—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 28, 1966
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Animals Driven
By But
Ignore Lights
Experiments on driving and
penning livestock by remote
controlled electric shocks,
strong lights, sounds, or re
lease of compressed air
through jets are described in
a report released this week
by the U. S. Department of
Agriculture.
USD A reports that under
test conditions, cattle, sheep,
and swine responded best to
mild electric shocks. Com
pressed air jets and a loud
speaker emitting drovers’ cries
also gave satisfactory results.
But test animals did not re
spond to high powered lights.
These experiments indicate
that it may be feasible to use
remote-control devices to
drive and pen livestock in “auc
tion markets, stockyards, or
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APHIDS, FLEA BEETLES and
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On Potatoes
Phosphamidon
Phosphamidon, actually hunts- pests down on pota
to plants. It kills them wherever they’re hiding
under the curl of a leaf in the crevice of
a stalk.
This is Phosphamidon doesn’t kill by con
tact. alone. It’s absorbed by the foliage and goes
through the entire upper part of the plant system.
That means it kills hidden insects other sprays
miss. Phosphamidon gets rid of Colorado potato
beetles, (even the resistant ones) as well as
flea beetles, leaf hoppers and all four kinds of ap
hids that attack potatoes.
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other locations. The devices
might move livestock more ef
ficiently than could workers
on foot o'r horseback,' and
could minimize injuries some
times inflicted by livestock
on workers and on each
other.
The experiments also pro
vided information useful in
designing and constructing
equipment used with the driv
ing devices. Experimental de
vices were mounted on a me
chanical sweep, or wooden
gate that could be moved
through alleys between live
stock pens. Additional work is
needed before the experiments
are ready for practical appli
cation.
FARM WOMEN GROUP
NO. 8 MEETS
The Society of Farm Women
#8 met Saturday afternoon at
the home of' Mrs. Clyde Wiv
ell. There were 25 members
and one guest present.
BEETLES
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Phosphamidom is absorbed
quickly, too, so workers can
enter the- fields just a few
hours after spraying. Why
take chances on missing any
potato pests. See us now for'
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Mrs. John Warfel was in .L.■ K, / Hostetler -presented Q DHhfc '
charge of devotions. Four la- five hooks to the Orange 11-
dles are In charge of visiting, brary. (Continued from Page
Treasa Whitman during the „ , . ,
month of June. Farm Women Fn , tnn rw -. n attend, . te * ter ;, , Houser
will rent two sewing machines th T rountv Pomona reiM>rt ®f *° directors on
for the Donegal 4-H Sewing - suggestions made by he test-
Club. '' I J g toi ers, but aside from the sug-
Mrs. Roy Greider gave a sb- 't'JT otfibt M salfstim-v gest !? n cal^n ®. 0r a ‘i°* n t
r , of the prog™ •<
Spring Rally meeting held at open , an( j c j ose the mee fuig t
DillsDurg. and Colerain Grange will pre-
Mrs. Kenneth Eshelman was sent the m
the speaker. She gave a book
review “God Speaks to Wom
en” by E. Price
Spence, presented a Memorial
program with Miss Mary Lou
FULTON GRANGE TO HOLD Wesley as pianist: Group sing
“GO-TOCHURCH” NIGHT ing “Nearer My God To
Fulton Grange #66 held its T 1 Scripture Reading of
regular meeting May 23 at the 23rd Psalm and prayer by the
hall in Oakryn, with Gyles H. 'Chaplain, John Galbreath;
Brown, Master, presiding, flowers were placed on the
Plans were made to hold the aßar memory of Walter
“Go-To-Church” Night Sunday, Samuel C.'Hemey and
May 29,8 p.m.,at the Wrights- ICharles Grimsey by Theodore
dale Baptist Church. . ißeck - Charles McSparran and
Norman Wood represented Ro^ ert j , v ° cal
Fulton Grange at a hearing Prayer ’ by Mr !’
May 10 at the Lancaster Coun- Theodore Beck; poem, “Good
ly Court House when oppo- ye *. by , , tbe ,^ ct Y r 1 er .’ „^? e '
nents of the closing of the toonal address “Nostalgia” toy
Pennsylvania Railroad freight ' Rav - / obn .,^?. mp i? n ’ 9 atb "
station in Quarryville each eru ?f’ s Cathollc 9 hu . rch * uar :
spoke for its retention. ryvil*; g. ro “ p sin § mg Lead
„ . . . Kindly Light.”
The Grange is receiving
good, clean used clothing for The next meeting will be
State Hospitals and the Water the annual home-made ice
Street Mission. ' cream party June 18.
The Lecturer, Miss Agnes
Robert Hess, state director,
told the local board that al
though membership in the
state association is still re
flecting the decreasing num
ber of herds in Pennsylvania,
the total number of cows on
test continues to increase.
Also, in reporting on a re
cent state meeting, Hess told
the directors that of the 160
full-time testers in the state
only three are making more
than $7,000 a year. Testers in
southeastern Pennsylvania are
among the highest paid in the
state, Hess added.
In the continuing discussion
of stainless versus tin, pails
for the testers, the associa
tion finally tp- gradu
ally replace tin pails with 40-
pound stainless pails. It was
decided- that. Houser would
have the authority to replace
the tin pails as it became
necessary.
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