Soil Test Survey Results Revealed The highest concentration of well-limed soils in the Com monwealth currently is located in southcentral Pennsylvania, an Extension agronomist at The Pennsylvania State University pointed at the Lime and Ferti lizer Conference last week W. Wayne Hinish, who direct ed a survey of Penn State soil test results, said almost half the samples from the southcentral area required no lime and those soils that did only needed 2 tons or less. The study, which included both lime and fertilizer soil During the graduation ban needs, represented 30,000 soil quet it was announced that Bab samples from all counties of the cock Poultry Farm had just won From a laymen’s standpoint, Pesticides Research La- Commonwealth and was com- the coveted two year USDA some of the most interesting b° ra tory and Graduate Study Summary of Random Sample items displayed during the Center is built on two floors. ims educational enort was „ , Open House were growth cham- each 50 feet wide by 167 feet initiated to help make compan- g hers and special incubators lon<J with a tota j fj oor sons of lime and fertilizer re- samples from the northern over feed and chick costs used in rea ring and studying ,i. J I ? lationships to crop production tier counties test lowest in po- insects in the laboratory °. £ about 15,000 square feet as and animal health. i nco ; lim , , , . . , . , , siggned to offices, laboratories, tassium, the highest levels are sound management decisions The facility was designed to ' “The McKean County area f°W n< i in southeastern soils. and increase operating profits study and help to develop the and southwestern Pennsylvania Hinish noted that surveys hy In addition, these results help least toxic pesticides, to develop have soils with the greatest the Penn Slate Soil Testing La- educators chart programs bene- biological control of pests, and The future can be neither lime requirements,” the agrono- boratory are continuously un- ficial to the total agricultural to analyze plant and animal pro- foretold or foreseen so why mist emphasized. “Only less derway to assist farmers make economy. ducts for pesticide residues worry about it’ « «■-*- -tr i* DAIRY CONFERE Curtiss Breeding Service, Inc. than 10 percent of these soils in the sample needed no lime ” The greatest concentration of soils high in magnesium occurs in the four corners of the state, particularly in southeastern Pennsylvania, Hinish pointed out Penn State studies reveal that where soils are high in magnesium there apparently is a lower incidence of livestock health disorders. Areas lowest in magnesium are located in west central and east central Pennsylvania. Commenting on soil sum maries which point out areas high and low in phosphorus, Hinish said a pocket of high phosphorus levels is found in and around Luzerne County. Practically all soils in the western half of the state test low in this fertilizer element. 4TH ANNUAL SOUTHEASTERN at the Guernsey Barn, Route 30 East, Lancaster, Pa. ' DISPLAYS -¥■ DOOR PRIZES # REFRESHMENTS Allis - Chalmers Milwaukee, Wis. Cary, Illinois TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1969 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. (Snow Date February 19, 1969) Theme: "Dairy Management” This Dairy Conference is sponsored by Local Hatcherymen Attend Sales Workshop Warren Zeller and Arthur Leaman of the Babcock Hatch ery in Lititz, Pennsylvania have just returned from attending a week long Sales Woikshop con ducted by Babcock Poultry Farm, Inc. in Ithaca, New York. Mr Zeller and Mr. Leaman join ed salesmen from Babcock fran chised hatcheries in eight states and Canada to be brought up to date on the Babcock breeding program, the health program, along with production and busi ness management techniques The intensified sales training is part of Babcock’s program to help its’ franchised hatcher ies be of the greatest possible service to their customers. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 8,1969 Complex Penn State Lab Aids Pesticides Research “Sophisticated” is the term best describing equipment dis played at a recent Open House for the new Pesticides Research Laboratory and Graduate Study Center at The Pennsylvania State University Shown were some of the most complex instruments used in “advanced pesticides research,” as described by Open House guides Included were several highly-refined gas chromato graphs Perhaps most dramatic of all the devices seen were a mass spectrophotometer and in frared and ultraviolet spectro photometers to analyze com ponents of pesticides. The la boratory cost in excess of $BOO,- 000. John W. Eshelman & Sons New Holland Supply Co., Inc. New Holland, Pa. SECOND SECTION Lancaster, Pa. Operated by the department of entomology, the laboratory is administered by the Agricultur al Experiment Station It is lo cated one mile east of the cen tral campus, adjacent to the Food Processing Laboratory and the Soil and Forage Test ing Laboratory The new facility was made possible through State and Fed eral legislation A folder dis tributed during the tours indi cated that this highly specializ ed laboratory will have a signi ficant role in state and national efforts to improve the efficien cy of production of food, feed, and fiber while insuring the maximum in safety and quality. and special purpose rooms. 13
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