—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 22, 1973
48
Local Grain
Thursday, ScpiemtHjr 20
These prices are made up of the
average prices quoted by five
participating local feed and grain
concerns. It should be noted,
however, that not every dealer
handles each commodity. All
prices are per bushel except for
ear corn which is per ton.
The average local grain prices
quoted Thursday, September 20,
1973, are as follows;
Bid+ Offered+
63.33 73.33
2.36 2.56
1.10 1.32
Ear Com, Old
Shelled Com
Oats, Local
Oats,
Western
Barley
Wheat
1.66 1.78
1.95 2.16
3.96 4.08
+Bid is the price the dealer
will buy from the farmer
delivered to the mill. Offered is
the price the dealer will sell for at
his mill.
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a wide selection of headers—and you have the ideal pull
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There may be some scien
tific basis after all to that old
wives’ talc about thc-changc
of the moon bringing an in
crease in baby births.
The tale apparently docs
hold true when it comes to
certain insects, reports the
National Cotton Council
Data compiled from six
years’ study of cotton pests
in California’s San Joaquin
Valley show that moon
watching enables scientists to
predict population increases
in bollworms with amazing
accuracy.
Among other things, it was
learned that bollworms lay
the most eggs around the
time of the new moon. Egg
production then begins to de
cline and reaches its lowest
point at full moon. The rea
son for this, according to
scientific conjecture, is that
the light of the full moon ap
parently affects insects’ mat
ing habits.
While the moon phase con
cept may sound like an old
wives’ tale, scientists think it
can be a valuable new aid to
farmers in making pest con
trol decisions and planning
over-all crop management
Dr. Louis Falcon, insect
pathologist at the University
of California in Berkeley
believes it will allow more
effective bollworm control
through the use of predatory
insects
These natural enemies oi
the bollworm would be re
leased in the fields to feed on
eggs and small worms during
the 14 days between the new
moon and the old one It’s es
timated that 90 per cent con-
Research Accelerates
Timber Growth Rate
Intensive company re
search in forest genetics and
reforestation methods has
added at least 50 per cent to
the timber growth rate com
pared with reforestation
techniques of only five years
ago, according to the chief
executive of Georgia-Pacific
Corp.
R. B. Pamplin, chairman
and president of G-P, said the
old 80-year growth cycle for
Pacific Northwest timber,
later reduced to 60 years, has
now been reduced by research
at this center to 40 years
“and we can safely talk about
a new generation of super
trees maturing for harvest in
30 years.”
The first federal income tax
was imposed in 1862 at a rate
of 3 per cent, but was allowed
to expire in 1872 because of
protests and evasion. •
Phone 717-354-4181
As Insects React—
That Old Devil Moon
Sheds New Light
Tax Start
Inc.
New Holland, Pa.
trol is possible with this
method. Then the grower can
decide whether to follow up
with insecticides
The moon phase also is use
ful in helping pinpoint when
problems arc likely to occur
One cotton grower, using
it as a guide, found an earlier
than normal infestation of
bollworms By attacking the
problem early with insecti
cides, he was able to get good
control with only a single ap
plication
Similar studies on cabbage
loopers and beet armyworms
show they also are affected
by moon phases Data con
firm that fewer eggs are de
posited by these insects at
full moon.
Unique Position
The farmer is the only
American businessman who
buys everything he needs
for production at retail
prices, and then is forced to
sell his products at whole
sale prices
HOW'S YOURj) C^.
SCIENTISTS KEPT THBUA
OUT OF NEW JERSEY
SQUASH FIELDS BV 1
PUTTING DOWN
REFLECTING STRIPS OF
ALUMINUM FOIL. Tl
CUT PLANT DISEASE
UP TO 98% AND
UPPED SQUASH VIEI
FIVE-FOLD//
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