—Lancaster Fsrmtng. Saturday, Oct. 30, 1976
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Now is the time
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15 per cent loss in ger
mination.
As to storage, soybean
seed should be stored in a
cool dry place. And finally,
the soybean seed that you
plan to seed next spring
should be tested for ger
mination. You can send a one
pound sample to the
Department of Agriculture
Building in Harrisburg, Pa.
for this test. There is a small
service charge, but it’s well
worth the money.
To Be Thinking
About Firewood
A lot of farmers will be
attempting to bum wood this
winter to help in conserving
on expensive home heating
fuels. This is the time to be
cutting your winter wood
supply. In order to obtain the
highest efficiency from
wood, it should be dried
under natural conditions to
a moisture content of 13 to 25
per cent.
A tree, when it’s first cut,
will have about equal parts
of wood and water. If you
attempt to bum this high
moisture or green wood, a lot
of the heat will be used to
evaporate the moisture. This
will result in slow burning
and heavy deposits of wood
tars (soot) on the chimney
walls. This condition can
lead to the danger of
chimney fires.
The green wood should be
cut to the length with which
it will be used, normally 16 to
18 inches, and preferably
split for quick drying. Pile
the wood on raised supports
so air can reach each end,
and locate the pile so that it
has maximum exposure to
the sun.
To Protect Trees
and Shrubs
for Winter
Your trees and shrubs can
get through the winter, but
they can do it better with a
little help from you. Here’s
what you can do to help save
some of your valued trees
and shrubs.
Thin-barked trees can be
damaged by sunscald in the
winter. That’s why it’s a
good idea to wrap the trunks
of such trees as sugar maple,
tulip tree, American linden,
flowering dogwood, and
plum. You can wrap them
now, but be sure to take the
wrapping off late next
spring.
It’s best to use commercial
tree wrapping, starting at
ground level and working up
the tree, overlapping every
half-inch. Tie the wrap with
twine but be careful not to tie
it too tight.
Smaller ornamental plants
can be mulched, but don’t do
this until there have been
several hard freezes. Good
clean wheat straw, leaves,
shredded bark or peat moss
are all good for mulching.
Apply four to six inches over
the root areas.
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Farm Calendar
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meets at 8 p.m. in the
County Extension office.
Federal Land Bank and
Production Credit dinner,
Plain and Fancy Farm,
Bird-in-Hand, Pa. 11:45
a.m.
Thursday, Nov. 4
Schuylkill County DHIA
directors meet at the
Extension office, 8 p.m.
York County Farm Women
County ' convention, St.
Matthew Church, 10 a.m.
Cumberland County annual
Holstein and DHIA
banquet, Hickorytown
United Methodist
Church, Hickorytown.
6:45 p.m.
Farm-City Week banquet, 7
p.m. Yorktowne Hotel,
York.
Friday, Nov. 5
Annual 4-H dairy and beef
achievement dinner and
program for Hunterdon
County, N.J. Stanton
Grange Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Berks County DHIA annual
meeting, Bernville
Grange
Saturday, Nov. 6
Annual meeting of the
Hunterdon County, N.J.
board of agriculture,
Quakertown Firehouse.
Berks County Baby Beef
Banquet, 7:30 p.m. at the
Fleetwood Grange Hall.
Deadline for purchasing
tickets for the Lancaster
County Holstein banquet,
to be held Nov. 9 at Willow
Valley Restaurant.
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'plant when it is moved in
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tensity. Once brought inside.
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