Lancaster /arming., Saturday, August 20, 1960—11
fresh Vegetable
Market Report
j 5 Available
expanded Market News
y 6l age for fresh vegetab
le now covers this area of
Itnsvlvama, reports Tom
pfoer, Penn ® tate
Tomato, sweet corn
nd cabbage growers can be
j| e< t er informed of market
conditions.
Local growers can receive
daily market news release
L e of charge simply by
having their name placed
n the mailing list To do
this, write to the Fruit and
Vegetable Market News Ser-
IlC6) 604 U. S. Custom Hou
'e Philadelphia 6, Pennsyl
vania Ask for the “Miscel
laneous Fruit and Vegetable
Report ’’
pricing is a reax problem
f or the market produce gro
wer, says the Extension Mar
Keting Agent Since the best
quality produce is generally
sold m the country, it is im
poitant that growers be well
mfoimed Buyers are always
we ll posted on prices; grow
ers need to be equally well
informed
The new market report
will list prices received at
the farm by growers through
out Eastern Pennsylvania
It will also show the nation
al daily supply situation, in
car lot equivalents, for 38
major cities plus the source
of those supplies This will
keen all growers posted on
conditions in comneting ar
eas - a valuable aid to local
growers
In bargaining to determi
ne prices, those best inform
ed seem to have the advan
tage
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Inhibitor
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GROFFTOWN ROAD
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FARMERS’ EXCHANGE
Lancaster
Service Center
Phone EX 4-3755
Quarryville
Service Center
Phone ST 5-3647
y ° Ur local Representative
• Beef Show
(From page D
bur Hosier, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Mark Hosier, Manheim
R 3.
The Hosier entry, a 985
pound steer from the family
herd, was a paternal half
brother to the grand champ
ion steer at the 1960 Penn
sylvania* State Farm Show.
For the first time in many
years the champion steer in
the show was bought by a
county butcher when Kunz
ler and Company paid 62
cents per pound for the top
entry.
County residents will have
a chance to eat some of the
reserve champion as well.
Cross Brothers of Philadel
phia paid 34 cents for re
tothe P Stockyards "'lim 11 for WILBUR HOSLER, MANHEIM R 3 proudlj exhibits
j. . ' “Blackjack , the steer which won reserve championship
tneir a mng room. honors for him at the Garden Spot 4-H baby beef club show
Third place steer, a 955 at the Lancaster Stockyards on Wednesday —L.F. PHOTO
pound Angus shown by Jan- „ , , , . ,
et Frey Marietta RD 1 was Food Plan was the heavy of beef on 65 head of steers
sold for 36 cents per pound bu y er - In Wednesday’s sale for a sale average of $28.77
to Acme markets. no one bu y er took anywhere per hundredweight including
The champion and reserve near of majority ot the oiler- the champions The steers av
last year brought 70 cents i n Ss eraged 947 pounds.
and 52 cents respectively at Buyers shelled out a total -
the sale in which Gimbles’ of $l7 710 for the 61,660 lbs Try a Classified
MH-30-To spray or not to spray?
What does “Lancaster Farming” say about this?*
What happened to the promised
differential in price? Several farmers
reported that the buyer did not even
It appears we are on the same old suc^ers were removed
merry-go-round we stepped on last C +u P 'u • . . . .
year when some of us who played it e buying companies insist
straight stepped off to get our faces . not knowingly buy treated
full of dirt. tobacco, they readily admit that treated
Tobacco companies last year cau- * n m! * n y, instances, does not
tioned against the use of chemical mi ver ®® P^y that can be
growth inhibitors at the risk of severe S on the auction floor. i
| price penalties for treated tobacco. H { _ au . ctlon r j
Many conscientious tobacco farm- pi the Lancaster county
ers took the companies at their word fcl market is another,
and went through the age-old chore of if +u cases A he buyers were on (
hand suckering, while some of their §i the farms during the growing season, i
adventuresome neighbors risked price £i| P remium was P ai< * t° r the \
cuts for the convenience of chemical hand suckered crop. _ . ||
; , suckering. fyl ,If the tobacco companies intend to
When the buyers hit the sheds last against the chemically |s
' . treated tobacco, they made a poor
r V ; start last season. There will be many B
more farmers willing to test them out p
again this year. |j
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3^
Various statements have been circulated giving a mis*
leading impression of the U. S. Dept, of Agriculture's
attitude on MH-30. Actually, the Department has
refused to prejudge this chemical. It is engaged in
careful, scientific review of MH-30. This will require
many months.
MH-30 has been tested for over a dozen years and used
in the flue-cured areas for the past 5 years, in the burley
belt for over 3 years and on cigar tobacco for 3 years.
With efficient labor increasingly hard to find and
costly, the farmer must rely on chemical control of
plant disease, pests and weeds more than ever before.
United States Rubber
Naugatuck Chemical Division Naugatuck, Connecticut
Out. Offices: Akron-Boston-Chicsjo-Qjstonli-Loj Annln-Memphii -New York• Philadelphls-CANADA: Naugatuck Chemicals-Elmira, Ont.-Cable. Rubexport, N.Y.
Pv 1 O n SMOKETOWN
• Li« Kohrer oc JSro. lanc. ex 7-353?
V At least that’s how it looks from
where we stand.
MH-30 Available Now At
fall, most of the tobacco was sold be
fore the conscientious farmers had
time to say, "But I suckered mine by
hand.”
MH-30 is such a chemical. On the average it eliminates
30 costly man-hours of back-breaking hand-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 farmer from
hand-suckerrng 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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