•• • » MORNING SESSION 10 A.M. For clients end their guests A workshop to help clients: +!nterpret their soil reports +Work out the mechanics of implementing tillage, cropping and materials application. ADVANCED AG is a consulting service which makes specific recommendations for fertilization based on a sophisticated “Albrecht Formular" soil test. We advise clients of optimum tillage practices, working with existing tools or recommending alternative implements. We supply sophisticated crop catalysts and tracemineral fertilizers for specific cases. Increase your Net Profit through integrated management of ' '*' *> 4 * ATTENTION FARMERS: ADVANCED AG’S 2ND ANNUAL CROPS & SOILS DAY MONDAY, JANUARY 19,1976 the man who is 25 years ahead of his time in practical and profitable agriculture. WORK SMARTER THE LEVERAGE OF BALANCED AGRICULTURE Marietta farmers score high in corn contest Harold and Herbert Frey, Marietta, have harvested an exceptional com crop for this area. The Freys’ yield of 162 bu. per acre places them high in the scoring for the 1975 Project:2oo corn growing program, although all of the entries have not yet been received. The nationwide corn growing program is spon sored by the Producers of Funk’s G-Hybnds and is the largest program of its kind in the country. The Freys’ yield was with Funk’s G-4646. It was ad- Only one record price paid at FS lamb sale HARRISBURG - Only one record price was established during the an nual Market Lamb Sale at the 60th Farm Show as Patricia Merritt, of State College, sold her grand champion pen of lambs, Suffolks, for $4.25 per pound. The previous record price of $3.50 was paid in 1972. Buyer of the champion pen was George’s Foodliner Market of Bethlehem. The grand champion in dividual lamb, a 128-pound Suffolk exhibited by Sarah AT THE MORG EVENING SESSION 7:30 P.M. Talk and slide presentation to show prospective clients how Advanced Ag’s consulting service can lead the way to increased profits. TALK AND SLIDE PRESENTATION BY DONALD L. SCHREIFER justed to No. 2 corn at 15.5 percent moisture from 2.1 acres. To qualify as an of ficial entry, the Freys had to harvest shelled com from not less than 4 adjacent rows running the full length of the field. The Freys’ crop was planted on May 2 in 30-mch rows at 23,000 plants per acre. It was harvested on October 27 at 20.3 percent moisture. The Freys applied 125 units of nitrogen as a preplant, and 150 lbs. of 10- 34-16 as a starter in their fertilizer program. They Lynn Brubaker, of 2418 Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster, sold for $lO per pound, well below the record price of $32 set in 1972. Buyer was Fox Foods, Inc., of 101 South Union Street, Middletown. Margaret Herr, Narvon R 2, sold her 52-pound grand champion carcass lamb to W. Donald Templeton, of Ebensburg, for $2.00 per pound. The record price in carcass classes is $5.00 per pound. ' The reserve grand champion individual .market NTOWN FIRE HALL - LUNCH AVAILABLE - tillage and fertility. Learn how and why the use or misuse of different tillage tools can affect the profit or loss of your farm. Each tool has its own proper timing. Properly managed soil is more productive of quality produce, more independent of weather extremes, earlier and easier to work, requires less fertilizer - more profitable. Get better control of your farming enterprise. AFTERNOON SESSION 1 P.M. Talk and Slide Presentation to show present and prospective clients how tillage and fertility management can be integrated for maximum long term profit. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Jan. 17.1976 hsed AAtrcx and Paraquat for weed control. The yield was verified by a disin terested witness More than 25,000 corn growers have entered Project.2oo over the past 4 years. Each year Funk Seeds International publishes computerized summaries of the management methods employed by the Project;2oo entrants, giving the nation’s com growers a comparison of their own growing methods with those of other top producers in the country. lamb, a 113-pound Suffolk, shown by Patricia Merritt, was sold to Whiteford Sales Co., of Eagle, for $1.75 per pound. The reserve champion pen of lambs, Dorsets, exhibited by Kenneth Staver, Palmyra Rl, brought $l.OO per pound. The buyer was George’s Foodliner Market. The reserve gram champion carcass lamb, consigned by Anrea Fought, of Carlisle R 6, was sold to Raymond Seidel, of Richland, for $1.40 per pound. NOT HARDER Seed orders taken The Schuylkill County Cooperative Extension Service is taking group orders for the Governor’s Bicentennial Garden Vegetable Seed Kits. Each kit contains 10 packets of seeds. The seeds in the kit are lettuce Leaf Grand Rapids, beets Detroit Dark Red, carrots Dan vers Half Long, turnip Purple Top Light Green, radish Scarlet Globe, sweet corn Yellow Golden Bantam, bush pea Triple Treat, green bush bean Tender Green, squash Zuchini Summer, cucumber disease resistant variety. Group orders must be received by January 14 by 4:00 p.m. at the Cooperative Extension Service, P. 0. Box 404, Schuylkill Haven, PA or call 385-3431. Minimum order is 25 kits. Cost will be 50 cents per kit payable in March when the seeds arrive. Any group of in dividuals, neighbors, civic, or community organizations may place an order. Groups may also contact the Penn • sylvania Department of Agriculture directly at the Bureau of Rural Affairs, 2301 North Cameron St., Harrisburg, PA. Minimum orders are 100 kits through the Department of Agriculture in Harrisburg. 49
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