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’
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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.
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