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-
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He has also worked for the
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Recently Dr. Thomas has
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plants in connection with their
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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.
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dence of worms, lice and
mange before turning them out
to spring pasture, recommend
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Early repents from farmers
harvesting barley show a fair
to good crop. A few fields
aiound the county, where ear
ly rams and heavy fertiliza
tion pushed rank growth, show
considerable lodging, but no
harvesting difficulty has been
i eported.
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
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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
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Kirkwood
S. H. Hiestand & C°'
Salunga
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