bv»M m*?Rnnp I .20—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 4,1974 David R. Delaney 2 Area Managers For Pennfield MEMO HAY, STRAW and EAR CORN SALE EVERY MONDAY AT 11A.M. New Holland Sales Stables, Inc. Phone 717-354-4341 Lloyd H. Kreider, Auct. ■M"AmNTION' , BHI FARMERS, GROWERS, DEALERS I Are you looking for Black Mulching Plastic? 7 I We can offer different size rolls 3 ft wd x 100 ft - 500 ft - 1000 to 4000 ft long Use on Gardens Sweet Potato Rows Cantaloupe. Strawberry Patches KEEPS WEEDS DOWN, BIGGER YIELDS No Hoeing ZIMMERMAN’S Animal Health Supply 3 miles W. of Ephrata along WOOOCORNER ROAD R D #4, Lititz, Pa 17543 Phone 717-733-4466 The satisfaction that comes from doing a good job of farming It’s a great feeling to know that you are the master of your farmlands . . that when you treat your soil right, it will treat you right Liming is one of the most impor tant factors in keeping your soil in the highest produc tive range By raising the pH from a level below 6.0 to 6.5 or higher, you can expect to harvest .8 more tons of alfalfa per acre, with similar increases for all other forage and cash crops Piiii , W'] m '' W Pennfield Corportion has added two new area managers to its Feed Marketing Division, it was announced by Joel C. Habegger, division manager. Francis G. Strause has been assigned to the Dairy and Livestock Division and David R. Delaney to Poultry Feeds. Strause successfully completed a sales training program offered by Penn- "7 „ Francis G. Strause field prior to his assignment. Massachusetts, attended He is a graduate of Penn Millersville State College. State University and holds Before joining Pennfield, he his degree in agricultural was a sales representative business management. He is for New Holland Supply, Inc. a native of Berks County and He, his wife, Joyce, and their resides in West Lawn, there, two children live on Delaney, a graduate of Edgemont Drive in East Melrose High School in Petersburg. , —* ~*.*'~zp r " y ~ ~ ~ nT rw , "vvwvrrrr rr i’i Clean Haymaking Equipment Controls Alfalfa Disease Farmers can help control explained, the spread of anthracnose in Anthracnose has been one alfalfa by properly cleaning 0 f the most severe problems their equipment between alfalfa growers must face fields. each year. Only recently According to Sperry New have new varieties been Holland, research conducted developed with substantial at the Pennsylvania State resistance to the disease. University shows the fungus Anthracnose weakens which causes anthracnose alfilfa plants, making them can be carried from one field subject to winter kill, to another in debris clinging reduces protein content and to hay mowers, conditioners lowers yields, and balers. The fungus can also remain alive for several months on machinery in storage, the research shows. Farmers are encouraged to wash their machinery when moving from one field to another. This can be done using water and a little household chlorine bleach. Dr. Felix L. Lukezic, associate professor of plant pathology at Penn State, said the fungal spores are carried on horizontal fixed surfaces of equipment. Anthracnose does not survive on moving parts of machinery, where the crop is compressed, he PURINA m HORSE CHOWS M for the good of your horse, anywhere... trailering, showing, or just at home. There's complete Horse Chow Checkers, with the hay built right into the pellets. Or long time favorite Omolene, to feed if you have plenty of good hay available. Or Big'Un, that'll help grow your foals big, fast. Or Breeding Horse Chow, to help peak condition your mares and stallions. Or Horse Block, when pasture’s sparse. Or Horse-Plus, for that extra boost and bloom. They've all been developed and proven on our horses at the Purina Horse Research Center, so you can have confidence in our growing family of good things for your horses . Drop in and "talk horse"-next time you see the red and white Checkerboard. HOME ■LOCK Wenger’s Feed Mill Inc. x&St Ph: 367-1195 Rheems West Willow Farmers Assn., Inc. Igg Ph; 464-3431 West Willow John J. Hess, 11, Inc. Ira 6. Landis Ph. 442-4632 Paradise John B. Kurtz Janies High & Sons Ph; 3 54-92 51 Ph: 354-0301 K D 3, Ephrata Gordonville COMPLKTK FARM PAINTING SPRAY-ON AND BRUSH-IN METHODS For FREE Estimates Write DANIEL $. ESH (G. RALPH MILLER) BOX 351, RDI, RONKS.PA. 17572 ' ►bww\ OMOLEHC T' SI I breeding HORSE SP Ph; 665-3248 Box 276, Manheim RD3
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