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It appears we are on the same old
merry-go-round we stepped on last <
''PKiy* year when some of us who played it
straight stepped off to get our faces
fullof dirt. iQ
' Tobacco companies last year cau
tioned against the use of chemical
growth inhibitors at the risk of severe
4> <v: price penalties for treated tobacco.
' Many conscientious tobacco-farm
ers took the companies at their word
v;;" and went through the age-old chore of
hand suckering, while some of their
adventuresome neighbors risked price
> ' cuts for the convenience of chemical
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Various statements have been circulated giving a mis
leading impression of the U. S. Dept, of Agriculture's
aimude on MH-30. Actually, the Department has
refused to prejudge this chemical. It is engaged in
eaicful, scientific review of MH-30, This will require
many months.
MH-30 has been tested foroveia dozen years and used
i he fiue-cured areas for the past 5 years, in the buriey
belt for over 3 years and on cigar tobacco for 3 years.
Wih efficient labor increasingly hard to find and
CC: ’ly, the faimer must rely on chemical control of
P'cnt disease, pests and weeds more than ever before.
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had cards for both classes
exactly like judge Shaffer
Albert Frey, Manheim R 2,
and Llpyd E. Miller. Eliza
bethtown R 3, both breeders
of Holftems, placed the Ayr
shiics and Holsteins in the
same positions as the official
jhdgo Frey, in vanning, re
peated his performance of
last year
Many of the contestants
had one or the other of the
classes peifeet, but most of
the ■* groi.p disagreed some
where along the line Both
winning judges were award
ed show halters for their
perfoimanco
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MH-30 Available Now At
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Y SHAFFER, EXTENSION DAIRY SPECIALIST from the Pennsylvania
Sta'e University, left, congratulates the only two persons to have pemect scores m the
judging contest at the twilight meeting at the' Southeastern Pennsylvania Artificial
Breeding Cooperative this week Standing with Shaffer m front of the chart he used to
show bow misleading lacta+ion records can be are Albert, Frey, Manheim R 2 and Lloyd
E. Miller, Elizabethtown R 3 Approximately 580 dairymen and their families attended the
outdoor event L P Photo
For the Most Markets Read Lancaster Farming
fall, most of the tobacco was sold be
fore the conscientious farmers had
time to say, “But I suckered mine by
hand."
What happened to the promised
differential in price? Several farmers
reported that the buyer did not even
ask how the suckers were removed
from the crop.
While the buying companies insist
that they will not knowingly buy treated
tobacco, they readily admit that treated
tobacco, in many instances, does not
show adverse physical effects that can be
detected on the auction floor.
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Tobacco bought on the auction floor
is one thing, but the Lancaster county
tobacco market is another.
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In many cases the buyers were on
the farms during the growing season,
and still no premium was paid for the
hand suckered crop.
If the tobacco companies intend to
discriminate against the chemically
treated tobacco, they made a poor
start last season. There will be many
more farmers willing to test them out
again this year.
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At least that’s how it looks from
where we stand.
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MH-30 is such a chemical. On the average it eliminates
30 costly man-hours of back-breaking hana'-suckering
per acre. It is very common for a single acre of tobacco
to be attacked by as many as 125,000 suckers. We
believe anyone who insists on~ pulling them by hand is
fighting progress.
With unseasonable weather delaying the crops in
Lancaster County, MH-30 should be of extra benefit
this season. This chemical control frees the faimer from
hand-suckeiing and allows him necessary time to catch
up with his corn cultivation, haying and other chores
THIS IS THE CHEMICAL AGE ON THE FARM.
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Farm Ponds
Are Hazard
Farm pond owners were
urged today to chock life
raving equipment at the
pond before tragedy siiikes
S'ate Soci-tary of Agri
culture V/uliam L Henning,
pointed out that 10 persons,
three oi them childien under
live-years old, were diowned
on Pennsylvania farms last
yea- he said that installation
of simple h'o picservmg de
vices can. prevent tins need
less loss of life
‘ Because cm aren are es
pecially at'racted to ponds
and other open water, the
life preservers must be sim
ple mid easy to use A stan
dard life ring with plenty of
lope attached, a couple ol
long poles and a hcavv pl
ank die good items to keep
readily accessible at the
pond,” Secretary Henning
said
“If the swunmci in troub
le cannot help himseli, it
may bo necossaiy that ano
ther person cssist him The
life ring and the heavy pl
ank can prove invaluable un
der such circumstances,” he
said
“The be 1 idea is to keep
the pond fencer! m aid al
low no swimming unless
strictly supervised Be sure
that all swimmers know the
modern methods of artificial
rcspnation mouth to
mouth molncd is the simp
lest and beat and allow no
horsep'ey or skylarking in
the watei Tins too? often ha"
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