From i.o<q| Aq- Teachers! By Dick Wood, Floriculture Instructor Brownstown Vo-Tech Sixth in Series Spring is just around the corner and, as you thumb through the mailorder catalogues for seeds and plants to put out this spring, think of what you can do with what you’ve got on hand. Now is the time to make those last cuttings of your favorite geranium to increase your plant numbers. A nice plant may be acquired by cutting what are Beacon now offers a feeding program for dairy steers that takes the roughage out of feeding. It is a research proven program that has been fed successfully in commercial feedlots in the Midwest for over six years. Get fast, low cost gains without roughage: Birth to market in less than a year. • Daily gains (birth to butcher] of 2.8 lbs. • Dressing percentage up to 62%. • Feed conversion approximately 5 lbs. of feed per pound of gain, also from birth to butcher. • No hay, no grass, no silage. • Low investment, low labor. • High grade carcasses; young, tender meat. H. JACOB HOOBER INTERCOURSE, TEL 717-768-3431 H. M. STAUFFER & SON WITMER.TEL 717-393-1369 BOMBERGER'S STORE ELM, TEL 717-665-2407 Thoughts in Passing called stem tip cuttings from your large specimens. The cutting should be from four to six inches m length, free of any disease and of good vigorous growth. Take leaves and their petiole off, learning two or three at the very tip. Insert the cutting into a very coarse soil in a three inch clay pot with more sand than soil, and water it. During the two or three week rooting time, keep the soil moist but not soaking wet. After the roots are well under way, fertilize with a soluble, For full details call your nearest Beacon dealer or Beacon Advisor balanced fertilizer. This way you can have as many plants as you desire. Another item worth mentioning as the days get longer and light intensity increases is the care of house plants. Thoughtful care during this change of season is appreciated by plants. As light length and intensity increases, so does growth. The plant should be supplied with more room and newer soil for good root growth. To give your favorite plant more room, an increase in size of pot is necessary. This is the r .*•% & j'H ti a' C > '” >s '"■* ~ „ V S x ■ K.j ' > i r The Beacon Milling Company. Inc. 0. KENNETH McCRACKEN & SON MANHEIM.TEL 717-665-2186 T/ T$ t ’ -T * „» v *v, AA >S V v4w /’ « * >«V ' ' *.* s\ t* Tend-R-Leen is a registered trade mark of Doughboy Industries, Inc., New Richmond, Wisconsin. BEACON FEEDS ■■ Headquarters: Cayuga, N. Y. EARL SAUDER, INC. NEW HOLLAND, TEL 717-354-0861 FARMERS SUPPLY CO. LANCASTER, TEL 717-394-7127 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 4,1972—23 Dick Wood Floriculture Instructor safest and easiest way to get more room. One word of caution: do not increase size of pot too much for overwatering can cause trouble. A good way to get your plant out without injury is to turn it upside down and knock the rim Young Farmers Leadership \ Training Conference, Cedar \ Crest Middle School * 7 p.m. Solanco Young Farmer Parent-Son banquet, Middle j) Octorora Presbyterian Church. 7-30 p.m. Central 4-H Tractor Club meeting, Landis Brothers, Inc , Manheim Pike, Lancaster. 1 ?•' »«• V of the pot gently on the edge of the table holding your hand over the top of the ball to catch it. In the new pot, with small stones or a piece of broken pot covering the drainage hole, put in new unused soil mix. An inexpensive mix and one with good drainage is one of equal parts of soil, peatmoss and coarse sand. Put the ball on top of the layer and fill in around with new soil mixture, leaving from V 4” to V 4” from the nm of the pot Water thoroughly, allow to drain and water again. These steps will allow your house plant plenty of room for growth during the spring and summer. Tip of the week: Too much Tender Loving Care (TLC) for your house plants can do more harm than good. Farm Calendar (Continued From Page 1) 30 p.m Ephrata Young Farmers milk marketing course, “State and Federal Regulations and Controls,” ag department, Ephrata Area High school. 30 p.m Penn Manor Young Farmers monthly meeting, “Calibrating a Corn Planter,” vo-ag room, Penn Manor High School. Garden Spot Young Farmer concrete course, vo-ag room, Garden Spot High School Lancaster County Farmers Association board meeting, Farm and Home Center Pennsylvania Feed Industries conference, Penn State University, March 7 - 8. 4 30 pm. Lancaster County Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association meeting, Pequea Valley High School; 6.15 p.m., dinner with Penn field Corporation represen tatives, Bird-in-Hand Motor Inn. Thursday, March 9 7:30 p.m. Poultry Educational meeting, Farm and Home Center. Chester County Extension Ser vice Clothing Construction course, Paoli United Methodist Church. Friday, March 10 1 p.m. Pennsylvania Egg Industry Phase II meeting, Agriculture Building, Harrisburg. 7 p.m Manheim Young Far mers annual banquet, Manheim Central High School. 7 p.m. Grassland FFA Annual Parent-Son Banquet, Garden Spot High School. 7 pm. Twin Valley FFA Banquet, Twin Valley High School cafeteria, Elverson RD2. 7 p.m. Pennsylvania Egg Marketing Association meeting, Sheraton-Conestoga Inn, Lancaster. MEN NEEDED in this area to train as LIVESTOCK BUYERS LEARN TO BUY CATTLE, HOGS AND SHEEP at sale barns, feed lots and ranches We prefer to tram men 21 to 55 with livestock experience For local Interview, write age, phone, address and background NATIONAL MEAT PACKERS TRAINING 236 Town St. -Dept. PA - 533 Columbus, Ohio 43215
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