Farmers Urged to Consider Planting Some Corn in April
(Continued from Page 1)
May and June, so that it is not
as hard hit by the hot and dry
weather later in the season when
the corn is being made
“The main purpose Is to get
the corn crop as far along as
MEN NEEDED
In this area to train as
LIVESTOCK
BOYERS
. LEARN TO BUY CATTLE,
HOGS AND SHEEP
•i »»!• barns, feed lots and
ranches. We prefer to tram
men 21 io 55 with livestock ex
perience. For local Interview,
writ* age, phone, address and
background to:
NATIONAL MEAT PACKERS
TRAINING hh-146
23* H. Town, dept.
Columbus, Ohio 4321 S
Turn off barnyardgrass,
crabgrass, goosegrass,
pigweed, lambsquarters,
smartweed,wild mustard and
other potato troublemakers*
I, r " M>l
JHk «
f
Patoran 50 WP Herbicide is
by itself! With so many advai
it should be. Patoran saves yoi
and money because it doesn’t
incorporation. It goes to worl
'just a little rainfall. And puts
troublemaking grasses and bn
'out of business without affeci
\ tuber quality. And nothing is
easier to use! Just spray Pator:
preemergence, broadcast or b;
possible to escape possible leaf
blight danger,” Lueck said.
Just how soon should the corn
be planted
Lueck is recommending that
tne farmer plant some beginning
in the last 10 da\s of April This
is about 10 days ahead of plant
ing time for most Lancaster
County farmeis; the first 10 days
in May have been the traditional
corn planting days
But Lueck advised against set
ting an aibitrary date for plant
ing He suggested the ground
temperature should be in the
50s at planting time and that
the long-i ange weather forecast
should call for warm weather
at the time of the April planting
But he noted that the ground
temperature in one plowed field
that was checked during the
unusually warm day Tuesday
was 60
While the local area normally
does not have its last killing
frost until sometime in early
Turn on Patoran.
The tool no potato farmer should be without^
May, Lueck explained that the it,” Lueck explained, and still days to minimize the risk of an
growing plant is in the ground be ahead of the later planted unusual cold wave
and is not normally huit by the com But planting always has been
frost. ' . , . ~ a gamble
A replanting normally would
i ven wtien tneie san unusual- not be necessary even Wl th a The only difference this year
™ ate f lost in tsie l a tter half of we ather setback, Lueck said is that it’s somewhat more of
May. the fanner who plants a gamble than usual Th.s year,
early utuauy gets his com off But both Lueck and Max. the bllght must be addeu - 0 aIl
to a better start than the farmer Smith, Lancaster County agnail- the other factoi , and nsks
who waits to avoid the frost tural agent, said theie s a de-
This is because corn which is gree of gambling” in planting in It’s largely a matter of weigh
frosted will usually suffer some Apnl and the faimer probably mg the odds and balancing the
damage on the outei leaves, but should play it safe by spieading scales between the weather and
keep growing and “grow out of his planting out ovei several the blight
Ressler Wins Conservation
Larry Ressler, son of Mr and The runnei-up was Dale Weil-
Mrs Harold Resslei, East Earl er, son of Mr and Mis Marvin
RDI, placed fust in the annual Weilei, Elveison RD2 He is a
Lancaster County FFA Conser- junior at Garden Spot High
vation Public SpeaKmg contest School His topic was “The
this week Value of Conservation ”
He attends Garden Spot High The judges for the public . ™ ere w f re f e,ght contestants
School where he is a freshman speaking contest were Geiald this contest sponsored by the
His topic was “Washed Away” Kiger, coordinator at the Willow Lancaster County Soil and Water
_ _ Conservation District
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 17,1971
.ce at planting. Or
:o potatoes at dragoff.
;s about this extraor
ilk to your local
him help you turn off
'atoran in your
AGROCHEMICAL
[vision of CIBA-GEIGY
lummit, NJ. 07901.
C IB A
Speech
Street Vo-Tech School, Bruce
Wohnseidler, English teacher at
Manheim Central Semoi High
School, Roy Geismann, FHA
Supervisor for Lancaster Coun
ty
4-H Calendar
Monday, April 19
730 p m New Holland 4-H
Community Club, home of
Mrs Woodrow Good.
State 4-H Capital Days, Harris
burg, April 19-20.
Tuesday, April 20
730 p m Elizabethtown-
Donegal 4H Club, Donegal
High School
7 30 p m Lincoln Community
4H Club, Mount Any Fue
Hall
Wednesday, April 21
730 p m 4-H meeting on
horse nidging, Farm and
Home Center
Bpm 4-H Club Skating
Party, Rocky Springs Park.
Thursday, April 22
7 30 - 10 p m Officers Train
ing and New Leader Orien
tation, Farm and Home
Center.
Saturday, April 24
7am -2pm Flapjack Day,
Farm and Home Center.
NEW HUSKY
LIQUID MANURE
SYSTEM
Full 15” inlet and heavy
impeller will break up
large chunks of thick ma
terial.
Look at these features
Reasonably Priced
Handies Solid Materials
Large Volume Pumping
Capacity
Free of Maintenance
Mounts on 3 pt. Tractors
FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CALL
Shenk's
Farm Service
R. D. 4, Lititz, Pa.
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