Chemical Plus Cultural Weed Control Partners For Profit For each day you delay in Early weed competition (dur cultivating corn, you can lose ing the first three weeks) re more than a half bushel yield suits in the most crlitical rcduc per acre, says Dr. James Paro- tion of corn yields, and timeli chetti, weed cntrol specialist at ness of cultivation or chemical the University of Maryland. treatment is most important. You can readily see how im- Dr. Parochetti cited an ex portant this becomes if wet tensive study that compared the weather should keep the culti- economics of cultivating versus vator out of the field for just a cultivation along with chemi few days. cal control. Using a five-day de- “We generally assume that la y for mechanical cultivation, the proper use of herbicides for the net income could be reduc weed control in corn is superior ed $328 per acre> There fore, to just normal cultivation,” Dr. . ~ , , , . Parochetti says. “But this as- when delay factor is con sumption is based on several sidered, chemical weed control factors.” could give an additional net re- J\IEW Purina Dairy Conditioner Special can prepare cows for good production at low cost John B. Kurtz Ph: 354-9251 R. D. 3. Ephrata Wenger's Feed Mill Ph: 367-1-195 * , Rheems If you’re not among the many good local dairymen who have started mixing NEW Purina Dairy Conditioner Special with your own grain to build a research proved dry cow ration, it can pay you to check into this low-cost way of feeding dry cows. New Purina Dairy Conditioner is a 18 percent protein ration, fortified with extra Vitamins A and D plus phosphorus to help guard against milk fever. To help you save on dry cow feeding, Purina Research recommends varying feeding levels, depending on cow condi tion and the quality of your roughages. For example, if a cow is in good condi tion and your roughages are of excellent quality, you would feed less Purina dry cow ration than if the cow were in only fair condition and if the roughages were of only fair quality. Using Purina Check-R-Mix* formulas we can build you a low-cost dry cow *Reg. Trademark—Ralston Purina Co. inc. turn without additional worry to the farmer. Furthermore, he adds, there is a certain peace of mind to having the major weed contiol operation performed early and at planting time. The labor cost of $1.50 per hour used in the study may be low, and yields in the future may increase with advancing technology. All of these reasons, Dr. Paro ehctti believes, would favor the use of chemicals with mechani cal cultivation in cornfields. 55,300 men, women and chil dren died on America’s high ways in 1968, according to an annual survey by The Travelei s Insurance Companies. In addi tion, 4,400,000 pei sons were in jured. But come in and see for yourself how the rugged all-gear-drive Gravely compact tractor and its 39 year-round attachments make you indisputably King of the tough jobs. POSEY'S CARDEN CENTER (808 POSEY) Rear 49 North Broad St. Phone 717-626-2343 West Willow Formers Assn., Inc. Ph: 464-3431 West Willow James High & Sons Ph: 354-0301 Gordonville New Seed Pockaging Seen As Boon To Tropical Agriculture A pilot program of vapor pioof seed packaging for South Vietnam last year has shown results that may help many tio pical areas increase their food pi eduction significantly, ac cording to U.S. Depaitment of Agriculture scientists. It may also improve export markets for United States seedsmen. This spring, as a result of work pioneered by USDA’s Ag ricultural Research Service for the Agency of International De velopment mission in South OF COURSE NOT— Come ini ration, combining New Purina Dairy Conditioner with your grain. Or, if you’re feeding low-protein roughages, it may pay you to feed Dairy Conditioner “straight”—just as it comes from the bag. More and more successful area dairy* men are proving that good dry cow feed ing pays off in extra cow condition— and extra milk production in the next lactation. For example, 100 to 200 pounds of additional body weight at freshening can pay off in 1,000 to 2,000 pounds of extra milk during the lactation. Drop in soon and get your free copy of the Purina Dry Cow Program folder. We’ll be glad to point out how new Purina Dairy Conditioner Special can help prepare your dry cows for good production at low cost. Ira B. Landis Phr 394-7912 1912 Creek Hill Rd, Lane. John J. Hess, 11, Inc. Ph- 442-4632 Paradise Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 10,1969—29 Vietnam, the AID Refugee Divi sion there has ordered 3,300 pounds of specially packed U S. garden seed. The seed will be packaged in vapor-proof enve lopes, each packet containing enough seed to plant over 322 square feet. It is estimated that 200,000 rural South Vietnamese fami lies will benefit from the new packaging process. Before 1967, when the ARS team arrived in South Vietnam, icfugees vegetable seed was im ported in large tin cans Be cause of tropical heat and humi dity, this seed was highly vul neiable to spoilage after the cans were opened To eliminate the possibility of spoilage, ARS personnel de vised an on-site system of re packaging the seeds in semi vapor resistant envelopes which were first distributed in the Da nang area Following the suc cessful experiment, an addition al 10,000 family gardens were established in that area m 1968. Introduction to the tropics of seed packaged in vapor-proof envelopes, now already in limit ed use in the United States, could affect the world’s seed market. Historically, through out the tropics, most native crops with the notable excep tion of rice, come from the la borious and unceitam process of planting tubers and cuttings. Hungary with one auto per 87 persons in 1966, reported an in crease to one auto per 65 persons in 1968, according to the news agency MTI. With a population of about 10 million, Hungary has 160,000 automobiles, of which 22,000 are publicly owned and 138,000 pri vately owned. Hungary, which produces no autos, imports about 20,000 annually. Lititz, Pa. jpf'ift ‘A m # / f CHICKS X I HOGS SI | CATTLE I ;||Grow Better % Wlth f PIONEER FEEDS Local Farmers Know a Good Feed When They Try It! SINCE 1870 ELMER M. SHREINER Trading as Good’s Feed Mill SPECIALIZING IN DAIRY AND HOG FEEDS
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