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—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 26, 1961
FROM WHERE WE STAND -
Chemicals Have A Language Of Their Own
Copper sulfate, lead arsenate, Bord
eaux mixture - these arc. terms most
of us are fami'iar with. tV how about
Ferbam, Toxaphene Captan, Cube Sc
vin, Parathion, Malathion, Methoxy
'h’or, Hcpu.cn.'or. Cbloidane, Methyl
bromide, Dn-idrin. Pyrethrums or pen
la-Llorophenol?
vVe might go on with 2,4 D, 2,4, 4-
T, acid or ester, Nabarr HPT, jCoppor
Napthenate, Aldrin, Benzene Hexach
loride or endrm, but we think you get
the point.
Farm chemicals are becoming so
complex it almost requires a whole
new vocabulary just to talk about
them.
Aside from the names we have such
references as rate of application, vola
tility, tolerance residual effects, spread
er-stickers, wettable powders, emul
sions, dusts, sprays, defoliants, desi
cants, herbicides, insecticides, fungi
cides and growth stimulators and re
tardants.
Imposing as the list seems to be it
is only-a; partial list of terms used
mainly in the pest control phase of
farm chemicals. The whole realm of
farm chemistry is so complex the av
erage-farmer can not begin to visualize
the complexity of it.
Just a' few years ago, agricultural
insecticides were used primarily by
cotton, citrus and fruit growers. Other
farm chemicals likewise were used
sparingly by the most progressive far
mers and not at all by the majority.
During the past decade, however,
new materials and new methods of
handling chemicals have made insect
control practical for nearly all crops.
In the field of pharmaceuticals, the
progress has been likewise swift and
startling to the observer.
A survey among 315 lowa farmers
by the team of Boh’en and Beal of
lowa State University, shows that at
least nine out of ten farmers are using
at least one agricultural chemical in
their farming operation.
A third of the lowans interviewed
said they were using only one of these
six kinds of chemicals: Weed killers,
soil insecticides, brush killers, crop in
secticides, grass killers, and grain fu
migants.
About 25 per cent of the farmers
using chemicals used them only on
fence rows, ditches, and roadsides,
while many others used them only on
a “spot” or limited basis on their field
crops.
The cost of chemicals among the
farmers interviewed ranged from zero
to $625 per year averaging out at $47.02
a year. The survey presumably did not
include such chemicals as pharmaceu-
Crop Summary
Rain Delays Harvest Activities
Major harvesting activities
continued this week until
rain at the end of the week
brought farm fieldwork to
a stand still Although the
ram was badly needed in
many areas of the county.
The State Crop Reporting
Service reported that in
some southeastern areas dry
conditions had affected the
growth of corn and put a
halt to fall plowing.
Pastures in the ccunty are
jn excellent condition for
this time of year and third
crop of hay on many farms
i= showing good height
Reports fiom farmers a
round the county indicate
there may be a limited a
mount of corn going into the
silo next week. Corn is ent
ering the soft dough stage
in many fields
According to the weekly
crop and weather summary
issued tins week by the
State Crop Reporting Ser
vice, the picking of early
apples continues with good
quality and very little in
sect damage A few areas
have completed their early
crop harvest The bulk of
-the apples are sizing nicely
and look very good. Hale
Haven peaches are being
harvested throughout the
State with good quality
ticals, medicines, sanitation supplies,
and feed additives which must cer
tainly be considered a part of the farm
chemical picture.
Is it any wonder, then, that farmers
just shake their heads m confusion
when the experts begin talking con
trol measures in the technical terms
which seem so familiar to them.’''-To
many of us who are not in the farm
chemical business, the jargon of the
experts sounds like a foreign language.
But with farming so complex, and
the consumer demanding -more and
more in the way of quality' products,
farm chemicals are here to stay, and
the picture will likely get more com
plex before' it gets more simple.
All this to say that the American
farmer had better learn to live with
farm chemicals. It is impossible for
any one man to know all there is to
know about all chemicals, but the ex
perts do know much more about cer
tain ones than the average farmer can
ever know. If the experts package
chemical with label instructions, it be
hooves the farmer to read those in
structions- before using the chemical.
It follows, then, that those unable to
read, and: this means especially child
ren, are very likely unable to use
many of the strong- farm chemicals
safely.
We are sure many tragedies could
be averted each day if the user ,would
only read and heed label instructions.
We can learn to LIVE with farm
chemicals.
At least that’s how it looks
where we stand
It has been said before and can be
said again:' “can’t the hot dog makers
and the bakers of hot dog rolls get to
gether on their arithmetic. The sausag
es come in packs of ten and the rolls
in packages of eight, so not until you
have to prepare 40 hot dogs does the
count come out even. This is a lot of
hotdogs. Maybe the kindly sausage
makers like to think of the two spare
ones going, to the family pet, but the
petless housewife with a tidy mind
generally has to make pea soup the
next day to use up the surplus.
To retard expansion of hog num
bers, and to hold prices up, Denmark
has been paying a subsidy on bred
sows de’ivered for slaughter, according
to the Foreign Agricultural Service.
The subsidy was 6V2 cents a pound
dressed weight for sows at least half
way through gestation, and was limit
ed to sows delivered during a specific
three week period.
Other vanties now being
picked include Sun-High
Triogem and Red Havens
The rest of the short peach
crop is of nice size and
color
Tomato processing plants
are now operating in the
Southeast and Southcentral
areas of the State. Although
the crop is ripening slowly,
the cool dry weather was
ideal for tomatoes to pre
vent rotting from taking
place The crop is of good
quality with little disease or
Lancaster Farming
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Express 4-30-17 being put in the silo be-
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Established November i 1355 m the northern areas are
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three iears $5 Single copy Price corn is being affected by the
5 ccn ts dry conditions The crop has
Members Pa Newspaper Publish- ctarteH trv pnter the HpntpH
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Association. stage in some of the south-
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insect problems. It is about
a week later than usual this
year. Early sweet corn har
vesting has started to slow
down in much of Pennsyl
vania with the late crop
not yet ready to pick. The
early sweet corn had good
yield and quality Snap
beans are still being har
vested in the northern part
of the State Lima beans
with good yields and quality
are being processed in the
Northwest. Late cabbage is
coming on nicely as the ear
ly crop is declining Cucum
bers are being harvested
with fair to good quality.
Most combining is done
except in the northern co
unties where wheat and oats
Harvesting of wheat in the
continue to be harvested
North is almost complete
with' good yields being re
ported Oats continue to be
combined in the northern
counties Harvesting of oats
eastern areas
tion on the tombstone:
Mount Holyoke Graduate
The lady whose body was i
there was more proud of be!,
college graduate in' 1845 that)
was of her own name. You s,
has not been long since even* 1
this “Christian” country a Wo ” 11
braved a good deal of r ,
and opposition when she brand?
out for herself. People (
KlbU Material: Acts 16 11-40 have r.aH I vriin’c ctn™
D.votlonal Readinf. Romans 10 1-13. nave reaa WU l * s Story m '
1 Th» Wealth and Power of Won,
It is a commonplace ob Ss . 1
tion, even if somewhat oxaJ*
ated, that women are the weak
sex. Besides all the money n 1
_. j control in their own right, ji* l
THE WOMAN known to history f re great spenders—an’d
only as "Lydia” is unique ln tended in a mean way *
among the women of the Bible, visit to the super-market or n.
We hear nothing at all about her department store will show *
family. She was a business spends the family money
woman, engaged in selling the men mu ®* believe that f,.
purple dye whi'-h was so fashion- w ° men have good i u dgm t:!
able in ancient otherwise they would lock up »
times. She was check-book. Women J
presumably sue- P r °oably far more powerful
cessful; we can * han rnen * ** we ever real,
guess this because avß P eace > will not be unj
the kind of thing women stand up and demand*
she sold suggests “°" caches ever really sh ,,
customers m the f er the responsibility for evsnj,
upper brackets; world * it will not j,
but also because untll the women really put th„
she owned a> home energles mt ° missionary work,
of her own, no A Long Lint
economy flat but a house big. There are some aspects c 1 k
enough to entertain quite a party In which most women outsC
of missionaries. Even before she most men, and one of the*
became- ar Christian she was- a is personalizing good works I
praying woman, and a leader of man will write you a check
other women. Presumably she yo ur orphanage; but a worn®
had brains and charm, an adimr- wants to see the orphans. A nu,
able woman. , will recommend you to a g C[l ;
the Freedom of Women '~~ hotel, but a woman will invite R:
What makes Lydia a stand-out her home. That was Lyd la sh
is not that she became a Chris- * d ”° t f ay _ to h* r
ban; the New Testament abounds r " ® lr * * wish you and you
in stories of people who became- a P l *? s3 ?* stay ,
Christians. Nor yet that she was » dld .- uldeed wish that;
woman, for many women were be- she went ti
hevers, from the very beginning. .. t t , . se ® t a l TO|
She stands out because of her in- 5 e * Vl * ed the whole
dependence of life. Women in t Lyd * V ' i!
Palestine always “belonged” to 1 m a lon Shneol
some one, as was true in most , ave ® iven * ctlti
ancient cultures. But around the L“?TT““JL 10 k
Aegean Sea women had more , leaderS ‘ WhM , JE
freedom. No one thought Lydia °^ t . h ®s teS ’ aouns f
peculiar for her independent way - , . rS ’- Pe f sua ® rs ' ea ®
llfe era and benefactors financial!)
It may seem strange that it the chl,rt ‘
took so long for the world to dis- 3
cover what Lydia knew very well; the ch ” ci
that it is no disgrace for a woman gllllt e een * bad women bes
to branch out for herself in a
Business Woman
Lesson for August 27, 1961
from
man’s world. This writer IS per- (B«ei on outlines copjrrifhltd t
sonally acquainted with the first * n cifu d r2h« lo ;
woman ever to graduate from a Christ in the u. s a. Reieesed i;
. , . , . Community Press Service.)
school of medicine in a certain
state. In a small country church
yard in North Carolina there is
a grave with the strange mscnp-
Now Is The Time * ♦ •
BY MAX SMITH
MAX SMITH
TO PREPARE SILO Silo fil'mg tinK
with corn silage is at hand and many silos need some wort
on the inside before being filled Many masonry silos
need some plastering or pointing of joints and pitted s u(
faces. The silo must be air-tight m order to prevent spoilt
When filling on top of old silage be sure that spoiled silatf
is removed and that the silage is not inhabited with iats
TO OBSERVE CORN STORAGE CAPACITY AnotW
good corn crop is in the making on many local farms
means that normal silo and crib capacity may not be a
quate to store the crop The trench silo is one practical
of increase silage capacity at limited expense; a local 1
with good drainage and near the feeding area is d eSir ,.
With corn for grain additional cribe may be needed,
floors of barns and machinery do not offer sufficient air
culation for good drying. Plans are available for cubs
the Extension Office.
TO KEEP MILKING HERD IN GOOD CONDlTlON
pastures have decreased in grazing capacity in recent " ce 1
this means that extra hay and silage should be fed m &
to maintain the flesh and production of the cow held \
dairymen have suffered for the entire winte'f when the 1
was allowed to get down in flesh and production c (
short pastures. The grazing of second or third cuttia®
clover or alfalfa is recommended when possible.
TO PREPARE FOR WINTER OATS— Mid-September
good time to seed winter oats in southeastern Pennsj '
This crop should be seeded on well drained ground a 1
rate of 2 bushels of seed per atsre. Norline or Duß° lS
fhe recommended varieties.
TO INSPECT AND TREAT STORED
GRAIN—The weather has been favorable
.'ur grain insects to get established in thu
year’s wheat crop; also, the wheat was fl
field for a long period of time which
gives grain moth a better chance to £<■
started. Stored wheat should be checked
often for any signs of insect damage Ft
migants are on the market for this P®
pose and work best when air temperatures
are from 65 to 70 degrees.