Livestock market and auction news Pa. Auction Summary November 23,1979 CATTLE 3124. Compared to 4490 head last week and 3733 head a year ago. Compared with last uneven market, slaughter steers Choice & Prune mostly $1 higher. Standard & Good unevenly steady. SI. heifers uneven. SI. cows mostly steady, spots $1 lower on Utility & Commercial. SI. bullocks sl-$2 higher SI bulls steady to $1 higher High Choice & Prune si. steers YG 3-4 69.00-72.00; Choice YG 2-4 66.00-70.00 Good 60.00-67.00 Standard 57.00- Choice si. heifers 63.00- Good 55.0062.00. Standard 50.00-56.00. Utility & Commercial si. cows 47.00 52.50, Cutters 46.00-50.50. Canner & L. Cutter 42.00 47.00. Shells down to 33.00. Choice si. bullocks 66.00 73.00. Good 62.00-67.00, few Standard 57.00-62 00. Utility Yield Grade #l,lOOO-2100 lbs. 58.00- Yield Grade #2, 900-1575 lbs. 52.00-64.00. FEEDER CATTLE Choice Medium & Large Frame No. 1 300500 lbs. steers 65.00-89.00, few down to 55.00. Medium Frame No. 1 500-800 lbs. 52.00-67.00. Good heifers Medium Frame No. 1 & 2 500-750 lbs. 48.00 57.00. Medium & Large Frame No. 1 300600 lbs 58.00- Good bulls, few Medium & Large Frame 500 800 lbs. 52.00-68.00 CALVES 2508. Compared to 3169 head last week and 2663 head a year ago. Vealers steady to $3 higher. Few Prime vealers 105.00- s ssSss OUR GRADED AND VET INSPECTED FEEDER PIGS CAN HELP YOUR DOLLARS GROW! OUR KNOWLEDGEABLE BUYERS WILL SELECT QUALITY FEEDER PIGS FOR YOUR APPROVAL. CALL COLLECT 808 TINDALL SOUTH CHARLESTON, OHIO 513-462-8797 OR RAYMOND BOYCE LIVESTOCK CO. UNIONVILLE, TENNESSEE 615-294-5102 Green Dragon . Livestock Sales R I 1 mile North of Ephrata, PA . cO V»|S COWS COWS BUYERS FROM 3 STATES Regular consignments from Ray Kyper, Bob Kennedy, Dale Brewer and Ed Stover plus local consigners. Lots of good Northern Feeders and Stockers. SALE EVERY FRIDAY Bulls, Steers, Slaughter Cows, Lambs and Veal Calves 11:00 A.M. - Beef Sale Stockers & Feeders 200 to 250 each week. 12:30 P.M.- Dairy Cows 7:00 P.M. - Small Animal Sale For Special Sales and Herd Dispersals on the farm or at our barn or other market information call: Office 717-733-2444. WALTER H. RISSER, Proprietor 121.00, Choice 100.00115.00, Good 90.00105.00; Standard & Good 90120 lbs. 85.0095.00, 7090 lbs. 70.0089.00, Utility 50100 lbs. 50.0075.00 FARM CALVES: Steady to weak. Hoi. Bulls 90120 lbs. 100.00128.00, few down to 85.00, Hoi. Heifers 85-150 lbs. 100.00200.00, few down to 85. HOGS 6307. Compared to 5504 head last week and 5884 head a year ago. Barrows and gilts mostly $1,002.50 higher US No. 1-2 200240 lbs. barrows & gilts 39.50 41.50, few 42.85, No 1-3 200- 250 lbs. 38.5040.50; No. 2-3 190260 lbs 37.0038.50, few No. 1-3 140190 lbs. 30.00 35 00. SOWS uneven. US No. 1-3 300575 lbs. sows 27 OO 34.00, No. 2-3 300650 lbs. 25.0030.00, BOARS 23.00 28.75. FEEDER PIGS 1428 Compared to 1832 head last How to use garden mulch MEDIA - Mulches can be apphed anytime, but the best tune to mulch is from late summer on through the autumn months, advises James J. McKeehen, Delaware County Extension Agricultural Agent. The use of mulches dates back to the beginning of agncluture. They’ve helped soil in a number of ways they reduce and slow down runoff and erosion, conserve moisture through reducing evaporation, maintain soil structure and modify soil temperature, add plant nutrients and increase week and 1247 head a year ago. Most $l-1.50 lower. US No. 1-3 20-35 lbs. feeder pigs 5.00-15.00 per head, No. 1-3 35-59 lbs 15 00-30.50, No. 1-3 50-75 lbs 30.00-39.00. GRADED FEEDER PIGS 2764. ALL SALES ' Compared with 207 a neaa last week, and 3455 head a year ago. Feeder pigs mostly $2-9 higher. US No. 1- 2 30-40 lbs. 64.00-75.00, 40-50 lbs 62.00-73.00, 50-60 lbs. 55.00- 60-80 lbs 47.00- 59.00; US No 2-3 25-40 lbs. 51.00- 40-50 lbs. 41.00- 55.00,50-65 lbs 31.50-44.00. SHEEP 299. Compared to 346 head last week and 453 head a year ago Wooled si. lambs uneven, spot $2 higher to $5 lower. Choice 60-110 lbs. 55.00- Good 50-100 lbs. 50.00- Slaughter ewes 13.00- biological activities in the soil. Mulching materials are easy to fmd. Crop residues, sawdust or woodchips, tree bark, manure, compost, and stone or gravel can all be used as a mulch around shrubs and m gardens. For a lawn mulch, such materials as grass hay, straw or cheesecloth are recom mended. The fme texture and weed/seed free nature of salt hay is a special plus. Mulching in gardens is best done where you raise vegetables or rows of flowers. Weeds are easier to pull out and often prevent seeds from germinating. To mulch a newly seeded lawn, use salt hay at the rate of one bale for each 2,500 square feet. Mulching materials should be spread evenly. L&MFUR& WOOLEN ENTERPRISE Wf'tf Quality Electrified Sheepskins & Furs Tannery Direct Dist Wholesales Retail Check Our Quality, Price & Services' Mail & Phone Orders Accepted • Woolen Hosp Pads-Natural & All Colors • Pa Largest Selection of Woolen Products • Sheepskin Coats at Reasonable Prices • See Us At Meadowbrook Market in Leola 117 W Summit St, Mohnton, PA Hours Mon - Fn 9-8 30, Sat 9-5 Wed 9-4 30, Sat 9-5 FARMERS ATTENTION!! SPRAY MATERIALS INSECTICIDES IM-PRUV-ALL MEDINA SOIL ACTIVATOR Check Our Prices Before You Buy MELVIN R. WEAVER 2213 Leabrook Road, Lancaster, PA 17601 Ph; 717-898-8354 or 569-6576 Rotate tillage programs for better weed control JAMES V. PAROCHETTI Science and Education U.S. Department of Agriculture WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rotating corn land from a reduced or no-tillage to a conventional tillage program makes good weed management sense. The fact is, crop rotation is good management even if no plowing is done. There are tunes when periodic moldboard plowing every three to five years should be considered. It helps to mu the soil, keep perennial weeds m check and bury high numbers of weed seeds that tend to build-up on the surface with no-tillage and reduced tillage. Com growers can reduce weed seed populations and get better performance from the wider variety of preplant and preemergence her bicides available for con ventional tillage com. By conventionally tilling, a grower can use preplant incorporated herbicides such as Sutan-f and Eradicane, or preemergence herbicides such as Dual or Lasso. Properly incorporated herbicides are usually more consistent then surface applications. Generally, higher rates of Dual or Lasso will be needed when in corporating. Problem Weeds Some weeds, particularly fall' pamcum, yellow nut sedge and tnazme resistant redroot pigweed, (common in the Shenandoah Valley, Western Maryland and South Central Penn sylvania), are becoming 215-777 2465 BY increasingly difficult to control in no-tillage and minimum tillage com. Many growers have contmued to use standard herbicides in reduced or no tillage programs-because these are used successfully in conventional com. But weed pressures in no tillage or reduced tillage have become too great and some grassy and broadleaved perennials and annuals have gone out of control. These high seed populations, on or near the soil surface in reduced or no tillage com, will sprout next year. Research at the University of Nebraska has shown that higher weed seed populations will require higher rates of herbicides for thorough control. To correct this costly situation, growers should moldboard plow, every three to five years, to bury weed seed below their ger mmating zone. Chisel plows and discs will also bury weed seeds, but not deep enough to stifle ger mination and to assist herbicide performance. Perennial weeds continue to mcrease m population m reduced and no-tillage fields. Common broadleaved perennials mclude hemp dogbane, milkweed, brambles and brushy weeds; grassy or grass-like perennials mclude john songrass, quackgrass, yellow nutsedge and bromesedge. Moldboard plowing, preferably in fall if erosion is not a problem, will severely injure these perennials by breaking up roots and the root-like reproductive organs. Fall plowing will also make personal weeds more vulnerable to wmterkiil especially johnsongrass. Furthermore, the reduced vigor of these grasses will make them more susceptible to treatments from Sutan+ andEradicane. There are no effective preplant or preemergence herbicides available to control perennial broadleaved weeds in corn. Therefore, a postemergence apphcation of Banvel or Banvel with 2,4-D should be used. Herbicides that control grassy perennials vary. For quackgrass, atrazme or Eradicane plus atrazme is effective; for johnsongrass, Eradicane has proven to be the most consistent. Nutsedge can be con trolled with Sutan+; less effective preemergence nutsedge treatments mclude Dual and Lasso. A postemergence ap plication of Basagran or atrazme will also control r HARVEY Z. MARTIN | For More Information z Phone: 215-445-5303 I Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 24,1979 HAY AND STRAW SALE WILL BE DISCONTINUED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE HOWEVER, WE WILL STILL BUY HAY & STRAW PRIVATELY AND ON ORDERS. nuts edge; however, preplan! and preemergence treat ments are preferred because unchecked competition during early stages of crop development will cause yield reduction. Mix the soil Not only does moldboard plowing bury a large build of weed seeds, but plowing also mixes the soil. In continuous no tillage, the soil surface pH decreases and the organic matter increases; both have a dramatic effect on her bicide performance. Maintaining optimum pH in the surface soil is ex tremely important m getting the most out of the triazine herbicides such as atrazine, Princep and Bladex. Where nitrogen fertilizers are being applied to the soil surface, sometimes for two or more years without lime or tillage, the pH can decrease to 5.5 or less during the growing season. When the pH in the surface soil falls below 5.5, reduced activity from the triazines can be expected. Therefore, no-tillage com growers should sample the top two inches of soil for a pH test and continue liming to maintain a pH above 6.2 for best triazine activity. Plowing will mix the acid soil surface with soil having a higher pH, but lime will still be needed. Organic matter content of a soil can increase either through continuous no tillage or manure ap plications. While this increase can be advantageous, both from a fertility and moisture holding capacity, herbicidal activity can be reduced. Soil samples should be taken from the top two in ches of the soil and organic matter should be determined where a buildup might be expected. Many of our soils contain 2 to 2.5 percent organic matter and most herbicide labels recommend increased rates when the organic matter exceeds 3 percent. Soil sampling and ad justing herbicide rates based on organic matter content can be helpful in obtaining good weed control m no tillage com production. Plowing will mix the organic matter that might be accumulating on the soil surface. Better weed control Weed control in no-till com requires better management than for conventionally tilled com. The following checklist should help no-tillage com growers get better weed control. Moldboard plow problems fields. Plowing helps to bury weed seeds and break up oerenmal weeds. Do not (Turn to Page 37) 9
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