With the increase in apart «nt living, they now coll it 'home, mite home.” snei '-i. agement even had some ideas *' j on how I could improve my op- i2PMk eration. That’s the kind of banking service that suits me fine. THE xtv * 11 TihJ ff BANK'4O' LANCASTER COUNTY. FARMERS national LANCASTER • QUARRTVU.LE • MOUNT JOT • CHRISTIANA • COLUMIIA MEMBER F D I C ATTENTION!! BALER TWINE LOWEST PRICES NOW Through November 29, 1969 Write or coll A. B. C. GROFF, INC. New Holland, Pa. Ph: 354-4191 SPECIALS PERMANENT ANTI-FREEZE ONLY 5 1.62 GAL. TOBACCO PAPER n v c 50 LB. ROLLS ■ ,b TRACTOR CABS $ 260. ASSORTED TOOLS $5.95 Value ONLY each SPECIAL OFFER 20% OFF ON NEW TRACTOR BATTERIES Plus Your Old Battery C B. HOOBER & SON Intercourse, Penna Soil Acidity Affects Plant Growth & Yields When crops fall lo respond to recommended applications of fertilizer, the problem may bo soil acidity, notes Dr. William Mitchell, extension agionomist at the University of Delaware. Although sevcial factors can affect plant uptake of soil nutri ents, soil acidity is the most common one affecting the effi ciency of fertilizers Before fertilizer nutrients can be absorbed by plants, the nutu ents must be dissolved by soil water, explains Dr. Mitchell. The solution thus formed is lesup plied by dissolving additional nu- Phone 768 8-231 tricnts in a continuous cycle, Soli acidity, however. Is largely responsible for controlling this supplying process. When certain elements formed by soil acidity mix with plant nutrients, a com pound may result which docs not dissolve in soil water. As a re sult of this leaclion, fcilili/er nutrients can’t reach the plants. Elements foimed by soil acid ity not only pievenl plants from making the most efficient use of fertilizer nutrients, but they will also effect crop growth, points out Dr. Mitchell Excess alumin um and iron in the soil will re strict root growth by preventing adequate absoiption of water and nutrients. Too much manga nese will result in white or dead spots in the leaf tissue, i educing the photosynthetic process. The concentration of these ele ments increases as the soil PH is lowered. Soil acidity is a continuous process, stresses Dr Mitchell Plant growth, feitilizers and lainfall are just a few of the piocesses contributing to its de velopment With propei liming, however, the conditions that would lead to a reduction in plant growth and lowei yields can be eliminated The only families without skel etons in the closet ai e those with more ample storage 100 m in the attic CLEARANCE SALE GOOD USED TRACTORS 1 Cose 530 Diesef 1 Cose 4118 Gas 1 Case 411 Gas 1 Case 830 Diesel Slightly Used WALTER BINKLEY & SON R. D. 4, LiCit*, Pa. Phone 626-2344 SEE 15... FOR YOUR COMPLETE ENGINE OVERHAUL Our farm machinery service will keep \ our Equipment working at top efficiency. pimi Allen H. Matz, Enc. B W Basil# 1 Phone 355-2214 Lancaster Farming. Saturday. Nm ember 15. lllfi!) 13 Wasps Control Alfalfa Weevil Small wasps’, slightly large) than the head of a pin. niav lie the answer fanners have been waiting for ns a means of con trolling the alfalfa weevil. Dr. William Day. cnlomolo gist at the U S. Depai tment of Agriculture's Biologic.,) Control Laboratoiy, Mooicstown, N .1. roports that six species of pain sites have been established in the East in an cffoit to keep the weevil populations in check During a recent speaking en gagement at the University of Delaware, Dr. Day pointed out that the present woik aimed .’ biological control of the alfalfa weevil was started dunng the late 1950’s in France, wheie the wasps weie found to be a ua tural weevil control. “The deci sion was then made to introduce all suitable species into the US It appealed that a com bination of at least thiee species would be necessary to control the weevil, and it would be im possible to pi edict which spe cies would succeed and winch would be adapted to vauous en vnonments.” Next, live paiasites weie sent to Mooiestown wheie scientists ymrumviA Sale Register EVERY FRlDAY—Stockers and F( cdcM s—Sherandoah Valley Va. Gallic. Staunton Union Stock Voids. Inc. Staunton, Va. s\r NOV 15— n \M Public Sale of Valuable e.nh •.(cam en gine p.iits and steam and trac tion enumes located .it Km/ers. I'ii, east of Laiicastei alon« Rl. 30. Sale b> Kin/ci Kquipim nt Co S\l’ NOV 15—12 45 1* M Dillcr and Stolt/fus Rcmstcied Holstein S.dc located alone Rt 222. fi mi. S of Laiicastei on the Cai I Dillcr faim Sale bv Call D.llei and John .1 Stoll.’fus MON NOV. 17—S cL W Ranches* Sale. Puidum. Nebiaska. MON NOV 17— \t Mai tin’s S..le Stables. Blue Ball, Pa Dispei sal of \iabian Hoises foi Mis D Ci Steeles at 2 p m Standa d biod consigned hoises and pon ies hitched at 1 PM I’acK sold at 5 PM, Hoises at 7 PM Temis in Gene Sank and Laiiy Mai tin Phone 717 354 6071 TI’ES \ T O\ 18—2 I’M Public- Sale of 104 acie hum nice or less. 24 comfoi t stalls located 2'i mi N ot Chuich’own on Rd. Icadma to Pebble Rock neai Zei be Sisteis Nin sine Home Caei niiion Tup, Lancaslei Co Mam enliance to taim horn Rt 323, leai enliance horn Rt 888 In spection of piopei’% Sat \ov 8 1 to 3 P M Tcims b% Mai tin and Lauia Hmelt WED VOV 19—Complete Held Dispei sal of 37 head Holstein cows to be sold at the New Hol land Sales Stables, Inc loi Glenn Fite. Ownei THURS NOV 20—2 PM Pn vately owned gioceiv and notion stoie known as Bmkholder’s Count} Stoie located along Rt. 23 in the Villege of Gioffdale, V'2 mi W of New Holland, Lan caster County, Pa Inspection permitted duung stoie hours Mon, Tues. Wed and Sat 8 AM to 6P M Thurs and Fii 8 A.M. to 9 PM Will be sold in two paits with equipment or equipment sepaiately Teims by Elam K Buikholdei ing THURS NOV 20—8 P M. Public Dany Cow Sale located 5 miles Noith of Rt 222 along 897, 2 mi N oi Remholds Veinon and Ray Kline Onneis FRI NOV. 21—10 AM Complete Dispel sal ol Registeied and Giade Holstein Cattle and Faun Equipment located U 1 mi east of Rt 82 (Loags Coinei) 2 mi. southeast ot Elveison, along \o dei Rd, Chestei County. Pa. Teims b> C StolUtus, Eheison SD i 2 either leleased them m caie fully selected allalla fields if numbeis weie laige enough or reaied them in the lab “Some species cannot be icai ed efficiently in the lab due to diapause or some othei factox. so they had to be released im mediately. If we i eceived a stage oi the paiasite other than the adult, the> weie held in quarantine to prevent the es cape of any hyperpaiasites pie sent,’ - explained the entomolo gist. When leleased, the small parasites search out the altalla weevil laivae wheie they lay their eggs Aftei the eggs hatch, the wasp lanae feed on the weevil lan ae, killing them and intemiptmg the lite cycle Al though the wasp - will not com pletely eliminate weevil popula tions, it is hoped they will le duce them to a toleiable level, accoidmg to Di Dac The main beneiit to iaimeis will be a tiemendous sa'mgs fiom ieduced spiaying costs with this biological conliol pio gram, he emphasized. ‘Chei a 10 yeai peuod a icigh estimate ot the total coses loi the paia site-weevil piogiam is aiound $1 million But in the mid Atlan tic slates in 1969 alone, the sav ings horn less spiaying and less ci op damage was SI -4 million ”