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Saturday, Mny 30.1970 Six Tons Per Acre Good management is helping Noilheaslein US tanners to pioduce six tons oi more of al falfa hay pei aeic. something unheai d of five years ago. an American ciop scientist icport ed recently at the 11th Intel na tional Grassland Congiess held in Australia Dr John B Washko. of Penn sylvania State Umveisity, said the first of three leqmrements is to use alfalfa vaneties icsis tant to bactenal wilt disease The othei factors ai e to apply adequate amounts of potassium and to allow 35 days between cuttings foi the plants to le co\ci fiom the last haivest •This schedule of haivesting alfalfa 35 days apait seems to offer the best compiomise be tween yield and nutntive value Foity days between cuttings will gne moie tonnage but the plants will be lowei in feeding quality,” he affnmed The most pioductive vanetv among the populai Flemish and Noith American types of alfal fa pioved to be Saianac This [Egg-Type Chick Hatch Continues at High Pace Pennsylvania hatcheries pio duced 3 1 million egg-type chicks in Apul. 11 pet cent more than a year eailiei, and the highest since May, 1967 Pioduction foi the first foiu months of 1970 is 17 per cent above the yeai eai her penod In the entue U S the hatch with,” Secretary of Public Wel of egg-type chicks during Apul fare Stanley A Miller said was 69 million, 15 per cent above a jear earlier concentrated effort to assure Increases by regions were: that public assistance money South Atlantic, 29 per cent; goes only to those who are eli- South Central, 25 per cent, Wes- gible In addition to carefully tern, 13 per cent, East and West guarding against incorrect pay- North Central, each 9 per cent, ments, follow-up investigation and Noith Atlantic, 6 pei cent is made and appropriate steps Egg-type eggs in incubatois are taken to recover payments on May 1 were 9 pei cent above made on the basis of misin a year earlier formation.” he said of Alfalfa Mow Reality held tiue for alfalfa giown for hay as well as for dehydrated pellets and meal Di Washko woiks with forage ciop re seaich foi the Agncultural Ex pci iment Station at Penn State. Of all fcitihzeis used, potas sium was the most vital The experiments compaicd plots feitihzed with 120 pounds and 240 pounds of potassium per acre. In the first haivest year, plots feitihzed with 240 pounds per acre pioduced 800 pounds more foi age than plots given 120 pounds per acre The second yeai yielded 1800 more pounds of alfalfa at the higher fertilizer late High potassium rates in the thud yeai yielded 2200 tons more alfalfa than those feiti hzed with 120 pounds pei acre Doubling the 240 pound rate, howevei, did not inciease yields State Gets Back $l.B Million Welfare Cost A total of $1,858 650 in public assistance money was lecoveied by Pennsylvania in reimbuise ment and restitution fiom Janu aiy thiough Maich this year. “I recently announced a policy of piosecuting all fraud cases to pieseive the integrity of the Public Assistance pro gram and I intend to see that those who deliberately seek to cheat the State through false mfoimation are properly dealt “The depaitment is making a • Have You Heard? (Continued from Page 21) ficsh vegetables, give it n test run to see that it operates prop el ly Pour water in the tanner and bung the water to a boil in the usual way Watch for steam leaks If steam escapes around the covei. examine the sealing edges of the canncr and covei The edges may not be clean or you may need to replace the gasket The pressure gauge is essen tial to control piessurc which determines the temperature in side the canner If you have any question about the accuracy of the gauge on the canner, have it checked. If you do not have a copy of our Circular 473, Canning Fruits and Vegetables, and Circular 534, Pieparing Food for Your Freezer, call or drop us a card and we will be happy to send you copies free of charge. ■u irs our 25th V ANNIVERSARY DURING JUNE 4,5, 6 DODGE SALES, SERVICE & LEASING SINCE 1945 IN NEW HOLLAND V HORNING DODGE <U 501 E. MAIN STREET J NEW HOLLAND, PA. PHONE 354-2184 Animal Bite Can Become a ‘Mess' It is a known fact that animal biles are giossly underreported to health officials Many vic tims never see a doctor and doe tois and staffs of emergency looms often skip rcpoilmg bite cases. Even so, dunng 1969 some 19,410 animal bites wcic re polled to the Pennsylvania Dc paitmcnt of Health, according to Ernest .1 Witte, chief of the dcpai tment’s Veterinary Pub lie Health Section Fortunately, he said, most patients recover without com plications for some, however, it is necessaiy to administer anti rabies biologies Sensitive pa tients may have leactions In addition, wounds may become infected with organisms that are antibiotic-resistant. Dr Witte reported recently in the Pennsylvania Veterinari an that “one of the most hoi rendous complications of an ani mal bite within our memorj oc- JUNE 4,5, 6 currcd during 1069. 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