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Strawberries May be Planted
In May If Stored Properly
Strawberry growers who
use cold-stored 'plants may be
*lble to reduce first-year pro
duction costs by delaying the
planting date two to three
months, the U S. Department
of Agriculture reports
In tests at Beltsville, Md ,
less labor was required for
weed control and removal of
excess runner plants in plots
set in June than in plots set
April or May. The research
workers found no significant
differences in yield, fruit size,
amount of fruit decay, or
ANNUA I
Public Sale
Tractors, Farm Machinery
and Hardware
New & Used Appliances
Saturday, January 26,1963
AT 10:00 A.M.
At the,D. L. Diem Showroom situated in the
Borough of Lititz at the corner of East Lincoln Ave.,
and North Cedar St.
30 TRACTORS
Farmalls 400, 300, 350, 240, 350 D, “H”, “M”, “A”
with loader, Super A, T-4, 460, Model “C” Cub with
last hitch. Allis Chalmers WD; Oliver OC6 with loader,
"86ft Ford. - with backhoe and loader, and numerous
models of other makes. "" , -
APPLIANCE SALE
STARTS AT 12 NOON
Tractor Trailer Load of Brand Name Appliances
FREEZERS - REFRIGERATORS
WASHERS - DRYERS
Farm Machinery
and Equipment
Model 101 Me Combine with 2 row corn head, 10
foot grain head with Hume reel. Model 280 NH Baler;
Model 270 NH Baler; Crop Dryers; NH 611 Harvester;
NH 800 Harvester; Me 15 Harvester 6 knife; Me 15
Harvester 9 knife; Finco dryer; Me hay crusher; Me
100 mower; NH mower; Heavy duty offset disc; 30 Me
Spreader; Cockshutt PTO spreader; Templeton PTO
spreader; Me liquid spreader; NI 19 spreader; NI 12A
spreader; JD Heavy duty disc; grain drill; Me 311 trip
beam plow; Me 411 trip beam plow; 2 MH corn pick
er; NI 2 row mounted corn picker; Jamesway silo
unloader, like new; IH 12»/ 2 KW generator; SKW gen
erator; Me 10 foot lime drill; snow plows; grader blad
es; Smoker elevators; NH 3 point rake; Ferguson Boto
bar rake; IH hopper-blower; Papec rubber belt table
blower; New 16-7 grain drill; 33 A loaders; 34 Me
loaders; 32 loaders; new and used wagon running gears.
MANY OTHER ITEMS TOO NUMEROUS
TO MENTION
ATTENTION FARMERS AND DEALERS:
Bring in your equipment- for this sole. Day be
fore sole if possible.
Come Early and Plan To Stay Late!
- Terms by
Lititz, Pa.
Horst & Sanger, Auctioneers
Refreshments by Society of Farm Women No. 1.
crown size of strawberries
planted in April, May, or June.
Growers normally plant no
latw than April.
June planting is made by a
handling and storing method
in which dormant plants are
dug in winter months, bundl
ed in crates lined with polye
thylene, and stored at 30°
P This method was develop
ed in previous USDA research
by horticulturist John T.
Worthington, of the Agricul
tural Marketing Service, and
Dr Donald H. Scott, horticul-,
D. L. Dlaisi & Sons
tunst of the AgricultaraJ-.Re-.., Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, January 12, 1963—13
search Service. = •
Strawberry- plants handled
this way retain their bright
green foliage and vigorous
roots for as'long as 10 months
in cold storage. Cold-stored
plants are available from
many east coast nurserymen.
Before a method was devel
oped for storing plants in
good condition over a period
of many months, setting in
March or April was recom
mended Most east coast
strawberry growers still plant
this early, even if they use
col d-stored, polyethylene
packaged plants.
In the date-of-settmg tests,
Mr Worthington and Dr_
Scott used plants of four var
ieties Surecrop, Pocahon
tas, Sparkle, and Blakemore
Matted strawberry beds were
kept to a uniform width of
two feet by periodic removal
of excess runneis. On the
plots set in April, excess i un
ners weie removed four times
between August and October
On the May-set plots, i miners
were clipped three times be
tween .September and Octobei
On the June-set plots, a few
runneis were removed once,
in October By the end of the
growing season, plant density
was the same on all plots,
regardless ot when thej weie
planted.
Irrigation was necessary to
give the June-set plants a
good start But the need for
irrigation is not necessarily
limited to June planting. In
many cases, the researchers
point out, irrigation is desir
able throughout the growing
season, regardless of the
planting time.
COWS PROPERLY CONDITIONED
...during the dry period PRODUCE
UP TO 25% MORE MILK!
BEFORE CALVING This cow wo« fitted
,*n ,th% (Pisnstr program for 60 day* befors
‘-salving. 'Viola the excellent "dry cow 7 ' body
Condition.
AFTER COMPLETING RECORD Th*
Min* e*w after having produced 23,044 lb»,
•f mllfc and 941 lb*, of fat «■ « 4 ysor old.
Mo!* th* *xtr«m* dairyntti and *xc*p)isnat
body condition shown pffar Ibis cow produced
UJifonsaf mlikl
Joseph M. Good & Sons
LEOLA QUARRYVILLE
CHAMPION SHORTHORN OF THE 4-H steer
competition at the Pennsylvania Farm Show on
Thursday was shown by Donna Hess, the 11-year-old
daughter of Mr and Mrs. Elvin Hess, Jr., Strasburg
Rl. Donna duplicated the feat she accomplished at the
Pennsylvania Livestock Exposition m November.
'Proper feeding of the dry cow is
the most important single factor af
fecting herd health, longevity, and a
sustained high level of milk produc
tion. In 60 days, while the cow is dry.
Pioneer Dry and Freshening feed
will repair the body from the pre vioui
lactation, build a reserve of body
condition for the next lactation, and
develop a stronger calf. In addition
your cows will have less calving diffi
culties, eliminate placenta quickly,
have less udder congestion, and most,
importantly they will product up it
25% more milk!
See us today for fall particulars.
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