—Lancaster Farmmg. Saturday; May 1. 1976
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chemical weed killers. Many
of these seeds can be used
next year, if properly stored
in a dry, rodent-free place.
Don’t be guilty of allowing
seed grains to remain
around the bam, machinery
idled, or garage after the bag
has been opened.
To Place Fertilizer
Carefully
Fertilizer placement is
very important, if it is to do
the intended purpose. When
nitrogen or potash fertilizer
is allowed to come into direct
contact with seeds or plant
roots, there could be serious
damage. Also, fertilizer will
often kill the inoculant on
legume seeds; in the case of
soybeans the fertilizer
should be applied separately
from the seeds. Most modem
com planters will put the
fertilizer to the aide and
below the corn kernels.
When seeds and fertilizer go
into the ground together
germination may be
retarded, or the sprout will
be weakened and not make a
normal plant. Flower and
vegetable plants should not
be planted in a hole in direct
Sound Barrier
The first airplane to ex
ceed the speed of Sound and
break the sound barrier was
the Bell X-l, a U.S. Army
rocket airplane, flown Oct.
14, 1947, over Edwards Air
Force Base, Muroc, Califor
nia, by Air Force Major
Charles Yeager
YOUR PIONEER
SALESMAN
IS
WITH
SEED AND SERVICE
• Hybrid Corn - high yielding single
and special crosses.
• Alfalfa Seed
plowdown.
• Forage Mixes - A mix for every
need (pasture, hay, haylage,
greenchop or green manure
. plowdown).
• Hybrid Sorghum - grain, forage,
and sorghum - sudangrass
hybrids.
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Salesman To-Dav!
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contact with a complete
fertilizer; work the fertilizer
into the ground ahead of
time, or side-dress after the
plants are in the ground.
To Control
Farm Pond Algae
The management of the
farm pond should start with
vegetative growth in the
spring; many weeds and
forms of algae start growing
with the warmer weather.
When left uncontrolled the
growth will fill the water in
tiie pond and make both
fishing and swimming
almost impossible. The
starting place is to request
permission from the Penn
sylvania Fish Commission to
treat the pond. Application
forms for this permission are
available from our Ex
tension Office, or from the
Pennsylvania Fish Com
mission Patrolman located
at Lititz, R 2, Pa. Materials
that may be used can also be
learned at both of these
places. To , treat the pond
without permission is taking
a risk when the overflow
goes out into a public
stream.
Big Edition
The New York Times Oct.
10, 1971 newspaper com
prised 15 sections with a
total of 972 pages, including
1.2 million lines of adver
tising. Each copy of the
paper weighed 7% pounds.
READY
SUPERIOR
- for any rotation or
Farm progress report
HARRISBURG-The past
week was ideal for fieldwork
if not for vegetative growth.
Six days were considered
suitable for fieldwork with
soil moisture supply con
sidered mostly short to
somewhat adequate. Most
reports of adequate came
from northern counties
which had some rain mid
and late week. Reporters
indicate concern for winter
grains and those small
grains already sown.
Moisture is badly needed by
these crops as well as hay
and pastures. The week’s
activities included plowing,
Palz 98 B silo unloadar
ISOcattlafaadar
400 cattla faadar
162 A circular faadar
101 Tapar-Pan Faadar
f Silo unloading - Feed handling - Manure handling
Rate has the Equipment
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Contact your nearest Paiz dealer listed below
ALEXANDRIA
MAXISENBERG
669-4027
BALLY
LONGACRE ELECTRIC
845-2261
CAMP HILL
LLOYD SULTZBAUGH
737-4554
EAST EARL
ZIMMERMAN EQUIPMENT
445-6409
ELLIOTTSBURG
CARL BAER
512-2648
planting oats, corn and
potatoes plus grape trim
ming and tying and general
orchard work.'
Spring plowing is rated 77
per cent done, nearly three
weeks ahead of 1975,
Southern counties are fur
thest along at 84 per cent
while central and northern
areas show 86 and 67 per cent
respectively.
For the state, oats are 73
per cent sown,-about two
weeks ahead of 1975.
Southern counties are 92 per
cent done, the central area
shows 74 per cent complete
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162 A conveyor
155 A conveyor
166 overhead feeder
101 conveyor
HAMBURG
HONEY BROOK
KIRKWOOD
LEBANON
IcALLISTERVILLE
with the north 60 per cent
along.
Potatoes are 41 per cent
planted Statewide, about 12
days ahead of last year. The
north is .slightly over 10 per
cent done with central
counties one-third along and
southern counties at 61 per
cent.
The State’s com crop is
about eight per cent planted,
a week ahead of hut year
and usual when less than five
per cent would now be done.
North and central areas are
eight per cent , along while
south is rated 10 per cent
complete.
166 conveyor
400 gutter cleaner
400 manure Blacker
Model 100 mechanical
manure pump
H. DANIEL WENGER
488-6574
ZOOK'S FARM STORE
273-9730
“j—* PIPERSVILLE
MARVIN HORST
272-0871
CLAIR SANER & SON
463-2234
issued
Barley and wheat are each
about five per cent into the
boot stage,, on par with last
year’s crop. & each case
progress is most rapid in
central counties. The crops
are in need of rain at this
critical stage. ~
Condition of hay stands is
rated mostly good to fair. A
below average amount of
feed is now being obtained
from pastures. Both hay and
pastures 1 need rain at
present, a problem further
accentuated by recent
unusually warm weather.
Modal 200
manure pump
400 Swinging slide
366 manure stacker
266 llquldvator
161 manure spreader
LANDIS LABOR SAVERS
692-4647
MILTON
LANDIS FARMSTEAD AUTOMATION
437-2375
NEWVILLE
FRED B. McGILLYRAY
776-7312
MOYER
766-5675
STREET MD
WALTER WEBSTER
452-8521
THOMASVILLE
KENNETH LSPAHR
225-1064