What Is PH?
The acidity or alkalinity of a
soil is expressed by the term
PH. The scale ranging from 3 0
(extremely acid) to 9.0 (strong
ly alkaline) is found in our soils
although the scale runs from I
to 14.
A soil is considered neutral
at PH 7.0. It is alkaline above
that point and acid below it
The higher the figure the moio
alkaline and the lower the fi
gure the more acid it is.
Too frequently the layman
thinks that a pH of 6 0 is just a
little more acid than 7 0, but this
is not the case. The measure of
acidity of a soil at pH 6 0 is 10
times more acid than at pH 7.0
while at 5.0 it is 100 times more
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acid and at pH of 4.0 the streng
th of the acidity is 1,000 times
that at pH 7.0. When It is clearly
understood by all farmers that
the measure of acidity progress
cs logarithmically rather than
by the addition of 10 limes for
each whole number of vaiiance
from neutral (pH 7 0), they will
have a belter realization of the
impoi lance of liming.
The fust appioach to any soil
nutnlional problem is to ted
the soil and collect the pH as
needed by the addition of the
recommended amount of lime
Unless the acidity pioblem is
conected, the fertilizers both
those applied and those native
to the soil will not react
piopeily and pi eduction will be
disappointing.
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cording to Jesse Balmcr, local
chairman. Miss Joyce StolUfus,
the soft-spoken daughter of Mr.
and Mis. Melvin Slolt/ius, Ronks
Rl, will via with six olhei young
contestants fiom othei distncts
in Pennsylvania on Januaiy 11 in
the Faun Show Building
Miss Stoll/fus told Lancaster
Fanning that the i datively new
contest is designed to encouiage
4H and FFA inembeis to be
come iiimor membeis of the
bleed association and the queen
may get involved in milk sales
pi emotions.
The local icpiescntalive is al
icady established as a Guernsey
bleeder, owning eight Registered
Guernseys on hei family farm
She was a member of the win
ning State 4-H Daily Judging
Team from Lancaster County in
1968, and was named champion
bleed showlady and reserve
breed fitter at the local 4-H daily
lound-up in 1969
Joyce is studying practical
nursing at the Geneial Hospital
in Lancaster now and would like
to stay on the farm in the future
and be a part of the 4-H Guern
sey Club activities as long as she
is eligible.
God is not a God of confu
sion but of peace. —(1 Cor.
14:33),
What a joy it is to realize
that we can condition ourselves
to act and react with the poise
we so much desire to express.
Never again need we give in to
petty irritations; never again
need we speak too quickly, act
too hastily. Let us be patient
in our daily encounters and
rely on prayer and the Christ
spirit of peace and love to
assist us.
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Manheim
I. B. Graybill & Son
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Elizabethtown
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Martin's Feed Mill, Inc.
R D 3, Ephiata, Pa.
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Mountville
Musser Farms, Inc.
Columbia
Musset's Mill
The Buck
Chas. E. Sauder & Sons
Terre Hill
Ammon E. Shelly
Lititz
E. P. Spotts, Inc.
Honey Brook
H. M. Stauffer & Sons,
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