B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December. 15, 1962 % grass seeds and 266 mustard PKristmaS TfCCS ° r otlier sources of heat
—. electrical wiring J>o
v' A neighboring' - I '-- be'sto'e -it is us&
amazed to discover that red u decorations such as candles
cloyer seed he was sowing Tf M Aa ] pr fpJ that have an open flame op
contained 1,478 buckhorn plan- *» -11C5ICVICU t h ose made from a flammable
tain seeds'per ounce. Even so A christmas tree is a pO . material.
6 .Tf aS , ar ° U v° J? 1 tential fire hazard in the home —Do not let wrappingipapep
another farmer whosered clov- b]K nee - d n(Jt be a dange - r i£ or simllar combustible materi
er se con nne , see s cer£a j n precautions are "taken, als accumulate around the'tree.
per c ounce of the same weed 0 r - n a P m e nUI - hdfticulture
SP The’answer, Ditmer insists, specialists say that water, rath
. - . ; ... , ’ er than the so-called “firfe
is to plant only seed that has . „ , . , .. >,
been properly tested and label- IfleslTny fme ln d«y.
ed in accordance with the _ The foU l t wIU belp ery household had a quilt "bag
IfTZTt insure safety in handling and • • • but toda y many -home.
a 5 °. ~ f displaying the Christmas tree: bave ba S Q UI ts ms e .
gram are not possible from “ healthv freshlv . Made from cotton fe'ed 'and
seed that is low in germina- tf ’ flour bags printed in ;a-six
tion or full of noxious weeds. Keen tree m water oon- block Early American design.
Read the seed tag carefully. . lveep tree , in , " aier < ' on thp have a .hand-uieced
+l,o* +l,O o„,„oo tamer in a cool, shady spot in tne quilts nave a nano, pieces
i nhio « pp ” the y ard until ready to bring look. Six to nine bags are re
re 1 our indoors. Sprinkle daily with Qired to make the quilt,'which.
water is easy to assemble and’flnish.
The Navy Cross . may be —when bringing tree in- In addition to quilt-printed
awarded to any person in the door&j saw o£f butt end about bags, many feed and 'flout
naval service who distinguish- Qne mcb above origina i cu t. bags feature patchwork 'prints*
es himse f by extraordinary Tbls a j ds ln wa t e r absorption, which adapt beautifully to
eroism in connection wit —Stand tree in water-filled quilts ... an dalso mike at
mi itary opera ion agams an col j £ amer that properly sup- tractive chair covers, "caf«
arme enemy. e avy por£s £be tree. Place in area curtains, and dressing 'tablo
Cross is awarded for combat „ ....
j away from fireplaces, radiators skirts.
Al-
Pftnna Fann*»f« he thlW there ai:e ' to ° many
Jt ClUId. 1»I Illd a exceptions.
I 'lca Too often/ Ditmer notes,
jeCa farmers plant seed that was
A« ’ I'Kaiv po vine grown on their own farms or
- * neir r arms their neighbors without it&
HARRISBURG Despite having ‘been cleaned, treated,
great strides ahead in farm or tested. He urges, instead,
efficiency, many farmers are that they take advantage of
still “ ‘way behind the times” available quality seed that has
in selecting seed for their been tested and properly label
farm crops, a State Department * ec *-
of Agriculture official said to
day.
A random check by state in
spectors on seeds that farmers
•were planting earlier this year
Wendell P. Ditmer. botanist showed only 46 per cent m
in charge of the Seed Testing for .pi an ti n g. Similar cheeks
Laboratory in the state Bureau gave farmers a 66 per cent
of Plant Industry, branded as score m 19(J1> 64 per cent m
an “anachronism the use of 19 g 9
low quality seeds on farms ‘ _ .
.. . , On one farm visit, Ditmer
that are mechanized, even au- , . . , ’ .
. . , , relates, a check on oats being
tomated, and are otherwise ,
. ’ . seeded showed only 34 per
equiped for modern economi- cent germinatlon> and what
cal operation. was even worse the lot of
Fortunately, farmers gener- seed going into the ground
ally realize the importance of contained 540 quaekgrass seeds
using good seeds, and most per -pound In another oats
shed dealers offer quality pro- seeding operation each pound
ducts, Ditiner concedes. But. of seed contained 338 quack-
LARRY WEAVER, PRESIDENT of the Grass
lands Future Farmer chapter, left, presents an FFA
jacket to the newly-elected chapter sweetheart during
an assembly program at the Eastern Lancaster County
High School Wednesday morning. Miss Linda Weaver,
the 15 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carrol H.
Weaver, Terre Hill, receives the jacket from the re
tiring sweetheart, Miss Cindy Miller, also of Terre
Hill. Presentation was made during an FFA assembly
program at the New Holland high school Wednesday
morning. L. F. Photo.
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