VOL. 8 NO. 39 GOOD RECORDS ARE AN IMPORTANT PART of any farm operation. Richard Hoover compliments a Farmers Home Administration patron on the excellent condition of her records. Mrs. Robert Guhl, second from left, helps keep the farm records up to date on the operation run by her husband and his brother William.'Left toright in the Guhl kitchen are son David, Mrs. Guhl holding one year oid Lori,-Robert Guhl, Richard Hoover, Robert Mumma, and WHliam-Guhhholding Rye yean old Terri. - L. F. Photo. Biological Control Of Weevils Looks Promising In'Co. Trial A new method in the fight against alfalfa weevils was in troduced into Lancaster Coun ty this year, and preliminary results look hopeful, assistant county agent Arnold Lueck said this week. In late April of this year, Lueck and the U S Depart ment of Agriculture entomolo gist from Moorestown, N.J. re leased a colony of BATHY PLECTES ANURA (a parasitic wasp that attacks the alfalfa weevil larvae) on a farm near Bowmansville On May 10, the entomolo gist took 100 sweeps with an insect net in the area and cap tured about 2,000 weevils. From these were able to wasps - This is a when you consider orfly 112 ad ult wasps were released, Lueck sa L A _ , Lueck said this was the first release of the ANURA species m the United States, although several other wasps of the same genus have been used in Utah and California with varying de grees of success. . There is no danger that the importation, from France, will ever become an economic Past. Lueck said The adult wasp lives on plant nectar and he female deposits her eggs only m the live bodies of al falfa weevil larvae; the young wasp then devours the weevil. te are hopeful that this method of Biological insect cffntrol is a start toward help mg farmers gain control over the alfalfa weevil,” Lueck said. Meanwhile, spray recommen dations for weevil control still include fall application of either dieldrin or, heptachlor. satisfactory Recommendations are to apply either matenal_ after the last cutting, but BE FORE November 1 Lueck says at least 20 gal lons of spray per acre is need ed to do a complete job Spray er nozzle presssure should be at least 40 pounds per square inch Either material should be ap plied at the rate of one pound of actual chemical per acre n , f 00Q L/CcliCl'S . j . Allfl IVI 11101*8 1 O ■»- , _ . Sales fMilTef c & Bushong, Rohrerstown, Pa. will address the Pennsylvania Millers’ and Feed Dealers’ Association 85th Annual Convention at Pocono Manor, Pa. September 8 - 10. His subject will be “Pennsyl- V ania Can Be Competitive in Poultry.” _ „ . _ . ~ . f ollowing Wentmk’s presen tation a panel of poultry pro ducers will expand the subject anc j answer questions from the aU dience. The panel is compo sed o£ . Harry Ulrich Hams burg R D 3 Paul Konhaus, Mechanicsburg, and William Myer, Myerstown Ulrich is curren tly President of the Pennsylvania Poultry Federa tion. xhe convention will also hear speakers on Dairy and Live stock Membership in the Asso ciation consists of flour and feed mills from all parts of Pennsylvania and the Conven tion regularly attracts between 300 and 400 persons, according Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 31, 1963 Red Rose DHIA Begins Solids - Not - Fat Testing Directors of the Red Rose Dairy Herd Improvement As sociation Monday night voted to begin testing milk for solids not-fat in approximately 38 herds on, October 1 With the interest that has and can be applied as spray, granules, or in a fertilizer mixture. Proper equipment is necessary if either granules or fertilizer mixture is used Lueck warned that treated fields must not be harvested or grazed before normal har vesting time next spring. Two 4-FFers Win Scholarships Two scholarships of $lOO each were awarded to county 4-H members Tuesday by the Lancaster Kiwams Club. Miss Barbara Gamble, Col umbia R 2, and Mark Nestle roth, Manheim R 3, recipients of the awards, are both college sophomores. John Long, chairman of the club’s agriculture committee, made the presentation at the Kivvanians’ annual agriculture luncheon in the Hotel Bruns wick Miss Gamble, nineteen-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs Cyrus S. Gamble Jr., will en ter her sophomore year at Mansfield State College, maj oring in home economics Nestleroth, nineteen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Nes tleroth, is an animal husbandry sophomore at_ Pennsylvania State University. , ~ r ' I' (fcpiAiiiued bn Page 1#) I Ride With The F.H.A. Supervisor FHA Supervisor Helps With Money Management Editor’s Note This is the tenth in a series of articles dealing with .Lancaster County businesses related to agricul ture,. The writer will spend a day riding with persons who serve the, fanner but do not actively engage in the business of tanning. The articles are an attempt to bring the farmer a re.port of the job of service personnel before they reach tin* farm.'Other articles will be printed in jhe following weeks. The Federal Housing Admin istration, an agency of the U.S Department of Agriculture, ser ves eligible farmers with credit and needed technical help on farm and money management problems. Loans are made only to applicants unable to obtain adequate credit from other sources at reasonable rates and terms. This was the explanation of the job Richard Hoover, Coun ty Supervisor of FHA, gave to me as we started on a day that was to take us on farms varying from a share crop dairy and tobacco operation to one of the real show places in the county. “We don’t make loans to been shown, directors felt the association should purchase equipment and make the ser vice to members who reques ted it To start the program, two kits will be purchased for the county and each one will be used by several testers SNF testing will be offered to DHIA members m addition to the present butterfat test The present testers will be Stockyards To Conduct Business On Labor Day The Lancaster Union Stock yards will be open for business as usual on Monday, Septem ber 2, Labor Day. According to Robert Heil bron, president of the Lancas ter Livestock Exchange, this year marks the first time in about 10 years that the yards have been open for business on the fall holiday. The exchange board made the decision to remain open at their August meeting. Several considerations brought about the decision, Heilbron said. Since this is the height of the stocker and feed er cattle business, many cattle in the yards would have to be fed hay from Friday until Tues day. With the cost of hay, this would represent a considerable expense to owners of cattle. Monday is the big fat cattle day at the yards, and .many buyers have schedules 'that would take them elsewhere the rest of the week. With other (Continued on Page 5) Bj : Jack Owen only poor farmers,” Hoover said The FHA is designed to help any deserving farmer who can not obtain credit from other sources for any number of reasons Sometimes a farmer has a. good opportunity to purchase a farm or expand his operation, but if he lacks collateral, the normal sources of credit may not be open to him. Many a deserving farmer has to strug gle along on an inadequate in come because he can not fi nance an efficient operation through the more conventional lending agencies, Hoover ex plained. The FHA makes operating (Continued on nage 6> trained to make the test by the Pennsylvania State Univer sity Cost to the dairyman will be 10 cents per cow, in addition to the present testing charges; of this, five cents will go to the tester and five cents will go toward paying for the equip ment If sufficient interest is shown, protein testing may be offered by the association at a later date Bedford County, testing 10 herds since June 1, is the only other association in the state which has offered SNF testing to members. In other business, directors voted to start another associa tion, the seventeenth, in the county. At present about 18 herd owners have indicated in terest in beginning DHIA test ing, but all present testers are working to capacity. Victor Plastow, associate County Agent asks that any herd owner on owner-sampler or independent testing inter ested in joining DHIA call the county extension office in the Lancaster Post Office building as soon as possible. Directors would like to see the new as sociation started about October 1. FIVE-DAY WEATHER FORECAST Temperatures during: the five day period Saturday through Wednesday are ex pected to average 2 to 6 de grees below the normal range of 60 at night to 80 in the afternoon. Cool weather early in the period will give way to-warmer air about the mid dle of the period and colder again near the end of the period. Precipitation may to tal more than Vi inch falling about Monday. *' • •- fr- S.' ' '- k ' $2 Per Year
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