The icply of
‘Uncle Dudley”
in a recent edition of Nation’s
Agriculture to an irate anti
chcmical reader concerned about
the future of her two children is
woi th noting Dudley said of the
two childien-
“They are likely the healthiest
little girls mankind has ever
seen, with the possible exception
of a few girls in Sweden, Switzer
land and Norway.
“They will grow up with little
feai of diseases which once
k lled a high peicentage of chil
dien
“They will live longer than hu
mans have ever been puvileged
to live (which has always been
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Editor’s Desk
consideicd a valuable thing, and
1 suppose it will still be so)
“They have tne greatest selec
tion of foods that any civilization
has been able to offer.
“They now have the cheapest
food in the histoiy of mankind
(measuied in peicentage of
wages) which is piobably the
gieatest factoi in our high stand
aid of living. This frees people
fiom glowing vegetables so that
they can build cars, television
sets, bathrooms
“In view of this, can you really
condemn oui scientists and our
chemical industiy and our coun
tiy9 It seems to me a pietty
good place to live,” he said
lie continued, “I am happy
that organic gardencis don’t
have to buy an ounce of fertilizer
or insecticides No faimer will
disagiee with the punciples of
organic farming, but the idea
that he could find enough vege
tation to cover fields with three
inches of compost is straight out
ol fairyland ”
While noting the benefits of
having agncultural pests taken
caie of by then natural enemies,
he said, “If all the organic gar
deners in the nation saved all
their crops for the city of
Chicago, people would be starv
ing m the “windy city” within
a week’s time
I “I truly am glad that you and
your neighbors aie interested in
pi electing oui envnonment
We just want you to examine
all the evidence critically, and
tiy to decide what is piaclical
and true ”
Apple Referendum Set
State apple gioweis will vote
on whether they wish to con
tinue an apple maiketmg pro
gram which they adopted thiee
years ago
The lefemndum will be held
May i, with 440 pioduceis with
500 01 moie trees each receiving
ballots Ballots must be returned
to the department of aguculture,
Harrisburg, by noon May 21
Producer s will vote on whether
to continue the present assess
ment of three cents per hundred
weight on apples sold for the
fresh maiket and one cent on
apples sold foi processing for
promotion of the sale and use of
Pennsylvania giown apples ,
CALEB M.
WENGER
Drumore Center
R. D. 1,
Quarryville, Pa.
Phone 548-2116
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Lancaster Funning. Saturday. April 2 r i. 1!)7D
How to Stop
Losses From
Each Spnng, danymen acioss
the state lose business because
of the wild garlic plant which
proliferates in open fields It
is the largest icason milk is in
jected for being off-flavor.
The loss today often is com
pounded because of bulk tank
handling, and if gaihc flavois
should get into the milk as
much as two day’s supply can
be lost
Intel state Milk Pioduceis Co
opeiative says the pioblem can
be eliminated in two ways
Fust, propei glazing manage
ment, and second, eliminating
garlic fiom pastuies
Management tips inc’ude
Keep cows off ot pasture un
til glass and clovei aie five to
six inches high Because gaihc
comes up first, placing cows on
pastuie too soon can cause tnem
to eat gaihc because nothing
else is available
Feed plenty of hay, silage and
giam just befoie the cows go on
pastuie
Keep hay in the lack in the
pastuie at all tunes
Clip tall garlic fiom heavily
infested pastuies, and glazing
with dry cows and heifers be
foie tinning milk cows in to
feed
Keep gaihc eating cows and
heifers out of the same bam
as those milking The bieaths
of the contaminated cows will
effect milk flavor
Allow milk cows on pastuie
only a shoit time, increasing
time out ovei a period of sev
eral weeks
Place milk cows removed
from pasture in a two or three
acre lot or well ventilated bam
Feed milk cows a little diy,
feed, with plenty of watei avail
able. I
Milk
Garlic
The only good alternative is
to develop a longiange spiav
ing progiam to eliminate gaihc
fiom fields entnely
If theie is any suspicion that
theie is gaihc flavor in milk,
it should be inspected carefully
Even a very light flavor can
cause the milk to be lejected.
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