I a roaster Farming, Saturday. June 3, 1972
Winter wheat resistant to the
hessian fly. potentially a serious
pest in Pennsylvania, will be
among new crops featured June
28 at a special field day to be held
at the Agronomy Research Farm
of Pennsylvania State Univer
sity The farm is located in
Centre County, three miles west
of Pine Grove Mills on route 45
The new wheat, Arthur 71, is
the only variety which resists
damage from the new race of
hessian fly that invaded
southeastern Pennsylvania last
year and caused severe damage
in some fields and moderate
damage in others Heading up the
tours of small gram plots will be
Dr Robert P Pfeifer, in charge
oi small grains research for the
Masonic Homes Herd
Receives Four Awards
At Ayrshire Convention
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u one ol the 12 coveted
K.„, h 'icnioi lal Trophies at the
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to„\v a, on in Rochester, Minn
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pioauu.on loi herds enrolled m
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\boul linpoi led Foods
Each week you shop for food,
you probably include foods grown
in countries other than our own
bananas, colfee, tea and some
nuts and cheeses And, point out
Extension consumer specialists
with Pennsylvania State
University, some of the foods you
buy may be imported even
though the same product is
produced in our country To know
whether the product is imported
or not, read the labels Label
identification does not apply to
foods processed or packed in this
country or those processed foods
that may have ingredients that
were importeri
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New Wheat Variety Resists Hessian Fly
Agricultural Experiment Station
at Penn State
Genetic makeup of Arthur 71
wheat causes larvae or maggots
of the hessian fly to die when they
attempt to feed on the stalks of
the new variety, Dr Pfeifer
explains This new race of
hessian fly has been building up
in Pennsylvania over the past
three years, he claims, and will
infect Redcoat, Dual, and all
other available wheat varieties.
Dr Pfeifer says some 25,000
bushels of Arthur 71 seed will be
available for Pennsylvania
farmers to plant in the fall of
1972 Penn State agronomists and
county agents advise farmers to
make the change to Arthur 71 as
soon as they find the hessian fly
has invaded their areas
This new wheat averaged 72
programs
Masonic Homes had the second
highest milk production for
Ayrshnc herds having 75 to 100
cows The 92 cows made an
average of 13,634 pounds of
Mature Equivalent (M E ) four
pei cent milk in 305 days
The Farm also earned its
seventh Constructive Breeder
Award This award recognizes
herds in which cows bred by the
owner excel in milk production
combined with superior body
conformation Fifty-three
breeders qualified for this honor
in 1971 On a twice-a-day milking
schedule for 305 days, the cows
made an annual production
average of 13,485 pounds of milk
and 543 pounds of butterfat The
herd has a type classification
score average ol 854 and 73 per
cent of the herd was bred by the
CBA winner
Two o’ Masonic Homes’
Ayrshires earned special Cer
tificates during 1971 for their
lifetime milk production
achievements, exceeding 100,000
pounds Mt Harmon Lucky
Roselyn has records of 104,075
L. H. Brubaker
350 Strasburg Pike
Lancaster
397-5179
Roy A. Brubaker
700 Woodcrest Ave.
Lititz
626-7766
bushels per acre in trials in four
Pennsylvania counties during
1971. Wide it has excellent winter
hardiness, the straw is not as
strong as with Redcoat and
Blueboy vaneties-making
careful fertilization vital to avoid
lodging Nitrogen in excess of 50
pounds per acre on Arthur 71 will
often cause lodging, Dr Pfeifer
cautions
Procedures for seeding, fer
tilizing, and harvesting of Arthur
71 will be included in the June 28
program The field day will
feature two wagon tours.
Progress in breeding v'inter
barley for malting will be shown.
Such malting barley could lead to
a new crop and a new industry for
the Commonwealth, malt
production, Dr Pfeifer believes.
He will also show experiments
pounds of 4 3 per cent milk, 4,473
pounds of butterfat, and Meredith
Fairy List 103,556 pounds of 4.3
per cent milk, 4,411 pounds of
butterfat
In reaching these production
levels the cows were milked
twice daily and records were
checked by the Pennsylvania
State University’s Department of
Official Testing
Awards and honors were
presented by National president,
Philip Schuyler, and executive
secretary David Gibson Jr. at the
National Awards Banquet
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Several new selections of stiff -
strawed oats will be shown by Dr.
Pfeifer and associates. Research
plots will illustrate both heavy
grain and stiff straw. Release of a
new oat variety is anticipated in
the near future.
Ph. 665-3388
JOB
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