B —Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, June 27, 1964 Crop Slimmpry r\ fi j sity. He had been a member Rains Leave Some Areas Dry UV• 1 nomas IS Of the faculty at lowa State J J University in the field of corn Scattered showers in the warned to neaa breeding before coming to county during the past week A r\ An |- Penn State, and a half left a few areas of Agronomy Lsepi* the Garden Spot with enough Dr Thomas has conducted moisture for crops to continue University Park, Pa. Wal- i esearch on the absorption of good growth, but much of the ter I. Thomas, professor of stiontium and calcium and oth- county is in need of addition agronomy at The Pennsylvania er chemical elements by vari- a l water. State Umveisity, has been ous genetic strains of corn in named head of the depai tment a pi eject to learn' how to re- Corn is making satisfactory of agronomy, effective July 1. duce entry of ladioactive ele- growth and most tobacco fields He will succeed Howard B ments into milk and other ®re well established, but pas- Sprague, who will retire with products that humans eat. tures are growing slowly and emeritus rank on June 30 af- hay crops are not recovering ter heading the department rapidly. DR. THOMAS since 1953 Dr Thomas joined the fac ulty at Penn State in 1959 as associate piofessor and was named piofessor last year. He received his bachelor of science degree in agionomy and his mastei of science and doctor of philosophy degree with majois m plant bleeding from the lowa State Univer- NOW! Available At Your Local Hardware Or Feed And Farm Supply Stores GNATS SANDFLIES MIDGES MOSQUITOES FRUIT & OAT lUGS NO-SEE-UMS GREEN FLIES ANTS ROACHES ADMITS ONLY FRESH AIR NOTHING THAT FLIES, CRAWLS OR BITES GETS THRU fll NEW HOLLAND SUPPLY CO., NEW HOLLAND, PA. He has also worked for the past five years on corn breed ing under grants from the Co operative Grange League Fed eration Exchange. His work here has included development of hybiid com that will be most suitable for silage use. Recently Dr. Thomas has been investigating the inher itance of disease resistance in plants in connection with their ability to absorb, use and store ceitam chemical elements This woik has been continued under a new giant of 531,320 from the U S Atomic Energy Com mission Dr Thomas seived in the U S Marine Corps from 1942 to 1946 and again from 1950 to 1952. He has written numerous ar ticles, concerned primarily with research on corn, for pi ofessional publications. Examine livestock for evi dence of worms, lice and mange before turning them out to spring pasture, recommend University vetennanans Con ti ol of both internal and ex ternal parasites should receive major consideration in the herd health program. V DO YOU KNOW • That any type screening (including plastic) can be made really bug proof with SCREEN PRUF ? • That insects con carry disease to your family? • That a thin invisible film of SCREEN PRUF ’ kills health men acing insects (even the tiniest no see urns?) • That even with bright lights, you can enjoy your screened patios, pools, porches, etc ? 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Rainfall duung the week ending June 22 hindered hay making and cultivation of crops around the state, accord ing to the Pennsylvania Ciop Reporting Service Wide varia tions in total rainfall left some Pennsylvania farm lands with adequate moisture for contin ued good growth of crops but in most localities more rain is needed. Many northern and southern counties are dry. Imgation is being used to sup ply moisture for vegetables and some fruits. Portions of Adams and York counties are badly in need of rain. Cutting of barley is now un der way in southern counties and advancing into central aieas as weather permits. Most stands of wheat in the south are turning yellow Good yields aie expected. Winter oats is in head and some turn ing color Spung planted oats THIS or THIS is developing later than usual. Corn in most areas made satis factory growth. Poor stands are common in some central and southern localities. Con siderable replanting was done to improve stands. Corn suf fered some hail damage in the Berks-Lehigh area. Cutting of alfalfa and clover and timothy for hay or grass silage is now the principal farm activity in central and northern counties. Despite loss es from alfalfa weevil and dry weather yields are about aver age Some hay fields after har vest have been plowed and planted to corn. Transplanting of tobacco in the Lancaster area made rapid progress. Most plants have a good start. Potatoes generally show good stands and growth Checkerboard News KNOCK OUT PROFIT-ROBBING WORMS! Your cattle can have more “get up n’ grow" if you’ll destroy profit-robbing worms before they have a chance to do damage. One of the best wormers available is Purina Cattle and Sheep Wormer Concentrate. This ready-to use Health Aid can be added to your regular ration, or we can mix it with your feed. Purina Cattle and Sheep Wormer Concentrate helps destroy these common cattle worms: sto mach worms, small hairworms, nodular worms and hookworms. It always pays to worm your cattle! You can do it safely, easily with Purina Cattle and Sheep Wormer Concentrate . . . available at our store. LOW COST PRODUCTION... the reason why more farmers feed PU RI^J trademarks —Ralston pon ni^ John J, Hess Kmzers - Vintage Warren Sicktnan Pequea John B. Kurtz Cedar Lane James High Gordonville John B. Kurtz Ephrata 4 -T7’ •with most Cobblers in Woo*, Harvesting of peas is Und 7; way. Early sweet corn m southeast is coming into (J sel and snap beans aie bloom. n Landisville 4-H Elects Officers The Landisville-Salungj 4jj sewing club elected Mis, Lm da Weidman representative ; 0 County 4-H Council to repla tJ Sue Mumma, at the Mindaj meeting in Hempfield His\ School Economics 100 m 5 ‘ At this, the first work meet, ing, the members were dum. ed into age groups accmdmg to years in 4-H. Most 31 the girls cut their mateu„i aild began working on gamentj t 0 he exhibited at the counij roundup, August 19, a> p er ,J Manor High School Ira B. Landis Valley Road, Lanca'l 61 ' Wenger’s Feed Mill J nl Rheems Whiteside & Weigel Kirkwood S. H. Hiestand & C°' Salunga John J. Hess, H J Intercourse- New Pio"^ e
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