■qt 9 NO. 41 nold G. Lueck Assoc. Agent >.r, ‘d G Lueck, for the ’hiee yeais, assistant , er ‘ii Laneastei county has Ui piomoted to associate it was lecently an ■mi • J bj Thomas H Patton, ec Coopeiatne Extension , , of The Pennsylvania a , c l mveisity S,r of the Max Luecks, o\ own, Wis, he was on a faim and had -ais oi 4-H Club woik , epaied foi college at Mon - Wis high school At [l lc . ' •'iveisity of Wisconsin uhe • ne leceived a degiee in o ’ ny in 1942, he was a stack assistant in agronomy snci o woiked part-time for [he S Department of Ag ncu' e He did graduate work jt p-'n State F < 1942 to 1950 he was * 'C - - ilic aide at the U S Fs- 1 Pastuie Reseaich Lab 0 u at Penn State Fiom iM'O ml 1961 he taught vo c.u,& agueultuie, foi two n Chambershuig, and e ;!u eais at Jersey Shore Luc i is a member of two "sue 1 mal fiatemities, Delta sigma, professional, and Alpha Tau Alpha, education in Lancaster county he is s noc."ed with County Agent M Smith, with offices in p Fast Office Building at :«ntf ■‘er 'w - Farm Calendar e P' 14-1? Penna All £"ican Dairy Show Sent -4 9 am _ state f r Hr Dairv Show, Farm Bldg, Harnsbuig Ji' 1 Holstein Sale ’ Show Bldg ' i D m Manheim FFA, „ t£ Selection and Feeding " ’'« Soil and Water ° -nation meeting, Lan- I Couit House 1 J —7 30 am Lane I" - J oulti\ Assn Tour , e ‘ ' iiom Poultrv Cen i ter I 8 ' " 11 Pa Black and Show Farm Show Wp v Bid.' on Page 6) Mr. Henry B. Engle, Research Agronomist, fold ed back one row of tobacco in the weed control plots at the P.S.U. Field Research Laboratory to show the difference a good weed-killer can make. The row show ing bare ground was treated, the row to the right was not. L F. Photo. ✓! v* /H Cage Layer Plants Need More Powered Equipment When we drive past the new, ultra modern cage laying houses that may be seen near ly anywhere in Lancaster county these days, we are im pi essed with the size of the structure, and perhaps give some thought to how the birds aie “stacked” inside But do we often think about the equip ment involved in handling such large quantities of buds’ Mi Stanley B Mellmger, of the S M Mfg Co , Inc . Lititz, does Mi Mellmger, with his sons Stanley and Robeil has been WARNING .... Silo Gas Time It’s that time again and we have a few words of caution about the possible dangers from “SILO GAS,” a complex mixture of three oxides of nitrogen. Silo gas danger is greater m dry years It is oc casionally given off from silos recently filled with such crops as co'rn. oats, wheat, barley, rye, and certain weeds It is a heavier than air gas often brown or yellow in color w'hich settles in low areas in the silo, above the settled sil age in the silo chute, and even in the dairy stable The silo gas is very toxic to men and animals causing a burn ing sensatmn in the nose and tin oat and also choking and suffocation Odor is similar to hypochlonte used m bleach and daily disinfectants The most dangerous period is the first 10 days after filling, but it could persist all winter Perhaps it can’t happen to you . . perhaps Observing the following precautions will (Continued on Page 6) Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 12. 1964 operating a small, specialized manufacturing shop for 14 years He produces some of the equipment that is so neces sary to make these cage houses “go ” The company makes powered feed caits, tractor pit cleaneis, cioss con veyors, and egg collecting caits You might say SM Mfg (Continued on Page 6) Mr. Stanley B Mellinger demonstrates one of the battery-powered feed carts which are being turned out by the S. M. Mfg. Co., Inc., Lititz, Pa. L. F. Photo. AIJWCL'LT'If.'A'. ! JHRA^Y THE P‘ ft ' n| ‘' Tobacco Weed-Control Project Shows Promise A.t the Pennsylvania State Umveisity (PSU) Field Re seat ch Laboiatoiy neai Lan disulle the eftccts of various weed contiol chemicals aie be ins studied The particular plot in which this study is being done was planted in mid-June The plants will be hai rested latei this month and yield figuics will be obtained foi each ‘ ti eatment Each tieatment tested is lep heated, 01 repeated thiee times To analyze the treat ment differences statistically, it is necessaiy to have a suf ficient number of plants and row's in each treatment to be ceitain that any diffeiences found are due to the treat ment and not simply to en vironment Check rows aie also necessary for that reason and a check row was used in this expeinment on each side of each treatment. The statistical analysis gets pretty technical What the farmer wants to know is, “What did you use’ How did you use it’ and Was it any good’” Two weed-control chemicals manufactured by Stauffer Chemical Co are being used These a>-e “Eptam” and “Vei nam ” Each of these chemicals was tested for rate of applica tion three pounds and six pounds pei acie, for foim of mateual granular and liq -«)N , I f rv uid. and lor time of applica tion pieplant and post- plant Anothei matenal substitut ed in ea was tested at two lates tluee and si\ pounds pei acie In both cases it was applied pi 101 to planting Dipheiiuimd and Tuflur alm weie two othei chemi cals tested Each was applied pi 101 to planting at two lates —foui and six pounds per acie Also a combination of these two matenals Diphenannd and Tnfluialm was tested In combination tliej have the much shoiter tiade name of “Ti efmid ” Ti efnnd was ap plied prior to planting at the lates of four and six pounds per acre On looking over the plot, we could see that there were many places where no weeds, or few weeds, were apparent. We asked Mr Henry B Engle, USDA Research Agronomist and Ass’t Prof of Agronomy (Continued on Page 6) ASC To Change Election Methods Changes m the method of electing county Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation committees and in the length of their term of office were announced lecently by the U. S Depaitment of Agriculture. The legislation authorizing the changes has been appioved by Congiess and signed by Presi dent Johnson Undei the new bill, thred maim changes i elating to elec tion of ASC county committees weie authouzed These chang es (1) Establish a three-year staggeied teim of office for county committeemen instead of the existing one-year term; (2) Provide that a county com mitteeman may not serve more than three consecutive terms. (Continued on Pane 61 Weather Forecast Temperatures for the five day period Saturday through Wednesday will average 2 to 7 degrees below normal. The normal high and low temperatures for that period are 77 and 57 degrees. It will be cool at the begin ning of the period, moderat ing b\ Monday and cooler again by Wednesday. Precipitation may total -1 to .5 inches mostly in the western sections, and great er than .5 inches in the east. This will occur as rain over coastal areas b\ Monday, and again by V\ ednesday, and as scattered showers oyer the interior sections on Tuesday. $2 Per Year
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