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From Local Ag Teachers:
by: Warren Wagner
Lampeter-Straiburg
High School
Futures if properly
managed can be one of a
farmers beat sources of
protein in these days of high
protein costs. The important
thing is that the pastures
must properly managed or
they will become like so
many farm pastures which
are nothing more than
overgrown brier patches.
The first step in having a
good pasture is proper
’ establishment of the grasses
and legumes and the
, periodical renovations of the
pasture. As the years go by
the more productive and
higher nutritional plants die
out and the more hardy and
■ lower nutritional grasses
take over. When renovating
a pasture all of the original
plants residue sould be
destroyed by frequent
summer and fall disking.
Then the follwoing spring the
pasture should be seeded
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Thoughts
in Passing
with a legume grass mixture chemical controls are
and be fertilized according to dependent upon the type of
the remits of a soil test weeds to be controlled and
Once a pasture has been the type and age of the stand,
established it is important Mechanical control is ac
that it be maintained in a complished by mowing to
highly productive state. This prevent weeds frontf going to
can be . accomplished seed. As animals graze in a
through proper management pasture they leave the un
practices such as the diseraUe weeds and eat the
following; high protein grasses and
legumes. If the weeds are
allowed to stand they will go
to seed and intensify the
weed probelnu Mowing
should be done at the end of
each grazing period.
3. Insect Control. Just like
any other hay or silage crop
pastures are subject to in
sect problems. The same
type of insect controls may
be used on pastures which
are used on hay crops.
IrßOtate Pastures - It is
important that pastures be
given n reat periods to give
them time to shoot new
growth and to give them
time to strengthen them
selves so that they can
survive. Continuous grazing
of legumes will destroy the
stand. Recovery periods
should last for 35-40 days or
until the plant are once again
6-8 inches tall.
2. Weed Control. Weed
control is important to
maintain the pasture at a
highly productive level.
Without proper freed control,
weeds would soon crowd out
the more desirable grasses
and legumes. Weed control
can be accomplished by
either chemical control or
mechanical control. The
Fulton Grange No. 66
Observe Youth Night
Fulton Grange 66 observed sampler, a pair of Indies’
Youth Night by having the long white silk gloves and a
young people fill the officers’ New Testament,
chairs and presenting the „ , „ „
program at the regular' The following from Fulton
meeting June 24. Leroy- Grange attended the Pa.
Welk, youth chairman' State Grange Leadership
presided at the business School at Gettysburg College
m—ting this week: Mrs. Jesse Wood,
a member of the State
The Charter was draped in Grange Lecturer’s corn
memory of Mrs. Joseph mittee who conducted a
Sinclair and Laurence workshop, Glenn Hough who
Temple. presented a recital Tuesday
night and Mr. and Mrs.
Clifford W. Holloway Jr. Mr.
Holloway is a member of the
State Grange Executive
committee.
The youth committee was
in charge of a quiz on the
caloric content of various
foods and conducted a
Change ritual test. Mrs.
Ambrose Giffing displayed
and told about some 100 year
old possessions including a
Always read the label on
pesticides and follow in
structions and cautions.
If some of these
management practices were
implemented on most farm
pastures the old cow pasture
might become a highly
productive and contributing
part of the farm.
The Lecturer, Mias Joyce
Galbreath, will present a
program on ritualism at the
next meeting July 8.
Area Couple Attend
Co-op Conference
Mrs. and Mrs. Donald L.
Hershey, of Manheim have
been selected to attend the
Co-op Couples Conference
July 16-11 at Shippensburg,
sponsored by the Penn
sylvania Association of
Farmer Cooperatives.
The two will Join with 35
other young couples from
throughout the Com
monwealth at the two-day
event. Sessions will be held
at the Best Western
University Inn, concurrent
with P.A.F.C.’s Summer
Youth Institute on the
Shippensburg State College
campus. They are
representatives of the
Lancaster Cooperative
Council.
At the conference, they
will share facts, opinions,
and insights about
cooperatives and their role
in the strength of the
business enterprise system.
In addition,,the two will have
an opportunity to meet
people and discuss ways in
which they will play a vital
leadership role in local
cooperative affairs.
Conference participants
will join with state
cooperative leaders to
discuss current issues vital
to farm leaders,
cooperatives, and the
community. They will hear
about the educational
P.A.F.C. and Penn State
programs that are benefiting
rural leaders.
The speaker for the event
will be Mr. Henry Scbriver,
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