56—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. Oct. 11. 1975 New . . . j AAtrex-Princep Variable Ratio Receives State Registration AAtrex plus Princep ap plied at variable ratios has received state registration In Michigan, Pennsylvania and Virginia to control most annual broadleaf and grass weeds in com. including fall panicum and crabgrass. The ratio varies depending on soil texture. AAtrex and Princep are Ciba-Geigy triazine her bicides that are applied perplant incorporated or preemergence. Preplant application should be made as broadcast treatment in the spring after plowing. The combination can be applied up to two weeks before planting to east the spring workload. Preemergence application should be made at planting or shortly after planting, but before crops and weeds emerge. Recommended rates and complete label instructions should be followed! For additional information contact Mrs. Betsy Wood, Agricultural Division, Ciba- Geigy Corporation, P.O. Box 11422, Greensboro. NC. 27409. Stauffer Brochure Describes Weed Control with Cradicane Stauffer Chemical Com pany has made available a new brochure describing the registration of Eradicane herbicide for control of nutsedge, quackgrass. bermudagrass and broadleaf weeds in corn. Eradicane is also registered for reducing competition from john songrass rhizomes. The brochure explains the importance of proper preparation of the soil and rhizomes before applying Eradicane herbicide by way of an eight step weed control program. The brochure also includes three maps illustrating the distribution of nutsedge and quackgrass in addition to recom mendations for applying Eradicane in the western, eastern, and central regions. For your copy of Eradicane bulletin No. FS -0536 write: Stauffer Chemical Company, Agricultural Chemical Division, Dept. KP, West port, Conn. 06880. Merger recommended WASHINGTON - A recommendation to amend and merge the Boston Regional and Connecticut federal milk marketing orders, and combining the marketing areas they now cover, has been announced by the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The proposed single order would be known as the New England federal milk marketing order. from HISTORY’S SCRAPBOOK nuns ahd mms mi visni»i*Bs October 10. 1913-In Washington. President Woodrow Wilson presses a button which Mows up the last remaining obstruction in the Panama Canal. October 11. 1811-First steam-propelled ferry in the world starts its run between New York City and Hoboken. New Jerse\. October 12. 1870-General Robert E. Lee, Confederate hero, dies in Lexington, Virginia. October 13. 1775-Continental Congress orders the con struction of a naval fleet, thus originating the U.S. Navy. October 14. 1947-Flying a rocket-powered research plan* at Muroc Air Base. California. Air Force Captain Charles E. Yeager, becomes the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound. October 15. 1858-Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas hold their seventh and final debate at Alton. Illinois, before an audience of (.000 people. October IS. 1940-United States bans all shipments of steel and scrap iron to Japan. Red lion FFA’ers attend contests Dan Innerst and Jay Caudill recently participated Jj" e JJL which waa in two different regional J * y hleh in- H/n c ° nt * at 3. bccai f € th of n thccontestout of their high placlnga at the „ ““f:A" 1»75 Summer FFA Con- wbo pieced vention. . . eth in the Poultry Judging i contest at the Summer FFA in the Summer FFA Con- u>me« ■ rt „» a vention Livestock Judging C man teain which won a Contest earned an expense “ cnrincfield peld trip to Richmond, VlrgoU to die InviUUonel iJtiattonel Livestock Judging Contest of UC, ?T . . as rn. Vlrgiul. sW.ir. J.y P-ft KLBSIIMIrTS Exposition. H. L. Forest, dairy official in USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), said the recommendations are based on a public hearing in Auburn, Mass., last November. The hearing was requested by eight cooperative associations representing over 80 percent of the producers supplying milk for the present Boston and Connecticut markets. Labor Force Today's labor force in cludes more than 35 million women. 13 million of whom are mothers Statistics show that the average woman worker earns less than three-fifths of what a man does —even when both work full-time year round Lickin' Good Nutrena Controlled Release CLS— so different, it’s patented Your cattle will like Nutrena Con trolled Release CLS and you’ll like the benefits behind this new devel opment in liquid supplements The patented process controls the release of protein-building am monia nitrogen in the rumen com pared with a conventional urea based liquid supplement. This improves the feeding efficiency of the urea. And, the slow-down 0 Nutrena Feeds AVAILABLE FROM THE FOLLOWING DEALERS H. JACOB HOOBER intercourse PA H. M..STAUFFER I .SONS, INC. Wrtaer PA R. E. RUDISILL Phone 717-854 2281 Beacon Feeds. York. PA - Phone 717-843-9033 Hog commodity leads in third quarter gains CHICAGO • Third quarter trading in live hog and bullion futures on the Mid American Commodity Exchange posted 183 percent and 97 percent gains, respectively, over the third quarter in 1974, J. Robert Collins, president, an nounced. July through September live hog trading totaled 36,617 contracts, and silver trading totaled 99,280 contracts, contributing to a total of 666,701 contracts traded in all commodities, up 12 percent from the third quarter in 1974. The estimated dollar value of all contracts traded in the first nine months of 1975 totaled $B.l billion, up 8 percent over the same period in 1974. Contracts changing hands from January through September totaled 1,889,719, means an extra margin of safety from urea toxicity-that’s import ant when self-feeding liquid supplement. Nutrena Controlled Release CLS liquid supplement—a product of Cargill research. It’s great for dairy herds as well as beef cattle on range, pasture, stalks, stubble or in the feedlot. feeding programs you can believe in McCRACKEN'S S WATARACREEK FEE « D i u ?. iNc - THARPE & GREEN Mia W. L MUMMERT CO. Churchville MD beacon reps C P H h EST 7 E , R WE,ST RICHARD B. KENDIG Phone 717 741 2600 Phone 302 47* 3051 BEACON 1 HUB l an increaae of 21 percent over the correcponding 1974 period. September trading volume waa alao up 8 percent over September 1874. The most active contract last month waa corn, with 89,283 con tracts traded, followed by soybeans with 51,893 Iran sections. Com and soybean volume during the first 9 months of 1975 each in creased 43 percent over the equivalent period in 1974. By The Book Two cub scouts, whose younger brother had fallen into the lake, ran home m tears. ‘‘We tried everything, they sobbed. “We even gave him artificial respir ation—but he kept getting up and walking away ” Hjnovet PA
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