Follow mis Rinse and Drain Procedure lor Pesticide containers
The National Agricultural
Chemicals Association rec
ommends this quick, easy 1
procedure for draining and
rinsing all single trip con
tainers.
} National Agricultural Chemicals Association has prepared lablels like this
to publicize a rinse and drain procedure for pesticide containers. The
fdure protects against farmstead soil and water contamination. Proper
All the question-askin'* has endue!
Usury strong opinion has been heaitl
and noted
And now our dime tens and manage
nient are planning the future based on
the recent findings
Those findings i.mged fiom the fm
olous and funny to the emotional and
serious. The inleruewees told us, not
only about b,inking beie, but about
banking theie and tweuwheie.
‘ Twenty-two," one fellow lesponded
when asked his numbei of children
Then he grinned e\pansi\ely, and so
did the cjueslioner. ‘ l*a\ higher mteiest
on saungs," said a woman, who didn’t
know our rales aie among the highest
And we breathed easiei upon leam-
Reduce Hazards!
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IS
Farmers National Bank of Quarry vilk
Rinse container
thoroughly, pour into
tank, and drain 30 sec
Repeat three times
Add enough fluid to
bring tank up to level
mg that a complaint about chivc-in
semens concerned another diive-in
window—not ours,
Before some actual changes are in
stituted by Farmers National Bank of
Quarryville, we’ie making a pledge
about the fuluie:
To be a little belter, a little faslei
than before. To lemember that people's
lives sometimes depend on their h
nanees, and so to willingly advise
when requested
To realize that vesteiday’s banking
won't alvvavs do for today, but to build
on the best polu ies ol the past
In even wav, to put mnselves in
voui shoes Bei ause we think von want
us then*
Banking the way you’d do it.
Membci, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Empty container into
spray tank. Then drain
in vertical position
for 30 seconds
rinsing reduces pesticide concentration in containers by 1000-fold,
the NACA points out.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 17,1972 —
Crush pesticide
container immediati
Sell as scrap for
recycling or bury
Do not reuse
Add a measured amount
of rinse water (or
other dilutent) so
container is 1/4 to 1/5
full For example, one
quart in a one-gallon
container
Broiler Placements
Down 5 Pet in Pa,
Placements of broiler chicks in
Pennsylvania during the
week ending June 3, 1972 were
1,168,000. The placements were 5
per cent below the same week a
year earlier, but 5 per cent above
the previous week Average
placements during the past 10
weeks were 7 per cent below a
year earlier.
Settings for broiler chicks were
1.695.000 - 15 per cent below the
previous week and 14 per cent
below the comparable period a
year earlier. The current 3-week
total of eggs set is 8 per cent
below the same period a year
ago. Inshipments of broiler-type
chicks during the past 10 weeks
averaged 12,000 compared with
1.000 a year ago Outshipments
averaged 266,000 during the past
10 weeks, 35 percent above a year
earlier.
sustain top
production
with the
BABCOCK
B-300
Keeping production up,.. costs
down... Is the prof it key in poultry
operations. And more and more
records on commercial flocks of
Babcock B-300’s...“The Busi
nessman's Bird I '...show sus
tained production of top quality
eggs...often with an additional
20 to 30 eggs per bird housed
over other strains. Come in...
took at the records and the B-300
..."The Businessman’s Bird".
BABCOCK
FARMS, INC
Telephone (717) 626-8561)
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