MH-30 Increases Yield Tobacco Growers Told The use of MH-30 to inhibit the growth of tobacco suckers increased the yield in every case, a tobacco re searcher told growers last Friday night. Speaking to over 40 tobac- erably in the county. Some co growers at the stockhold- companies say it makes no ers’ meeting of the Lancaster difference to their processing County Tobacco Growers while other companies have Cooperative Assn., T. R. Ter- saidthe spray will ruin the rill, director of the Southeast crop. “It seems to be a mat- Pennsylvania Field Research ter of management both on Laboratory, said experiments the farm and in the factory.” had shown increased yields Terrill said, and less shed burn wiih the At present chemical tests use of the chemical as com- 33 we y comparison tests pared with hand suckering- c f cigars made,from treated TRY NEW FLOWERS Terrill said trials on the leaf are being carried out by New 1961 All-America research laboratory farm four large companies. Mean- winners are ‘Gloriosa’ near Landisville- showed an while, farm use of the chan- double daisy, ‘Rosie O’Day’ average- of 330 pounds in- ical has increased each year sweet a lyssum and ‘Coral Sa crea_e in yield when MH-30 since 1957. tin’ petunia. They provide a was used. Conclusions from the tests, glorious border planting by In amount of shed burn Terrill said, indicated, vari- themselves, says Mrs. Lynn based on a scale of one to etal differences in shed burn B. Smith, extension floricul five (with five representing damage. Varieties did differ Jurist, and to be sure you severe damage) -tobacco in damage, he said, but shed have some in your garden treated with the chemical burn does not appear to be this year, she suggests order showed an average of 2.2 associated with the close ing seeds early from any re while hand suckered crops growing crops. liable seed firm or dealer, were damaged to the extent of 2.7 The difference of 0.5, while seemingly small would represent a significant differ ence of 10 percent in the a mount of damage to the crop In the trials, four varieties of tobacco were topped at bud stage and at 80 percent bloom. In each case the tobacco was sprayed or suck ered five days after topping Previous experiments, Ter rill said, have shown that spraying at five days after topping causes less change in the leaf than application of the spray before or at top ping time Tobacco was topped at three different heights in the experiment. In only one case was there more shed burn in the sprayed crop. When the crop was topped at 80 per cent of bloom and at a height of 20 leaves per stalk, the hand suckered plot showed 2 3 on the shed burn rating chart as compared to 2.6 for the treated plot. On the 192 plots, 96 hand suckered and 96 sprayed with MH-30, the average yield was 1,988 pounds - per ache for hand suckered and 2,318 pounds per acre for the sprayed crop. When tobacco was topped in the bud stage, spraying made the greatest difference in pounds harvested, but not the highest total pounds. Highest total pounds was realized from tobacco topped at 80 percent of bloom and at a height of 20 leaves, but very little difference in the weight between sprayed and hand suckered crops was no ted Heights of topping rang ed all the way from eight leaves at bud stage to the 20 leaf height. Terrill said acceptance of the treated leaf varies consid UNADILLA Una-Lam LAMINATED WOOD ARCKSS AND RAFTERS- 4 Timas & Stronger Than m NailatTMembarsl '®v Mondad by most madam structural gluas. 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