Spring Tree Planting
Orders Should Be Mode
Landowners who plan to plant
idle lands to trees this spring
should order their trees now
Foiest tice nui scries opcialed
by the Pennsylvania Depart
ment of Foiesls and Watcis aic
aheady accepting oideis for
next spline's tiee planting
Tiees should be ordeied as soon
as possible because the supply
of some tice species will be ex
hausted befoie the end of Janu
aiy The closing date for appli
cations for trees fiom the stale
tiee mu senes is Febmaiy 15
Each year some landowneis
who plan to stait foiest tiee
plantations ai e disappointed be
cause tiee supplies ate exhaust
ed Foiest tree plantations aie
commonly made for soil and
wateished pi election, timber
pioduction for income forest
recreation sites, aesthetics and
wildlife cover Generally idle
land value is inci eased when a
tiee plantation is established
The landowner should plan
his tiee planting project and
have his trees ordered befoie
the end of January His plan
should consider the species of
trees suitable for his soil and
the species suitable to his tree
planting objective He should
also know tree planting techni
que, tree spacing, and the time
to plant This information is
available from the Pennsylvan
ia Department of Forests and
Waters, along with a list of trees
available from the state tree
nursery and nurseiy stock ap
plications
Landowners in Lancaster
County can obtain this informa
tion from the AS C S office in
the Farm and Home Center,
1383 Arcadia Rd , Lancaster.
Depaitment of Forests & Wa
teis forest tree nurseiy stock is
available to landowners for tim
ber production and watershed
piotection pui poses at a cost of
$6 00 pei 1,000 seedlings The
tiees can be dehveied to a cen
tial pick-up point in each coun
ty for the convenience of land
owneis Charge for this seivice
is $1 00 per 1,000 seedlings
The Agucultuial Conseiva
tion Piogiam under piactice A-7
Planting of Foiest Tiees, will
cost shaie up to 80 Tc not to ex
ceed $2 50 pei 100 tiees of the
cost of establishing a forest tiee
plantation on faim land for soil
piotection oi foiestiy pui poses
The Agucultuial Conservation
Piogram is admimsteied by the
Agncultmal Stabilization and
Conseivation Service of the U S
Department of Agi icultui e
Technical advice foi this pio
gram is provided by a seivice
forester from the Pennsylvania
Department of Forests and Wa
ters
The pickup point for local
landowners will be the Penna
Highway Department Sheds on
Lincoln Highway East
Flowers Brighten a Home
Dunng and between Christmas
and Easter, you can have flowers
in yoiu home Look over what
might be available at your local
flowei shop or green house Ask
about those floweis or potted
plants that may be available
when you need them Potted
chiysanthemums and colorful fo
liage plants may be available
now, lemind extension floncul
tuusts at The Pennsylvania State
Univeisity.
Vanilla Top Flavor
Vanilla is still the favorite flav
o foi ice ci earn, accoidmg to
suive> lesults published m a re
cent i'sue of \mencan Dan>
Review Results indicated that
vanilla, chocolate, and straw
beiiy weie favoute flavois in
that 01 dei Vanilla accounted foi
47 pei cent, chocolate foi 9 per
cent, and strawbeny foi 6 pei
cent in ice cieam
FARMERS KNOW
DAYS SINCE HOUSING
AVERAGE PRODUCTION
PER HEN HOUSED
FEED EFFICIENCY FROM
DATE HOUSED
AVERAGE MORTALITY
PER MONTH
OPTIMUM PERFORMAN
PROGRAM
\A\it lt/
fcj.
POULTRY FEEDS
PERFORMA
IN EARLY PRODUCTION
IMPROVED FLOCK HEALTH
• BETTER SHELL QUALITY
• GREATER PROFITS
LARGE EGG SIZE
“FINESTSERVICE ANYWHERE"
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(Name on request)
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80.68%
3*29 lbs.
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