farm Bureau Cooperative
Plans Annual Meet, Election
The 25th annual meeting of eau Cooperative Association
Lancaster County Farm Bur- will be held Wednesday Feb
ruary 17, in the Pequea Val
ley high school near inter
course.
Charles C. Burkins, gener
al manager of the coopera
tive, said the meeting will
begin at 10 a.m, luncheon
will be served at noon and
the afternoon session will
start at 1.40 pm.
Prof. J William Frey, of
Franklin and Marshall Col
lege, will be the principal
speaker.
-Other speakers will be. M.
M. Smith, Lancaster county
agricultural agent; Willis Z.
Esbenshade, president of the
organization, Kenneth Bangs,
Pennsylvania Farm Bureau
district manager; Richard F.
Hertzler, Nationwide Insur
ance Companies district man
ager; Burkins and John E.
Wolgemuth, assistant manag
er of the cooperative
Four members will be el
ected to three-year terms on
the association’s board of
directors The nominating
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FIVE - DAY
Saturday - Wednesday
Temperature for the next
five days will average near
er slightly below normal.
Our normal tempera
tures for this lime of year
range from a low of 24 at
night to a high of 40 in
the afternoon. Some pre
cipitation is likely about
Monday and Tuesday. To
tal precipitation for the
month was one inch of
rain during the past week.
—LF PHOTO
WEATHER
FORECAST
$2 Per Year
Heptachlor
No More
Says Sioat
Tnc Fend and Drug Ad
ministration has placed a
zera tolerance on Heptachlor
ter use in or on agricultural
crops This means that Hep
tcchlor cannot be used on
alfalfa, or on any other for
age crop, where there is apt
to bo a residue of Heptach
lor, according to an annou
ncement fiom Harry Sloat,
Associate County Agent.
There has been consider
able interest in the use of
Heptachlor m granular fo
•rm, or mixed with fertiliz
ers, for alfalfa weevil con
trol Even though these fo
rms are designed to be us
ed before the alfalfa starts
to grow, they would still
pi oduce residues on the cr
op at harvest time. There
fore, the use of Heptachlor
on alfalfa in any form, is
illegal Alfalfa weevil con
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SCD Signs
Eight New
Cooperators
Eight new cooperators
signed agreements on 830
acres on seven farms, it was
reported at the meeting of
the Lancaster County Soil
Conservation District Mon
day night.
The number of new coopera
tors brings to a total of 31
the number of cooperators
requesting conservation plans
for the year. For the same
period of time last year 12
farmers signed agreements.
As a result of a watershed
workshop held January 25,
the SCD has scheduled a ser
ies of four area watershed
meetings. The first of these is
scheduled to be held at Blue
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Farm Calendar
February 13 2 00 to 5:00
pm. Chicken Barbecue at
the Lancaster Poultry Cen
ter, Roseville Rd, Lan
caster.
February 13—10 00 a. m.
Yorkshire swine show and
sale at Guernsey pavilion,
Lincoln Highway, cast of
Lancaster Sale begins at
1 00 pm.
February 15—7 45 p m.
Penryn area Poultry meet
ing in the Penryn fire hall
Glenn Herr and Charles
Warfel m charge.
February 17 10 00 a m.—
Annual meeting of the
Lancaster County Farm
Bureau Cooperative at
Pequca Valley High
School Election of four
directors Fice lunch
730 pm 4-H electric
club meets m PP&L build
ing
February 18—7 30 pm. An
nual meeting of the Lan
caster County District of
Southeastern Pennsylvania
Artificial breeders Cooper
ative in the Hempfleld El
ementary school, Landis
ville. Election of one direc
tor from Lancaster Co.