—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 26.1970 18 The Digest Researches Egg'S Sulphur Missing? growth rale nr “You just never know!” ex- Farmers and gardeners who maturity, claimed Grace Cherry, PENB thought they had enough to Less severe cases of sulphur secretary, after a phone call, worry about arc learning ol a deficiency may go completely “That was Reader’s Digest or- new threat to healthy plants undetected unless field trails tiering the merchandising soil that is insufficiently endow- are made to check ci op response slides'” ed with the element, sulphur. to sulphur application. Reader’s Digest Research De- Rccnt work done by The Sul- The best corrective measure partmenl read extensively and phur Institute in Washington, to be sure that feitilizer used maintain background files A D c„ shows that no less than 25 °" CI °P S contains enough sul veader using a popular week- . . . , , n . phur. No additional sulphur is ly poultry journal noticed the s 4ii es ’ including Pennsylvania, nee ded j n mixed fertilizer made recent PENB release on “E«cs have evidence of sulphur-de- with normal superphosphate. Can Merchandised Bettef’’ feient soil. Fertilizers using triple super which offered a set of slides and Sulphur ranks In importance phosphate, diammonium phos a commentary for $5.50. with nitrogen, phosphorus and ph , at ®’ phosphoric acid or other So Reader’s Digest research potassium as an essential plant su U>hui- lee materials, however, files now contain a set of those nutrient. This important was icqujie the addition of sulphur slides, a commentary, and one masked for many years during . 1C " is most readily available ol the five-page mimeogiaph which sulphur was applied to IP a va *‘ ,a v °f sulphate forms, summary of the work of Oes- the soil as an often unrecogniz- Research has shown that the ad terle and Kepner at Purdue. All ed component of fertilizer d ‘ tlon of 10 t 0 ,30 pounds of sul of this is quite properly indexed materials. Pj 1111 pel a^ re en<)u §h to sup under Eggs, Merchandising and Recently, however, there has ply ° n most soUs ' Retail Food Merchandising. been a trend toward the use of A number of industry egg high-analysis phosphate fertil -nerchandisers and educators izers which have no sulphur have also purchased the materi- piesent in the finished product, al. Among the food retailers The application of these mater who have purchased are Lucky ials without added sulphur often ■Stores, Allied Supermarkets, results in a rapid depletion of Supermarkets General, Red the soil’s native sulphur supply. Owl, A&P, IGA, Nash Finch, with adverse effects on the and First National. Kraft crops grown Foods, sales training, has also While sympt ons of sulphur de purchased the material. ficiency are not always readily “Getting these principles of distinguishable, here are some egg merchandising understood, general tips on what to look and then applied at the retail for; (1) small, spindly plants counter, will be a great aid to with short, slender stalks, (2) increasing egg consumption and light green to yellowish-colored retail profits,” declared Neil young leaves, with even lightei Castner, PENB board chairman, colored veins, and (3) retarded TRADITIONALLY NEW ... FIELD TO FEEDLOT ,C' INSTANT SHORT CUT New Cylinder-Screen Chopper New cylinder-screen cutting mechanism assures short, uniform chopping on the new Gehl “600” forage har vester. Powerful blower whips crops to the back of the box ... or into the silo. No feeder apron. Unit is shorter, front to back. Tough three-inch diameter shaft whirls cylinder at 1000 RPM. 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