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livestock and dairy in
dustries of the region are
also in Jeopardy if the
bankrupt rail lines arc not
salvaged. Consumers would
also be confronted with in
creased food prices in the
retail stores.
“The proposed Conßail
System would include ap
proximately 15,000 miles to
be purchased from the
bankrupt lines. Some 2,500 or
more miles are proposed for
sale to the solvent railroads
of the region. The 5,700 miles
of light density lines would
be eligible for a two-year
trial operating program
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FARM & UTILITY EQUIP. PHONE 626 4705
1 133 ROTHSVILLE STATION RD.
Coker 68-15 gram is readily accepted by the flour trade It performed well in
preliminary cookie and cake baking tests, and ranked first in combined
milling and baking quality in 1969 USDA Soft Wheat Quality Tests
Distributors For:
COKER ’S PEDIGREED
SEED COMPANY
supported by state and
federal subsidies. However,
If use of these light density
lines cannot be increased,
they would probably be
abandoned.
Aside from talks and panel
discussions Involving
economics, the NEPPCO
audience also had op
portunities to hear
veterinary scientists discuss
diseases,
Dr. Swight Schwartz from
Penn State informed the
group that Mycoplasms
diseases arc widespread in
commercial egg producing
flocks across Pennsylvania
and other northeastern
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states. These diseases arc
difficult to control once they
are introduced on the farm,
he said. However, cither or
both of the Mycoplasma
diseases can be controlled if
the poultryman is deter
mined and willing to do
whatever is necessary to
accomplish the Job. Various
methods of control include
eradication, medication, and
inoculation of replacement
flocks.
F. K, Willis of Sterwin
Laboratories, Inc.,
Millsboro, Del., told the
group that infectious bursal
disease, which was first seen
in Delaware in 1957, is now
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reported in all major poultry
producing areas of the
world. The vrius responsible
for the disease is reportedly
very resistant and outbreaks
occur in subsequent flocks
pieced in a contaminated
house.
A third speaker on
diseases was Stanley Smith
who reported on mycotoxins
and mycotcxlcosls.
What's ahead in the
poultry industry in years to
come was the topic of
discussions presented by Dr.
Robert R. Spitzer of the Food
for Peace Program, U.S.
Department of State; Dr.
James E. Martin, vice
president for agriculture at
the University of Arkansas;
William Groseclose, vice
president of Rockingham
National Bank, Harrison
burg, Va.; Fred Adams Jr.,
president of Cal-Maine
Foods; and C. F. Dickson,
vice president of the Federal
Land Bank of Baltimore.
Planting
reminder
given
HARRISBURG - Lan
downers interested in
planting tree seedlings for
reforestation purposes next
Spring are reminded by the
Department of En
vironmental Resources that
now is the time to prepare
the planting site to avoid
delays in the actual planting.
Samuel S. Cobb, Director,
Bureau of Forestry, said that
weather conditions during
October and November
normally are excellent for
clearing a planting site of
any sod, weeds, brush or
undersirable trees in order
Table 15. Performance of wheat varieties for several characteristics at Hager
stown, 1974.
Yield p-ni, Testwc Date Percent Height Percent
Bu/A Ibs/Bu Headed Lodging Inches Mildew
Entry
Arthur 54 7 13 61 May 14 15 43 0
Arthur 71 «4 g 17 61 May 14 15 41 0
Abe 614 14 62 May 14 10 38 0
Coker 68-15 73.0 5 62 May 12 7 40 43
Coker 12 b
Coker 72 12
McNair 701
McNair 1587
McNair 1813
McNair 4823
Holley
Blueboy
Blueboy II
Redcoat
Oasis
Va 66 54 6
Va 70 52-22
Conducted at State Correctional Institute
Soil Type Hagerstown Loam
Date Planted October 25. 1973
Fertilization 360 lbs of 5 20-20 Fall and 60 lbs N/A Spring
Date Harvested July 3. 1974
to plant pine, spruce or
larch.
Plowing and disking of an
area are required for
planting hardwoods such as
oak, walnut, tulip poplar or
hybrid poplar, said Cobb.
The small size of the
seedlings, usually less than
12 inches in height, makes it
necessary that the site be
cleared and maintained to
eliminate shade from grass
and weeds during the first
year of growth.
Seedlings are available at
low cost from the Depart
ment’s Bureau of Forestry to
plant for future wood
products or for watershed
protection. They may not be
used for windbreaks, or
namentals, shade or
Christmas trees.
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Lancaster, PA
Lanmter Farming Saturday, Oct. 25,1975
«M! TOTAL U.S. ANNUAL Ml CAPITA ICC CONSUMPTION
1950-1*74
1 4 S t 7 I UOl n 4 5 6 I I !DI 2 1 4
May II
May 16
May 10
May 14
May 12
May 14
May 12
May 14
May 14
May 16
May 15
May 15
May 16
May 15
Years
The landowner must have
at least one and one half
acres of open ground to plant
the minimum order of 1,000
seedlings.
To obtain more detailed
information and the
necessary application for
ordering seedlings write to:
Nurseries, Department of
Environmental Resources,
P.O. Box 1467, Harrisburg,
Pa. 17120.
EVERY FRIDAY
FEEDER CATTLE
12 NOON
Lancaster
Stockyards, Inc.
Agronomy Mimeo 19
(Revised August 1974)
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Richland, PA
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