- UtncnsU’r Farming. Saturday. September 5.1970
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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
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I _____ I PA. 17534
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16 Ft. —4 Mill
16 Ft. —6 Mill
24 Ft. —4 Mill.
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32 Ft. —4 Mill
32 Ft. —6 Mill
40 Ft —6 Mill.
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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