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Hartwig’s technique has
been under investigation at
Penn State for the past few
years, and a demonstration
plot was planted this year at
Landisville. The pratice is
begun by first establishing a
crownvetch cover in the field
to be used usually, for corn.
The year after crownvetch is
established, corn is simply
seeded into the ground with a
no-till planter. In the
following years, the cover
crop must be sprayed with
herbicide before planting.
“We thought maybe the corn
would stay ahead of the
cover crop if we didn’t spray,
but that didn’t work out,”
Hartwig said. He pointed to a
test plot with a thriving
abundance of crownvetch
and a meager showing of
corn.
Plots nearby, where the
crownvetch had been
sprayed before corn was
planted, showed a sparse
growth of the cover crop
shaded by the canopy of corn
leaves that towered above it.
The trick, Hartwig said, is to
sock just enough herbicide to
the cover crop to slow it up
without killing it. The most
successful mixture this year
at Landisville was one pound
each of AAtrex and Princep,
plus a quarter pound of
Paraguat per acre applied
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A waving sea of soybeans greeted
visitors to the weed control field day
Wednesday at Penn State’s ex-
pre-emergence. “This along with corn platning.
provided the best control,” And they want to find out
Hartwig said. “It wasn’t how long a crownvetch cover
enough, but it was almost will last if it’s sprayed year
enough.” in and year out. Hartwig
There are still some bugs thinks it could last forever,
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The grand and reserve
champion exhibitors were
also presented trophies by
, ... .the Lancaster County Swine
researcn station at p ro( jucers Association,
represented by Tony Folker,
secretary of the
organization.
The breeder exhibitor
champion award went to
Rick Pfautz, Stevens RDI,
also an Ephrata Area High
School student, while Lloyd
Hoover, Garden Spot High
School, took the reserve
champion breeder exhibitor
award. Their trophies were
presented by the Lancaster
County Red Rose FFA
Chapter.
The senior showmanship
trophy was also presented to
perimental
Landisville.
stubble.
In addition to the no-till
com, there were control
demonstrations for tobacco,
conventional till com and
soybeans at the weed control
field day.
Other speakers in addition
to Hartwig were John
Yocum, director of the
research farm, and Dr.
Richard Cole of Penn State.
Yocum talked about weed
control in tobacco, while
Cole covered soybean weed
control.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 3.19.74 —
Hog Show
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Robert Strauss, Ephrata,
RDI.
Hatfield Packing Co.,
Montgomery County, bought
the Strauss hog for 96-cents a
pound, a total of $216 for the
225-pound porker. The hogs
in the entire show sold for a
total of $26,680.62, or $39.88
per hundredweight.
Tony Folker, secretary of
the Lancaster County Swine
Producers Association,
presented trophies from the
association to both the grand
and reserve grand cham
pions.
Lloyd Hoover while the
junior showmanship contest
trophy went to Jeff Gldckin,
Solanco High School. They
were donated by Gehman’s
Feed Mill, Denver.
The winner of the senior
fitting contest was Russel
Kline, Reinholds, with Jay
Huber, Warwick High
School, taking the junior
trophy donated by Pennfield
Corp.
Barry Wissler, Ephrata
Area High School, won the
pen-of-ten class and a trophy
from the Lancaster County
Vo-Ag Teachers Association.
Listed below are the
various breed championship
winners followed by the
reserve breed champions:
Yorkshire Larry Weber,
Garden Spot; Russel Kline,
Ephrata.
Hampshire Tun Grube,
Warwick; Mike
Warwick.
Spotted Swine Kevin
Boyd, Ephrata; Tony Grube,
Warwick.
Chester White Barry
Wissler, Ephrata; Joe
Lefever, Manheim Central.
Landrace Randy Hunt,
Penn Manor; Bruce Landis,
Penn Manor.
Duroc Jay Huber,
Warwick; Kerry Boyd,
Ephrata.
Poland China Kerry
Boyd, Ephrata; Elvm
Weaver, Pequea Valley.
Crossbred Kerry Boyd,
Ephrata; Robert Strauss,
Ephrata.
Open Class Richard
Strauss, Ephrata; Russel
Kline, Ephrata.
New Vo-ag
Teacher at
Garden Spot
One of the largest high
school vocational
agricultural departments in
Pennsylvania grew even
larger this week with the
addition of Robert Anderson
to the Garden Spot High
School staff.
Anderson, 30, of 268 W
Main St., New Holland,
joined the department
Tuesday as an instructor for
adults. He is expected to
work primarily with the
Plain people in the New
Holland vicinity.
The Easton native comes
from the Soil Conservation
Service after serving three
years in West Chester and
Michigan. Upon graudation
from The Pennsylvania
State University in 1967 with
a B.S. in agriculture
education he taught for one
and half years at Wallen
paupack High School. He
then worked for Sperry New
Holland for a year, followed
by a two-year stmt the the
Army followed by the SCS.
Anderson is the ninth
vocational agriculture in
structor at Garden Spot. The
only high school with a
larger vo-ag staff is in
Philadelphia.
Homemakers
Camp Set
Come and spend a
delightful three days at
Extension Homemaker’s
Camp. You will enjoy the
friendship of ladies from
seven surrounding counties.
The place is Camp
Swatara, RDI Bethel in
Lebanon County The date is
August 25,26,27. The price of
the camp is $14.00.
Camping activities include
speakers on “World of
Women”, handicrafts of
bargello, dried flower
paperweights, and
Chnsmonds, entertainment,
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