A24—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 2S, 1980 Lancaster-Y ork BY PATTY GREEK Staff Correspondent YORK Horticulture has become a fast growing in dustry and Lancaster and York Counties are no ex ception. The annual Lan caster-York Vegetable Growers Meeting was held January 16,1980 at Avalong Banquet Room from 9 a.m to 3 p.m. Discussion throughout the course of the day ranged from new varieties of hybrid plants and mulches to pest and how to exterminate them. A new type of biodegradable mulch has been discovered. This mulch is called Ecolyte which means it “ecologically breaks down m sunlight.” Ecolyte is made m On tario, Canada and a four foot wide by 3000 ft. roll costs $l2O. This may sound ex pensive, but if you think about it, it’s not, growers were told. Regular plastic, has to be picked up after the growing season. With the Ecolyte, recovery cost is saved since it is a biodegradable mulch. A panel consisting of two York and one Lancaster Franklin County (Continued from Page A2l) BAA percent of 102 or higher were: Robert & Paul Eckstine, 105.1; Wayne Hall, 104.4; Harold F. Cnder, 104.3; Kenneth Mellot, 104.2; James & Nina Burdette, 103.8; Alvin Meyers, 102.3; Marvin Zimmerman, 102.3; H. Robert Mumma, 102.1; and Alfred & Helen Miller, 102.0. James Burdette, advisor to the Franklin County Jr. Holstein Club, presented awards to outstanding junior members. Awards went to: Steve Eckstine, R 2 Mercersburg, high 2 Year Old Production Record with 16,943 pounds milk, 663 pounds fat and a 3.9 test; Roger Cnder, R 5 Chambersburg, high 3 Year Old Production Record with 16,468 pounds of milk, 637 pounds of fat and a 3 9 test; Debbie Cashell, R 6 Cham bersburg, Distinquished Junior Giri Project Book; Steve Eckstine, R 2 Mer cersburg, Distinguished Junior Boy Project Book; and Paul Cashell, R 6 Chambersburg, Distinguis hed Senior Boy Project Book. Directors re-elected to the Holstein Club Board of Directors were Stanley Burkholder, Fred E. Rice and Wayne Hall. Roy Cordell was a new Director elected to the Board. George Cashell brought before the group of club members suggestions for selecting the All Penn sylvania Holstein Awards. Cashell along with others in Franklin County are op posing the new system for selecting the All Penn sylvania Awards and feel the old system should be re instated with some changes The Holstein Club voted to have CashelTs suggestions taken to the State Holstein Convention on February 21, 22,23 Also during the program committee reports vvere given Reports were presented by Theodore Small, Audit Committee report, Clarence Stouffer, County Vegetable Farmers discussed the problems they had in raising their crops in 1979. York County Extension Agent John Smith acted as moderator. All agreed the mam problem of the 1979 growing season was the weather. Strawberries, even green ones rotted because of the wet weather. Luna beans all across the US were for the most part a failure this year because of weather con ditions. In this area, cantaloupes had a poor year. The blossoms idn’t get a change to set fruit because of washing rams. The first sweet com plants seemed to have a good start. Then a bad storm with extremely heavy rams and hail passed through the area. That about did most of the sweet com m. There are many diseases and insects that can effect your vegetables. If a grower knows what to look for and what to use to cure it, that’s half the battle. Bacterial specks on tomatoes can be treated with TBCS (a copper fungicide) mixed with M 45 to give the Nominating Committee report: James Burdette, Junior Members report; Robert Eckstine, Sale Committee report; Harold F. Crider, State Director’s report; Philip Wagner, County Agent, Franklin County Dairy Promotion Committee report. Franklin County Holstein Club Officers are: Stanley Burkholder, President; Fred E. Rice, V. President; Norman Sollenberger, Secretary/Treasurer; Har old F. Cnder, State Director. Directors to the Holstein Club are; James Burdette, R 1 Mercersburg; Stanley Burkholder, R 1 Cham bersburg; Harold F. Cnder, R 5 Chambersburg; Paul R. Gsell, R 5 Chambersburg; Wayne Hall, Star Route 1, Shippensburg; William Re, R 1 Newburg; Robert Mumma, Box 24, Dry Run; Fred E. Rice, R 5 Cham bersburg; Theodore Small, R 1 Chambersburg; Norman Sollenberger, R 3 Fayet teville; Clarence Stouffer, El Mercersburg; and Roy Cordell, R 5 Chambersburg. Paul Eckstine, R 2 Mer cersburg is the only retiring Director. Junior Holstein Club Of ficers arc: Winston Cordell, President: Arlan Crider, V President; Maryanne Johnson, Secretary; Paul Cashell, Treasurer; and Debbie Cashell and Steve Eckstine, News Reporters. Junior Club Directors and Mike Cordell, Kelly Cordell, Rodney Cnder and Rodney Meyers. Junior Club Advisors are James Burdette-Chairman, Fred E Rice and Stanley Burkholder m,'"' * BARN PAINTING Call Us Now For Free Estimates PHARESS HURST RO 1 Box 420 Narvon Pa 17555 215 445 6186 veg growers hold annual gathering $ They like it for its extra flavor firmness, and color. ■After the general meeting was adjourned, York County Growers met for a few minutes to elect three new directors. best results. On snap beans, Benlate gives good results for White Mold. Cabbage can be infected with many different kinds of pests. The imported cabbage worm leaves ragged eating of the leaves. Cabbage loopers leave large holes m the leaves as it chews them up. Either one of these two pests can be treated with a variety of different LEBANON - A free, public meeting on alcohol for fuel production will be held on Thursday, January 31st at 10:00 A.M. in Room 12 of the Lebanon County Municipal Building, 400 South Bth Street, Lebanon, Pa. This meeting, sponsored by the Lebanon County Rural Development Com mittee, is being held to discuss the principals of alcohol production and needed safety consideration. pesticides including Lanate, Dipel, and Momter. Aphids are another serious problem in vegetables. Being asexual, aphids reproduce very rapidly. They are also serious in the fact that they transmit viruses from plant to plant. They should be treated with Methomyl Dipel. In sweet corn, the European com borer can be well protected in the stalk Alcohol for fuel meeting slated for Jan. 31 Dr. James Garthe, Penn State University Agricultural Engineer, Dan Cook, representing the State Gasohol Commission, and Morton Fry, Lancaster County farmer and nur seryman, will discuss various principals and techniques of alcohol production for fuel use Karl ' Hellenck, Soil Conservation Service, Chairman of the Lebanon Rural Development Com- and gradually eat away at the corn plant The corn eai worm is the worm that appears the kernel of the com. Both can be treated with many pesticides including Penn cap-M, Sevm, Lanate, and methyl parathon. A new variety of Strawberries has been developed. This new strain, called the Scot vanety, is considered quite good by many strawberry growers. mittee, explained this is a theory type meeting. In structions on setting-up and operating stills will'not be given. However, manufacturers and distributors of stills are invited to distribute literature at this meeting Voted to the posts were: Benjamin Wmeka, Heil Markey, and John Fitz. These three men will now join the other directors in helping to run the York County Growers. Hellenck will try to present basic information to the that he can make a dec®)n whether or not to produce some of his own fuel from his own farm grown grain or wood products. FOR THE BALANCED OWT concluded
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