Alfalfa Leaf Hopper Expected Qn Second Crop; Spray Needed T jie alfalfa leaf hopper is p e cted to do damage to the second cutting alfalfti, says Koheit Powers, Chester Coun tv agent. Recent dry weather lias fl avored their bulldu P- The damage is done principally by the immature nymphs, which a , e piesently building up. Damage on alfalfa shows up a 3 follows: (a) Reduced g,owth and yields; (b) Yel led leaves, under sievere infestation: (c) Reduced vig -01 of stand; (d) Lower feed •value of crop. Damage cannot be corrected, igoth the adult and nymph once it has occurred. It must stages of Leafhopper jump up he pieiented. To prevent leaf- fiom coier among alfalfa hopper damage on alfalfa, when distuibed. Both stages Mr. Egg Producer: !F YOU WERE TO ASK THE FLORIN FEED SALES AND SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE IN YOUR AREA (Pictured below) WHAT YOU AS A POULTRYMAN CAN EXPECT BY CHANGING YOUR LAYING FLOCK TO FLORIN LA-MOR, THEY WOULD GIVE YOU ANSWERS BASED ON ACTUAL EXPERIENCES THEY HAVE HAD IN THE FIELD WITH SATISFIED CUSTOMERS. Martin K. Miller Sales - Service Mgr, THE CUSTOMERS STATED 1. Birds ate less feed -as much as 1 lb. less per dozen eggs produced. 2. Floors became drier. 3. Egg production increased. 4. Feed cost per dozen eggs dropped per dozen. FLORIN LA-MOR is a complete, highly palatable maximum profit flock. spray the second cutting when it is 4 to 6 inches tall with Methoxychlcft emulsion at the late of 3 pints per acre. At least 25 gallons of water per acre is necessaiy to get good coverage. Powers said. Adult alfalfa leafhoppers are wedge-shaped, pale green ibh-yellow in color, and about one-eighth inch long. The immature nymphs are quite similar in appeaiance to the adults, but aie smaller and of a moie pioiiounced yellow color. Please Call Us Today at Mt. Joy. OL 3-2411 and the representative in your area will be glad to give you more information. WOLGEMUTH BROS., Inc “ ~4 V* 4 Irvin H. Ginder Clarence H. Oberholtzer J. Martin Gish feed, designed possible from FLORIN, PA. ■damage plants. Some damage is caused by sucking plant Judes from leaves and fine steins, but more damage is caused by the toxic substances which the insects secrete into the plant dining the feeding activity. For Problem Alfalfa Fields In cases where severe chew ing injury from alfalfa weevil was piesent at the harvest time of Jii st cutting, there may be enough weevil larvae feeding activity that the sec ond cutting growth will not appear. If giowth does not appear in a few days after the first cutting is lemoved, it is reas onable to assume that weevil lanae are chewing oft the new growth. In this ease, the stubble Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 16, 1962—13 Henning Urges Agri. Courses For Urban High School Students PHILADELPHIA, June 14 -- State Agriculture Secretary William L. Henning urged to day that courses m agriculture be offeied in city high schools and liberal arts colleges to develop “enlightened comsum- should be sprayed with Meth oxychlor at the rate of 2 quarts per acre. This stubble spray will not proi tde leafhopper protection as the spray material wi'l not be deposited on the new giowth, Poweis emphasized. as much as 4c high energy, to give you your laying ers ” Dr. Henning spoke at com mencement exercises of the Philadelphia High School of Agriculture and Horticulture, He also presented a plaque to the school and to the city board of education for tba school’s contributions to rural urban understanding. “Although only 20 per cent of our income goes to pay for food, it is still the largest sin gle item in each of our budgets,” he said. "Food will continue to be the fore- most factor in our national policies and in international i elations Dr Henning said the study of food should not be for home economics classes alone. He asked that agriculture be “studied not as a vocational pursuit but for broadening the student’s knowledge and thinking piocesses” He told the graduates that they would be better eq uippeo than any other students “in being able to recognize quality and value in the foods you buy, in knowing how to conveit the bare ground of a housing development into an. attractive lawn and productive garden, in knowing how to cope with plant and animal pests, and in distinguishing between nutritional sense and nutritional nonsence ” The f i amed parchment plaque, presented jointly to the Board of Education and the high school was inscribed: “Piesented for outstanding service in the improvement of rural-urban understanding through a unique and contin uing program bv agriculture courses offered by the Phil adelphia School of Agricul ture and Horticulture. The better understanding of agric ulture matters by city residen ts and the better understand ing by agriculture intereets of urban attitudes are import ant to mutual improvement. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture publicly recog nizes these contributions and presents this citation. Dr. Henning said that school courses in agriculture were needed because of the switch from a rural to an urban soc iety. He said the city resid ents “need to know of agric ulture if their decisions and policies are to be wise.” SPABC Show Date Is Set July 31 and August 2 are the dates for the eleventh an nual Southeastern Penna. Arti ficial Breeding Cooperative’s Cattle Show to be held on the headquarters grounds, Lanoas- ter, Pa. The announcement was made today by the Cattle Show Committee consisting of Herman Stebbins, R-5, York; Earl Noel, McSherrystown; and Harold Haldeman, Danboro. These men, all SPA B.C. Dis trict Directors, are working with the Cooperative’s manage ment in arranging for the ei ent. The schedule calls for judg ing the Ayrshire, Crown Swiss, Guernsey, and Jersey exhibits on Tuesday, July 31, and the Holstein entries on Thuisday, August 2. With 3G4 entries at last \ ear’s show, it is felt that this schedule will comfortably accommodate the expected number of entries this year. (Continued on Page 16)
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