: A Complete Line of II ORTHO products! Available Af J [ P. L. ROHRER & BRO., INC. | SMOKETOWM Phone Lane. 597-3530 I I potato pests can’t hide from Phosphamidon You’ve probably read about the insect-seeldng Killer-ORTHO Phosphamidon. We have it. We’ve seen it work. We recommend it for eliminating potato pests. Here’s why. Wherever insects hide safe from other sprays (under the curl of a leaf, in crevice of a stalk) Phosphamidon hunts them down. And kills them. Phosphamidon kills on contact. But, it doesn’t have to. It is absorbed by the foilage and pene trates the entire upper part of the plant sys tem. Result: a “remote control” kill that gets the hidden insects other sprays miss. The list of insects reads like an encyclopedia of pot&tb ~ J 'pe'sts: Colorado resistant one), all varieties of aphids, flea beetles, corn borers, leaf hoppers just about every insect that chews or sucks. What’s more, most insects that are resistant to other sprays find Phosphamidon irresistible. Fhosphamidon is absorbed so quickly that work ers can enter the fields a few hours after spray ing. And the natural predators that feed on harm ful potato insects can safely return too. Don’t spray money away, hit or miss, with or dinary sprays come in or phone us for your _Phosphami don requirements. With Phos phamidon you just can’t miss. ISOTOX Transplanter Solution J. C. Ehrlich Chemical Co,, Inc. 736 EAST CHESTNUT ST. LANCASTER, PA. 351330 MHOIC'3 T.M. Reg. U.S, Pat. Off.: ORTHO Distributed by AUTHORIZED (ortho) DEALER Earthworms Are Raised By County Man Are earthworms valuable in the soil? Allen Weaver, Manheim R 2, thinks they are. In fact, he is so convinced that they are beneficial that he laises them just as carefully as he culti vates any other crop on hig 26 acre farm. Weaver became interested in earthworms seven years ago and sent ott for an order ot 2,000 from Texas. He said they reproduced very slowly the first two years, but when he got a good population ot breeders in his rearing beds, he has had as many woims as he can handle “I estimate I have several million ot them now,” he said this week as he “tians planted” them tiom the beds into the eorntield It is easy to believe he does have seveial million when yon see them under the mulch ol his beds Weaver staits with a bed ot soil, cov ers it wit ha mulch ot stiaw, soaks it good and puts on r small amount of chicken mash The worms lett in the soil soon come to the surlace and begin to feed on the chicken teed In about sis. months, a new crop is ready for the field. Weaver takes oft the top four inches ot mulch and soil, which contains most of the worms, and leaves what le niams to lepopulate. For the past five years, Weaver has been putting the worms on his crop land, and he believes this is one reason he had a successful corn crop last year when most of his neighbors saw their crops dry up during the drought. He digs about 20 holes per acie in his fields and dumps in a bucketful ot worms a'nd PRESERVE and YOUR SILAGE with LANCASTER Sweet Mix A BLEND OF MOLASSES CONVENIENT and ECONOMICAL AN IDEAL PRESERVATIVE Lancaster Sweet Mix can be fed into the chopper or blower, spread in the silo or added in the field as silage is loaded. To chopped „gr asses add 100-150 lbs. of Sweet Mix per ton; to mixed grass-Legumes, add 150-200 lbs. per ton, and to legumes, add 200-300 lbs. of Sweet Mix per ton. BEFORE YOU FILL YOUR SILO see us for complete details and price. E. Musser Heisey R. D. 3, Mount Joy, Pa. Musser Farms, Inc. R. IX 2, ” Columbia, Fa; J I Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 8, 1963—1; : v /A ALLEN WEAVER HOLDS A DOUBLE HAND FUL of earthworms before planting them in the corn field. He “seeds” all of his 26 acres with the earth worms every year. The worms are reared in beds in the tobacco cellar and outside the barn. He believes the earthworms help to keep the soil loose and fertile. compost He estimates abrut 5,000 worms per hole, includ ing eggs and small ones whic.i can not he seen with the naked eye, go into each hole He co\eis them with a layer ot soil and leaves them to IMPROVE •vv V * ■'iw' *J? ik -i. i Musser's The Buck R. D. 1, Quarryville, Pa. Elvdrson Supply Co. , _ . Elverson, Pa. 'i f'l - ; s ’ w Mi •dtyfV ~~ # L. F. Photo. shut for themselves. Weaver says he would like to get other tarmeis intei ested m using the earthwoi ms on their lields He says, he eoul i probably sell a lot ot woims tor tish bait, but he uas not advertised since he would lathei see them used to condi- tion soil He says he has learned a great deal about eailhvvoims in the past seven yeais and is convinced they could be used to good advantage by other tarmeis. Groundhog Hunting Safety With the coming of summer and increased paiticipation in ■woodchuck hunting, the Penn sylvania Game --Commission js j**** • „ a * sued a special safety message today. John Behel, the Commis sion’s Hunter Safety Training ■Coordinator, said “Woodchuck hunting is a tremendously .pdp ular summer spoit in Pennsyl vania but at the same time, it requires extra safety measures. Last veai 37 hunteis were m auied and two persons vveie fatally shot while hunting woodchucks Most ot these ac cidents could have been pie vented if shooters had made absolutely sure of their tar gets before they pulled the trigger We recommend that all woodctyuick hunters wear safety color clothing and caps, ■paiticularly the blaze oiange color which experts have found to be the most easily seen color under all light conditions We also urge hunters to make sure there is a sate back-stop, such as a hill, behind their targets No hunter should ever shoot towards buildings ” also reminded wood eliuclc®!. huiiterb that shodting Trouts. are .presently S.OO am. ,to 6"o<T p m , Eastern Daylight (Saving Time Freni July 1 thfdifgh* -“September 30- the jShpoUJXg haais by law will be s i'rdm 'T'Off'-fl m to 8 30 p.m , - eastern- -Day light. -Sa-vius-Xune. 3
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