Flower growers , nurserymen to meet COLLEGE PARK-Flower Center of Adult Education, Growers and Nurserymen located on the western edge will have the chance to hear of the campus. The meeting research highlights this site at the intersection of month, at meetings spon- Adelphia road, University sored by the horticultural Boulevard (highway 193) department at the and Campus Drive. Free University of Maryland, parking space is available on Nurserymen’s Day has been the premises. slated for February 20th while Flower Grower’s Day will be held the following day, February 21st. Both events are again scheduled in the Volunteer Firefighters room at the UNIPEL 21-7-14 is an ideal fertilizer for silage-corn fields: Whole-plant corn silage for beef or dairy cattle removes two to three times as much Potash as Phosphate from the soil, and a lot of Nitrogen Compensating for that removal can be the crux of your fertility program for fields that were or will be in silage corn A UNIPEL Single Application of UNIPEL 21 -7-14 is well- **o pwai suited for such fields can provide N, P and Kin a ratio to help gf ggg restore a good fertility balance for continued top crop production CCDTIII7CDQ Give us a call We’d like to tell you more, personally rtnllLlfctno Helping the World Grow Better ■JIIiI,I!I ! 1J ! ||=I=I.1 SMOKETOWN, PA. PH;7l7$9-2571 CHV677 22G TM s ORTHO Chevron and design UMPEL Reg US Pal OH Nurseryman’s Day is sponsored in cooperation with the Maryland Nur serymen’s Association, and all nurserymen and those interested in commercial nursery oroduction are invited. Morning topics will include “Research High - lights on Nursery Crops”; “Container Production of Rhododendrons”; and “Sprayers, Spray Nozzles and Spraying.” Afternoon topics will deal with “Pesticides” and Garden Center Management” panel discussion will follow at 3:30 p.m. on “Plant Sources—Shortages or Surplus.” Flower Growers’ Day is sponsored in cooperation with the Allied Florists Association of Baltimore (Grower Division), Allied Florists of Greater Washington (Grower Division), and the Baltimore County Flower Growers Association. The day in cludes a program for florists and those interested m commercial production of floral crops. Morning topics will include reports on insect pests and research highlights. Afternoon topics mil deal with bedding plants; also a discussion on estate plan ning and a look at trends in greenhouse crop production. A registration fee of $lO is required for eaeh day. Pre registration is advised. Make checks payable to the University of Maryland and send them to arrive by February 14. The registration desk will be open at 8 a.m. each day. Mail to: Conferences and Institutes, Center of Adult Education, University of Maryland - University College, College Park, Md. 20742. Coordinating arrangeme nts is Dr. Conrad B. Link, Extension floriculture specialist. Registration information is available from the University’s Conferences and Institutes Division, located at the Center of Adult Education; phone: (301) 454-5237. BURY A HATCHET Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 10,1979 Cattlemen set banquet NEW WINDSOR, Md. The Maryland Cattlemen’s Association will hold its Winter Seminar here on Tuesday, Feb. 20, from 9:30 a.m. to 3 pjn. The fee, $5.00 per person, includes lunch. The seminar and annual meeting will take place in the Brethren Service Center, here, according to Rick Baker who is helping to organize the event. He may be contacted by calling 301-269-2181. Interested beef producers are encouraged to attend the MCA Winter Seminar and hear Dr. John Peters of West Virginia University speak on “Breeding Beef Cattle By Appointment;” a panel of breeders will discuss “Ex perience with Artificial Insemination and Estrus Syn chronization ;” and Dr. Robert Scarth of the American Polled Hereford Association will talk about “Breeding Values.” It’s an excellent opportunity to keep up with new developments in the beef industry, talk with fellow producers and visit with fellow agri-business represen tatives, says Baker. March Order 4 milk price $13.33 ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Middle Atlantic Order Market Administrator Joseph D. Shine announced a Class I milk price of $13.33 per hundredweight for March 1979. The price is down 5 cents from February but is $1.64 higher than the March 1978 Class I price. Shine said that this is the first monthly decline in the Class I price after 14 con secutive monthly increases. Order No. 4 prices are announced for milk testing 3.5 per cent butterfat, f.o.b. plants located within 55 miles of Philadelphia, Pa. and also within 75 miles from the nearer of Washington, D.C. or Baltimore, Md. There is also a 6-cent direct delivery differential ap plicable to producer milk received at plants located USED DIESELS LISTER LD-1 3Yz HP SR-2 12 HP PEtTER PH-1 7HP BA-110 HP VM- 30 HP LET US KNOW YQUR SERVICE PROBLEMS HOOVER DIESEL SERVICE Fetter Diesels - Sales & Service Ph. 717-656-6133 2998 West Newport Rd. * Ronks, Pa. 17572 CUSTOM BUTCHERING Hogs Processed the old fashioned way, Sausage, pudding, scrapple. Hams and Bacon cured. E- sh ' HOIT FUT{ dr s*oiks Beef cut, wrapped and frozen Dried beef and bologna WE ALSO SPECIALIZE IN U.S.D.A. GRADED SIDES AND QUARTERS FOR HOME FREEZER HESS’ BUTCHER SHOP Call (717) 464-3374 within 55 miles of Philadelphia. Shine announced a Class n milk price of $10.60 per hundredweight for January 1979 and a butterfat dif ferential of 12.8 cents for the month. The Class II milk price is down eight cents from the previous month. These class prices are based on the January 1979 Minnestoa-Wisconsin man ufacturing milk price of $10.55 per hundredweight adjusted to a 3.5 per cent butterfat content. The USDA" reported that the wholesale price of Grade A butter at Chicago for January was $1.1130 per pound and the nonfat dry milk price was $.7630 per pound, f.o.b. plants in the Chicago area. V-v* * \lßr 137 jibs k\ LOIN t 1058 lbs f/fIANT 370 Iki 115
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