—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 11,1978
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Plant lovers’ corner
Gardening pamphlets available
UNIVERSITY PARK - No matter what it’s doing
outside, Spring is coming. Gardeners are gazing at seed
catalogues and planning their 1978 crops.
USDA is currently diffusing several publications which
may be of interest to the home gardener.
These publications include “Pruning Shade Trees and
Small appliances
topic of
MEDIA - Are you making
best use of your small ap
pliances? Greta C. Vairo,
Extension home economist
with the Penn State Ex
tension Service, says that by
using these small ap
pliances, much energy can
be saved in the home. The
Extension Service has
planned a meeting titled
“Choosing Portable Ap
pliances,” in an effort to help
homemakers make good use
of those appliances they
have and to decide which
others they might want to
purchase. The meeting, to
HARRISBURG
Placements of broiler chicks
in the commonwealth during
the week ending February
25, 1978 were 17 per cent
above the corresponding
week a year earlier, ac
cording to the Pennsylvania
Crop Reporting Service.
The 1,938,000 placements
were five per cent below the
previous week. Average
placements during the past
ten weeks were 11 per cent
above a year earlier.
Placements in the 21 key
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meeting
which the public is invited,
will be held on March 17
from 10 a.m. to noon in the
Toal Building Auditorium,
corner of 2nd and Orange
Sts. Media.
At the meeting in
formation we’ll explain how
much energy is consumed by
the various portable ap
pliances, some of which will
be demonstrated. Recipes
and samples will also be
distributed. Trudy
Dougherty, home economist
in Chester County will be the
guest speaker.
Broilers up
poultry states were
68,931,000. This figure, is one
per cent below the previous
week but four per cent more
than the same week last
year.
Average placements in the
21 key states during the past
ten weeks were seven per
cents above a year ago.
Broiler fryers slaughtered
in Pennsylvania under
federal inspection during the
week ending February 15
totaled 1,926,000 with an
average weight of 3.83
pounds.
Repairing Inju; .•> (G-83), ‘ Selecting Fertilizers for
Lawns and Gardens” (G-89), “Growing Flowering An
nuals” (G-91), and “Growing Azaleas and Rhododen
drons” (G-71).
Single free copies of the above booklets are available by
writing to: Publications office, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250.
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Stop rabbits from nibbling on shrubs
DOVER, Del. - Check to see if rabbits have been nib
bling on your ornamental shrubs and young trees, if so you
can fight back without harming animals, suggests James
J, McKeehen, Delaware County Extension agricultural
agent. Rabbits gnaw the bark and clip the lower twigs on
young woody plants during the Winter when other plant
foods are scarce. This nibbling is especially prevalent
during periods of snow cover. Homeowners who ex
perience rabbit damage can prevent it by placing a wire
cylinder guard around the stem of each plant, by wrap
ping the stem with weather-proof paper, or by using
chemical repellents. As snow depth increases, rabbits can
reach higher than guards or wraps so repellents have
some advantages over mechanical protectors; although
guards and wraps give excellent protection of lower stems
in normal Winters.
The chemical thiram is distasteful to rabbits. Two
formulations of thiram are Arason-42S and Magic Circle
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Pick bagworms from evergreen trees
UNIVERSITY PARK - If you’re looking for a Winter
job to do in the garden, try looking for and picking off
bagworms. These are insects that frequently attack
conifer trees, notably arborvitae, juniper, hemlock, larch
and pine, says James J. McKeehen, Delaware County
Extension agricultural agent. The caterpillar spins a
tough, spindle-shaped bag an inch or two long. He uses
bits of foliage or needles from the host plant to disguise
the bag in which he spends the Winter, and so you have to
look sharp to find the bags.
McKeehen suggests burning the bags or placing them in
a deep container near the infested trees. If you put the
bags into a container there’s a chance that you’ll get some
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parasites in the bags will emerge and attack the bagworm
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