B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 16, 1963 Celery Men Seek Change In Soil Test About 40 countv celery pro ducers voiced objection Monday to the current method of repoi tmg soil test results by the Pennsylvania State University soil testing laboiatorv. The growers, meeting in the packing room of Amos Funk, Millersville, voted to send a letter to the laboratory calling for a return to the policy of re porting soil nutrients in pounds per acre lather than as low, medium and high. Loud support was legisteied foi the lettei which said “Cel eiv growers in Lancaster Voik and Lebanon request consider ation be given to the soil test lesults indicating the exact le vel of plant nuti.cnls piese”t in the soil 111 pounds pei acie and that all test lesults as now lepoited, low, medium and high, be changed toi vegetab les and possibly ioi potatoes “Foi example, vieldsToi cel eiy will be gieatoi as available potash is mci eased to 400 pounds pei acie As amounts of potash aie mci eased beyond this level, yields ai e depressed and minor element deficiencies often appear Therefore it is important for a glower to know the exact uppei limit of pot- ash leve in his soil, not a gener al test indicating just a high level of this nutnent “It is suggeted the special re port form be used for vegetable growers ” William Yount, Plant pathol ogist with the Buieau of Plant Industiy, Pennsylvania Depart ment of Agriculture said great variations were noted in plants ot the H-46 strain last yeai, but tour plants were selected tiom a total of 45 to be used - as foundation seed stock this - yeai He said the selection committee tried to pick out plants which weie straight, had good color and would produce good quantities of seed Funk last vear giew two pounds ot the new seed which was certifi ed by the buteau Since celeiy seed aveiaged about 8,000 seeds per ounce, Yount said, county groweis should have a plentiful supply to meet needs He explained that eertifica- t Pennsylvania Farm Show CHAMPION! Started Capons Second Straight Year! For the second v ear in a row our ca])ons Inne been grand champions ot the Pennsylvania Farm Show. This >ear our AVliitc Rocks took both cham pion and reserve. In 1002 it v. a , our Vantrcss-\rboi Acres < toss that uon. All through the Vortheast, glowers are making extra pro fits with our surgie.il capons. Pour to six weeks old when dclixered and well past the danger period. Kasx to raise, eas> to feed. Past growers that bring top market prices. Direct delixery in out own trucks oter n wide aiea. Write tor out Iree 1 older “Frol its Prom Papons.” SFVNVBUOOK Foulttj Farms, Inc \. How.lid Fingar It. I). 2, Hudson V V, I'll: T\ 8-1 <>l I Reporting tion of seeds assures a grower of a unifoim supply wherever the seed is purchased since cer tification standards are nation wide. Dr. Ernest Bergman, plant nutritionist at the Pennsylvania State Univeisity said he is con tinuing his studies with the new vanety in an attempt to eliminate some of the undesir able features In i espouse to the lemarks from one giow'ei that some of his customers had complained about the lack of fl avoi in the H-4 6 vai letv, Bei g man said it was probably duo to variations in new seed. A group of growers w’ho lasted a sample tiom the questional agreed that it lacked the flavoi noted in some ot the othei sam ples hi ought in tiom aiov|[id the countv. Bergman said some gioweis have spiaved too heavily with boion. or added too much boi -011 to the soil “Don’t smaj oi apply boion if vou don’t need (Continued on Page 9) Eby's Chick-to-Egg Feeding Program »»>■ EBY'S MILL, Inc. LOOKING OVER A SELECTION OF H-46 celery at a meeting Monday after noon are two county celery growers and a plant researcher. Left to right are Jay Hodecker who grows 19 acres of celery at 1803 Rohrerstown Road, Dr. Ernest Bergman, plant nutritionist at the Pennsylvania State University, and Rudy Grob, 2063 Stone Mill Road, Lancaster, secretary of the Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers Association The selections from the original cross made by Dr. Bernard Pollack at PSU will be used to increase the seed supply of trenching celery to re place the old Houser strain lost during World War 11. L. F. Photo. Tomorrow's Poultry * y ■^Nvv J IOOIKNQ BBY •ouurwy e Ijvestock fEEOS SEE US TODAY ABOUT OUR EARLY ORDER BONUS PLAN LITITZ Phone 626-2106 START WITH , Start your chicks by feeding V-; lb. o: Eby’s Pre-Chick Starter per chick, for < high vitamin and antibiotics fortification will save extra chicks to start on the right road to tomorrow’s egg profits Profits ■ t Your Chicks on S PRE-CHICK STARTER The extra food power; higher protein; HEMPFIELD MILLS, Inc. EAST PETERSBURG Phone 898-3031