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—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 3,1971
At the week-long FFA conference in
Washington, Fred Edwards, center, Solanco
Chapter president, is greeted by Wayne
Humphreys, right, of lowa. Humphreys is
Solanco FFA Member Attends Conference
Fred Edwards, president of
the Solanco FFA Chapter, re
cently attended a week-long na
tional FFA training conference
at the National FFA Center in
Washington, D.C
Edwaids, 16, is the son of
Mr and Mrs Hermon D Ed
waids, Quairyville RDI He
was accompanied by Arba L.
Heniy, vo-ag instiuctor and
chapter advisor.
Pork Not Graded
All poik is naturally tender so
the federal govcinment has not
established consumer grades for
it Appearance can serve as an
important guide to quality, says
Haiold E Neigh, Penn State
Extension specialist
Choose meat that has a high
pi ©portion of lean to fat and
bone Color of the lean may
range from grayish pink to red,
and the flesh should be firm and
fine-textured Porous bones, pink
ish in color, indicate the cut was
from a young animal.
GET
BARE GROUND
WEED CONTROL
Pramitol* liquid gets rid of weeds where you don’t
want them. In fences. And around buildings, silos,
feedlots, gas tanks, and pumps. It’s great for knocking
out weeds where you can’t mow.
Pramitol liquid works like a charm. One early spray
keeps weeds down all season.
TryPramitol 25E liquid. You’ll find all kindsof usesforit.
Or, if you prefer, use easy to spread Pramitol pellets.
P. L. ROHRER & BRO., INC.
Smoketown, Po.
Purpose of the FFA confer
ence program is to improve
leadership skills, develop an un
derstanding of the national
heritage, and prepare FFA
members for more effective
roles in their chapter and com
munity. The conference is also
a forum for the exchange of
FFA chapter program ideas
among members from across
the nation.
Besides the training sessions,
the FFA program includes
visits to the White House, Mt
Vernon Plantation, the Nation
al Archives, Arlington National
Cemetery, and several other
historic monuments and me
morials in and around the Capi
tal
A highlight of the week’s ac
tivities came on Wednesday
morning when Conference par
ticipants met« with Congress
man Edwin Eshleman of the
16th district, Lebanon-Lancas
ter. Later, the FFA members
discussed the Congressional
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national FFA vice president of the Central
Region. Looking on is Arba L. Henry, Solanco
chapter advisor.
process with Congressman Ver
non W. Thomson (R) of Rich
land Center, Wisconsin.
WHAT
MAKES AN IDEAL
BALE
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UNIQUE TWIN-FEED rakes work in true coordination to move a smooth, contin
uous stream of hay into the baling chamber.
A heavy, welded ram pushes each charge with controlled compression. Every
charge is precision sheared by the scissor-cutting action of a high-carbon steel
knife. And a job-proven wire-twister or twine-knotter binds each bale tightly
enough to stop a Houdini.
The result is an ideal bale... strong, square, uniform to take bounce after
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Cereal Anthracnose Fungus
Is Found in Murylund Con
Maryland Extension plant
pathologists report discovery of
wet weather-induced fungus in
fections in field corn by cereal
anthracnose in scattered loca
tions on Maryland’s Eastern
Shore.
Disturbingly, the anthracnose
fungus infection, Colietotricum
graminicolon, is difficult to dis
tinguish from the Southern
corn leaf blight organism, Hel
minthosporium maydis, except
by trained observers utilizing a
microscope or other means of
magnification.
Up to now, cereal anthrac
nose has rarely been found in
U. S. cornfields, according to
Dr Omar D. Morgan, Southern
corn leaf blight liaison officer
at the University of Maryland.
Traditionally, it was believed
to be a wet-weather malady of
small grain.
Related species of the organ
ism are well-known scourges of
garden beans, melons, sycamore
trees, snapdragons, orchids and
other garden, nursery or green
house crops.
But so little is known about
effects of cereal anthracnose
on corn that Dr. Morgan and
his fellow plant pathologists at
Maryland are not even surd”
whether there is a need for con
cern at this point.
They are already investiga
ting possibilities that a chemi-
cal spray program may be rec
ommended, if warranted.
Although anthracnose gives
the appearance of Southern
corn leaf blight, its long range
effects are not expected to be
especially worrisome.
Another fungus disease is
causing concern in Maryland,
however, especially for growers
of wheat, barley and other
small grains. This is scab, or
head blight, a malady which
has been around for a long
time.
Dr. Leslie O. Weaver, co
worker with Dr. Morgan, esti
mates that wheat yields in
Maryland this year may be re
duced one-fifth to one-fourth
with some individual losses con
siderably higher because of
lightweight, shriveled kernels
resulting from scab-infected
grain heads.
Additional concern over the
scab fungus arises from the
fact that it also attacks corn,
causing stalk rot. Thus, corn
currently being planted in new
ly harvested barley fields could
be in real trouble, Dr. Weaver
pointed out.
He cautioned Maryland farm
ers to also take precautions
against raising corn blight
spore-infested dust from chop
ping and grinding operations in
volving old crop corn, cobs or
stalks.
Roy H. Buck, Inc.
Ephrata, R.D. 2
L. H. Bruboker
Lancaster, Pa,