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He gave me some good advice i !
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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-
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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
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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 ”