Crownveteh - The Miracle Cover
Anyone traveling through
Pennsylvania this time of
year cannot help noticing the
masses of dark green plants
covered with small pink and
lavendar flowers that grow
along many of the state’s
highways.
And although this plant,
known as Penngift
Crownveteh and widely used
by Penn DOT landscapers is
quite attractive, it is its
unseen virtues that have
made it a landscaping and
environmental miracle.
Crownveteh has proved to
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be the near perfect natural
control for erosion, weeds,
poor soil and even litter. It
has even been named the
“roadside conservation
plant.”
A cousin to the pea and
clover, this plant not only
thrives in the poorest soil but
actually enriches it as it
grows. Established
crownveteh, therefore,
requires no fertilizing.
Because of its amazing
ability to smother weeds, it
eliminates the need for
chemical herbicides. And the
plant practically “eats”
litter, keeping waste paper
and other trash out of sight
until it decomposes
naturally.
Crownvetch is the ideal
erosion control plant
because it will grow on the
steepest slopes and its dense
foliage and its dense foliage
and intricate roots break up
the rain and hold back soil.
Another plus .is that it is
easy to control and never
needs cutting, thereby
saving valuable tax dollars.
In fact, once established,
crownvetch completely
takes care of itself.
Crownvetch is a dense
dark green mass of foliage
about two feet high during its
growing season which lasts
from May to November. In
midsummer, the plants are
covered with small fragrant
pink, white and lavendar
flowers. From December to
March the plant is dormant
and takes on the color of the
surrounding landscape'
This amazing plant, known
to scientists as Comillia
varia, is a native of Europe.
But it wasn’t until years
after it found its way to
Pennsylvania as an
adulterant in alfalfa seed
that it’s potential became
known.
Dr. Fred Grau, a professor
at Penn State University,
was traveling near
Virginville, Berks County, in
June of 1935 when he noticed
a purple flowered plant
clinging to a shale hillside
where nothing else would
grow.
At first, no one knew what
the plant was, not even the
scientist at Penn State.
Robert Gift, on whose farm it
grew, only knew it as “that
weed.” Later, botanical
clues identified it as a
member of the legume
family which includes peas
and clover.
Dr. Grau took seeds and
cuttings and started growing
crownvetch on two small
farms near State College.
The plant was named
Penngift for the state and
farm on which it was found.
All crownvetch in Penn
sylvania is descended from
that which Dr. Grau first
found.
By 1948 crownvetch
cultivation and production
was sufficiently advanced
that a trial planting was
made on a highway cut near
Port Matilda, Centre County.
The experiment was so
successful that others were
made and by 1955, crown
vetch became a standard
plant for erosion control
along Pennsylvania high
ways, replacing honeysuckle
and other hard to control
vines.
Currently there are over
35,000 acres of crownvetch
planted along Pennsylvania
highways and the plant is
also coming into wide use in
other states. It has also been
used to cover earthen dams,
levees and strip mines. It
can be used for forage, and is
nutritious for cattle. And
some crownvetch en
thusiasts say the blossoms
make a good dessert wine.
7th Straight
100-lb. Fat
Record for
Frey Cow
Fultonway Ivanhoe Rae
4977152-EX-90-GMD, a
Registered Holstein owned
by J. Mowery Frey & Son,
Lancaster, Pennsylvania,
has recently completed her
seventh consecutive record
over 1,000 pounds of but
terfat. She joins a select
circle of six Registered
Holsteins ever to complete
as many as seven records
over 1,000 pounds of but
terfat and is the only one
currently alive.
Sired by Osborndale
Ivanhoe 1189870, her seven
1,000 pound fat records,
including her latest com
pleted lactation, are: 4-03,
2x, 365 d, 28,530 M, 4.5,1,290 F;
54)6, 2x, 365 d, 30.863 M, 4.5,
1,388 F; 7-02, 2x, 365 d,
33.693 M, 4.8,1,615 F; 8-10,2 x,
365 d, 23.271 M, 4.9,1,143 F; 10-
05, 2x, 365 d, 22,386 M, 4.8,
1,078 F; 12-04, 2x, 362 d,
23,870 M, 4.5, 1,084 F; 13-06,
2x, 365 d, 22.462 M, 4.6,1,032 F.
“Rae’s” lifetime totals
now show 244,315 pounds of
milk and 11,332 pounds of
butterfat in 3,846 days of life.
Her butterfat total puts her
fifth on the all-time list for
butterfat production in a
lifetime.
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For Making Our Grand Opening
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in Next Week’s Paper!
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 20.1974
House Vote Backs
Aid to Cattlemen
The House on Tuesday
passed by a six-vote margin
a bill to provide a $2-billion
emergency program of
government guarantees for
private loans to livestock
producers.
Urban opposition to the bill
appeared to dissolve after
the passage of amendments
that cut individual loan
limits from $350,000 to
$250,000 and restricted
eligibility to bona fide far
mers and ranchers and
farmer-dominated cor
porations.
The final vote was 210 to
204.
“This is not a give-away
program,” declared Rep.
Spark Matsunaga, D-
Hawaii, in wrapping up the
final debate.
He stressed the sup
porters’ position that the
measure would only
guarantee loans. It would not
make them, he said.
MEAT SUPPLY
Consumers would benefit
by keeping the small
livestock producers in
business to provide a stable
meat supply, he said.
Agriculture Secretary
Earl L. Butz said the loan bill
as passed by the House was
something ‘‘we can live
with” and indicated that a
more liberal verson ap
proved by the Senate 82 to 9
last month would have his
recommendation for a
presidential veto.
a Tremendous Success.
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The two amendments
successfully offered by Rep.
Wiley Mayne, R-lowa, cut
eligibility to “bona fide
farmers and ranchers” but
allows approval of
guarantees for loans to
partnerships and
coporations in which a
majority of the stock is held
by persons primarily
engaged in livestock
production.
GUARANTEES
The House version
authorizes guarantees of up
to 80 per cent of the loan,
including the interest, while
the Senate requires a 90 per
cent guarantee.
The Senate bill has no limit
on the total amount of
guarantees allowable during
the one-year application
period, while the House set a
$2-billion ceiling.
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