20 —Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 28, 1962
Soil Testing
At University
Shows Increase
University Park
Pennsylvania farmers than ev
er before arc substituting test
for guess on soil fertility. Dr
W. Wayne Ilinish sol'd today
at Penn Slate University
where a boom in soil testing
was matching the rush of
•spring work on farms
The Unnersitj s soil testing
laboratorv reported fi.loo an
alvses of soil simples during
the first half of Apnl These
came fiotn all (ounties in the
state The volume compared
to 4.770 foi all ol Api il I'tfil
Robeit J Thomas in charge
of the lab vvoik, said 220 000
soil samples have been atta
ined since the laboratoiv w i-
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5 gal can .. . $24.50
Weedor 64 (omine)
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SMOKETOWN, PA.
Ph. Lane EX 7-3539
Pa. 820 Corn
\ tngli population
\aiutj
fields ni> to 1<»0 bit.
pel a< r<> base been
i i'i ot dint
1. SlaiKK up when otheis
lodge
2 WitliMJinds drotiglil
2 Has a \t‘ty Mrong st-alk
4. (rood lesistante to torn
leal apin'. mid <oij» boi
110-poruN to lhi<K plant
ing and Infill left lli/.atiou
t(. Lon imilOMii Ik iglit ears
7. l)ih r at liar\<«,t time
than olhei satieties.
REIST
SEED COMPANY
MT .)(»>
I*li Oi. .5-.5521
modernized 10 years ago. He
expects the total to top 250,-
000 this year
The soil analyses, Ihmsh
explained, show pH (acidity
level), lime requirement, a
vallable phosphorus and pot
ash, and organic matter On
the basis of these findings,
Penn State specialists make
lime and fertilizer recommen
dations to suit soil and crop
needs These are mailed to the
farmers who submitted the
soil samples
More
Recent laboratory improve
ments and revised reporting
techniques have enabled the
Penn State stall to keep a
bieist of the stepped up de
mand
Ilmish, extension autono
mist said Hie incieas&rt u--p
th.it f.umers aie niaknit? oi s[)i) en , CRIIH N , t hei also ehm
the Penn State soil testily nlate u aste that t) enuentlv i -
s,.Mi(e letieits a ‘itiowum miUs tl()n , o twnse ot feitili
tieiHl to soeutitK laumii? An- ze] on a Wolk bnsis ..
il\ses ate a ke% to m.iMmmn
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Career Training
Courses Offered
At University
The Pennsylvania State Un
iversity alters programs Which
tram individuals for careers
m the sale and servicing ot
farm equipment, production
and sale of ornamentals, and
m golf course maintenance.
These programs, Known as the
Winter Courses in Agnculture,
have become mcrea&ingiy
ular m rec ent years
High school graduates 'who
are interested in the careers
mentioned are eligible to ap
ply The usual class standing,
entrant e examinations, and
English and mathematic re
quirements do not applv to ap
plicants ot the Winter Courses
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J. Paul Nolt
<<ap
The program consists ol two RIa;F AHSX.
eight-week terms a jear m WCTION APRn , jjg
each of two years. The si\
month summer period between
the second and third 1 terms is
recommended for on-the-job
training in the industry rep
resented bj the pertinent op
tion
Further information ran be
secured from the County Agent
or the Director of Short Cours
es Room 211, Armsby Build
ing, College of Agriculture.
The Pennsvhania State Uni
cersifv, Umversitj Park, Penn
sylvania
pop-
Unnersity h o r ti c ultunsts
recommend cleaning house
plant-, every couple of weeks
Those with smooth leates can
he sprajed in the kitchen sink
with watei at room tempera
tuie Pse a camel han biusji
to dust plants with ham
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Market
Angus and Shorthorn cattli
as vs ell as Heretords will i, {
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from clean herds
The sale is announced by
Donald M. Kmffen, secretary
of the Hereford Association,]
College of Agriculture, Jtut-i
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