Peach situation [Continued from Rase 1] ■ until after April 15,” William noted. With 500 acres of trees to be concerned about, the Person to person health insurance It can help you ~ pay off your loan if you’re disabled. Call me. J. Wbur Soflenberier 303 Mable Avenue Smoketown, PA Bus. 717-397-3579 Res. 717-392-1900 ....I STATE FARM MUTUAL Automobile Insurance Co Home Office ( jwsmswj Bloomington Illinois | Save NUTRIENT VALUE OF ONE ACRE ALFALFA HAY TEST ING' 12% CRUDE PROTEIN AND YIELDING 6 TONS PER ACRE= $309.15 ! m 3F t The above examples show approximate loss of actual nutrient feeding values including digestible protein, energy, vitamins, and minerals based on soybean meal at $200.00 per ton and shelled corn at $1.40 per bushel. Crude protein values are based on 10% dry matter. USE SILO-KING ... IT WILL HELP YOU BEAT THE WEATHER. At tbiST)rice,yourcaiE.treat;youf haylagfc lot asUittle-as 73* pertorand your.hayfor less than-*1.85, per ton. ■> Southeastern Penna. George F. DeLong Regional Manager 225 West Woods Drive Lititz. PA 17543 Call Collect 717-626-0261 Eastern Lancaster Co. Melvin Herr RR2 New Holland. PA 17557 Ph. 717-354-5977 North Western Lancaster Co. Earl B. Cinder RD2, Manheim. PA 17545 Phone; 717-665-3126 Blevinses are happy to report that the erratic spells of warm and chilly weather have thus far created very little damage on their hilly orchard. They report some bud damage from back in January when the mercury dropped to the zero mark, but not much since then. A few cherry buds were also killed off at that time. Earlier this week Blevins had a crew of 25 men begin pruning work. He admits it’s a little late, but notes that the delay is due to their trying to minimize occurrences of “Canker” disease. It’ll take an entire month before all of their trees are trimmed. With the warm weather having cpntinued throughout PROFIT POTENTIAL OF ALFALFA HAY DESERVES YOUR ATTENTION ! GROW THE PROTEIN YOU NEED; AND SAVE THE PROTEIN YOU GROW ! HOW ?? HARVEST IT THE AGRI-KING WAY! This is your last chance to get Silo-King at the low winter price. This opportunity ends March 31,1976 so contact your local Agri-King serviceman right away. Henry DeLong, Jr. ROl Box 106 Quarryville. PA 17566 Phone: 717-284-2683 Southwestern Lancaster Co, Ben Greenawalt RD2. Conestoga. PA 17516 Phone- 717-872-5686 Chester Co. Wilßam Windle RDI. Atglen. PA 19310 Phone 215-593 6143 the past week, peach trees in the area are now close to “the pink stage.” In fact a few are. How they’ll do from now on depends largely on how cold it will get and what kind of a wind accompanies those temperatures, Eugene, a former Master Farmer, said. “We feel much better now than we did a month ago, however,” both brothers agreed. At the National Peach Convention last month in Hershey, producers from all over the country indicated that the national . crop wouldn’t be much better than 75 per cent. Extremely cold weather in northern states had killed off much of the buds, and southern areas were concerned about the early arrival of Spring. New York, for example, lost all of Protein 1n76 AGRI-KING KY TO PROFIT Lebanon Co. Marvin Meyer RD2. Box 157 Annville. PA 17003 Phone. 717-867-1445 Northeast Berks Roger Heller RDI. Robesoma. PA Phone. 215-693-6160 Lehith t Northampton Thomas Heist Mam Street Albmts. PA 18101 Phone 215 965 5124 its peaches dueto-68 degrees F. temperature. The event, in Hershey, which,was later highly praised by the National Peach Council, was called the largest trade show ever by NPC president Paul McPherson of New Park, York County. Producers in Hershey had indicated the crop may be short in some areas this year, but according to the Blevinses* report for southern York County, there should be no reason why demand should outstrip the supply here. They believe their 90 per cent estimate for their own orchard is pretty much applicable ot others in the area as well. Explaining the weather situation somewhat, Mc- Pherson pointed out that peach trees need 750 to 900 NUTRIENT VALUE OF ONE ACRE ALFALFA HAY TEST ING 18% CRUDE PROTEIN AND YIELDING 6 TONS IPER ACRE= $5O 9.46 IMff' 'ik it -ur fi ( i, 69.8? #) il Rem James L. Yoder Regional Manager RRI. Box 81 Chambersburg. PA 17201 Call Collect 717-264-9321 Western Was Adams Co larfie Campbefl Menno N. Rissler Newville, PA RR4. Gettysburg, PA 17325 Phone; 717-776-7573 Phone- 717-528-4849 stem Washington Co.. MD Earl H. Moyer EMon Martin RDS. Box 277 RDS. Waynesboro. PA 17268 Hagerstown. MD 21740 Phone 717-762-3576 Phone 301-739-5199 Frankin i\vi \v •sniot'tf''* 'c/3t;%nr, t Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 27,1976 —11 hours of chilled weather that is below 45 degrees Fahrenheit. Some areas in the South did not have that. The trend in marketing peaches, if there is one, said McPherson, is towards direct marketing to the consumer. His labor costs have risen approximately 75 per cent in the last four to five years; corrugated boxes are up 200 per cent within the same time span; and transportation costs are up by 40 to 50 per cent. The direct marketing idea has meant more money for the producer and a fresher crop for consumers, he said. He’s selling about one-third of his crop directly from the farm and another 10 to 15 per cent to roadside stands. Approximately 90 to 95 per : of IGE :ude 83.00 Cumberland Co. Martin E Ebersole R 5 Carlisle. PA 17013 Phone. 717-776-7324 cent of the Pennsylvania peach crop is for the fresh market, McPherson said* There is no national check off program, although in dividual states do have promotional programs. That and “favorable government regulations” are still big issues in the industry the NPC president said. OSHA regulations have given most producers reason for con cern. Now is the time [Continued from Page 10] you drive toward Harrisburg on Route 283, the large flock of sheep that graze just west of Mount Joy belong to Bill Longenecker, another producer of lambs from western ewes. Local shepherds are to contact me for more information. To Use Calf Hutches The raising of dairy calves is a very important part of local dairy producers; also, this is often a highly neglected practice on too many farms. Our dairy expert in this office, A 1 Bair, is trying to promote this system of raising calves and I’d like to give him some help. To have a separate hutch for each calf outside and away from the main bam has many merits - the biggest one is that calves are healthier and a higher percentage of them are raised. A recent chat with Abe Barley Jr. at Washington Boro. Rl, in dicated that Abe and his brother, John, are sold on the calf hutch method and are constructing 50 units for their small calves. Our County Agent Tour into Wisconsin last fall included one of their good dairymen sold on raising his replacements in calf hut ches. If a small dairy calf can withstand the weather of Wisconsin, it should be really comfortable in southeastern Pennsylvania. To Wait For Dry Soil Following church services two weeks-ago one of my good garden friends, Ben Funk on Pilgrim Drive, said that he was ready to make garden; the question con cerned whether he should go ahead and plant. Since that was the early part of March, I tried to discourage him from doing too much plan ting at that time. In most cases I doubt if the soil would be dry enough to work up nicely. However, I was surprised earlier this month when Mrs. Dorothy Fry of Stevens El, Pa. told me that some of her neighbors made garden the last few days in February; how about that for getting “spring fever?” The type of soil and the location of the area would have much to do on how early the soil should be worked; heavy day soils are dower to dry out and low areas have rather poor drainage. Be patient and allow die soil to dry before working. Add Soar Cream If your mayonnaise is too thick, thin it by adding some sour cream. Never freeze mayonnaise, cold will cause it to separate. Simple Solution To remove bumt-on food from enamelware, boil two tablespoons of baking soda for each quart of water in
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