Saturday, June 24,1978—47
conference
UNIVERSITY PARK - A
rabbit conference will be
held here on Friday, July 28
and Saturday, July 29, at the
Kern Graduate Center on the
main campus of The Penn
sylvania State University.
This conference is being
planned for anyone in
terested in the rabbit in
dustry. Presentations will
include talks on nutrition,
genetics, management,
disease and parasite control,
housing, equipment,
breeding, research needs,
commercial rabbit
production, processing and
marketing.
Also, workshops will allow
everyone to choose a
subject and participate in
discussing show rabbits and
management, association
activities, use of phar
maceuticals and how to show
a rabbit.
A program, list of inns and
motels and a registration
form can be obtained by
writing to: Conference
Center, 410 J. 0. Keller
Building, University Park,
Pa. 16802. Please specify on
your request, “Rabbit
Conference” program.
Everyone with interest in
the rabbit industry is
welcome to attend. Con
ferees must preregister. -
Short-cut grass
may kill lawn
UNIVERSITY PARK -
With all your hard work
trying to maintain a lush,
dense, healthy lawn and the
empty bottle of liniment to
prove it, you may be the one
who is causing your lawn to
thin out and eventually die,
according to the Penn State
Extension Service.
Before you start blaming
the seed, fertilizer, or the
directions on the box or bag,
check the height of the
cutting blade on your
mower. The height you are
mowing your grass may
determine the life or death of
your lawn. Close cutting
doesn’t give the grass a
chance to manufacture the
food it needs to build strong
deep root systems and a
dense sod. Giving your lawn
a close shave doesn’t cut
down on the number of times
it must be mowed or add to
its attractiveness either. It’s
the evenness of the cut and
not the closeness that makes
a lawn attractive. Lawns of a
combination of Kentucky
bluegrass-red fescue should
be cut at a height of 1% to 2
inches. During the Summer 2
inches is even better.
However, certain types of
lawn grasses are well adapt
ed to close mowing. Ben
tgrasses and Zoysia can
stand a close shearing of %
to one inch.
V/SA
Rabbit
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