9£-tanc«ster Farming', Saturday', February 4,1978
Vegetable conference
(Continued from Page 97)
Shipp added that the use of
sewage sludge can be a good
practice if the contents are
known and the application is
done safely and beneficially.
In closing, Shipp praised
the Department of En
Tractor club forming
THE BUCK - Wenger
Implement, Inc., here, will
begin hosting a new 4-H
Tractor Maintenance Club,
beginning Friday, Feb. 10 at
7:30 p.m.
The club is coming about
as a result of considerable
interest having been ex
pressed for the formation of
such a group, in the southern
part of Lancaster County.
Ben Wenger of Wenger
Implement, Inc., and Glenn
Aument, Quarryville R 2, will
be leaders of the clubs.
A senes of six to eight
meetings will feature
N.Y. packer violates P & S
NEW YORK, N.Y. - G &
L. Packing Co., Inc., New
York Mills, N.Y., has been
charged with violating
financial and payment
requirements of a federal
fair trade practices law for
the livestock, poultry, and
meat industries.
The firm is a meat packer.
It purchases meat, meat
food products, and poultry
throughout New York and in
Boston.
In an administrative
complaint filed under the
Packers and Stockyards
(P&S) Act, the U.S.
Department of Agriculture
(USDA) charged the firm
with:
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vironmental Resources for
their rules and regulations
concerning the use of sewage
sludge. “These people
recognize the dangers of
using contaminated sludge
and they are concerned with
pubhc safety,” he stated.
demonstrations, films,
trouble shooting and actual
work on machinery. Safe
operation of equipment will
be stressed. Awards will be
made for outstanding work.
Anyone between the ages
of eight and 19 who would
like to participate in the
program is asked to contact
either of the above leaders or
the Lancaster County Ex
tension Office. Phone
numbers are as follows;
Wenger - 284-4141 or 284-
2229; Aument - 548-2373; and
the Extension Service - 394-
6851.
-Operating as a packer
while its current liabilities
exceed its current assets;
and
-Issuing insufficient funds
checks and failing to pay,
when due, for more than
5146,000 worth of meat, meat
food products, and poultry.
G & L. Packing Co., has a
right to a hearing. If the
charges are proven, the firm
would be placed under a
cease and desist order.
The P&S Act is ad
ministered by the packers
and stockyards program of
USDA’s Agricultural
Marketing Service.
“For that, they should be
commended.”
Another topic coverd at
the Vegetable Conference
was trickle irrigation under
plastic. Dr. David S. Ross,
Extension agricultural
engineer from the Univer
sity of Maryland, was
speaker for the subject.
Trickle irrigation, Ross
explained, is a relatively
new concept, starting in the
U.S. in 1969. It is basically
used for crops and tree
fruits
The system of trickle
irrigation is actually the
slow daily application of
water to the plant root zone
so that the soil moisture is
maintained at the field
capacity. It eliminates the
problem of having too much
or too little water.
There are several ad
vantages to using trickle
irrigation. The system wets
less area, conserving water
by making greater use of a
small water source. Energy
is conserved for the system
works on a lower pressure
level.
Trickle irrigation can be
used on hilly terrain suc
cessfully. Another ad
vantage to the system is that
the area between the rows is
dry, therefore there are less
weeds. Also, while the
trickle irrigation system is
being used, cultivating
practices and harvesting can
be done without problems.
Trickle irrigation can be
used to apply liquid fertilizer
to plants. If the system of
irrigation is used, there
should be labor reduction,
with less weeds, more
automation and the ap
plication of liquid fertilizer.
As with most things, there
are also some disad
vantages. Clean water is
required for the system, with
no solid particles m the
water supply. The emitter,
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which is the unique part of
the system, can clog, and
that clogging can be a
serious problem. Trickle
irrigation must have good
filtration to be effective.
On sandy soil, the water
distribution may be poor.
Also, trickle irrigation
problems are created by
mice and other rodents
chewing the flexible pipes
used. There is no frost
protection offered by the
system. Rust problems are
also possible if the system is
not in continuing use.
Ross explained that there
are four basic types of
trickle irrigation, including
the in-line type, the insert,
the micro-tube, and the
double chamber variety. In
vegetable farming, the
double chamber is the most
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irrigation.
When plastic is used, the
trickle irrigation emitters
are placed under the plastic.
Usually the plastic is laid on
the ground before planting,
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plastic to put the plants in.
Benefits of plastic
mulching are many. There is
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temperature regulation as
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Ross urged vegetable
growers to consider the
possibilities of using trickle
irrigation.
As vegetable growers look
forward to the 1978 season,
they expressed concern over
problems which they may
face. All hope for a good year
weatherwise, with con
ditions which favor the
growth of their crop. Market
prices was another big
concern, with the price each
product would bring a
question m everyone’s mind.
Besides the speakers and
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