Plum Bottom BELLEVILLE - Com- two miles northeast of mercial exhibits and tours of Belleville on Route 655 efficient grass and legume management systems will “Numerous companies be highlights of the first who P roduce forage-related Forage Day scheduled for and supplies will June 19 at Plum Bottom exhlblt their products at the Dairy Farm in Mifflin field day ’” P° lnts out Dr County William Stringer, Penn State professor of agronomy and chairman of the event The field day, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Forage Tours will focus on and Grassland Council and management systems The Pennsylvania State carried out at Plum Bottom Unversity s Cooperative Dairy Farm that produce Extenswn Service, will start high quality forage at a low at 10 am. The site is located cost. These include: STOLTZFUS MEAT MARKET RETAIL MEAT MARKET RIGHT ON THE FARM. |3L • FRESH CUT BEEFS PORK BIN. * FRESH ECGS RIGHT FROM THE FARM IB* * OUR OWN COUNTRY CURED HAMS, BACON AND SWEET BOLOGNA . Orders Taken For Beef Sides, Wrapped And Ready For Your Freezer Attention Farmers: We Do Custom Slaughtering For Your Freezer. PH: 768-7166 Directions: 1 block east of Intercourse on Rt. 772 Reg. Hours: Thurs. 9-5: Fri. 9-8; Sat. 8-5 DRYDENE LUBRICANTS "One of The Largest Independent Oil Companies In the Country" DRYDENE PRODUCTS AVAILABLE STORE HOURS Mon., lues., Wed., Fri. - 7:30-5:30 A FULL LINE OF Thurs. - 7:30-9:00 Sat. - 7-30-3 00 Farm to host first Forage Day -Mamne application compared to chemical fertilization Soil test m foimation will be available to compare the two fer tilization progi ams -Potassium fertilization of alfalfa One part of a field was fertilized with potassium, -the other part received none Tissue samples will be compared for nutrient content --Regrowth study of legume and grass variety / / / 4 / // " ■'• V ' f Mifflin County Extension Agent Clair Delong, right, and Plum Bottom Farm representative Robert Stauffer have the hay samples prepared for your inspection on Tuesday. There’s a contest involved too. plots Alraltd, ret! closer, orchardgrass, timothy, teed canarygrass, bi ome, and fescue will be hanesled at various stages of growth These stages of giowth will be analyzed -Interseeding legumes in pastures Birdsfoot trefoil and alfalfa, direct-seeded m bluegrass sod, will be analyzed -Planting no-till corn in established forage crops A study of corn, planted in established stands of crown SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY OFFER 4 CO/ OFF REGULAR PRICES 13/0 ON ALL DRYDENE PRODUCTS Offer Good Thru June 30th. DRYDENE LUBRICANTS AVAILABLE IN: IS QUARTS ■ GALLONS B 5 GALLONS 855 GALLON DRUMS NOTICE: 5 GALLON DRYDENE PRODUCTS ARE IN REUSEABLE PLASTIC CONTAINERS Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 16,1979 vetch, ciown vetch and bndsfoot trefoil, and bird sfoot trefoil will be con ducted. -The etiect of lime on weed control in no-till corn will be viewed by field day participants. -Weed control m a con ventional seeding of alfalfa, showmg the effect of pre and post emergence weed control chemicals, will be observed. Dr Stringer notes that Penn State College of Agriculture specialists will be stationed at the various Plum Bottom Farm is located off of Route 655, northeast of Belleville. tour stops to answer questions on efficient forage crop management. In addition, those in terested in tree farm management will have an opportunity to check a woodlot that was harvested 20 years ago and again last year. A representative from the Pennsylvania Depart ment of Environmental Resources will explain what changes have occurred in the past as a result of cutting and what can be expected to happen to the stand in the future. 19
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