Evergreen Shrub Pruning Evaluated at The old question of how much and when to prune certain evergreen shrubs has been an swered by six years of ex perimental work at The Penn sylvania State University. The results apply to two evergreens grown widely in Pennsylvania, the Japanese Spreading Yew and the Hetz Spreading Juniper, says Dr. James E. Brewer, associate professor of ornamental hor ticulture. The pruning studies show that Japanese Yew can be sheared throughout the plant. In shearing yews, the tips of all stems should be cut to shape the shrub as desired. On the other hand, only the longest branches of the Hetz Juniper should be pruned. Home gardeners wanting to reduce the size of Japanese Yews / Lancaster Farming Photos for Sate If you’d like prints of any Lancaster Farming photographs, we’ll be happy to make them for you. To order, just complete the form below and mail or bring it to: Photo Department, Lancaster Farming, 22 E. Main St., Lititz, Pa. 17543 The photo I want appeared in the Lancaster Farming dated It was on page , and the caption begins: I would like to order the j following prints: I Number of Cost of > prints size each Total j 4xs $1 50 sx7 2 00 Bxlo 2.50 Total order (Please add 6 pet. Pa. Sales Tax) Please send remittance with order. Allow 10 days for delivery. Name Street. Town Zip State. SPECIAL SALE ON USED PARTS FOR FARM TRACTORS and FARM MACHINERY WENGER FARM MACHINERY South Race St. Myerstown Pa. Ph 717-866-2138 Penn State can shear these shrubs heavily with assurance of good results, Dr. Brewer reports. He and his associates also found that these yews grow more compact and produce better quality when pruned yearly rather than every other year. “If you don’t want a compact yew, then we suggest shearing the Japanese Yew every other season,” he stated. And he added that shearing in July and October produced the greatest follow-up growth from yews. March prunings, on the other hand, gave the least growth. As for Hetz Juniper, heavy pruning or “heading-back” was found effective. This evergreen grows rapidly but is not damaged by heavy pruning. The pruning trials yielded no real differences between pruning Hetz Juniper every year or every other year. However, the most compact plants developed from pruning the shrubs twice a year in March and July. Heavy pruning restrained Hetz Juniper to a low growing form not typical of the plant. The Penn State evergreen Dangerous Aliens Being Nabbed 'Round the Clock While you were sleeping last night, 40 dangerous aliens were intercepted at the nation’s borders It’s a fact not realized by most Americans, but one such alien is nabbed every 12 minutes around the clock The aliens are foreign plant and animal pests that stow away in cargo, carriers, and baggage Undetected, they could set off an out break that would destroy some of the nation’s impor tant food and fiber crops For this reason, govern ment animal and plant health inspectors work closely with customs offi cials in monitoring all in coming international traffic for plant pests During fis cal 1971, they treated or cleaned more than 21 mil lion pieces of cargo to pre vent entry by foreign pests experiments should be helpful to plant nurserymen, it was suggested, since 38 per cent of all nursery stock consists of or namental evergreens. The ex perimental work by Dr. Brewer and associates is considered the only study of its type involving the pruning of ornamental evergreens. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Septembers, 19 7? ?! k t' > S THE SCHOOL Going back to school after summer vacation is probably the largest change of pace shared si multaneously by any segment of our population Even when our country has gone to war, our fighting men, as a group, have not approached in numbers the millions of school kids in this land. And if you add to their number the millions of mothers whose lives also suddenly shift gears, then our back-to-school ef fort can be seen in its truly im mense proportions A few million teachers also are affected. There’s really nothing like it except when the nation celebrates holidays en masse. But such events merely are interrup tions of a short nature So what, you say’ Well, let’s talk about lifestyle Where nutri tion is concerned, lifestyle can be a dominating influence. Take the school lunch program. So many children actually get a better lunch at school than they may have had during the summer Contribution of Three 8-Ounce Cups of Whole Milk to the RDA* Nutrients for 10-12 Year Old Girl Three 8-Ounce Cups Vit. D Fort. Whole Milk 477 25.5 1029 300 1.0 7.2 0.04 68 1.3 0.2 0.4 4.0 0.9 0.7 60 07 96 RDA for 10-12 Nutrient Yr. Old Girl Calories 2250 Protein (gm) 50 Vit. A Activity (I.U.)** 4500 Vit. D. (1.U.) 400 Vit. E. (1.U.) Ascorbic Acid (mg) 40 Folacin (mg) 0.4 Niacin (mg Equiv.) 15 Riboflavin (mg) 1.3 Thiamin (mg) 1.1 Vit. B 6 (mg) 1.4 Vit. 812 fog) 5.0 Calcium (gm) 1.2 Phosphorus (gm) 1.2 lodine (ng) HO Iron (mg) 18 Magnesium (mg) 300 ‘Recommended Daily Allowance “International Units 60 CLASSIFIED PHONE 394-3047 or 626-2191 LEVEL FLO SILAGE SPREADER IN TWO MODELS TO FIT 10 TO 30 FT SILO STOLTZFUS SILO EQUIPMENT RDI, Box 77 Kinzer, Pa. 17535 Phone 717-768-3873 Doctor in the Kitchen® by Laurence M. 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