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
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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.
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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,
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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.
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