Officers of the Lancaster County Fruit Growers Assor.ation after their election Monday night are, seatea L to R., Roy Erb, secretary and Wilbur Heller; president Looking on as Erb and Heller accept ap plications for membership in the organization are L to R., Martin Krimes, vice pdesident and Amos Rutt, treasurer. FOR YOUR MC^^YI Here’* why! The Wayne Pullet Ind,, who house program develops chicks into lets at a feed cosi Vigorous pullets with strong or G. G. Wilson, Windsor, frames, ready to lay at the Ky., 1,025 for 5 9c; and O. N. proper time. You get higher MeClung, Old Hickory, Tenn., } production, more large and 700 for 74c each. I •xtra-large eggs, less prolapse , Begin now getting "More for end improved livability. Feed Your Money" the Wayne way. tests are low too, like those of Wo have Wayne calf and pig ; Mrs. Robert Miller, programs tool I etprogim WAYNE pu I from MILLERSVILLE SUPPLY CO. Millcrw ill<* C. E SAUDER & SONS LIME VALLEY MILLS GRUBB SUPPLY CO R 1). 1, K.ist K.irl ROSS C. ULRICH, JR. ROHRER’S MILL HEBSHEY BROS K. T). 2. h Bottom MOUNTVILLE j r WALKER & SON Inc SUNSHINE FARM FEED SERVICE C WALKER SON, Inc. SUPPLY. INC. R. B. 2, Columbia latit/ anil Si haeilerstow n J K. STAUFFER & SON L.<\\n iS. KeUaire H, I). 1. Willow Street R. I). 1. Ronks Friut Hear Water based phosphate in secticides have been causing some of the problems orchard isfs have been having with their eailj spravs, John Pep nei. Extension entomologist tioni the Penns) Kama State LTmeisitv told Iruit growers Monday night lie said that the miscible ml spiavs which aie normallv applied at the green tip stage m apple oichnds are some - limes incompatible with some w atei based phosphates Peppi r told the Lancaster Couutv Fruit Glowers Assoi i ation, meeting in the Farm linieau building toi their an imal leoi ganimation meetuu “\\ e aie luomraendms! tha.L the lungicide be left in with the oil in the screen tip spraj ” lie also told growers “I liVe to see the miscible oil put on with a fine mist rather than a coarse spray ” H. M. STAUFFER & SONS. Inc. llilmi'r - Bunks -1,00 l i i;ii/,il)i'l hum n Growers Elect, Spray X, \ N Remiiolils Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 10, 1962 Changes Pepper cautioned grc cr-, that Alalathion on bearing ap ple trees is not approved Some growers ma> still want to use parathion, but insecti cides such as parathion should not be used alter bloom opens, he said because vou do not want to Kill the bees in tin oi c hard Pepper said the mite situa tion was bad last vear and the entomologists expect it to be severe ag cm this vear “1 think ‘resistant is a nice word to hide behind when we aie not doing a good job o£ conti ol he said Pepper said the spotted nutes, which oiei winter as adults as continued with the European red nutes which o\- ei w intei as eggs can be con trolled it lhc\ arc, hit eail\ enough and hard enough lie outlined a progiam of Arriving March 19 Another Car of MICHIGAN PEAT Off-the-Car Price $ 25.00 Finest Quality Peat Available 97% Organic - Weed Free This 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 & Carden Center A-top Kissel Hill, Vi mile south of Lititz On Route 501 Ph. MA 6-6890 or 6-7163 miscible oil in the green tip or delajed dormant stage with Guthion of Phospbamidon In the pre-pink spray, petal fall spray, and the first, third, fifth and seventh cover sprays. He said rosy aphids were found in manj county orchards last fall He cautioned grow ers to be on guard for a heavy hatch of rosj aphids this sea ‘-011 Pepper also said there may be a heavv batch ot the 17- vear locust in 19 62 He rec ommended Sevm tor the con trol ot the insect, and said tests have shown it to be ef fective for a period of about tluee weeks The spr.ij should be timed when vou see the tnst egg clusteis, he said lleibert Cole Extension Plant Pathologist trom PSU, said the number one disease fating oiehardists is Scab, with Fire Blight where there ate pears, fruit rots and sooty blotch, and powderv mildew in that order ot importance. He said plant pathologists have found that in orchards (Continued on Page 24) A TON 13
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