C2B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 14,1980 Farm Business News Named poultry production manager ITHACA, NY - A.D. “AI” Hibbard has been appointed as Director of Production for Babcock Poultry Farm, Inc. Responsibilities of the newly-created position in clude the management of all Northeast hatchery and production farm programs, and related administrative and service functions at the firm’s world headquarters in Ithaca, New York. Awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in poultry husbandry in 1951 from Penn State University, Hibbard is a 15-year veteran of Babcock Poultry Farm. Most recently, he had directed technical poultry support functions for Babcock In ternational Corporation in the Far East, following service as a technical representative in the domestic poultry division. Previously, he had served as a resident research and production coordinator for a major, primary-level Babcock installation in Sweden, and as manager of Babcock Started Pullets, Inc. Reared on a Vermont egg farm, Hibbard worked in a variety of poultry industry capacities before joining Babcock in 1965 According to Bruce Babcock, “A 1 Hibbard brings a wealth of ex perience and expertise to our expanding poultry Farm, Dairy, Poultry against power outages. Power outages have a way of happening when you least expect them, whether they result from storms, accidents or other causes. That’s why it’s reassuring to have your own private source of electricity An Onan standby power system. It gives you electricity for lights and vital equip ment like water pumps, etc., depending on the capacity of your Onan system. Small, medium and large sizes avail able, with manual or automatic operation. Engineered, tested and guaranteed by Onan one of the world’s most reliable sources of power for over 50 years. Contact us today for full details - CURTIS ENGINE & INC. 6120 HOLABIRD AVENUE BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21224 (301) 633-5161 production program His varied field service in all aspects of poultry health, nutrition and practical management as well as his extensive contacts with Babcock customers throughout the world makes him well equipped to direct the complex production program we have at Babcock. “It’s gratifying to be able to promote one of our own people to this important post, particularly AI Hib bard, who has contributed so much to our success. ” Hibbard and his wife Ann reside in the Ithaca, New York area. Babcock Poultry Farm, Inc. is a subsidiary of Babcock Industries, Inc., a multinational agribusiness specializing in the development and marketing of egg-type poultry, swine and related animal health products and services. Baum’s barn goes up ABBOTTSTOWN The Eldon Baum farm near here will be the scene of busy carpenters on Tuesday, June 17. All the activity will be centered around the new bam that will begin to rise afterS a.m. About 50 people are ex pected to turn out to help put * Guard your Toll Free (800) 638-4923 BUY, RENT, LEASE . . . CALL TODAY Pest update for Del. crops GEORGETOWN, Del. - Blaoklight trap collections show that peak European corn borer egg-laymg ac tivity took place between May 15-24 in the state. Eggs laid during this period will certainly have hatched by now and borers should be nearly half their full size, predicts University of Delaware extension pest management specialist Mark Graustem. As predicted, first brood moth flight activity was lighter than normal this However, spring populations may reach economic levels in certain areas, cautions the specialist. Now is a critical period. Growers—especially m Sussex County-should make routine field checks for signs of ECB whorl feeding. Check 100 consecutive plants in several areas and count the number of plants with whorl feeding. Treat with an insecticide if the new structure under roof. Farmers and neigh bors, each equipped with their own hammer, will set to work on the rafters and roofing. The new bam will replace the old dairy bam that was destroyed by fire earlier this Spring. an average of 35 or more plants m 100 have fresh ECB feeding and corn is shorter than 30 inches. Graustem recommends using either two pints of Pencap M per acre in 20 to 50 gallons of water or five pounds per acre of Furadan 10G Ju ei ted into the whorls Double rates of luese in secticides if they are to be applied broadcast (e.g. by aircraft). Thimet 15G at 6.5 pounds per acre and Dyfonate 20G at five pounds per acre also labeled for broadcast whorl application to control ECB. For com higher than 30 mches, treat when 50 percent ARCADIAN* liquid gives a profitable boost to alfalfa after every cutting. Give alfalfa a liquid boost after the first cutting. That’s when topdressing N-P-K, and micronutnents in an Arcadian’ liquid fertilizer made with POLY-N® pays big dividends in high yielding, high quality alfalfa. You can even add pesticides if you need to. When it’s done right, a topdressing after every cutting will increase the yields. It will raise the protein content. Help the crop compete better against grasses. And improve the vigor fora long stand life. Arcadian liquid makes it easy. Made the SLP way. Arcadian liquid gives you uniform distribution of fertilizer in gredients from start to finish. It’s truly the efficient way to turn alfalfa into green gold. yyu jcc j Plant Foods MARTIN’S AG SERVICE c/oJohnZ Martin RD#l,Box7l6, New Holland, Pa 17557 Ph 717-354-5848 or more of the plants have whorl feeding. Although armyworm populations are generally light, there may be some instances of them “mar ching” out of small gram as it matures-and mto ad jacent com Growers should watch for this activity during the next two weeks An economical way to prevent armyworm damage on com is to treat a 25-foot area along the border of the field adjacent to the small gram field as soon as armyworm movement is noticed. Use Sevm, Toxaphene or Dylox for this purpose. ZIMMERMANS LIQ. It’s a good idea to check small grams routinely to determine the potential for armyworm damage both to that crop, as well as your com. Finally, reports from states to the south of Delaware indicate that cutworm activity may be somewhat higher than normal this year. The wet weather a few weeks ago, as well as more recent moisture, have been favorable for development of this pest. For this reason, Graustem says growers can expect to see sporadic cutworm activity in their fields. SERVICE Rehrersburg, Pa Ph 717-933-4360
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