—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. Sept, 27, 1975 60 Penn Manor selects new Penn Manor High School began the season with a new teacher in the agriculture department. Bernard Day, joined the staff of Gus Bir chler and Mike Burton at the area school, increasing the number of ag instructors to three. Day graduated from Cornell University and majored in ag education with emphasis in animal science and general agriculture. While attending Cornell, Day was a member of the ag teacher’s group. Bernard Day, was recently selected to join the teaching staff at Penn Manor High School. A graduate of Cornell University, Day will be teaching agriculture. FARMERS I SUPPLY 215 EAST FULTON ST. Turn East Off N. Lime St Between Chestnut & Walnut DELIVERIES ON REGULAR ROUTES JUST ARRIVED 4 and 6 MIL Black Trench Silo 20 ft - 24 ft. - 28 ft. - 32 ft. - 40 ft. Widths Wholesale or Retail FALL SEEDS Cert. Arthur 71 Wheat Cert. Pennrad Barley Speltz Winter Rye Rye Grass Pasture Mix Scolts Year-End Sale 25% OFF On All Scott Items Lawn Seed Fertilizer Spreaders Weed Killer Weed and Feed Crab Grass Control Mowers BULK LAWN GRASSES Kentucky Blue Grass 10 lbs. 7.00 Kentucky 31 Grass 10 lbs. 3.70 Pennfine Rye Grass 10 lbs. 17.00 Pennlawn Red Fescue 10 lbs. 7.50 Annual Rye Grass 10 lbs. 3.10 Perennial Rye Grass 10 lbs. 4.50 Dutch White Clover lb. 2.50 ag teacher A graduate of Phclp’s Central High School in Phclp’s, New York, Day was an active FFA member taking several projects. He was a member of the chapter procedure team for his FFA and also served on the Farm Forum team and the basketball team. Day received several FFA awards during his high school years including the Empire Farmer Award, numerous county awards for outstanding FFA work and Vernal Alfalfa Iroquois Alfalfa Buffalo Alfalfa DuPuits Alfalfa Orchard Grass Choice Timothy an award from the area bankers. Day will be helping out with all aspects of the agriculture program at Penn Manor and will be aiding with the FFA work also. Since beef production has been of interest to the in structor, he will be working closely with those students involved in raising steers. Although relatively new to the area Day commented on living in the county, “I really like the people in this area and am anxious to really get involved in the work.” An avid sports fan. Day enjoys basketball and ad mits that he likes to play the game as often as he can. Day, his wife and daughter, reside at Lan caster R 2. XXX Hold Apple Quality Harvest apples at the right stage of maturity to lengthen their storage life and prevent scale, reminds C. Marshall Ritter, Extension pomologist at The Pennsylvania State University. Quality and appearance are also in fluenced by fruit color, conditions of trees and kinds of container used for storage. Organic Plant Food Co. in Lancaster has been selected as your Certified Crop Care Center. Bill Brubaker In recognition of professionalism as a supplier of farm services Bill Brubaker and Don Dodson of Organic Plant Food Co. have been named as members of the new Certified Crop Care network. Crop Care is a unique concept in farm supply service, especially designed for you, the progressive farm businessman Management takes time Time to plan Time to think Time to make decisions Good management also takes professional help and advice when and where it is needed Your Crop Care dealer offers these services, designed to give you the kind of professional help you need to better manage your cropping programs 1 Complete, accurate, soil testing service. Your Certified Crop Care dealer will assist you in obtaining soil samples and will send them for you to a leading soil analysis laboratory The laboratory soil analysis and computerized fertilizer recommendations will be reviewed with you and an application plan developed Flaming foUage soon to appear HARRISBURG - Within a few weeks, weather per mitting, Pennsylvania’s countryside will take on a brand new look created by a rainbow-like mantel of color ranging from bright yellow to purple and a rich deep green. Appropriately described as Pennsylvania’s Flaming Corn/soybean day slated for Monday LANDISVILLE - A com and soybean field day is scheduled to take place here at the Penn State Agronomy Research Farm on Monday, (Sept. 29) beginning at 1:30 p.m. Specialist on hand for the presentations include John Yocum, superintendent of the research facilities; and Drs. Richard Cole, Melvin Johnson, and Joe McGahun. Topics of discussion in clude: hybrid com - both dent and waxy; corn in secticides; com diseases; corn herbicides; soybean varieties - full season and double crop; soybean her bicides - no-till and con ventional. The research farm and laboratory is located four miles west of the Manheim Auto Auction along Auction Road. Don Dodson Foliage, this is the richness of Autum when the American beech turns a golden bronze, while the elm and the sycamore, along with the black willow, river and sweet birches, and the tuliptrec, are transformed into a wide variety of yellowish hues. Tinted with red are the oaks, dogwood and red maples; the sassafras turns a brilliant orange to scarlet, and the lowly sumac is cloaked with red to lavender. Deep purple indicates a distant stand of white ash. The white oaks, unlike other oak species, may turn purple or violet; while the per simmon turns gold, the white pine a blueish green, and the hemlock retains its deep rich green. This panorama of color spreads gradually throughout the Com monwealth with the richness of colors dependent on 2 Plant analysis. Your Crop Care dealer will help you take samples, and handle all details of the tests He will provide you the printed report analysis along with expert interpretation This service pinpoints deficiencies in uptake of plant food nutrients 2 One-source responsibility for your farm chemicals Your Certified Crop Care dealer offers weed and pest control programs, as well as fertilization of your crop land Your Crop Care dealer is qualified to render a complete range of services from planting to harvest Your Certified Crop Care dealer pledges to offer fanners: • Products and services best suited for maximum, efficient crop production under local growing conditions • Sound counsel on crop production, based on soil test and plant analysis services • Product application equipment and services that fit customer needs • A staff of professional people with the experience, knowledge and capability to relate to local grower requirements • A progressive retail business dedicated to building and maintaining high standards in quality of products and services 4 Professional counsel. Your Crop Care dealer is well informed on all matters associated with efficient and profitable crop production He is a most valuable source of JUST ARRIVED 3 TRAILER LOADS OF PICKUPS WILL BE SOLO AT THE OLD PRICE CALL NOW! (717) 367-1808 Ready for Immediate Delivery PETTICOFFER DODGE, INC. Route 230 East, Next to Shopping Center Elizanemtown, Pa PH 367-1808 information about successful farming ideas used in the area And he can draw on the experiences and techniques of other Crop Care dealers, too 5 Skilled, professional application. As a part of his total Crop Care service, your dealer offers custom application of fertilizer and other farm chemicals Application may be made by one of your Crop Care dealer crews Or he may arrange for application by a qualified applicator The services your Crop Care dealer offers are designed to help you get maximum yield, and to free up your time to do what you do best Manage. Your Certified Crop Care dealer can provide professional advice and services to help you do it better. Remember, you get Certified Crop Care Center services only where you see this sign — *l factors such as sunlight, rainfall and humidity. The first evidence of widespread tree coloration can usually be sighted in the northern tier countries between Oct. 1 and Oct. 14. This area is comprised of a section of Wayne County and all of Susquehanna, Brad ford, Tioga, Potter and McKean Counties. As the sun moves south ward, so does the season of coloration in nature’s cycle and foliage is most beautiful in the central zone, which extends from one end of the Commonwealth to the other, between Oct. 12 and Oct. 26. In the triangular southern zone, marked by an imaginery line extending from the southern part of Monroe County to the south western corner of Somerset County and the Mason-Dixon line, the magnificent coloration generally occurs between Oct. 19 and Oct. 31. <§) Certified Crop Care ■ Center
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