- UtncnsU’r Farming. Saturday. September 5.1970 12 Southern Blight Spreads in County (Continued horn 1) rrs got it In the silo ahiad of the fine (one-fourlh inch cull. fill I damaging stage." Ic»ln «jld the silo a' rapidl.v as possible. | tpunllv suffei of sto 10 In Older to .educe the danger U nc dHribuior and M-.. 1 out the j pei cent ii«... vailouwcauses and of mold and the formation of air if the is not to be used ne\er eun know It poisonous gases in the silo. immedlatel>. Smith reminded ( What should fai meis do about farmers should use a silage pa The official word from l’enn| the bliuhr sivallu such as sodium mela- State so far i** that blighted corn .. . bisulfite or kjlaae. Smith said makes an acceptable silage, but Thev should be stud mg it and Bolh c;m bo >( j ( | e( | , lt t ho blower some local corn fiom the Henr> , leaining all t iej can a’oul '» a „d ate recommendid Hostetler farm. Washington' k.umeis should know what it . . . . „ Boio RDI, was taken to Cniui-, is This might help some f.nm- - ood t 0 chop lKut Slf> p Jlk (his week foi fuitherj stud v I WASHINGTON REPORT AA Congressman Edwin D. Eshleman IM DtolrM Nwiiytvto HHIB E.ulioi this year I vviotc an a;tide foi the marine AMER ICA on the topic of congressional icforra The title of that aitide was ‘•Rcfoimmg Itself The Issue Congress Won't Face.” for at the time of publication it ap plied that another teim of the House of Representatives would go by without any effoit toward legislative reorganization But to the amazement of many ot us who have long called for fundamental changes in the rales and piocedures of the House, i efoi m did get a hearing in 1970. Modernization of the legisla tive branch has been necessary foi a long time A noticeable decline in congiessional povvei has been the lesult of 24 jeais of unwillingness to revise and update the legislative machineiv of the House Since the Congiess is the bianch of government closest to the people, it is ultimatelv the people who paitially lost then v oice because of the complete stand-pat attitude on Capitol Hill Failuie to lefoim for moie than 20 yeais bi ought about many undesirable featmes in the legislative piocess Voting sec jecy on the flooi of the House and in House committees has been practiced in an era of de mands for moie open govern ment Authoi itanan leadeiship pioceduies have chaiactenzed some House committees so that minonty staffs have been eithei non-existent oi veu limited Antiquated i ules have goveined the conduct of House business dining a time when gieat social changes have alteied the face of Amenca Even some small things have been vuong like chaiging toui jsts 25 cents apiece to be guided thiough then Capitol when all othei majoi public buildings in Washington ate open fiee of chaige The Legislative Reoi gamzation Act biought up for debate din ing the past seveial weeks was meant to deal with some of the corgi essional pioblems The bill a-> 01 iginall.v p'oposed was fanlj weak and ceitamlj inadequate It included some desn able as pec is—opening moie committee meetings to the public, moie scveielv limiting pioxv voting in committees pioviding fiee Cap itol toms, lequmng pages to be of college age and changing -ome of the House lules which needed updating—but the legis lation as lepoited fiom commit tee did not go lai enough down the tefoim load A. 'fcut= of weie netdtd to bn x\% about some of the banc , eioims -o badh need ed The->e included the attempts to inciea-e minontj staffing on conmiitft'j abolish the tellet cote (the tall* on the House flooi whet e the Congiessman’s cote is not iccoided) «et public Try A Classified It Pays Penn Stale plant ait warning, however, that' plants dying of blight may con-| tain exccsive amounts of nitrates and nitutcs, basic maten.ils of si!o gas So farmeis are disclosuie of record votes in warned to be extra caieful A' committee, and create a per- blower to diavv the deadly gases manent committee to study and out should be run at least 10' tecommend changes in congres- minutes be foie entenng the silo ! sion.il operations Fortunately, many farmers al- j The movement toward real teady are filling their silos and, legislative refoim was highlight- many more plan to stait next | ed by its bi-partisan nature. The week, officials indicated. Lueck; dedicated efforts of Representa- noted that about 80 per cent of lives of both political parties the county ci op will become ma were needed to even get the le- tme within two weeks organization bill to the floor. Meanwhile, Yellow Leaf Blig- This lecogiution of a real need hi. which was a problem for and then the pressure applied to some farmers last year and which correct it by some Democrats some groweis feared wouid be a and some Republicans is a hope- woise problem this year also ful sign that the legislative func- has been found in some fields, tion can be restored to its right- but isn’t considered much of a ful place as a coequal partnei problem It shows there's in government room tor hope PEANUT HULLS now taking orders to be delivered September thru December iPLANTFDOOI INTERCOURSE, I _____ I PA. 17534 WSTORE^I PHONE (717) 768-8451 TRY A CLASSIFIED AD! Black Silo Plastic 100 FT. ROLLS 16 Ft. —4 Mill 16 Ft. —6 Mill 24 Ft. —4 Mill. 24 Ft. 6 Mill 32 Ft. —4 Mill 32 Ft. —6 Mill 40 Ft —6 Mill. Farmersvilie Equipment Inc. R. D. 2, Ephrata, Pa. BEEF RAISERS Don't Read This -- Unless You Want More PROFITS The average daily gain on many farms is over 3 lbs. at a cost of less than 6% cents per head plus roifghage when feeding McNess Beefmaker on our wholesale purchasing plan. For this kind of profit contact Field Manager Horace S. Wanner Box 137 East Earl, Pa. 17519 Phone 215-445-6983 SPECIAL THIS MONTH shovel with 36” handle free when purchasing 4 boxes of silage booster. 4 boxes will treat 400 ton for only 5140.00, add 52.00 per ton value for only 35c, McNESS THE PREMIX THAT WON THE MID WEST IS WINNING THE EAST. 1970 SPECIAL CALF & FEEDER SALE South Branch Stockyards, Inc., Moorefield, W. Va FRI. SEPT. 25 This will be an open sale. All kinds, all weights of stock cattle. FRI. OCT. 16 State graded calf sale. All calves weighing from 300 to 600 lbs. No bull calves or calves with horns. All calves graded and stamped. FRI. NOV. 6 Stock cattle and calf sale. This will be a clean up sale. All kinds of stock cattle and calves offered. All Sales at 7:30 P.M. Sale sponsored by South Branch Stockyards, Inc. W. Va. Department of Agriculture, and W. Virginia University, Moorefield, W. Va. 511.50 eo. $17.25 eo. $15.35 eo. $23.00 ea. $28.75 ea. $ 7.70 eo. $11.50e0. Phone 354-9321
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