;• Tobacco
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duced a few plants tall
enough to see over a two
inch pebble.
Once the seedbeds were
planted on March 22 and 23,
Mylin’s wife, Mary, took over
the. growing operation. There
are two main problems in
growing tobacco seedlings un
der plastic, she has learned.
One, providing proper ventila
tipn; two, hand watering the
beds.
Since this is the Mylins’
second year with plastic they
have been able to eliminate
most of the guesswork in
handling the ventilation prob
lem. About the second week
in May, Mrs. Mylin cut slits
in the plastic bn either side
of the dome. These were
made one foot long and about
four inches wide, and were
spaced every eight feet. In
the early stages of growth,
and before the sun got too
hot, ventilation could be con-
QUALITY FERTILIZER —
QUALITY TOBACCO
QUALITY fertilizer is a determining factor in growing QUALITY
tobacco. Use AGRICO special plant food.
4-8-12 1 4rB-16 7-7-7
AGRINITE —■ the ail ORGANIC plant food for top dressing
tobacco plants. Use now arid periodically until tobacco is plant
ed.
Won't burn, will develop good root system as well as a tough
green healthy plant.
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or Saies Representative
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trolled adequately by open
ing and closing the ends. She
Closely watched the thermom
eter which was suspended, un
derneath the plastic; keeping
the temperature below the
critical 110 degree mark. Lat
eral tfWI? necessary to alsoi
use,;)me,;yenjs-;to tern-,
peptyreg,’ in , ( £be safe ..range
as ;the .gun •gryjlw hqtter. Then, -
- the plastic was re
moved altogether during the
day, and put back over the
plants'’at night only if frost
were predicted.
But hand watering was
somewhat of a problem, Mrs.
Mylin said. Although she only
had to water the plastic-cov
ered beds twice a week, as
compared to daily waterings
for the beds under muslin, it
was difficult to get good wa
ter coverage under the plas
tic. She found that the job
could be nicely done by di
recting the hose through the
slits in' the sides. She used
masking tape to close the
openings after watering, un-
Work Schedule
On Farms Gets
Back To Normal
HARRISBURG A warm
ing trend late last week
snapped a month-long cool
spell and brought farm ac
'tivity back to normal in most
parts of the state, says the
Pennsylvania Crop Reporting
Service.
Rain early in the week fur
nished the most encouraging
news for farmers. Soil mois-
til the plants were large
enough to tolerate the extia
slitted ventilation.
Seeing the tremendous suc
cess of the plants grown under
plastic at Mylin’s, and know
ing they had already had one
year’s experience previously,
it seemed natural to wonder
why only half the plants were
grown by this better method.
“We used the plastic cov
ering to get plants into the
fields earlier to better utilize
our available labor force in
the fall,” Mylin explained,
adding that only half the
seedbeds were under plastic
because caring for them under
that system was more tedious
and possibly more costly.
Tobacco seedlings grown
under plastic this year show
an almost unbelievable con
trast with those grown under
muslin. The difference can
largely be accounted for be
cause of the cold, late Spring
that we had this year, appar
ently. Knowing that such a
difference in performance can
exist, it seems likely that
many more Lancaster County
farmers will be thinking seri
ously of covering their tobac
co seedbeds with plastic next
year so they can get their
plants into the fields as early
as possible.
PATZ
Soles & Service
Barn Cleaners - Silo
Unloaders - Cattle Feeders
Robert K. Rohrer
Quarryville, R. D. 1
Hensel 548-2559
Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, May 28, 1966
ture is adequate or in sur
plus everywhere—an unusual
situation, according to PCRS,
after four previous dry sea
sons in the Keystone State.
Winter grains, wheat and
barley, have good color and
even stands, with barley form
ing heads in southern coun
ties. Early planted oats in the
south are making good growth
and planting is progressing in
northern counties. Hay fields
and pastures are developing
well.
Corn planting was speeded
in all areas as conditions im
proved late in the week, but
transplanting of tomatoes is
behind schedule. Green peas
for processing have good
stands and are growing well.
A jarring note, however,
came from fruit growers.
Frost damage in orchards has
not been fully determined, but
some recent reports claim it
may have been more severe
than was first indicated.
County Co-ed
Scores In Dairy
Exposition
A Lancaster County coed has
won two awards in the 41st
annual Dairy Exposition held
recently at Penn State Uni
versity.
Mary Ellen Mumma, daugh
ter of Mr and Mrs. Harry S.
Mumma, Manheim Rl, won
second place in judging all
breeds of dairy cattle, and
Ful-O-Pep Pig Feeds
start little pigs fast
with low cost gains
Match your little pigs' growth potential with the
nutritional efficiency of Ful-O-Pep Pig Feeds ..,
the efficiency that regularly gives these conver
sions at the Ful-O-Pep Research Farm:
Baby Pig Diet
(As an eariy weaning feed to 5 weeks)
Pig Starter
(From 5 days to 6 weeks, or following Baby Pig Diet)
Pig Grower
(From 6 weeks to 10 weeks)
With good management, you can match these con
versions, and profit from low cost, fast early gams.
Now—2 special, extra efficient Ful-O-Pep Pig Feeds.
Ful-O-Pep Pig Bracer— for stress conditions,
with Aureo S.P. 250.
Ful-O-Pep Pig Grower— to feed with your grain
Supplement to young, growing pigs.
Give your pigs high-performance Ful-O-Pep.
Ful-O-Pep Pig Feeds
MORE FINE PRODUCTS OF THE QUAKER OATS COMPANY
Harold H. Good
Terre Hill
S. H. Hiestand
& Co., Inc.
Salunga
Grubb Supply Co.
Elizabethtown
first in the ice cream mold
contest.
The champion in the all
breeds dairy judging was John
M. Paxton, Washington Rl, Pa.
In the 40th annual Dairy Ex
position last year, Miss Mum
ma was named amateur cham
pion judge.
She was first in Ayrshire,
Holstein and Jersey judging,
and reserve champion in the
Guernsey fitting contest at the
1965 Exposition.
• County FFA
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Yards. Additional planning
for this event is being handled
by the Cloister Chapter of
Ephrata High School.
A county FFA picnic will
be held, but no date or place
was set at this meeting. Plan
ning for the picnic was dele
gated to the Manheim Chap
ter.
The County Star Farmer
award will again be made this
year, but applications will be
limited to one per school for
each of the county’s nine FFA
chapteis. Applications will be
due by August 1, it was an
nounced, and candidates will
be judged during that month.
From the Lancaster-York
area there will be 128 FFA
members and 27 teachexs at
tending the FFA Week pro
gram at Penn State University
on June 29, 30, and July 1.
The next meeting of the
county chapter will be held
on July 18 at Manheim Cen
tial High School.
1.14
lbs. feed/lb. gain
1.4-1.6
lbs. feed/lb. gain
2.03
ilbs. feed/lb. gain
Kirkwood Feed & Groin
H. M. Stauffer
& Sons, Inc.
Witmer
Stevens Feed Mill, Inc,
Kirkwood
Stevens
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