12—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. May 13. 1961 lleves most fertilizer used in orchards helps the' cov6r peaches per acre, reports C. ™ruit tree roots are 6 Peach Fertilizer Program Boosts Yields By. % Peach trees can yield one fourth more fruit than usual with a fertilizer program of high rates of nitrogen and medium to high rates of super phosptate and potash. This has been shown in 8 years of experiments by the Agricultural Experiment St ation at the Pennsylvania State University^ Tests at University Park with high rates of super phosphate and -medium rat es of potash have produced as high as 900 bushels of Before You Buy Any Hay Machine See The Meyer Hay Conditioner ✓ J. PAUL NOLT Lincoln Hwy., Gap, Pa. Produced In 1960 By Funk's-G Hybrid Seed . . . On Ihe York County Farm of J. E. Lanius & Son. FUNK'S G HYBRIDS have done it again . won the 1960 Official Pennsylvan ia 5-Aue Yield Contest with a whoppng record yield o£ 206 6 bushels per acre Aad al-u won 3rd and sth highest yields in tins statewide contest open to all bi end-. 'fins v as the 4th tune within tie pa .1 8 years that Funk’s G has produced the Champ.on-Yield REAL PROOF Funk’s G supetior bleeding pay> off m mn.\ coi n at liai vest time 1 YOUR 1951 Corn Crop il ion want to make sure of mote corn tins fall the tine-.l upstanding, blight fighting, higher yielding com decide light new to plant Funk's-G ‘oed this ;>p~.ng SEE YOUR LOCAL HOFFMAN SEED MAN OR PHONE TW 8 3421. A. H. HOFFMAN SEEDS, INC., LANDISVILLE, PENNA. Serving farmers' with finest quality seeds since 1899 Marshall Ritter, research . , „ OM , . +Via T3„„v, c+o+ Q inches or deeper m the sou, pomologist at Penn State - t pi losp hate fertilizer ap- Average yields -ol 550 to lj t £ Penetrate onlvthe 600 bushed per acre have * been common in these trials he reports. , to the slow use of fertilizer by fruit trees Dr. Ritter finds that nitrogen may take 2 to 3 years to be reflected in a fruit crop. Potash may take 3 to 5 years for its full effect. Phos phate works very slowly, he adds. He comes up with the observation that the “grow ers son may profit from to day’s efforts to correct phos phate shortages.’ The addition of 7 5 to 10 pounds of 20 per cent syper phosphate per tree annually —together with the nitrogen and potash rates used—has yielded approximately 100 bushels more fruit per acre than with a so-called “nor mal” peach tree fertilizer program Dr. Ritter says taste pan nels have ' found peaches grown under the above ferti lizer levels to be excellent in flavor. From his studies he be- Advertisers will be glad to have you mention Lancas ter Farming when answering advertisements. HYBBIID Caterpillars To Be Fewer Experts Say Harrisburg Dr. Thomas L Guyton, director of the Bureau of Plant Industry of the Pennsylvania Depart ment of Agriculture, predict ed Monday that Eastern tent caterpi’lar infestation will not be as great this year as last. He based his prediction on surveys made late last week which disclosed only three egg clusters in six of the most heavily infested coun ties last year. “The caterpillars are held in check by a long list of na- BIG SAVINGS!It! STANDARD EQUIPMENT'S Bid SPRING DISCOUNT BARN CLEANERS and COMFORT STAU MIGHTY-MOVE BARN CLEANER EASY-ALL COMFORT STAUB Discount Changes: Morl4, Aw. 15, May 16, May 31st I See Your Standard Dealer Today. Do Not Delay, I GLENN H. HERR I MANHEIM, R. D. I Ph. TW 874(1 'fht/oh h this heavy duty SIDE MOUNT MOWER on a FORD TRACTOR Witl You can count on one of these mowers to give fast, dependable service on any kind of mowing job The) are rugged and tough ... take heavy duty jobs in stride Curb lift permits raising inner shoe for mowing curbs, etc., and the cutter bar is adjustable for a variety of conditions. Safety cut-off stops tractor engine if cutter bar strikes an obstruction. Choice of 5 or 6 foot cut Models available for Ford COO, 800, NAA and 8N Tractors ASK US FOR A DEMONSTRATION Keener Equip. Co. Rts. 230 & 72. Lancaster Phone LO 9-98S1 Sauder Bros. New Holland Phone EL 4-8721 turai enemies. -These ene™ account for ' the years which the insect is rar . noticed. One thorough spraying an infested p’ant with a j T mixture (four tablespoo of 50 per cent wettable Dl powder to a gallon of wat< is enough to protect it th ( oughout the season. Sprj ing should be done as as tlie first small “tents" t noticed. Malathion 25 p, cent wettable powder at « rate of tw» tablespoons to gallon of water may also t used as a spray control Speed is still the numb one killer on our highway During i 960, 10,970 lost their lives in acciden blamed on speed. More thj 1,000.000 were injured Lowers to 45° below horizontal praises to almost vertical for oisy mowing of slopes, banks, ditdie> Elizabethtown Farmers Supply, Inc. Elizabethtown Phone EM 7-1341 Conestoga Farm Service I Park Ave., Ouarry v ‘ Phone ST 6-259’ Allen H. Mat* Denver Phone AN 7 8501 *O% *6
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