20—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 8, 1962 Vine Killing Ups Quality Of Potatoes Potatoes should not he dug until ±he vines have been dead 10 days to 2 weeks. Pro perly matured potatoes are less easily skinned or bruised, ac cording to Elmer Piter, exten sion agionomist from the Pennsylvania State University. If potato vines have not be en killed by early frosts or by insects, killing can be done by mechanical beaters or by chemicals Vine beaters with lubber flails or chains do a good job of destroying the % mes but they destroy only two ions at a time. Chemical sprays can Tie ap plied with legulai potato spray Ernest J Neill (center), first editor of Lancaster Farming, is shown above following his appointment as chairman of the public relations committee of the American Feed Manufacturers Association. Emmett Barker (left), public relations director for the AFMA, is shown with the AFMA plaque of appreciation as it was given to the immediate past chairman of the com mittee, John L Schlick (right), public relations direct or for Murphy Products Co , Burlington, Wise equipment. In most cases a good vine kill can be obtained with chemicals in 4 to 10 days, depending on the weather af ter application. A repeat ap plication in 5 to 7 days may be necessary to kill the lowed part of vines where growth is very heavy. Research work has shown that chemical vine killers ac hieve more effective vine kill and better ripening and skin set than mechanical, beating. Vine beaters should be used only when necessary to re move dead or partially dead tops. The most effective chemical for vine killing is sodium ar senite Sodium arsemte is very poisonous so gieat care must be taken to avoid spraying wheie material can drift to aieas wheie cattle giaze. Che- mica! Vine killers should he applied 10 to 14 % days before harvest. (Not closer than 7 to 10 days). Chemical vine killing is of great value in the control of late blight tuber rot where blight is present on the foli age. Moit tuber infections re sult when the digging opera tion mixes tubers with blight ing tops. Killing the vines before harvest removes the danger of infection when dig ging. DEAD VINES DO NOT CARRY LATE BLIGHT. Various brands of sodium arsemte carry widely different percentages of actual chemi cal follow the label direc tions to obtain the correct dilution, Pifer said. Best Use Of Fan To use a ventilating fan most effectively in the kit chen, iun it as your building up moistme while cooking, advises Helen Bell, Penn State home management extensio i specialist This keeps turning the moistme out of the loom instead of letting it build up and expecting the fan to clear the loom quicklv w /fS SAFE CLOSE TO HARVEST MILLER MALATHION 8 E.C. The insect season isn’t over until the last bean or tomato or apple has been picked. Use Miller Malathion 8 E.C. safely up to X, 3, or 7 days of harvest on most crops. It’s concentrated to go farther... cost less. Reduces danger of plant injury because it contains no oil solvents. Miller Malathion 8 E.C. is compatible with other insecticides and is safe to use because of its low toxicity. Make sure it’s Miller Malathion 8 E.CJ See your Miller Dealer or Representative for, Malathion 8 E.C. and other fine Miller products, i WILIER CHEMICAL A FERTILIZEBCORP.^ P, O. Box 25, Ephrata USDA Records Tax Exemption Varie\tions ! S Tax boards in some states ' offer the farmers many more tax exemptions than other states do, according to a re port issued this week by the” U. S. Department of Agricult-1 ure . And the differences are * much more marked on some I personal and farm property I than on others. I Here are a few of the diff-* erences; Tractors are taxed in 34 states; seven states pletely exempt from machin ery and tools Sheep less than nine months old in lowa are exempt, but m Vermont they become taxable at four mon ths. Seven states do not tax livestock, while 17 grant par- 1 tial exemptions thiough var >ing methods ) The repoit prepared by USDA’s Econoic Reseaich Sei vice, desciibes hcrtv states tax peisonal piopeity that is used in agnciiltuie It compares exemptions bj state and leg ion in the following catego,-] les: Farm tools and miichu ry, livestock, poultry, growl; crops, stored crops and 8e( tractors and farm trucks j automobiles used in produ, ion. A free copy of the nep 0 i "Taxation of Tangible P U r s 0 al Property Used in Agri tt ture,” ERS-86, may ie obta t ed from the Division of Iq; ( mation, Agricultural Econoi ics, U.S. Department or Ag; cultural Economics, US. p partment of Agncultm Washington 25, D. C. • Bruccellosis Dept, (Continued from Page 13) ceived his public school « ucation 'there, was gradual from Gettysburg College, Ti ght school for five yea is , Donaldson, Schuykill Count and m 1944 received his \M degree from the University ; Pennsyh ama He and Mrs. Guise, the fo mer Lois Harbold, Dallaston; aie parents of three chiklre, Judith, 17; Ste\en, 13 at Mark, S. -Reap profits—read classified
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