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Apply new Lasso either in granules or liquid and you’re done. Lasso needs
no soil incorporation; just Vs - % inches of ram will turn on Lasso’s excellent
grass control for your corn and soybeans.
WHAT MAKES PRE-EMERGENT LASSO THE SUPERIOR
CORN & SOYBEAN HERBICIDE? LOTS OF THINGS . . .
Crop safety. New Lasso has been tested and tested. The results were always
the same. No damage to feeder roots of corn and soybeans. Lasso doesn’t cut
yields it increases them.
Killing power. Lasso gives excellent control of grasses and some broadleaf
weeds.
19b carryover. When Lasso’s done working, it breaks down harmlessly in the
S'Otl- So it can’t damage following crops, or ruin rotation plans.
Incorporation necessary with Lasso, thus reducing the number of trips over
Hie field and soil compaction.
Mbumom moisture is needed to put Lasso to work.
lasso works well on a wide range of soil types.
That's why Lasso's best. Better get the best now at:
Lancaster Bone Fertilizer Co., Inc
Quarryville, Pa.
■386-7348
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DEKALB PROFIT
PULLET REPORT
IRVIN MUSSER
Profit Pullets
Pre-Emergent Corn & Soybean Herbicide
Mt. Joy, R. D. 1
Flock Size 8,800
Age of Birds 76 Weeks
261 Eggs Laid
3.9 Lb. Feed Per Dozen Eggs
Livability 86.5%
Grade A 95%
Feed Cost Per Dozen —13 c
For Your Quality DeKalb Pullets See
Sales Representative
THOMAS MUMMA
MELHORN HATCHERY
40 Donegal Springs Road, Mount Joy, Pa.
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Lancaster Farming. Saturday. April 26,1969—11
Plenty
Of Birds For
Spring
Gobbler Season
Pennsylvania Game commis
sion field surveys show that the
turkey population thioughout
the state is adequate and that
there will be plenty of birds
available for the spnng gobbler
season May 3-10.
Reproduction was slightly
lower last vear in some areas
of the nr, M t of the
state,
3
have ua off ct on the avail
ability 01 gobblers this spring
The spring season is designed
so that hunting shall be by call
ing only, and most buds which
respond to calling are gobblers
at least two years old
There is no scarcity of birds
anywhere they are normally
found, according to field sur
veys, but the northern counties,
which are prime turkey range,
still show the largest number of
the wary birds.
Whereas in most hunting sea
sons harvests increase or de
crease according to hunter pre
sure, sportsmen will find that
the opposite is true in spring
gobbler seasons. In other states
surveyed, hunter success and
oftentimes even total harvest
drop as hunter turnout in
creases.
During Pennsylvania’s first
spring gobbler season in 1968
many hunters simply drove
along roads in turkey territory,
stopping occasionally to call, un
til a gobbler answered. This
worked well last year, but
chances are the method may not
be nearly as successful in 1969.
The turnout of hunters in
1968 was relatively small, but
the interest and enthusiasm
generated by the experimental
season is expected to produce
considerably more gobbler
hunters this year. A gobbler
hearing a number or hunters
calling will simply slip away
Therefore, it will be more im
portant this year for sportsmen
to get away from the ‘'crowd’’
and back into remote areas
where theie are gobblers but
not hunters This will increase
chances considerably.
Learning to use hand and
mouth callers well is important,
b sometimes inexperienced
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caumg attempts by others who
place too much emphasis on
perfection in calling A sour
note may fnghten off a gobbler,
but not always Turkeys them
selves occasionally produce
weird noises while communicat
ing, and an amorous tom in the
springtime isn’t always as par
ticular about the quality of the
sound as some hunters may
think So, give it a try
Sportsmen should be aware
of the “breast sponge” often
found in gobblers in the spring.
Toms develop swollen necks
during the mating season, simi
lar to bucks during the fall rut.
This is a normal growth and is
simply a layer of gelatinous fat
that forms undernearth the
breast skin to serve as a nutri
tional reserve. This does not
harm the bird in any way, but
should be removed before cook
ing. Last year some hunters
thought the growth was an in
dication of disease or infection,
and discarded perfectly normal,
healthy birds.
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Good hunter deportment was
reported last year, and helped
make the 1969 season possible.
There were only two minor
hunting accidents, and most
rules and regulations in effect
for - the experimental season
were carefully observed. It is
hoped that hunters will again
conduct themeselves as sports
men so that future seasons will
be assured.