Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, February 22, 1975, Image 49

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    New Herbicides Available
Farmers should be
prepared to use some of the
newer herbicides this spring
and summer since many of
the older chemicals will be
scarce, says Dr. Nathan L.
Hartwig, weed scientist at
The Pennsylvania State
University.
“While the prices for
herbicides will be somewhat
higher this year, don’t cut
the application rates to save
money. A loss of just 1 bushel
of com per acre is a loss of 2
to 3 dollars per acre,” Dr.
Hartwig stated during the
annual meeting of the
Pennsylvania Plant Food
and Protectant Educational
Society held recently at
University Park.
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He indicated there are a
number of new herbicides
labeled, or likely to be
labeled, for use on soybeans.
These are all closely related
to Treflan and Planavin, two
fairly common weed killers.
The new ones include
Tolban, Cobex, and others.
The above herbicides are
all effective in controlling
annual grasses but are weak
in controlling yellow nut
sedge, quackgrass, and
other perennial weeds--in
addition to common
ragweed, velvetleaf,
smartweed, and cocklebur.
Basagran is a relatively
new herbicide to use after
soybeans have emerged. It
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3 inch annual broadleaved
wccda except for redroot
plgwccd-but is useless on
grasses. Basagran will also
control yellow nutsedge after
it is 6 to 8 inches tali, but it
may not control broadleaved
weeds adequately after they
are this tall.
“Don't depend on
Basagran for your total weed
control program. Instead,
use it as an emergency
clean-up treatment for
preplant or preemergence
treatments that may have
missed certain weeds," Dr.
Hartwig suggested.
Some liquid herbicides will
be available in more con
centrated formulations than
in previous years, the Penn
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State weed scientist pointed
out. This is a trend which
means less solvents, fewer
containers, and less shipping
and storage costa.
Some new formulations of
Sutan "plus” and Eradicane
contain 6.7 pounds of active
material instead of the
original 6 pounds per gallon.
This means application rates
must be adjusted ac
cordingly. He added that
Eptam and Vernam for
mulations will contain 7
pounds of active material
per gallon Instead of 6.
FFA
Door prizes which were all
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fresh and canned), potatoes,
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Members of the Penn- were awarded .
sylvania Farmer s A meeting honoring aU
Association, Region I & -
(consisting of counties in
southeastern Penna.)
assembled at the Holiday Inn
West, Allentown as a
culmination of their efforts
in procuring new members
for the organization. Forty
four persons from Berks
County attended.
The membership goal is
allocated by the State Board
of PFA and Berks Co. was
the 15th county in the state to
reach their goal. Berks
County members in PFA
number 893, a gain of 26 over
1974, and 15 more than the
designated number set by
the state. .
The membership chair
man in Berks was Mr. John
Stump of Bemville R 1 and
co-chairman was Mr. Ernest
Heckman of Hamburg Rl.
Mr. Stump remarked, “The
enthusiasm of the workers
attaining the new members
was the key to the success pf
this project.” Desk sets were
presented to these two men
by the state organization for
their efforts in organizing
the group of workers
Mr. David Hauseman,
Oley Rl, was declared the
“King Pin Winner”, having
secured 17 new members.
Mr. George Moyer, Myer
stown Rl who secured 14 new
members and Mr. Joe
Gaetani of Temple who
secured 11 members were
honored at this affair. They
will each be presented a PF A
PLAN NOW TO ATTEND OUR
MARCH 6,7, 8, - 1975
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FARMERSVILLE
Ephrata, RD2, PA 17522 717-3544271
Lancaster Farming. Saturda
cap and a letter of com
mendation from the Berks
County executive board.
Guests at this dinner
meeting were: Mr. Gene
McDowell; PFA Regional
Organizational Director;
Mr. Chester Heim, PFA
Public Affairs Director; and
Mr. Arthur Hershey,
Cochranvillc, Pcnna.,
member of State Board of
Directors.
The speakers were Mr.
Frank O’Connell, Jr., of
Kingston, Pa. and Mr. Kevin
Hall, Vice President of
National FFA.
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Feb. 22.1975
new members of the PFA
organization and their
families will be held in the
near future. A victory party
for all Berks County
membership workers and
their families is scheduled
for F*eb. 22 at the Bemvllle
Grange at 7:30. Mr. William
Myer, President of Berks
PFA will show slides of
Australia which were taken
on his recent trip there.
Berks County Ladies Day
Out will be held at Riveredge
on March 26.
Members from Berks
Legislative committee will
be visiting their
Congressmen and Senators
in Washington on March 12
and 13 and the State
Assemblymen at Harrisburg
on April 7.
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