Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, May 01, 1971, Image 23

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    Fulton Grange Confers Degrees
Fulton Grange 66, meeting in and fourth degrees upon 11 can
regular session April 26 at their didates
ta Oakryn, con,™,
Sulan.
, Herbicide ■
+atrazme
lets your
com
grow free
Your corn grows free from all major grasses and weeds Free
from the growth stress that weeds cause Free to develop strong,
vigorous roots that reach down to make maximum use of soil
nutrients and moisture. Free from extra cultivations, possible
root damage and free of trashy fields at harvest time.
This season, use dependable, economical Sutan plus atrazine
on all your corn acreage Stop the toughest grasses and weeds—
nutgrass, wild cane, foxtails, fall pamcum, Johnsongrass seed
lings, crabgrass, annual mornmgglory, lambsquarlers, pigweed,
6= —a ragweed, nightshade and others that loweryour
profits. Mix Sutan plus atrazine in the soil as
you prepare your seedbed. There’s no need to
depend on unpredictable rainfall to move the
herbicide into the weed seed zone. Sutan and
atrazine will be waiting to control weeds as
they sorout. Used as directed, Sutan controls
weeds without leaving harmful residues in the
soil. Free yourself from work and worry...see
us today for your supply of Sutan.
i
Sutan‘
SEIECTIVE HE«I1C i9E
/- - 1'
BROWN & REA INC.
Dealers In Grain, Feed, Coal, Fertilizers, Etc.
ATGLEN, PA» 19310 Phone 593-5149
ALL NEW BEACON PULLET CAGE SYSTEM
One day old to twenty weeks, 20 birds per single deck cage. This is the most
economical and labor saving system on the market. The automated system
includes the winch suspended Beacon auger pan feeder, one pan per 24 x 36
cage, and the Hart cup watering system. Features of single deck pullet cage
system from one day old to twenty weeks;
• Only two adjustments—from one day
old to twenty weeks
• Safety lock hinged doors
• Vz x 2 galvanized mesh floor
• Sturdy channel suspension or stands
• One or two Hart cups per cage
• One 8” pan per cage
• Winch feeder adjustment
• Can use hot water or hot air heating
systems
m E. M. HERR EQUIPMENT, INC.
55ssaaSg||[ jj j) Willow Street 717-464-3321
• Flex auger feeders
• More uniform pullets
• Most advanced engineered chick
pullet system available
• Easy ventilated
• Greater cubic inch of bird area
• Start chicks directly on feeder
• Easy assembly
WE SELL, SERVICE AND INSTALL
sports activities at the Grange
Hall starting at 2 p m May 16.
The Junior American Citizens
Club of Quarryville will present
the program at the next regular
meeting at 8 pm May 10 The
ladies who entered the National
Grange sewing contest will
model their dresses. The
dresses will be judged and the
winners will be sent to the
Pomona Grange elimination.
Fulton Junior Grange 343 will
meet May 10 and sit in on the
Subordinate Grange program,
then have a craft session
Fulton Grange will take a
State Grange traveling gavel to
Fiemont Grange 1906, Chester
County, at 8 p m Tuesday, May
11 and will present a program
on ritualism
Stream Map
Is Available
Three thousand streams are
among items featured on the
Stream Map of Pennsylvania,
now available in its sixth year
as a handy guide for outdoor
people including fishermen and
hikers.
The map was printed as a
public service by the Agricul
tural Experiment Station at
Pennsylvania State University.
This detailed map is approxi
mately three feet wide by five
feet long Geographical fea
tures included are 3,000 each of
Streams, elevations above sea
level, and towns and cities. The
scale is about six miles to the
inch.
Featured are names and lo
cations of major mountains,
valleys, lakes, dams, swamps,
and reservoirs. Fire towers and
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 1,1971
Ida’s Notebook
May first. This date brings back mem
ories of the day many, many years ago when
I got up early and went out of the house
“without speaking to anyone” and washed
my face in the dew from the grass
You see, I did this to make ray freckles
disappear.
And do you know, it worked
If they hadn’t gone away, I would have
had to wait another year, until May first, to
try again.
Our strawberries are covered with
blossoms and look beautiful The one prob
lem is they are too crowded, as I can’t bear
to hoe them out. Only' when I’m picking
them and have an aching back will I realize
the folly of my ways.
At this time of year I must
decide how much seed to plant t, e sprinkled, and then didn’t
and what kind of vegetables As nee( j it for the last thiee years.
I keep a running inventory of g 0) j>ji plant an ample supply
the food in our freezer and try to sell the excess,
lockers, it will be a simple mat- . - *
ter to check what is on hand. why not observe Arbor Day
Usually we plant some 20 dif- this year' Last week we put in
ferent kinds of vegetables Last 80 Norway Spruce trees and
year, we froze over 150 quarts some bittersweet vines
of beans, but this year we might It is a real pleasure to watch
not have rain when we need it a tree grow Put one in your
£ invested in a soaker hose, so front yard or back yard or even
the entire garden didn’t need to along your lane
watershed boundaries are also D onnvfe
indicated. The map was plan- IVUililCr I\cpui t. 9
ned and produced by Howard M-wat Ppvennnpl
W. Higbee, professor emeritus 1 tCW A Cl auiuid
of soil technology at Penn State ret ire d
Highee claims it is the most .
detailed map of its type ever from 4 e *°i„ r . $.
assembled for the state. of LZZ
The map is available, either ~ n< l . .
flat or folded, for $1 plus six Wlth f the Lancaster meat pack
cents sales tax. The flat map mgfirm as afulUirnedmector
can be mounted neatly on a wall of Sffr k,T„*
while the folded style will fit announced by Chris C Kum
into a suitcase or glove com- ler Jr - company president
partment
Dalton has been employed by
t , Kunzler for the past 25 years.
To get a copy send your James B. Heth, formerly with
™ me > a^ res ® Peschke Sausage Company, De
i Stream Map EoxeOOQ.Um- t Mich., wi]l become plant
versity Park, Pa. 16802. Make ’
check or money order payable ’
to The Pennsylvania State Um- Harlan Hoffer, formerly with
versity, and be sure to indicate Dukeland Packing Company,
whether you want a flat or fold- Baltimore, was named plant
ed map. superintendent.
NOW!
Topdress Pastures
100# Nit
Small grain 40-60# Nit
or a complete fertilizer
Seed Spring Alfalfa
Broadcast 0-18-36
Band 5-10-10
Spray with Eptam
Apply plow down materials
for corn
We hove CYAN AMID for Asparagus
Order Now
Furadan Corn Rootworm Control
Atrazine & Lasso Herbicide for Corn
Anhydrous Ammonia - •
Call for application after plowing
ORGANIC
1881 PLANT
A [ anhydrous AMMONIA J FQQP
GROFFTOWN RD.
LANCASTER, PA. Ph. 392-4963 or 392-0374
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By Ida Risser