12—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 16,1971
As soon as the showing competition was
over Thursday night at the Manheim Fair,
Robert Kauffman had chores to attend. His
Beware of Spreading Weed Seed
Combines and other harvesting
equipment “may be carrying the
seeds of destruction” to your
cropland, says lan M. Wed
derspoon, Maryland State Board
of Agriculture (SBA) Weed
Control supervisor.
Johnsongrass seeds and
rhizomes are easily carried about
on farm equipment, especially at
this time of the year. Spot in
festations of the week--along
fencerows or roadways, for
be spread over the
farm. An infestation in one field
can be transported to other fields.
Once spread, Johnsongrass
sustain top
production
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quickly becomes difficult and
expensive to control. It can choke
the life out of prime production
land. It is estimated that John
songrass is already costing
Maryland over $1 million-a-year
in reduced crops and control
efforts.
“A single seed, or a small piece
of rhizome, is enough to start an
infestation that will cost you
more and more every year for a
long time,” Wedderspoon points
out. .
Holstein took several top spots, including
reserve grand champion.
“Every grower,” he adds,
“must make sure that combines
• and other equipment-custom
operated or the grower’s own
are clear of weed matter before
entering another field or work
area.”
“If we are going to cut our
Johnsongrass losses, we’ve got to
stop spreading the weed from
field to field and farm to farm.
Every custom equipment
operator,' every grower must
make sure his harvesting
equipment is not sowing weeds
that will reduce the next har
vest,” Wedderspoon said.
Ml, Greiner Win
Tractor Contests
Glenn Ruhl, Manheim RD2,
won the FFA tractor driving
contest last Friday at the
Manheim Fair.
In the adult class, Dale
Greiner, Manheim RD2, was the
winner.
Dennis Saylor, Manheim RD4,
was second and Glenn Lehman,
Manheim RD2, third in the FFA
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contest.
Ben Nolt, Manheim RDI, took
' second in the adult driving, with
Donald Hershey, Manheim RD2,
third.
First place winners received a
trophy and $8 cash. Winners of
the next four places in the FFA
competition were awarded
plaques and T-shirts. Adults
placing second to fifth received
cash prizes of five, three, two and
one dollars.
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