p Sorghum-Sudah Cattle Forage Use Increases Use of aorphum-sudan hy brids ;or cattle feed has in creased .20-told in Pennsyl vania during the past five year-, according to ngrono. mists at Penn State Univer sity. John E. Baylor and John B. Washko of the Col lege of Agiiculture suggest using Piper sudan-grass for pasture and the sorghum-Su dan hybrids for green chop or si!age. Dr, Washko, research agronomist, compared a sor- Plant Your Corn with Master Farmer Fertilizer Available in bags or bulk 5-10-10 5-15-5 5-20-10 10-20-20 Super Q For broadcast- application use our bulk ser vice. Spreader truck, trailer spreaders and drums. Rental spreaders available for bulk spread ing. Coll us for more information Phone 392-4963 ORGANIC PLANT FOOD CO. Groff town Road, Near Waterworks Lancaster §O% ] *K*&Sy ium-*u* true sudangrass hybrid withr Piper sudangrass under both a pasture and slingo system of management. AH throe __ varieties yielded more total dry matter ns slingo than ns hay or posture. The yield in crease was fil -percent for silage fronf the sorghum-su dan hybrids and 3>2 percent increase for the sudangrass hybrid. For Piper sudangrass, the yield increase of silage over hay -or pasture was only 12 percent. Yield differences among the three were small under the pasture or hay system with all three -producing about 3V6 tons of dry matter per acre. ' '"*z> '•» * , v w iV, * Jr MOUNT JOY, PENNA. I I fe >v ' -V.V < , * ~> > ' r*&v' ' ♦ *♦ Wolgemuth Bros., Inc. •*+******************************r********************* ago was also similar for all three varieties. At most lo cutions all varieties were har vested three times annually for p i‘ttnre or hay. in oiaer studies several i.iplat<es were cut at differ ent stubble heights to com pare yields per acre and rate of recovery after cutting. In general, total dry matter yields for all varieties were greater when cut at a stub ble height of two inches as convpared to the four or six invh stubble height. On the other hand, speed of recov. ery was more rapid with the higher stubble height cut. Both sudangrass and the hybrids can be used for hay, they add, but are difficult to cure. Planting at heavier than normal seeding rates will cut down on stem size and may make curing less of a problem. Conditioning the crop with a crusher or crimp er at cutting and again the following day will also help to speed up drying. While the hybrids outyield sudangrass for silage, they are no more productive than corn and produ'ce a silage considerably lower in feed value than good corn silage, the agronomists state. • Meats Judging (Continued from Page 1) Godfrey, Dallastown. Freeman Stoltzfus of Grassland Chap ter, with 377.4 points, round ed out the quartet of area boys whp will compete in the state contest during FFA Week .at Penn State Univer sity. Other platings: '5 th and 6th—Kenneth Leaman and Irwin Widders, both of Lam peter-iStrashurg High School; 7—. Kenneth Fritz and Dean Kessler (tied), both from Warwick HS ; B—another ti between Warren Buch, Warwick, and Robert Fisher, Garden Spot HS. Other schools repiesented included Bphrata, Penn Man or, and Elizabethtown . . . bigger milk checks for you! Lancaster County Has Lowest Bedding Plant Price In S.E. Pa. A recent survey of bedding plant prices among growers In southeastern Pennsylvania showed that Lancaster Coun ty aieraged as mu'-h as IS 7 cents per dozen lower than the highest-priced county. In the five-county area, pi ices lo florists ranged from G 8.3 cents in Lancaster to 87 cents in Lehigh, according to Penn State marketing spe cialist Alvi O. Voight. Some of the explanations offered for this situation are' surplus production; many and relatively smaller growers choosing to sell loyally; growers’ failure to locate bet ter maikets; lack of market ing knowledge, which results in florists paying 5 to 20 cents more per pack in near by Greater Philadelphia area; groweis’ satisfaction with lower prices Voight points out that if Lancaster County has simi lar quality and sufficient vol ume, the price difference is such that someone could ben efit by purchasing Lancas ter’s production at wholesale, market it within 50 miles, and make a tidy profit. If that happened, the re sulting shortage of supply in Lancaster should result in price strengthening there, Voight speculated. Unless some very unusual consumer price resistance developed, he added. There are many alterna tives to the “low-price Lan caster situation,” Voight said, but the solution depends upon each grower-marketer in his own market environment. Generally, bedding plant pnLes are at least as high as in past years, and the over all market situation looks strong with prices steady to higher in spite of large vol ume advances, Voight pre dicted. FLORIN DAIRY FEEDS for your cows pay off in greater milk productivity Ph. 653-1451 'arming, bai lay, Industries Join In Air Pollution Research Plan The 'bituminous coal and electric utilltj industries have announced plans for a broad piogram of air pollu tion research that may in volve more than $4 3 million in the next five years The expanded program, which has been under con sideration for a number of months, will emphasize con trol ot sulfur oxides produced at coal-burnang electric gen erating stations. Primary aims of the program will be: 1 — To determine the maxi mum concentiation of sulfur oxides m the air at ground level that is compatible with, good public health 2 To find economically feasible means of controlling sulfur oxide emission from power plants, while avoiding excessive costs for electric service to the consumer. The National Coal Associa tion, representing the 'bitum inous coal industry, and the Electric 'Research Council, representing the total electric utility industry and support ed by Edison Electric Insti tute, said the new program will sharply accelerate efforts of the two industries in con tributing to cleaner air. Public health authorities agree that air pollution comes from many sources —• motor vehicle exhausts, open dump burning, manufacturing and industrial processing, in cineration, road construction —in addition to fuel burning. Turkey Promotion And Information Programs ■Several 'conclusions were drawn at a recent meeting of the National Turkey Federa tion-Poultry and Egg Nation al Board Coordinating meet ing I—Anticipated1 —Anticipated demand for turkey will continue through, the summer, due particularly to a shorter supply of red meat. 2 In spite ot an appar ent record-bieaking turkey crop this yeai the industry is not going to go broke. 3 The supply of turkeys indicates that July and Au gust will be the best period, to promote tin key It was also agreed that turkey as a feature of out door living will be empha sized in special informational pr'ogi'amß to be held for food communicators in New York and Chicago ■Plans weie made to work towaid better display case® to set off tuikey to best ad \antage in the stores. Final Date Set For CAP Signup .May 13 is the final date to sign u'p 'for the new Cropland Adjustment Program, James W. White announced Wed nesday. White, chairman of th« p e n n sy 1 vama Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee, reported that 2,» 040 'farm operators have ap plied foi agieements under CAP, and 224 agreements have been signed Cropland signed up totals of about 14,* 745 acres, he said. White said there will bO no e\tension ot the final dato for registering for the CAP* .pri.
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