66—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 3. 1975
Liming
Liming ogricultural Mils
is one of the cheapest ways to
get more weed control from
herbicides, according to Dr.
Nathan L. Hartwig, assistant
professor of weed science at
the Pennsylvania State
University.
Experiments by Dr.
Hartwig and associates show
that almost all herbicides
work better on neutral Mils
than they do on acid soils.
Control of fall panicum, for
example, can be increased
from 25 to 75 per cent by
increasing soil pH from 5.5 to
6.5 with recommended rates
of atrazine and simazine
(Princep). Atrazine and
cyanazine (Bladex) produce
similar results.
The improved weed
control and better utilization
of nutrients at the higher pH
PUBLIC SALE
DAIRY HERD DISPERSAL
MONDAY, MAY 5,
12:30 P.M.
To be held at the Robert Keller Farm (Cashman Farm) located near
Table Rock on the Gettysburf-Table Rock Road (Sale Sign Posted).
48 - GRADE HOLSTEINS - 48
Herd IB & Bangs tested, vaccinated, health charts.
Herd consists of 20 - Ist calf heifers, 8 - 2nd calf cows,
10 - 3rd calf cows, 10 - 4th & sth calf cows, 19 cows
recently fresh and 14 to freshen soon. A nice young
herd with size, good type and nice udders.
EQUIPMENT
New Idea No. 217 PTO spreader, New Holland 401
crimper, J.D. 8’ disc., Oliver No. 5440 3-14” plow, single
roll cultipacker, 19’ tractor harrow, saw mandrel for
J.D., scrape blade, 10 & 4 can milk coolers.
Robert A. Keller, owner
RD6, Gettysburg
TERMS-CASH
C. David Redding, Auctioneer
RD6, Gettysburg
Phone: 334-6941 - 334-6598
PUBLIC SALE
OF FARM EQUIPMENT
LIVESTOCK
SATURDAY, MAY 10,
11:00 A.M.
On premises owned by Daniel Kreiser on Bordnerstown Rd. I V2
miles Southeast of Bordnersville. Turn west off U S 72, just north of
Jonestown State Police Barracks and drive two mites
Farmall M tractor recently overhauled with power
pack, remote control and new tires in good condition;
Farmall H tractor recently overhauled with power
pack and remote control in good condition; McD. nine
foot 990 hay binder, used one season; Badger manure
spreader, like new; McD. two row mounted com picker
for H or M tractors; McD. front end mounted com
planter; McD. 16 disc grain drill; McD. flail chopper;
McD. tractor disc; three section spring tooth harrow;
Smoker elevator with motor; two wagons with dump
and false ends; 16 foot flat bed wagon with sides and
hay rack, <sides for kicker baler); McD. cultipacker;
Oliver three bottom plow with radix plow, (bottom
made up for hydraulic); McD. two bottom pull type
plow on rubber.
Grass seeder for all tractors; pushers for H and M
tractors, h 'l side hitches; tractor wheels and tires;
manure loader for H or M tractor; 1967 International
dump truck; draw bar for H or M tractors; six can
milk cooler; Surge and Universal milkers; yellow
beacon light, head light; metal drums; scrap iron;
heat houser for H or M tractors; Jewel stove; seed
corn; baler twine; belts; coal Heatrola; oil burner;
some dishes and other items.
One Angus and one holstein feeders; four Landrace
brood sows, two with young balance bred; two Lan
drace service boars; two feeder pigs.
Sale Due To Illness In Family.
Conditions by;
Jonas D. Kreiser
Roy I. Ebersoie & Son, Auctioneers
Swope & Lerch, Clerks
Lunch by Blue Mountain Trinity U.M. Church.
For Weed
level resulted in about 20
bushel per acre IncreaM in
corn, Dr. Hartwig said
recently. The value of this
extra com would be enough
to pay for the lime and
herbicide, he pointed out.
Other herbicided that also
work best on limed soils with
a pH close to neutral, pH of 7,
are cyprazine (Outfox) and
propazine (Miiogard). Even
herbicides such as alachlor
(Lasso), and linuron
(Lorox), both not affected
drastically by low soil pH,
seem to work best on neutral
soils, he claimed.
In contrast, soil pH has
little effect on herbicide
activity on sandy or shaiey
soils with less than 1 per cent
organic matter.
He said that quackgrass is
one of the most widespread
LIVESTOCK
Control
and difficult weeds to control
even under ideal conditions.
Split applications of
atrazine, or atrazine
followed by a combination of
atrazine and Princep ■ if fall
panicum, witchgrass, or
crabgrass are present - is the
only effective method of
controlling quackgrass at
the moment, he affirmed.
Since both atrazine and
Princep are affected by soil
pH, quackgrass control
weakens as soon as the pH
drops below 7.5 on silt and
clay loam soils, or soils with
more than 1 per cent organic
matter.
“Although quackgrass
control may not be good on
heavy soils when the pH
drops to 6.0 or below, we
have no alternative to the
atrazine-Princep spray
program,” Dr. Hartwig
stated.
“We have discovered that
if the second treatment of
atrazine or atrazine-Princep
is applied post-emergence
with oil after the quackgrass
has 8 to 10 inches of new
growth, we get much better
control on acid soils. Control
still dosen’t measure up to
that obtained on neutral
soil,” he added.
When the herbicide is
applied directly to
quackgrass foliage with oil,
there is some uptake through
the leaves and the soil effect
is somewhat bypassed, he
noted. As the soil pH is
raised closer to neutral,
there is less advantage of
post-treatments over pre
emergency treatments.
1975
William C. Kulp has joined
Pennfield Corporation as
manager of Engineering
Services. He is responsible
for all product manufac
turing and industrial
engineering.
Prior to his new position,
Kulp was manager of In
dustrial Engineering for
Campbell Chain Company in
York. Before that, he was an
area industrial engineer with
Armstrong, Lancaster.
The registered Penn
sylvania professional
engineer holds a B.S. degree
in Industrial Engineering
fron Penn State University.
He is a member of the
American Institute of In
dustrial Engineers and the
York Industrial
Management Club.
Kulp is a native of West
Lawn, a suburb of Reading.
He presently resides on
Brookwood Drive, York,
with his wife and four
children.
William Kulp
Kulp
Appointed
Manager
Support Price for
Honey
Purchase rates for the 1075
crop of honey will average
25.5 cents per pound, 4.0
cents more than in 1074,
according to B. Snavely
Garber Chairman of Lan
caster County Agricultural
Stabilization and Con
servation Committee.
The 1075 level represents
60.1 percent of the 1075 ad
justed parity price of 42.4
cents per pound.
The Commodity Credit
Corporation (CCC) will offer
to purchase 1075-crop honey
stored in eligible containers,
on or off farms. Producers,
or cooperative marketing
associations on behalf of
producers, may offer eligible
honey to CCC for purchase in
the form of executed pur
chase agreements delivered
to the applicable County
Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Service
offices no later than March
31, 1976. Each agreement
needs to specify the ap
proximate quantity the
producer of association
desires to sell.
The 1975-crop purchase
rates for extracted honey in
60-pound or larger con
tainers, by color and glass,
are as follows.-Table Honey;
White or Lighter 26.3 cents
Per Pound; Extra Light
Amber 25.3 cents Per Pound;
Light Amber 24.3 cents Per
Pound; Other Table and
Non-Table Honey 22.3 cents
Per Pound.
Disposition of any honey
'delivered to CCC by
beekeepers will be deter
mined at a later date.
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MONDAY EVENING,
Watch for pointers on Rt. 14 A, 2 miles West of Benton Center and 6
miles Northwest of PennYan. (Farm located on the Maiden Lane
Road. |
Retiring from farming will sell full line of well cared for equipment as
follows:
I.H. 656 Gas Tractor, WFE, w-3 pt. carrier, only 450
hrs!; I.H. No. 535 3-bottom 16” semi-mounted plows;
I. Manure Loader; Papec field chopper w-corn and
hay heads; J.D. No. 858 hay rake; % ton G.M.C. pick
up w-hoist, only 30,000 actual miles!; Papec ensilage
blower; Century weed sprayer; Kenmore power com
sheller; Case pull-type combine w-bean pick-up;
Electric feed cart; Papec feed grinder-hammer mill;
20’ x 4” grain auger; New Idea 26’ bale elevator; I.H.
cultivator and bean puller; EZ-Flo PTO grass seeder;
J. 3 section harrow; 40’ ext. ladder; 24’ ladder; tilt
arbor saw; Homelite chain saw; Surge milker pump;
tractor chains; set of dual wheels; milk cans; few
other small items.
Terms: Cash or Good check evening of sale. Lunch
available.
Owned by:
Carl Jensen
Auctioneers - Sale Managers:
VICTOR PIRRUNG and Son,
Wayland, NY 716-728-2520
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