Computer disease forecasting at Ag Progress Days , ROCK SPRINGS p Use of a computer to forecast the occurrence of tomato early Tri-state Futurity set CHARLESTOWN, W. Va. - The 15th running of the $25,000-added Tri-State Futurity will be at the Charles Town Races on Friday, September 17. Of the 513 nominees, 112 made the final eligibility payment in June. If 10 start, the purse will gross over $62,000. The race is for 2-year-olds bred in Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia and will be run at seven furlongs. Look neighbor... ITS BUILT TO LAST '- N ~ chain barn cleaners feature strong forged links, powerful drive unit, positive shear pin protection Fast, easy cleaning. But don’t take our word for it. Ask a neighbor who owns Jamesway. AGRI-EQUIP. RD2, Farmersville, Ephrata, PA 717-354-4271 ROY 0. CHRISTMAN RDI (Shartlesville) Hamburg PA 19526 215-562-7218 or 215-488-1904 ERB & HENRY EQUIP., INC. 22-26 Henry Avenue New Berlmville PA 215-367-2169 WEAVER STAR SILO INC. RD4 Myerstown, PA 717-866-5709 blight, the chief defoliation disease of tomatoes in the northeastern states, will be A $25 nomination fee was made for each mare in December of 1973 with eligibility payments of $5O and $75 made in March and June of 1976 to keep the two year-olds eligible for this year’s edition of the richest race in West Virginia. The purse is expected to pass the $60,000 mark for the fourth time in the past five years and the winner will take home more than $50,000. among the research described during Ag Progress Days August 25 and 26 at the Agricultural Research Center of The Pennsylvania State University. Such plant disease ex periments will be among the countless features on hand August 25 and 26. The 1525 acre research farm of Penn State is located nine miles west of the campus on route 45. The goal of computer forecasting of tomato early blight is to spray only when conditions warrant it, stated Dr. S. P. Pennypacker and Dr. A. A. Mac Nab, plant I. G.’s AG. SALES Rt 113, Box 200, Silverdale PA 215-257 5135 LANDIS BROTHERS INC. 1305 Manheim Pike Lancaster, PA 717-393 3906 HENRY S. LAPP RDI Cams, Gap PA 17527 717-442-8134 CARL L SHIRK 5 Colebrook Road Lebanon PA 717-274-1436 STOLTZFUS WELDING SHOP RDI, Fleetwood PA |2ls| 944-7807 pathologists with the Agricultural Experiment Station. Efficient and economical spraying with fungicides is made possible through such experiments, they added. During Ag Progress Days the Penn State scientists will described studies underway to improve computerized tomato blight forecasting, to use fewer sprayers but to provide disease control equal to the typical seven to 10 day intervals used commonly today. Tomato early blight can reduce yields by 30 to 40 per cent. Elsewhere, Ag Progress Days visitors will see corn M. S. YEARSLEY & SON 114 E Market St West Chester. PA 19380 215 696-2990 ATLEE REBERT R 2, Littlestown PA 17340 717-359-5863 HARRY L TROOP Rt 1 Cochranviile. PA 19330 215-593-6731 SWOPE & BASHORE, INC. Frystown R 1 Myerstown PA 17067 717-933 4138 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 31,1976 — like rows of hybrid poplar trees producing wood for the pulpwood industry. A chipping demonstration, harvesting pulpwood from these hybrid poplars, will be featured August 25 and 26. Bowersox indicated visitors to Ag Progress Days might consider growing com-like plantings of hybrid poplars on land unsuited for row crops. He said such corn-row woodpulp plan tations are superior to typical pulpwood forests for less investment time, the potential for mechanized harvesting, and high yields. At the Agronomy Research Farm, demon- Houck wins two pulls THE BUCK - Lester Houck of Kinzer won two classes with his Cockshutt 40 tractor, powered by two 440- Dodge engines. He was first in the 7000 pound modified Class with a pull of 247 feet five inches; and in the 9000 pound open class with a pull of 263 feet, two inches. Following are the top three in each class: 7000 pound super stock 1. Marlin Brubaker, AC ID -21, full pull, 252-10; 2. Dennis Rathbone, AC 180, full pull, 245-10; 3. Tim Stauffer, Deutz 9006, 299 feet. 7000 modified 1. Les Houck, 2. David Becker, 237-10; 3. Galen Spickler, 226. Apples not for sheep BELTSVILLE, Md. - Sheepmen are cautioned against using a combination of apple pomace (the lef tovers from making cider) and a non-protein nitrogen source as feed for sheep. This combination results in poor feed intake and in ewes giving birth to deformed lambs, says Dr. Theron S. Rumsey, an animal scientist with USDA’s Agricultural Research Service. Dr. Rumsey and research chemist Ivan L. Lindahl, conducted feeding ex- Our Goal is to make work __ —...ftU f,, n And here are the Super Tools US filUCn TUn from Piston Powered Products ipen RIDGE REPAIR SHOP Phares Auker RD3 Ridge Ave. Ephrata, PA 17522 Corner of Glenwood Drive and Ridge Avenue stratum plots will compare old and new varieties of poatoes, as well as old and new cultural practices. The plots will also compare treatments using cultivation only, cultivation plus fer tilizer or manure, and cultivation plus fertilizer and chemical pest controls. In charge of these plots is Dr. Milford R. Heddleson, coordinator of en vironmental quality affairs in the College of Agriculture. Ag Progress Days of August 25 and 26 is funded partially by a grant from the Bicentennial Commission of Pennsylvania. 5000 modified 1. Nathan Wolfe, 273; 2. Gary Mills, 268-7; 3. Ted Houck, 267-6. 9000 super stock - 1. Mike Wright, IH 1066, 294-11; 2. Harry Griest, IH 1456, 284-11. 3. Tom Bedgar, IH 806, 258-9. 5000 super stock 1. Dennis Rathbone, AC 180, 285-6; 2. Dale Smoker, AC 180, 261; 3. Coleman Whitley, JD 4010, 255. 9000 open 1. Les Houck, 2. Elwood Funk, Farmall F-30,2584; 3. Harry Griest, IH 1456, 254-9. 12,000 open 1. Harry Griest, 2664; 2. Lester Houck, 2534. pertinents at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, here, in which thev fed sheep three different dietary regimens containing apple pomace. Rumsey found that diets containing apple pomace and urea caused an in creased ruminal liquid washout rate. This washout may reduce the efficiency with which urea is converted to protein nitrogen by ruminal microbes, resulting in a protein deficiency. 85
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