and Southeastern Fenrisyfvania Areas - Also Maryland, New Jersey and Delaware v VOL 22N0.38 Bonnie Wire Lindaßrown LisaDobrosky Bob Sensing Gindyßitser York 4-H’ers triumph ByDIETER KRIEG PARK- Portions of Penn State fUmyersity’s main campus pere turned into a friendly -battlefield earlier this week Iwhen-, the best of Penn sylvania’s 100,000 4-H’ers competed against one. .another to test skills and strengths. It’s an annual .event which represents the Deputy ag secretary named HARRISBURG—NeaI R. Buss, Grantville, R 2, has been appointed executive deputy secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, it waa disclosed recently by Agriculture Secretary Kent D. Shelhamer said that Buss, Ifcaasuming the post, will be responsible for the oversight of departmental programs. Buss, who has been serving the Agriculture Department as special assistant to Secretary Shelhamer since Crops field day scheduled LANDISVILLE - The latest results from farm crop research will-be featured at a field day to beheld August 11 at the Southeastern Field Research Laboratory, near here. The research farm is operated by.the Agricultural Experiment station at The Pennsylvania State University. The "event will highlight current findings in - hybrid, corn, forages, potatoes, soybeans, tobacco, grapes, and ahnual flowers. The field Insect after! called for sweet com By DIETER KRDEG LEBANON - Sweet corn growers who haven*t v sprayed their com yet for corn ear worm, Fall army worm or the European com borer are advised to check their crops closely for possible' infestations. Ac cording to Bob Tetrault, Extension specialist from Penn State, the time to spray for these btlgs is from now to late September.- The University scientist made Farm Calendar 10 Editorials 10 Medicine & Mgmt. 16 Homestead Notes 42 My Thoughts 46 Ida's Notebook 46 Home on the Range 47 Joyce Bupp Lancaster Farming; Saturday, August 6,1977 Achievement Da- pMnacleMa program, which is open to all youthsbetween the ages of? nine and 19. Sponsored by the Cooperative Extension Service, the activities which were held at Penn State during the first half of this week are known as 4-H Achievement Days. The 2%- day event came to a climax Wednesday morning when February 16, has been working with legislative and administrative programs which relate to the Depart ment < Shelhamer praised Buss for, “bis strong background in all types of agricultural affairs? He has an working knowledge of tfje legislative end of our responsibilities, and has, in the past several months, gained valuable experiehde in the functions of the Department.” day will begin at 10 a.m. and continue to 3 p.m. Lunch can be purchased at the farm, served by the Lancaster County Society of Farm Women No. 5. This will be the largest field day of the year at the farmraccording to John 0. Yocum, superintendent. He said the event should appeal to farmers, seedsmen, retailers of farm products, and anyone interested in agriculture. Personnel from Penn State will be on hand to the comment during a recent twilight meeting of vegetable growers from Lancaster and Lebanon counties. Tetrault told the gathering of vegetable growers that the Fall army worm is about two weeks ahead of schedule and that control of the pest is very effective. Besearch both at Penn State and other leading universities has taken the guess work out of control methods; In this issue Recipe Swap 48 Polled Hereford Queen 49 Berks 4-H Fair 50 Classifieds 52 Pwgter Dairy ihwpri . mnhs: delegations from each county gathered at the Milton Eisenhower Auditorium, here, and anxiously awaited their pladngs.. Contests were scored on either an in dividual or team basis, or both. In some events, con testants or teams were rated according to medal or ribbon earnings'. When it was all Buss said that his new post would enable him to place a “major emphasis” on three general areas. “I hope to be able to continue work on updating current legislation which - relates to agriculture,” he said.. “Additiotmlly, the: services-' which the Agriculture, ‘ farmers'and .consumers should he made to run as effidently as possible. We need practical solutions to the many problems faced by our farmers and by the describe the research and to answer questions. One of the more unique trials being conducted by Penn State researchers involves a test in which scientists-want to conclude' whether or not it’s necessary to-use soil insecticides each year. Many, if not most farmers apply such chemicals annually, but there’s some question now as to whether or not it’s necessary. Yocum explained that’s because of a One of the programs which had aided vegetable scientists greatly in trying to identify and control pests is the “black light” which emits ultraviolet light In sects are attracted by it and trapped. Using this method, researchers as well as commercial growers can examine the trapped insects and get an accurate deter mination of the kinds and degree of infestations. Ac cording to Tetrault, neigh Lebanon Fair schedule 86 Potato crop report 88 Conservation feature 89 What’s New 91,118 Gardening feature 95 over, one county - York - emerged with an over whelming amount of honors. They had 69 4-H’ers entered in contests. In some contests they came dose to a clean sweep of the top five pladngs. York County 4-H’ers took home eight find places, four each of second, third, and [Continued on Page 141 Department in carrying out its responsibilities.” A native of Northampton County, Buss graduated from the Pennsylvania State University in 1905 and earned a Ph.D in animal science j fewn jhe Virginia Polytechnic mstltute%ttd*' State University: in 1971. - ' Prior to joining the Agriculture Department in February, Buss worked for the Pennsylvania House of Rjtpresen t a t i v e s’ Agriculture Committee. generation of insects being pretty well killed off one year and that may keep it from being established significantly enough the following year to warrant spraying. Another project which may end up saving farmers a lot of dollars is one being looked into by Dr. Richard Fox. He believes there’s more residual nitrogen in the soil than what’s presently [Continued on Pate 19] boring states, particularly Maryland, New Jersey, and Delaware, have done ex tensive work on this subject and are ahead of what’s being done in the Keystone- State. ' ■ While Tetrault' spoke mostly about corn and pests which affect it, a few other crops such as cabbage and potatoes were also men tioned. He noted that the Colorado potato beetle has [Continued on Page 13] Grain elevator story 98 Historic farm 104 Plant lovers’ comer 111 Ladies Have You Heard 113 Fair schedule 114 Direct marketing 122 Sale Reports 123 125 $6.00 Per Year Judy Long Brubaker JuneGrube Brenda Walter Beth Aungst
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