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ti our country which had al
lowed the soil to deteriorate
showed a much higher rejec
tion rate because of poor
teeth, poor bone structure
and poor health generally
than those in areas with min
eral rich soil.
While the restoration of 591
million tons of limestone since
the start of the" Agricultural
Conservation Program in 1936
to the soil may seem like a
project only helping the farm
ers of the Nation, it has ac
tually improved the health of
all the Nation’s consumers.
Without this additive to the
millions of acres of cropland,
we would have been forced
to buy more vitamins and cal
cium at the drugstore, or we
*rould have suffered the con
*equences of reduced health
for our Nation’s citizens.
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Alfalfa Variety Found
Resistant To Weevils
A strain of Algerian alfal
fa that is resistant ,to egg lay
ing by the adult alfalfa weevil
could provide the breeding
stock needed to develop de
sirable weevil-resistant alfal
fas. ,
The importance of this find
ing is magnified by the fact
that this destructive pest is
developing resistance to in
secticides. Weevils cause mil
lions of dollars of damage to
alfalfa crops each year, and
all commercial varieties that
have been tested aie suscepti
ble to the weevil.
Noith Caiolma Agricultural
Experiment Station and ARS
scientists found that adult al
falfa weevils lay veiy few
eggs in the .stems of the Al
gerian alfalfa (gaetula).
Larvae of the alfalfa weevil
do more damage to alfalfa
crops than adults do. An al
falfa plant that does not pro
vide adults with suitable egg
laying sites, however, would
have a form of resistance be
cause it would interfere with
the normal life cycle of the
weevil.
W. V. 'Campbell, State en
tomologist, and J. W. Dudley,
ARS plant geneticist, found
in laboratory and greenhouse
tests that adult weevils tend
to ignore gaetula This alfal
fa is not comlmercially ac
ceptable, but Dudley believes
that the characters that make
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it weevil resistant can be
transferred to commercial
varieties. Considerable breed
ing effort will be required to
develop a desirable alfalfa
that will retain a high de
gree of weevil resistance.
By following laboratory and
greenhouse testing, the sci
entists could manipulate the
insect population and evaluate
adult weevil perference for
feeding and egg laying in the
absence of larval damage.
Plants were exposed to an
adult weevil population far
gi eater than is normally found
in the field.
The scientists do not yet
know why the alfalfa weevil
Hypeia postica (Gyll), large
ly avoids gaetula but they be
lieve that stem type may have
something to do with egg lay
ing M. intertexta has nearly
hollow square-shaped stems
that provide a large cavity
for the weevil’s eggs. Gaetula
has round, nearly solid stems.
Thus, it is more difficult for
the female weevil to excavate
a cavity in the stem of gaetu
la before she can deposit eggs.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 3, 1965
Study Non-Protein
Nitrogen In Rations
“The time may come when
proteins, such as provided in
soybean meal, will not be in
great enough supply for use
in rations of meat animals. In
stead, they will go into human
diets,” says William 11. Plun
der, professor of animal hus
bandry, Missouu Umv.
Pfander explains that the
woild is alieady shoil of pio
lein, and that the situation i-,
expected to become moic ag
gravated in the face of m
cieasing populations.
Pfander is conducting coop
erative legional and stale re
search Which is designed to
find ways and means Wheie
by meat animals can best use
non-protein nitrogen in ra
tions as a replacement for
materials such as soybean
meal.
Ruminant anim'als, such as
cattle and sheep, can convert
non-protein nitrogen to pro
tein in the digestive process,
he says. Urea, a product pres
ently in use by livestock feed
ers, is an example of a non
protein nitrogen.
A factor limiting the in
creased use of such products
is insufficient knowledge about
the steps involved in convert
ing non-protein nitrogen to
protein 'which ruminants can
use.
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Into Sturdy Pullets
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Starter for the first seven weeks and you’re well
on the way to egg profits. Nothing else, except a
bit of Red Comb ‘‘C” Flakes the first day as an
extra appetizer. Your chicks will go for Red
Comb Chick Starter. They will have high livabili-
ty, uniformity, good frames, adequate flesh and
sturdy constitutions. You will have laid a sound
foundation for a profitable laying flock. Red
Comb Chick Starter supplies your chicks the right
proteins, scientifically balanced amino acids,
necessary minerals, vitamins, antibiotics and
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engineered to help you build your baby chicks
into sturdy, go-ahead pullets. Start your chicks
on Red Comb . . . because a flock that is well
started is half raised.
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MILL
New Providence
PHARES AUKER
JOINS BABCOCK
Biuce Babcock, owner of
Babcock Hatchery of Lititz,
Pennsylvania, announced re
cently the appointment of
Phares Auker of Elizabeth
town, Pennsylvania to the Bab
cock sales staff in Pennsylvan
ia.
Auker cofnes to Babcock
with fourteen yeais expenence
in the poultry industry as a
sales representative for a Lan
caster County hatchery, and as
a successful started pullet
giower.
His territory will cover some
eight counties in Pennsylvania
and parts of Noithern Maiy
land. He will report to Russ
Mease, Manager of Babcock
Hatchery, Lititz.
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