HOW IS YOUR CORN’S HEALTH? Tissue testing of corn was done recei
p. L. Rohrer & Bro., Smoketown and California Chemical Co., Ortho Divis:
iured are (left to right) B. D. Leaman and Max Maichelle, Ortho Agronomy
erald Rohrer; of Rohrer’s; Edward Gladding, Ortho fertilizer representa
ve; Amos Rutt and Ralph Garber of Rohrer’s. Farmers were invited to bring
rpical stalks of corn to the testing station. By applying certain acids to certain
reas of the plant the testers were able to determine whether low, medium or
igh amounts of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium were present. The informa
on from the test allows a farmer to evaluate his fertilizer program. It was report
rj that about 80 % of the tests revealedvery sound programs.
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• Pouitrymen
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cent AA quality for the pack
Elimination of wholesale
Trades grade as obsolete.
Elimination of wholesale
and consumer Pullet size or
weight class in favor of the
Small designation.
Revised the wholesale
weight variation toleiance
fiom 5 to 10 per cent.
Dropped yolk centering
lequuement in detei mining
egg quality
Banned use of “duties”
in filling wholesale giade ie
quirements.
Reduced consumer grade
minimum net weight on Jum
bo size from 30 to 29 ounces
a dozen and from 56 to 54
pounds for each 30 dozen
eggs.
Nan owed the air cell
standard for AA and A quality
eggs. No moie than Mi-inch
movement peimitted foi AA
duality and 2/8 inch movement
for A quality m any direction
as egg is xotated.
K M Souders, general man
ager of Pioduceis Coopeiative
Exchange, Coatesville, testi
fied the standard could work
a haidship on pi oducers “since
it is hard to candle on that
basis.”
In a written brief filed in
advance of the heaiing, a sug-
Women's Committee —
Host'-At Luncheon «
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The Women’s Committee o?
the Lancaster Counfy Farm
ers Association was host at n
luncheon on Thursday, Au
gust 12th at the Landis Vat
ley Motor Inn with 9 ladie;;
from the League of Women
Voters as guests
Mrs Noah Wenger served
as toastmistiess Haiold Roll
lei, state boaid member cf
P F A , and Chester Hime from
the State PF A office spoko
to the gioup to acquaint them
with the PF A and also the
national Faim Bureau Fedeia
tion and what it stands for.
gestion was leceived lequest
mg the toleiance foi cracked
eggs should be increased.
But poultiymen recommend
ed against a tolerance increase,
in view of alleged link be
tween salmonella derby and
ciacked eggs
There was also discussion
of deleting the section of the
egg law concerning marking
of shell eggs cartons in favor
of developing them as a separ
ate department iemulation.
Such action would have lo
be taken, Grey said, at a seii
arate healing
Changes the department de
cides to implement will prob
ably be approved in about 10
days and become law 90 days
later
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