* Montgomery DHIA
to adjust testing fees
NORRISTOWN -
Because of general inflation
and increased travel costs,
the Montgomery Dairy Herd
Improvement Association is
increasing its testing fees to
farmers starting with the
April tests.
Effective April 1, regular
DHIA testmg will cost a
minimum of $3B plus 35 cents
per cow up to 64 cows.
Farmers with 65 or more
cows will pay 94 cents.
The Association will
receive 33 cents per cow. The
supervisor gets the balance.
On mono testing programs
the fee will be a minimum of
$2O plus 35 cents per cow up
to 41 cows. Farmers with
over 41 cows will be charged
per cow.
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fee will be a minimum of $lO
plus 35 cents per cow up to 32
cows Over 32 cows, the fee
will be 65 cents per cow.
Both the mono testing and
the owner-sampler fees will
be split in the same way as
the regular DHIA program
The Montgomery DHIA
will have no change in meter
fees. The life history sheets
will remain at a nickel each
At its meetmg last Friday,
the DHIA elected new of
ficers.
New President is Wallace
Derstem. Vice president is
David Longacre. Secretary
treasurer is Durrell
Alderfer.
The annual DHIA banquet
will be held November 15 at
at the Christopher Dock
School.
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New strawberry variety promises delicious yield
COLLEGE PARK, Md -
This spring, strawberry
lovers can look forward to
Scott, a new disease
resistant, late-midseason
strawberry variety that is
now available to home
gardeners and commercial
growers throughout the
eastern half of the United
States It is being featured in
several mail order catalogs
The new variety was
developed by the Science
and Education Ad
ministration of the U S
Department of Agriculture
m cooperation with the
Maryland Agricultural
Experiment Station,
headquartered at the
University of Maryland in
College Park
It was named after Donald
H. Scott, former small fruit
investigator for the USDA.
Now retired, Scott obtained
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his Ph D in horticulture at
the University of Maryland
He has received in
ternational acclaim for his
work in small fruit
production, having been
awarded two gold medals
and a special citation from
three Italian fruit growers
associations.
The Scott variety resulted
from the 1969 cross of
Sunrise and Tioga. In 1971
the Scott berry was selected
for further testing. And m
March 1979 the new variety
was released to commercial
nurserymen.
The fruit is large in size,
deep red in color, with firm
flesh and skin that resists
bruising The berries are
good for freezing and are
comparable to the Guardian
variety, although the Scott is
somewhat smoother in
appearance and milder in
taste.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 29,1980—85
Scott berries are ex
tremely vigorous, producing
as much as 25 percent more
fruit per acre than the
Guardian variety. The Scott
is also resistant to five types
of red stele root rot, and it
has partial resistance to
verticillium wilt Foliage is
resistant to leaf scorch and
powdery mildew
Scott has been evaluated
at several locations m the
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Winning first place junior team in the 1980
Franklin County 4-H Dairy Bowl Contest was
Greencastle-Antrim Dairy Club. Team members
are from left to right: Lori Harshman, Rt. 4
Greencastle; and Lori Gsell, Marion. Missing from
the photo is Ronnie Harshman, Rt. 4 Greencastle
Eastern 4-H
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clubs’ name engraved on a
plaque displayed at the
Franklin County Extension
Office, Chambersburg.
Four-H club leaders of the
eastern and central United
States and is recommended
for soils where red stele root
rot may be a problem It
appears to be widely
adapted in Pennsylvania,
Maryland, New York and
Ohio
winning teams are; Eastern
Dairy —' Edgar Reichard
and - Dennis Crider;
Greencastle-Antrun Dairy
Richard Harshman,
Garry Harshman and
Richard Crider.