f I PLANTS UNDER MUSLIN GROW MUCH SLOWER than under plastic jare the size of these plants with the size of the plants in the next bed, ;ure on page 8). Beds were seeded on the same day with the same kind of 1 Beds covered with muslin have been watered more frequently and with •e water than those under plastic. L. F. Photo. (Continued From Page 8) small plants and cause jmta- wind resistant when late preservative to prevent *ion to eyes. with plastic, ting at ground level. Penta- With the lateral framework Engle used 4 mil plastic this lorophenol preserv a ta ve connected to a ridge pole of yeai He believes the plastic mid not be used because it the same size lattice, the en- can be stoied and used again es off fumes which burn the tire stiu'etme becomes very next year He plans to close ■ the ventilation slits with mask ’ mg tape next spring when the beds aie seeded The tape can be stripped off when the beds need ventilation rDAVY DAVCO Soys . . . For Best Results Use Davco Nitrogen Solutions Dovco 3-G Granulated Fertilizers SMUCKER BROS. Bird-in-Hand, Pa. Phone 656-9156 ulation containing Zinc B FUNGICIDE tomatoes and potatoes ;;ir t £1 > !<« P tub I ■* »- „ s. ’< '**S « * <**v * v >V " * v * ♦* ~ < < jfr ’ ' ’"% V -" . > / - -• v N t v ■■• * 4 5. ' ✓ Ventilation is one of the ma joi pioblems with the system. See Us For MANZATE D and other DuPont Products J. C. EHRLICH CHEMICAL CO., INC. 736 East Chestnut St., Lancaster Unless theie aie slits in the plastic along the sides of the bed, and the ends can be open ed duung bi light days, some plant scalding will occur near the center of the bed. Tempei atures use quite quickly duung bright days Tempei atures of 110 degiees foi a short time will not harm the plants, but TOO degiees is better, Engle said. He plans to lemove the cover entirely when 'the plants aie about two-thnds of field size, probably about May 20 This will give the plants time to haiden before going to the field i ->■ ’ 4 a **' - * Engle sees the system as es pecially good foi the Penbel 69 variety of tobacco which needs a longer giowmg season than some other vaueties. The plants can get in the field earli er and mature before danger of fiost But Engle sees two other pos sible advantages to the plastic coveaed beds In aieas where snails are a problem, the plas tic appears to be a bamer to the pests. The plastic may also be some help in preventing blue mold which is an air-borne disease The coveting of the beds helps prevent infection by the dnft ing spoies of the disease. The piogram is still some what expei unental, Engle said, but it may well foe a real step forwaid for those glowers who would like to get the plants into the field early. covered Glass plays an important lole in conti oiling eiosion on 906 million acres of cropland, pas ture and langeland in the United States, 397-3721 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 16, 1964 • President Sees (Continued from Page 1) money shipping beef to the United Kingdom as to the U S. “This has come about in the past thiee 01 four weeks” ‘The puce is right and Eu rope is veiy short of beef We aie going to export some beef to Europe,” he said, “If we can get Europeans to accept our kind of beef ” Winn Finner, staff economist with the USD“k, pointed out a diop of S 3 70 in beef puces from 1962 to 1963 Appioxi mately $3 00 is dnectly a icsult of met eased domestic pioduc tion, about 50 cents to inci eased impoits and about 20 cents to an increase in production of bioileis, poik and other meats. He said the Federal Govern ment has a five pronged attack on the beef problem the pur chase piogiam, beef promotion progiatns, the food commission, study, possible increased ex ports, and tiade agreements “We have nevei said imports aie the biggest pioblem,” Lyle Liggett of the 4meucan Na tional Cattlemen’s Association, said “Theie aie thiee major pioblems imports, numbeis and tonnage ” Numbeis of cattle piesents no leal pioblem unless a drought should force bunched marketings, he said. Tonnage can not be changed without a change in attitude or giading, oi a shoitage of feed supplies. Theie will be no change in ton nage as long as faimeis aie used to feeding up the ciop” ‘Maybe we can’t do anything quickly about numbeis oi ton nage, but we can do something about impoits,” he concluded. Hai vested foiages —hay, sil age and gieen chop make up about 15 pei cent of all feed consumed by livestock Plant the Corn that Gives You m YIELDS ■ When you plant Funk's G- Hybrids, you can count on BIG GER YIELDS Side by side “weign and compare" tests prove it 1 This extra load performance is no accident Funk Breeds into each kernel greater standabihty . . . drought and disease resist ance . . . more capacity to pro duce. And Hoffman testing assures you of the variety best adapted for your soil. See your local Hoffman Seed Man or phone Landisville 898-3421 ;*€/ FARM SEEDS. 'iALFALFA • CLOVER • PASTURE Z'OAJS:;* FUNK'S G HYBRIDS C* >L 9
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