—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Oct. 23, 1976
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sponsors four scholarships
for 4-H youth.
Heisey presented the two
$125 agricultural scholar
ships to Cindy Eberly,
Newmanstown Rl, and
Richard Krall, Lebanon Rl.
Miss Eberly is a freshman
at the Altoona Campus of the
Penn State University
majoring in liberal arts.
Krall is a sophomore at
Virginia Polytechnic In
stitute and State University
majoring in dairy science.
Receiving the two $125
home economics scholar
ships were Lenore Kreiser,
122 E. Main St., Annville,
and Karen Rittle, Lebanon
Rl. Miss Kreiser is a fresh
man at Penn State
University enrolled in the
liberal arts program. Miss
Rittle is a freshman at
Lebanon Valley College
majoring in elementary
education.
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FARM SEED BOOK
LANCASTER, Pa. -
Hoffman Seeds, Inc., has
issued its new 1977 catalog of
farm seeds. The 78-year-old
company, based in Lan
caster County, concentrates
on crops such as hay,
pasture, silage and Funk’s
G-Hybrid com.
The catalog consists of 32
pages printed in full color,
and is divided into sections
for comparative study of
new and improved varieties.
One section, for instance, is
devoted to alfalfa varieties,
another to hay and silage
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Heisey accepted the Silver
Clover citation on behalf of
the Peoples National Bank.
The Silver Clover award is
presented to banks con
tributing $lOO or more to the
joint National 4-H Center -
Pennsylvania 4-H Fund
campaign.
Kenneth Sellers, president
of 4-H Leaders Organization,
presented the “Friends of 4-
H” Awards.
Receiving those cer
tificates were: the Lebanon
Valley Exposition Cor
poration, Agway, Evergreen
Tractor Co., Mark C. Her
shey, Tom B. Morrissey, and
John Herr.
Following the Awards
presentations, the 4-H
Leaders Organization
conducted a business
meeting and the election of
their officers. The newly
elected officers are: Janis
Horst, president; Linda
Boyer, vice president;
Alvena Kneasel, secretary;
Richard Kreider, treasurer.
formulas, still another to
com varieties for grain and
silage.
SeveraL unique charts are
included to aid farmers in
making the proper variety
selection for soil and climate
conditions, and the intended
use.
Copies of the catalog may
be obtained by writing to
Ivan Kaufman, Hoffman
Seeds, Inc., Landisville, Pa.
17538.
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‘Thermometers’ check plants’ health
“My wheat’s running a
fever and my cotton’s
hypertensive!”
That might sound like the
rantings of a farmer who’s
been out in the sun too long,
but it could be a perfectly
logical observation some
day.
Like doctors who rely on
temperature and blood
pressure readings to gauge
patients’ conditions, U.S.
Agriculture Department
scientists are now making
readings of plant tem
peratures and sap pressures.
What they hope to find are
clues that will show the soil
moisture conditions under
which crop plants are
growing. These findings
could be important tools for
predicting moisture-related
famines, pest outbreaks, and
plant diseases throughout
the world.
They also could help in
developing information to
improve crop and rangeland
management and to prevent
excessive soil erosion.
The scientists currently
are making thousands of
temperature and _ sap
pressure readings in six
Arizona wheat plots kept at
various stages of wetness.
Plant temperatures are
taken twice daily with
thermal infra red scanners, „
the plant scientists’ “ther
mometers.” At the same
time, sap readings are
checked with a “pressure
bomb.”
Eventually scientists
believe they’ll be able to tell
which plants have adequate
soil moisture - and which
ones don’t - just by checking
their temperature.
Sap pressure - which in
dicates the amount of suction
a plant has to exert in order
to draw moisture from the
soil-is expected to be related
to the temperature reading.
By relating these data to
the normal wat|r use of
various crop plants,
scientists may be able to tell
the amount of soil moisture
in the root zone of any
particular crop.
Since the thermal scan
ners can be used either on
the ground or from the air,
it’s possible this information
could one day be relayed
back from satellites.
While much research is
still to be done, scientists say
crop-forecasting would be
one of the prime benefits if
their project is successful.
Yearly government ex
penditures for crop
forecasting run about $4O
million in the U.S. and some
$lOO million worldwide.
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the cow is through. The indicator light will then go out telling the operator
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