n tro! Those Pests mmer Time Is Tick Time . o st everyone is glad American dog ticks they 5 P e warm weather arrive consider Junior to be almost habcball fans, swimmers, as tasty as Rover. Veam cart men and * s mall-fry customers, Now ants at a picnic are .mt-rn lotion people and an old American tradition ie , rird cooking enthusia- which we probably shouldn’* icW tamper with anyway. Mos -15 t unfortunately, warm QUitos well some of our signals the return best scientists are scratch ’ whole host of pests that m S their heads (also their t been forgotton since backs, shoulders, arms, etc) lVe >s frosts. over this one But ticks you AmoW these pcsts are the ° an d ° somethin e about. , s they really dig out- If your dog has ticks, the or cooks; mosquitoes best way to get them off is the y like everybody; and with tweezers. (The same Here Is Why You’ll Do Better Starting Pullets On Early A WINNING COMBINATION FOR ANY POULTRYMAN Contact your Miller & Bushong Service Representative or call us direct at Lancaster EXpress 2-2145 \\\ ill/// 'W EARLY BIRD \\nQ P- eCOt ~o V _Gt oV/ ' ~ (««- puV '!. <*••»sr s>;i .** *°- tfo. C^ ckS X> aVS *. * ©ate rt° j Deg' lol ” ■gteee i costs tO*t^ tA iteT feed G^ 1 fue\ tiediO 1 ' 0 ” Va c<** iwa i^ at,cc ouS o4et BO „.s l»ab ot atV ■esype**® a pel t e e d v A i 4 * A povx^ 5 ° . 3 ’ 6 °° CoS t ci tsz>* & Bird Feeds and Good Management - s °' d *j.o 3 ° /o * Miller & Bushong,inc. ROHRERSTOWN, PA. Manufacturers of Poultry and Livestock Feed Since 1875 goes if a tick has anchored onto you) 1 . This recommend ation comes from Dr. Rich ard F. Darsie of the depart ment of entomology at the University of Delaware. The American dog tick is a car rier of Rocky Mountain spot ted fever. If you try to re move a feeding tick with your bare fingers, you may accidently “squoosh” him, and.this is risky So use the tweezers and play safe. Here are Dr. Darsie’s sug gestions for avoiding tick trouble Check yourself and the children every night at bedtime Look especially well behind the ears of child ren, in their hair and in the 3,500 „ lf i 960 jtx**** cost s -39 1,0^ S \9.B° 99.2° 79.19 os. 1 * 5 3\- 94 fc.QO \W& vn- sb s 4.W«- 51 . v w 4a tl . 3 ixl Finest Poultry Service Anywhere folds of their skin. Use an antiseptic on the skin when you remove a tick. You can’t assume that there weren’t any ticks where you had your afternoon picnic. Ticks are found everywhere so again, play it safe and look for them before your family goes to bed. Dr. Darsie says you can solve Rover’s problem by rubbing DDT into his coat Use about four tablespoons of five per cent DDT dust To treat areas infested with ticks use a five per cent dust of DDT at four pounds per .005 4 .00^ .00^ .02.28 >o \BB .0089 JOStf A 0 .040° 8l 30$ 9 c/> Ph. Lancaster Express 2-2145 Lancaster Farming, Saturday. June 18. 1960—11 1000 sq. feet or a 5% dust of Chlordane at a rate of one and one-fourth pounds per 1000 square feet. If you prefer to use a spray, mix any of the fol lowing chemicals in 25 gal lons of water- 4 pounds of 50 per cent DDT, 2% pounds of 40 per cent Chlordane, or 2 pounds of 50 per cent dieldnn Corn Planting Gives Way To Tobacco The clear, mild weather during the week ending June 13 provided excellent working conditions and rap id progress v-as made on all field work although night temperatures were too low for best crop growth Com planting progressed rapidly from about three fourths to nearly complete in many localities Much of the corn ground remaining is intended for ensilage This was the first week that hay making weather las ted long enough to get top quality hay with convent ional (no-cnmpmg) metho ds. Most hay made during the week was high quality but some fields are severely damaged by alfalfa weevil and spittlebugs In addition to corn planting and hay making, cultivating of ear lier corn and potatoes was active in most areas. Soil moisture was about at a perfect level for work during the week and low spots in most cases became dry enough to work Improved growing condi tions for vegetables which began m the previous week continued Many growers we re able for the first time to cultivate their fields for we ed, control during the week Strawberries got a much ne eded boost from the higher temperatures and _ picking reached a heavy volume dur mg the week Sweet corn and tomato development con tinues below par because of low night temperatures and excess moisture Higher tern peratures would also bene fit the green pea crop The first bloom of snap beans is developing but the cool ra iny weather early in the week slowed the develop ment of blossoms Tobacco planting in the county is nearing the half way mark. Some seedlings are not of best quality due to the cool wet weather and a few farmers have had near failures and will wait until neighbors are finished planting to get anv surplus seedlings Some transplants are a bit velow but a little more sunshine should cor rect this Earlier set fields were cultivated durmg the week With corn planting complete tobacco transplan ting will move as rapidly as weather permits. Barley m some cases 'has flat spots that look as though they were rolled. It is ripe ning rapidly and will not recover now Harvest may be a few davs early Wheat is m the dough stage Moi sture should be adequate in all areas to assure maxi mum filling of heads Both Barley and Wheat, except where lodged, are in unus ually good condition FOH ANY FARM PURPOSE MADE THE FARMER'S WAY 1 . - LANCASTER lA PRODUCTION b CREDIT ASS'N 4H W. RoievUl* ltd lancaitor, Fa. Ph. lane. EX 3-3931
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