Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, March 03, 1962, Image 12

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    12—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 3, 1962
• Soils Day
(Continued trom I’age 1 »
con Iml Incomes ,i scrums pi o
l>lf in Not onlv do weeds be
come the limiting factor as
Kim ci ns \ielrts tliev also ni
ne ise i osts of piodiiction
Atn/ine gate exceptionally
good (ontrol in licld imps last
jeai he said
Switching to the pi obli in
ot weeds in Image imps Iteig
gieu said the wintei ■weeds
■which caused so much trouble
in n< w seedlings last .season
should be less ol a pioblem
this spnng "The winter an
nual weeds aie expelleneing a
moi e iigomus winter, ' he said
Hoiveui it needs ilo lieionn
a set ions pi oblem in the tnst
cutting ot .1 new mass or le-
gume seeding' l>c i ggren recom
mends put tin -A the (top into
tlie silo wheie the seeds will
liei ome stei lie
Out ot the weeds to watch
ac tending to Ileigmen is nut
mass \ut mass js becoming
intieasmglv set ions lien gm on
helieees and contiol is not
Arriving Soon!
Another Car of
MICHIGAN PEAT
Off-the-Car Price
Jumbo Bag Bo ib
Place your order now and we will notify
you of arrival date.
Th is unheard of price good to any reader
of this paper until March 17.
Delivered Price also available
Free Landscape designing
Stauffers Start With Service
End With Satisfaction
STAUFFER’S
Nursery & Garden Center
A-top Kissel Hill, Vi mile south of Lititz
On Route 501
Ph. MA 6-6890 or 6-7163
easy. Eptam is showing good
lesults, he said, but it ib still
expensive to use and it is reta
in eh short-lned The residual
elicit ot Eptam is noticed onlj
six to eight weeks as compared
to six to eight months ten At-
t i7,i ne
illeiggien said, 2 1-1) and
the old ciiltnatoi still hate a
plan* in weed conti ol ecen
with some ot the newei chemi
cals Ilowexei, lieiggien said
main laimeis wink then coin
gionnd too much Sm\e\s
show most I’ennsj h ama taim
eis wOl k then soil llnee to 11
times betme planting “A com
seed bed does noth.ne to look
like a lettuce bed,” he said
I’.oiggren said them is a
tiend towaid minimum till-
age in the state in an elloit to
cut down on piodnction costs
.lames II EaKm, Exensiou
Amoiiomist tiom PSU said the
new soil rest repents should
net the results back to the
l.umer ttuickei than hefoi e
Fmtheunoie he said the
new lepoits m\p the laimei
$l.OO
the opportunity to make his
own fertilizer recommenda
tions, and will lot him change
his mind as to crop to be plant
ed. » -
The now are much
more flexible, in that no blan
ket recommendations aie made
Test results aie Riven in
‘low", “medium" and “lush'
and the niowei Mguies teitili
/ei amounts lioiu a table
Eakm said “ A lanuei
should be as well mtoimed
about the teitilitv level ol his
Melds as he is about the pm
cluctioii ol his (o\\s
Eakm reioiumended a. 1-1-1
latio leitih/ei on tobacco
mound where soil tests show
a high lex l l ol Potassium The
ext i a Xitiogen in a made stub
as IP-IP-10 should prove liene
licial on both quality and Innh
v leld
John Sheuk II \\ illovv St
R 1 Mahlon Shenk Holtvvood
lid and Galen W Chou'-e,
Stevens 111, received the i ih
hons won last tall in the l)is
ti it t Hay Show at Heishey
Awards vveie piesented to
the 21 patticipantb in the live
'SC.Af
OPEN THE DOOR
ON MORE
PROFIT
Early Njutriticn
h
wßbd
FAR
Joseph M. Good & Son
1!7 New j)oi t Road Ltola Pa
J. C. Walker & Son, Inc.
CHas. E. Sauder & Sons
U 1) >. East Earl. Pa
I. B. Graybill & Son
Refton. Pa
Game Landis
Maintained
In The County
The Pillowing is an accom
plishment report by the Penn
sylvania Game Commssion,
showing work completed in
Lancaster Countv during the
past vear
On the four Farm-Game
Piojects theie aie 2 ( *4 roop-
aci e corn contest sponsored bv
the Am icultui e Extension Ser
vice and the Pennsylvania
Ciop Improvement Association
Seven mowers received blue
ribbons lor yields over 150
hushles per acre Eighteen
movveis had 125 to 149 hush
les pei ac re They received red
nhboiis High yield of 170 2
was made by Fred Fiey,
Quariyville R 2
The report was submitted
. r , * t * b\ T A Remolds, Supervisor
•\iine Lueck, Assistant , • . ’ * ,
„ . . of the Southeast Division.
Count! Agent in charge , ..
. „ District game protectors in the
ot the meeting Clavton San- „ s
T „ 4 . Count! are S C Mace. J P.
Lititz R 2 was master „ - , , .
Eicholtz and W E. \\oodrlng.
m ev
of ceremonies
GIVE
YOUR ANIMALS
A BETTER START...WITH
_ Early Nutrition gets > our young off to a fast start
r\ /'] toward » good finish Clucks poults pigs and
A \ / / calves given the prosier fotxls for rapid growth
y /) to numnu/e the slow down eflect-s of stress periods
, \ s - trsv ' will grow f ister unu stronger tli m those that don t
/.J \ 'srs-' h ivc die ad\ images of proper foods carlv in Ife
(I 1, irlv Nutrition pi\s off fur Mill becmevou
\i u get mart protit b ick for the d illars you invest in
'/77 last working earlv-growth toeds
(J ai> Pa
erating farmers with a total of
27,893 acres.
Seven farms with 475 acres
were leased in the program.
A total of 583 farmers were
contacted, 5,800 conifer seed
lings were distributed. 604
multiflora rose seedlings were,
distributed, and 1,500 conifer
seedlings were planted
There are tive tracts of
State Game Lands in Lancas
ter Countv These are located
in Cla>, Brecknock, Coleram,
Penn and West Cocalico Town
ships and comprise a total of
5,500 acres
On the game lands, 14 acres
of woodland borders were cat
and 12 acres were recut.
Twelve miles of roads were
maintained, seven acres of
thistles were removed and 3%
acres of forest trees were
thinned
Rose*
BEDS
David B. Hurst
How inans\ille. Pa
Walter & Jackson
Christiana Ph
A. L. Herr & Bro.
Quan \ Mile, Pa
Elverson Supply Co.
Eherson, Pa