16—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 29, 1965
USDA Unleashes ‘ l ; f l a c lt „ olh ' r lorae ' c, '°'“
Parasite To Kill Alfalfa hay is an important
~ YV « *| feed for livestock, particular-
AlfcUia. WCeVIIS ly dairy cattle. More than
half of the three million or
more tons of hay produced
each year in Pennsylvania is
alfalfa hay. Hemy F Nixon,
director of the department’s
Bureau of Plant Industry,
said the alfalfa weevil piob
lem exists in vutually every
pait of Pennsylvania, with
\ new weapon in the fight
against alfalfa weevil par
asitic insects that piey on
and des(io.v weevils has
been mtioduced in Pennsyl
vania this spnng, the State
Agucultuie Depaitment an
nounced recently
The move was described by
State Agucultuie Secietary
Leland H. Bull as “another
impoitant step in our con
stant battle to pieient crop
losses foi oui fanners” He
pointed out that the increas
ing seventy of alfalfa weevil
damage in lecent years has
led some faimeis to substi
4-H Club News
(■Continued fiom Page 14)
eioup on Selecting and buy
ing fabi'cs
The ne\t meeting will be
held on June 21
HILLTOP STITCHERS
ORGANIZE
by Donna McCoy, reporter
The Lexington Hilltop
S‘ tcheis 4H Club met at the
Biunneiville Fne Hall on
Mai 21 NTneteen gnls w r eie
eni oiled
Ofticeis weie elected as
follows Maigaiet Keith,
piesident (Candace Seivei-
Img \ice piesident, Malta
Smith secietai> MaiySpang
lei tieasuiei Donna McCoy,
news lepoitei Maiy Swan
sons leadei and Susan Keith
game lerdei Hei assistants
aie Dtioia Klemfeltei and
Susan Shaipless
Rcpiesentatives foi posture
queen wei e also chosen Can
dace Sen ei ling is the jumoi
repiesentatu e and Mary
Swan is the senioi lepie
sentalive
That evening, the Spung
Jamboiee was held at Leola
Thu teen girls attended Can
dace Seiveihng won a cash
waid foi hei high scoring m
the games
The next meeting will be
held June 10 at 1 pm in
the Biunnemlle Fue Hall
DRU'VIORE CLUB HOLDS
RED CROSS MEETING
by John Douts, leporter
The Diumoie 4-H Club met
at Dan Trimble's house at 8
pm on Tuesday, May 18th
Piesident Jay Lehman
called the meeting to oidei
aftei which the 4-H Club
pledge was lepeated by the
membeis Seaetaiy Ann Le
fexei then took i oil call, and
the minutes oJ the previous
meeting weie lead and ap
pioved
Theie was no tieasuiei’s
lepoit due to the absence qf
the tieasuier The date foi
the chicken barbecue was
changed to July 31
Theie weie two new mem
bers admitted to the Club,
they weie Pam Stanley and
Charles Gust There were
23 membe’s piesent and sev
en paients and leadeis
Mis Vogt an Amciican
Volunteei Woiker fiom Lan
caster, showed a film on ar
tificial bieathing called “res
cue breathing ” After the film,
meirbeis tned artificial res
pnation on a dummy
Linda Delong gave a dem
onstration on how to dress a
chicken
The next meeting will be
held June 15 at 8 pm at the
Chestnut Level Chuich House
The piogram will include fun
night and parent’s night
HORNCO FEEDS - - - The Crowing Choice Of Business Farmers
CHAMPION
STATE MILK & FAT CHAMPION
305 d - 2x - 25,600 lbs. Milk - 933 lbs.
344 d - 2x - 27,110 lbs. Milk - 1007 lbs.
FEEDS
D. E. Horn & Co., Inc. York, p a . pk 854-786?
heavy Infestations in south* chlor may no longer be
eastern' counties, used on forage crops. The
.The most commonly used u> S. Food and Drug Adminis
spray material offers only tration banned them
limited control, he said, since .because of the risk of residue
the recommended time of ap- showing up in milk.
plication is when ”50 percent
of plants in a field show dam- The parasitic corftrol pro
age,” If uncontrolled, weevils gram has been developed by
can. strip a field clean in a the Agricultural Research
short time leaving only brown Service of the U. S. Depart
stems and leaf ribs. Nixon ment of Agriculture at Moores
sai[j town, N. J. Over a period of
years, scientists studied and
Two chemical pesticides that selected parasites that have
are effective in weevil con- been effective in weevil con
trol Dieldnn and Hepta-
NATIONAL MILK
Our Congratulations to Sinking Springs Farms,
York, Pa. for this outstanding achievement.
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Sinking Springs Farms IVAN BRIGHT
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Fat
Fat
Uni-pel Dairy Feeds then ever before. Why
not check with your neighbor who changed
to Hornco?
JR. 3 YR. OLD
■ V -V
National Milk Champion - Jr. 3 Yr. Old -
305 Days
State Champion - Milk and Fat
Jr. 3 Yr. Old - 305 Days and 365 Days
More Dairymen are feeding Hornco
trol with no after problems,
Nixon said a quantity od
the parasites have been ob
tained and are being placed
in selected, unsprayed fleMs
in the state.
CHILD’S SAFETY
a child’s clothing sham
up against the background is
which he is playing, he will
be more easily seen, re>mind<
Ruth Ann Nine, Penn State
extension clothing specialist
Outer garments in attention
getting colors can give this
protection.