—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 15. 1975
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Total Farm Weed
Control Practices
Gaining Adherents
Agricultural Research
Service
(j.S. Department of
Agriculture A new concept
called total farm weed
control is gaining ac
ceptance as the weed control
specialist's “answer” to
integrated pest
management.
Total farm weed control is
the process by which a
farmer keeps pressure on
the weed population in all
crops and in all areas of his
farm. The best possible
methods of weed control are
used throughout in order to
purge all weeds from the soil
profile. Weeds are not
allowed to regenerate.
Total farm weed control is
essential to the development
of high-yielding
agroecosystems. The latter
must also mclude effective
crop production and insect,
disease, and nematode
management practices.
A basic goal of the entire
approach is the establish
ment of a quality en
vironment.
Because there are many
kinds of weeds with varying
periods of germination and
highly differing life cycles.
PUBLIC SALE
OF BEEF CATTLE,
FARM MACHINERY,
AND HOUSEHOLD GOODS
Alone Maxwell Drive, 1 mile southwest of Unicorn 5 miles south of
Quarryville, off Route 222.
SAT., MARCH 22,1975
11:OOA.M.
27 Head of Beef Cattle
6 Angus cows, 1 Char, due soon
2 Angus bulls 1,000 lb.
2 Angus steers 900 lb.
2 HoLsteins 700 lb.
3 Charolais heifers 500 lb.
2 Holstein steers, 4 Holstein heifers 600 lb,
2 Angus steers 450 lb.
2 Angus bulls & heifer 150 lb.
1 500 lb. brood sow
3 Case tractors; 2 VC Case tractors, 1 with cults,; 1
S.C. Case with cults; 2 2-bottom trailer plows; 2 discs;
walking plow; potato plnater; IHC 6 ft. mower No. 7; 2
hay tedder; weeder; John Deere manure spreader;
IHC 2 row cornplanter; 2 iron wheel wagons; 3 sec.
roller; 2 light rubber tired wagons; 2 wheelbarrows;
hay loader; side delivery rake; 2 dump rakes; double
20 ft. tobacco ladders; 1500 lath; Minnich press;
shears; spears; 2 row Stauffer tobacco planter; 2
wheel trader; bob sled; saw buck; platform scales;
hog troughs; 2 coal brooder stoves; Penna. 21 inch reel
mower; 2 push mowers; 4 cross cut saws; vice; other
articles not mentioned.
150 tomato baskets; old milk cans; 3 elec, motors;
hand seeder; hammer; axes; wedges; 2 scythes; log
chains.
1939 Chevrolet 4-Door Sedan
ANTIQUES
Blanket chest; spindle back rocker & chairs; Rayo
lamp; extra wide ex. table with 9 boards and large lion
head carved at each end of table; kerosene lantern; old
bureau; wooden tub; jugs; porch bench; shoe lathe; 2
ship trunks; com dryer; 3 wash boilers.
Frigidaire elec, stove; 2 Home Comfort cookstoves;
Frigidaire refrigerator; Maytag washer; wash tubs; 2
Estate coal stoves; White sewing machine; 1 bedroom
suite; 3 iron beds; metal wardrobes; library table;
occasional table; 3 pc. living room suite; floor lamp;
large wall mirror; cane seated chairs; bureau; clothes
dryer; picture frames; 6 kitchen chairs; cream
separator; dish pans & dishes; quart jars.
Small lot of Hay & Straw
Small brooder house.
Terms by,
Paul G. & Mable V. Weaver
Kreider & Diller, Aucts.
Lunch furnished
prevention and control of
weed populations require an
integrated ’ total farm
systems approach. The
latter includes cultural,
mechanical, biological,
ecological, bioen
vironmental and chemical
methods.
Chemical control requires
a broad spectrum of
selective herbicides, mix
tures of herbicides, and
combination chemical
treatments.
Although our best in
dividual weed control
practices have been used
effectively, weeds continue
to cause losses of about 13
percent of food production,
valued at $2.5 billion an
nually. It will be difficult to
reduce these losses
significantly unless total
farm weed control is widely
practiced.
It must be a farm-by-farm,
area-by-area, region-by
region program or a
farmer can only make an
nual progress. Research
data shows that a particular
weed can actually be wiped
out of an area after three
years of effective control.
Eradication of a weed
specie, however, is not a
practical objective.
With complete
cooperation, total farm weed
control will reduce chemical
costs significantly. Here are
some of the other benefits:
The general public
benefits when farmers follow
the concept, because we
have fewer weeds in
homelawns, gardens,
waterways, and recreation
sites.
The approach reduces
human health problems
caused by allergenic and
poisonous weeds.
More efficient utilization
of energy is realized with
total farm weed control. As
far back as 1957, our
research emphasized that
chemical energy would be
required more in weed
control and that mechanical
energy would be used more
effectively to trasnport
chemical energy and to
accurately place that energy
in the specific amount, in the
proper place, and at the
exact time for it to perform
its maximum work.
A 10-year study of
chemical and cultural weed
control methods by Dr. Fred
W. Slife of the University of
Illinois, Urbana, has proved
that the principle of keeping
maximum pressure on the
weed population by the use of
a series of herbicides and
mixtures is not hypothetical.
It really works.
It also suggests that crop
rotation soleyfor the control
of weeds is of much less
importance as compared to
previous years when
selective herbicides were not
available.
In the study, chemical
weed control (1)
PUBLIC SALE
OF CATTLE, FARM EQUIPMENT
& POULTRY EQUIPMENT
Located along School Road, 2 miles East of Fleetwood. Follow Signs
TUESDAY, MARCH 18,1975
10:30 A.M.
CATTLE: 35 head of Charolais, Angus and Holstein
steers weighing from 500-900 lbs.
Case 500 tractor, Cockshutt 30 tractor, Cockshutt 20
tractor, Allis Chalmers WD tractor, Massey Ferguson
No. 10 baler, N.I. No. 3231-row com picker, N.I. No. 290
9 ft. Mow-conditioner, Coop 7 ft. mower, Allis Chalmers
4-bar hay rake, J.D. 1240 4-row com planter, J.D. 3-
bottom 14 in. plow, J.D. com shelter, Case 6 ft. combine
with motor, Case No. 95 manure spreader, Johnson No.
40 loader, Grove forage wagon, Grain-O-Vator No. 10
auto, unloading wagon, T.S.C. 14 ft. dump wagon,
T.S.C. 150 bu. gravity wagon, 2-16 ft. farm wagons, 1-50
bu. dump wagon, Gandy 10 ft. fertilizer spreader,
tractor seeder, Coop 2-bottom 14 in. plow, Coop 8 ft.
disk, Ford 4-section harrow, spike harrow, Coop 13-
hole grain drill, 2-9 ft. cultipacker, Kingwise 30 ft.
elevator, Cardinal 16 ft. elev., 1-16 ft. grain auger,
T.S.C. 5 ft. rotary mower, weed sprayer, 12 kil.
generator, International Cub Cadet with mower, Chief
garden tractor with plow, cultivator and mower, 3
Quakermaid auto, feeding units, 600 ft. chain and
trough, many hand feeders of various sizes and
lengths, water fountains, nests, etc., egg cleaner and
grader, forks, shovels, lots of good hand tools and
items on wagon, all tools and equip, very clean and in
good condition. Odds and ends of household goods.
Approx. 20 ft. of excellent com silage.
Terms by:
HAROLD ALTHOUSE
Auctioneer:
Alvin Horning, Jr., Fleetwood 683-8659
Elton Horning
Refreshments - Pioneer Grange
significantly Increased
yields, (2) reduced weed
seeds In soils, (3) improved
harvesting efficiency, (4)
reduced labor requirements,
and (5) dramatically in*
creased net farm profits
without damage to the
biological, chemical, or
physical properties of the
soil
In accomplishing all this,
productivity of the soil was
not impaired, nor were there
any undesirable shifts in
weed populations.
Dr. Slife’s study clearly
indicates that annual weeds
can be controlled in intensive
corn and soybean producing
areas if the chemical and
cultural control practices
are based on the kinds of
weeds present in the area.
The winter wheat crop
under the conditions of this
study allowed large numbers
of weed seeds to be produced
after harvest and, therefore,
helped maintain the seed
supply in the soil. Failure to
control weeds in wheat after
harvest poses a particular
problem in a total farm weed
control program.
Highest yields of an in
dividual crop were achieved
when this crop was grown in
rotation with other crops
rather than grown con
tinuously.
Rotation of herbicides
appeared to be a necessity in
crop monoculture in order to
prevent weeds that are
resistant to a particular
herbicide from increasing
rapidly and becoming
dominant.
Advances in total farm
weed control have had a far
reaching impact on all
phases of crop production,
including the selection of
crops and varieties, seedbed
preparation, methods of
seeding and seeding rates.
These advances have made
possible wide choice of row
spacings, plant spacings in
the row and plant
populations. They also in
fluence fertilizer practices,
including time of application
and placement.
As pointed out by other
authors in this Bulletin, total
farm weed control Improves of crops,
the productivity of pastures Total farm weed control
and rangelands. The ap- deserves the attention of
proach also has greatly everyone who wants to make
Increased the efficiency of weed control easier and less
fallowing practices for weed costly. By keeping constant
control. The adoption of pressure on the total farm
minimum tillage and weed population, the farmer
chemical fallowing practices will Increase crop yields,
greatly reduces wind reduce losses caused by
erosion, Improves fertilizer weeds, reduce the cost of
utilization, Improves soil weed control, decrease the
structure and drainage, and weed seeds in the soil, in
increases yields and quality crease his profits.
PUBLIC SALE
OF FARM EQUIPMENT, FROM
7 FARMS AND DAIRY COWS
SAT., MARCH 22,1975
Located 3 miles East of Hessdale, turn off Route No. 222 on Bunker
Hill Road to Weaver Road or 3 miles South of Strasburg (May Post
Office Road) to Weaver Road, 1 mile West along Weaver Road,
Strasburg Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa.
FARM EQUIPMENT CONSISTS OF:
A.C. 190 XT Diesel Tractor (wide axle)
A.C. Dl9 Diesel Tractor (wide axle)
A.C. Dl5 series 2 Tractor - 2 row cultivator
A.C. Dl5 Industrial Tractor with shuttle clutch
loader with bucket and fork
1953 Ford Jubilee Tractor
9N Ford Tractor
8N Ford Tractor and loader
600 Ford Tractor
BN Farmall Tractor
Farmall Super C Tractor
510 Massey Ferguson diesel combine 13 ft. head - air
condition 1 yr. old (like new), I.H. model 127 combine
13 ft. head, 2 A.C. self unloading forage wagon, A.C.
hopper blower, Heston self propelled hay bine with
draper head, Case hay bine model 550, New Idea
mower and conditioner, New Idea mower, 40 ft. grain
auger elevator on wheels, 2 tank manure spreaders, 2
grain wagons with gravity beds, A.C. 56F flail chopper,
2 Billian rotary mowers pull type - 3 point hook up,
grass head for Gehl harvester, A.C. 16 disc grain drill
(like new), A.C. 4 bottom trip plow, Ford 3 bottom trip
plow 3 point hook up, A.C. disc harrow, A.C. disc
harrow 3 point hook up, Ford 2 row cultivator 3 point
hook up, 2 row cultivator for I.H. super H, 2-13 ft.
cultipackers (Big Packers), 2 chisel plows, 2-3 section
spring harrows, 2 .rollers, grain drill, dump rake, 8 ft.
cultipacker (double packers), 3 point adapter for A.C.
tractor, Ford 1 row pull type com picker, A.C. 303
baler with thrower, I.H. model 46 baler with thrower, 3
new Case 8 T wagons with high sides, A.C. 6T wagon
with high sides, Case wagon with high sides, 2 bale
elevators, A.C. no till 4 row com planter, Hershey
tobacco planter (like new), 5 double tobacco ladders
(quick assembled ladders), single tobacco ladders,
A.C. field sprayer, A.C. 780 forage harvester 2 row com
head and grass heads, Maceick mill and mixer,
Owatonna mill and mixer, tractor driven com shelter,
flat bed wagon, 20 ft. flat bed trailer, 16 ft. flat bed
trailer with sides, cattle trailer (2 wheels), 6T tag
along trailer (new), 1961 H.D. 6 bulldozer with front
end loader, V Snow Plow, highway snow blower, pull
type road scraper, com drag, portable fire water pump
and hose, irrigation pump, 2-3 point scraper blades,
tobacco lath, 4 bailing boxes, 2 grass seed drills, grass
seeder PTO, seed cleaner, 6 electric motors (Vz to 1
horse), air compressor, 6 fence controllers, salaman
der, 2-5 gal. greese guns, electric water pumps, V belts
and hoses, iron hog tough, 2 circular saw blades,,
harness of all kinds, 5 gal. gas cans, animal vacuum
cleaner, power brush on Stewart clippers, 20 HP
electric fan, chain saw, pipe vices, gas motors, log
chains, hydraulic rams, acetylene and oxygen tanks,
new truck tire chains, tire changer, tobacco clippers,
shovels and forks, power unit D.C. current, 55 K.W.
alternator 110 and 220 volts A.C. current (new), Cen
tury portable heater, 6 coal and kerosene heaters, 150
tobacco plant boxes, 275 gal. gas tank, 150 gal. tank
with pump, 500 gal. water tank, 16 ft. all steel feed
trough, 10 ft. steel truck bed, liquid protein feeder,
dairy supplies, electric water heater, milk cans
suitable for water, milker pails and parts, 2 large 8 unit
DeLaval milker pumps, 3 unit DeLaval milker pump,
electric coke machine and a lot of small articles used
on 7 farms.
1973 F-100 Ford truck % T A.T., P.S. and factory A-C.
1969 F-100 Ford truck 4 speed, 4 wheel drive
1969 Mercury Marquis car P.S., P. 8., and factory A-C
Mobile Home 10 x 15 (Suitable for office)
60 Tons Straw
40 HEAD HOUTEIN DAIRY COWS
This is a herd of high grade Holstein dairy cows.
Mostly springers. Accredited to blood and TB.
Whirlpool 10 speed automatic washer, Kenmore
dryer (like new), and refrigerator.
Order of sale: Small articles 9 a.m., farm equipment
10:30 a.ra., dairy cows 1 p.m.
Lunch available.
MARVIN E. MILLER
GLENN FITE, Sales Manager
KERSEY A. BRADLEY
LLOYD KREIDER, Auctioneers
ESCHBACH, KIRK, TRIMBLE, Clerks
9 A.M.
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