Area Farm' Show
Dates Announced
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Pennsylvanians will have an
opportunity to attend a total of
109 agricultural fairs this season.
The season got underway with
the Pennsylvania Maple
Festival, Myersdale, Somerset
County, held on April 5 through 8.
It will end with the Pennsylvania
Farm-Show in Harrisburg next
January 7 through 11.
Fairs in the LANCASTER
FARMING readership area, by
county, are; »
Lancaster County - Sept. 19-21,
Southern Lancaster County
Community Fair, Quanyville;
Sept. 25-29, Ephrata Fair,
Ephrata; Sept. 26-28, West
Lampeter Community Fair,
Lampeter; Oct. 3-6, New Holland
Farmers Fair, New Holland;
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Brown ft Rea, lnc. x
Atglen, Pa.
Ph: 215-593-5149
Ben S. Beiler -
Cochranville, Pa.
Ph: 215-932-2607
Raul Beiler
Paradise RD No.l,Pa,
Ph: 717-442-4017
Oct. 10-12, Manheim Community
Fair, Manheim.
‘Chester County - July 18-28,
Kimberton Fair, Phoenixville;
July 30-Aug. 4, Goshen County
Fair, West Chester; Oct. 10-13,
Unionville Community Fair,
Unionville.
York County - Aug. 6-11, Great
Dallastown Fair, Dallastown;
Sept. 11-15, York Inter-State Fair,
York; Oct. 18-20, .Dillsburg
Community Fair, Dillsburg.
Lebanon County - Aug. 13-18,
Lebanon Area Fair, Lebanon.
Berks County - Aug. 20-25,
Kutztown Fair, Kutztown; Aug.
29-Sept. 3, Reading Fair,
Reading; Sept. 25-29, Oley Valley
Fair, Oley.
Dauphin County - Sept. 16-22,
Gratz Fair, Gratz.
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The foxtails, fall panicum, crabgrass.
Your biggest problems.
But you can’t ignore the tough
broadleaves: Smartweed, lambsquarters,
pigweed, common ragweed.
Will your present herbicide keep out
early grasses like giant, green and yellow
foxtail and still get the tough
broadleaves... with a minimum amount
of moisture?
Does your present herbicide control
fall panicum and still minimize carryover?
CONTROL/PLAN. Your chemical
supplier’s Weed Control Planning
Guide can help you tailor Lasso herbicide
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James S. Landis John Z. Martin
QuarryviHe RD No. 2 New Holand RD No. 1. Pa,
Ph: 717-786-3189 Ph: 717-354-5848
Ridiard R. Forry
2020 Horseshoe Road
Lancaster, Pa
Ph; 717-397-0035
Lasso®
for
Your Weeds
Officials of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture
(USDA) urge hog producers,
truckers and market and
slaughter establishment
operators to continue looking for
hog cholera despite an all-time
low in this disease.
No confirmed hog cholera
cases have been disclosed in the
50 states since February 7 when
a herd was found infected in
Virginia. The infected herd was
destroyed and the owner was
indemnified for losses.
Puerto Rico experienced two
recent cases, on March ?2 and 23
v and is the only area currently
under federal quarantine for hog
cholera.
rates or Lasso in a tank mix to control
grasses in com and soybeans. And still
get the broadleaves. <
It can also help you build a weed
control program based on your rotation
system, application method, soil types
and more.
So you can choose the right weed
control program. And reduce the possibility
of incorrect choices and rates.
See your farm chemical supplier
soon.
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HERBICIDE BY If \ ■
Monsanto
Ira Nissley, Inc.
Elverson, Pa.
Ph; 215-286-9328
Redoubling
Wipe Out Hog
Officials of USDA's Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS) say we are now ap
proaching a period when hog
cholera outbreaks have reached
seasonal highs in past years,
during farrowing, and when
shipping and marketing ac
tivities are prevalent.
• The previous longest period
with no hog cholera reported
nationally was 37 days in late
1971. Over 80 days have passed
since the last case was diagnosed
in mainland United States.
Or. E. E. Saulmon, deputy
administrator of APHIS
Veterinary Services, urged all
representatives of the swine
industry to redouble their efforts
Fall Panlcum
Kenneth Most
Parkesburg RD No. 2, Pa
Ph; 215-857-9216
Aquiilo Smoker
Bird-m-Hand RD No. 1, Pa.
Ph ; 717-768-3816
Lancaster Farming, Saturday. May 12. 1973
of Efforts to
Cholera
Harold B. Zook
220 Lampeter Road
Lancaster, Pa
Ph ; 71Z-394-5412
Urged
to wipe out hog cholera. “No one
thinks we’ve seen the last of this
disease”, he emphasized, so let’s
find the trouble spots now before
they can spread.”
Hog cholera, caused by a virus,
used to be the nation’s number
one killer of swine. A state
federal cooperative program to
eradicate the disease, launched
in late 1962, has succeeded in
wiping out infection in 41 states
now classified as “hog cholera
free” by USDA.
The disease does not affect
animals other than swine and
poses no health risks to humans.
APHIS officials warned .hog
producers against feeding raw or
improperly cooked garbage to
swine. The disease may \be
passed to hogs through uncooked
pork scraps or bones.
Producers were also cautioned
to be on the alert for the disease
in baby pigs. APHIS
veterinarians pointed out the
sows which contract hog cholera
virus during pregnancy can base
it to their offspring without
showing disease signs them
selves. Baby pigs, born with hog
cholera, may not appear ill until
they are weaned or otherwise put
under stress.
Baby pigs can spread hog
cholera to other pigs in the herd.
So it’s important for hog
producers to watch their whole
herds and not just the little pigs.
Any suspected hog cholera should
be reported to animal health
officials immediately.
Tax Bite Tops $5,000
- Total government (federal,
state and local) tax collections
in fiscal 1973 will be the
equivalent of $5,070 per
American household, accord
ing to the Tax Foundation,
Inc.
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