D24—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 13,1980
NEWARK, Dela. - This
has been a frustrating and
disappointing year for many
Delmarva farmers. High
costs for fertilizers, seed,
and other production inputs
have been followed by
severely reduced yields due
to drought. It will
make planning for next year
all the more difficult and
critical.
Probably the smgle most
important practice to insure
efficient fertilizer use, good
weed control and generally
satisfactory crop growth is
liming, says University of
Delaware extension soil
specialist Leo Cotnoir. Fall
is the ideal time to lime smee
lime takes several months
and adequate rainfall to
react. Winter rams will be
very helpful in promoting
this reaction.
Before ordering lime,
though, it’s essential to find
out whether or not you need
it. Soil pH values un-
fortunately tend to vary with
the seasons, especially in
very sandy sods The lowest
values usually occur in late
summer and early fall.
They’re critical to get good
samples that are
representatives of soil
conditions over the entire
field, stresses the specialist.
Earn recertification
UNIVERSITY PARK - If
you are a certified private
applicator and have
received a card from The
Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture stating that you
must provide evidence of
receiving pesticide/pest
management update
training to be recertified,
you will find help from Penn
State.
You may study in your
home any one of the eight
available pesticide courses
from Penn State When you
have satisfactorily com
pleted one of the courses, the
correspondence course
office will furnish you with a
letter of evidence that you
can return with the card to
PUBLIC SALE
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18
9:30 A.M.
190 Acre Farm
Located 3 miles Southwest of Mercersburg, PA
on Blue Springs Rd.
Owner.
ROBERT LINE, JR.
717-243-1281
Edgar Stull, Auctioneer
717-597-2787
HARRY RUDNICK & SONS, INC.
Livestock Sales Every Tuesday
Galena, MD 21635
Phones (301) 648-5100/5179
IDES., SEPT. 16
at 4:00 P.M
“80 ANGUS & CHAROLAIS
COWS & CALVES”
45 Cows, Angus & Charolais, pasture bred to Angus
Bull . 35 Calves & Yearlings <bulls & heifers) To be
sold in small sorted weighed groupings
Consigned by
DAN QUINN, JR.
Sale starts promptly at 4:00 p m (in addition to
our regular sale) at GALENA, MD
Liming requires, a proper soil test
Before even starting to
take samples, look the field
over carefully. Right after
harvest you should have a
pretty good idea of how well
different parts of it
produced.
In general, sampling areas
shouldn’t exceed 100 acres in
fields where previous history
indicates that crop growth
has been fairly good and
uniform. If you’ve observed
areas in a field where growth
is different - either better or
worse than the rest of the
field - take a separate
sample. Areas that have
been treated differently,
including differences in
manure or fertilizer treat
ments, plowmg and disking,
etc., should also be sampled
separately. An area that has
been plowed just an mch
deeper than another area is
likely to have a different pH
due to the small amount of
acid subsoil worked m with
the surface sod.
In other words, says
Cotnoir, the better you know
your fields and use past
croppmg history as a guide,
the better samples will
reflect sod conditions. This
is especially so on sandy
sods where lack of buffer
capacity can result in
relatively large pH changes
from relatively minor dif-
at home
The Department of
Agriculture for recer
tification.
Following are the course
titles, each course costs
$5.50 162. Introductory
Professional Pest Control;
163 Pesticide Usage; J 64
Pests of Wood Structures;
165. Household Invaders and
Resident Pests; 166. Stored-
Products Pests; 167 Ar-
thropods that Bite and Stmg;
168. Vertebrate Pest Con
trol; 169 Bird Management.
Order by course title and
number and mail to
PESTICIDE USAGE, Box
5000, Umversity Park, PA
16802. Make check for $5.50
plus 75 cents handling per
course to PENN STATE.
ferences in cultural prac-
tices.
Once areas to be sampled
have been carefully outlined,
you’re ready to take sam
ples. No sample should
consist of less than 20 cores.
A good rule of thumb is a
minimum of 20 cores with an
added core for every two
acres over 25 acres. Thus, a
50-acre field would require
35 cores.
This may sould like a lot of
work, and it is. It will mean
having a good sampling tube
and a lightweight, easdy
carried, clean bucket. Cores
can be taken rapidly whde
walking over the field.
There’s no substitute for
domg the job on foot.
REAL ESTATE
AUCTION
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
at 1:00 P.M. sharp.
Location: approx. 2 miles east of Collomsville,
Pa. on Rt. 44.
Good hunting; 90 acres of beautiful mountain ground
adjoining state grounds on rear of property. Will be
sold at Linden, Pa. on Rt. 220. Estate reserves the right
to reject any or all bids. For further information
contact the auctioneers.
Bob, Chuck & Rich Roan, Inc.
Licensed & Bonded Auctioneers
Box 118 R.D. #3
Cogan Station, Pa. 17728
Phone 717-494-0170 or
717-998-8281 after 5 P.M. Chuck
CONSIGNMENT SALE OF
FEEDER PIGS & FEEDER CATTLE
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19,1980
6:30 P.M. Sharp
Held at Keister's Middleburg Auction Sales
Inc., Rt. 522, 3 miles east of Middleburg, 5 miles
west of Selinsgrove, PA.
Early consignments appreciated
Bring a load - buy a load.
For Information Call:
717-837-2222 - 717-524-5285 - 717-966-2856
Terms Cash, Restaurant Open
KEISTER’S MIDDLEBURG AUCTION SALES, INC.
Rt. 522, RD#3, Middleburg, PA
DON & WALT KEISTER
Owners
Auctioneers:
Ray Long & Dave Imes
PUBLIC SALE
OF
REAL ESTATE
(2 Houses & 5 Mobile Homes
with 7.827 acres of Land)
MON. EVE., SEPT. 29
Located along Hopkins Mill Road, Providence
Twp., Lane. Co., Pa. (Take Rt. 272 about 7 mi.
south of Lancaster. Turn left on to Rawlinsville
Ave. Go Vz mi. turn right on to Hopkins Mill Rd.)
Real Estate. 2 x h. story frame house w/white asbestos
siding, 5 rooms & full bath Attached l*/2 story frame
house w/white asbestos siding, 3 rooms & full bath. 5
very nice mobile homes Sm frame bam, nice lawn
w/trees & shrubbery sts> acres of good farm ground
514’ of road frontage along Hopkins Mill Rd Property
open for inspection Sat’s , Sept 13,20 &27 from 1 till 2
Sale by
ROBERT & MARY BOYD
Robert A. Longo Atty.
Howard Shaub Auctioneer 464-3541
and Roy C Probst 464-3190
Depth of sampling is very
important. In general, take
samples to the depth of
plowmg. Sod below the plow
layer is usually more acid. A
small amount of this subsod
mixed with the plow layer
will lower pH values. If the
sod is too dry to easdy push
the sampling tube into the
ground to pow depth, it may
be better to wait for better
moisture conditions.
No-till crops present a
different problem. The
surface one or two inches of
a no-tdl com field will
generally be more more acid
due to surface applications
of fertilizers and decom
position of the surface
mulch, ihis acid surtace
at 7:00
layer will have little in- second sample from the top
fluence on the growth of the two inches to detact surface
crop, but will have very acidity which will influence
serious impact on the ef- herbicide behavior. Be sure
fectiveness of herbicides - to label these samples
especially atrazmes. On no- properly before sending
till com fields,take a sample them to the laboratory so
to 6-8 inches for general that proper lime recom
fertihty assessment and a mendations can be made.
PUBLIC AUCTION
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11,1980
At 12 Noon
1 mile West of Gratz, Upper Dauphin County,
Pa.; 40 miles North of Harrisburg (watch for
auction sign along Rt. 25 midway between Gratz
and Cross Road Sales & Market)
33 ACRE LYKENS VALLEY FARM
6-Room Dwelling with Heat & Bath; Bank Barn; (2)
Block Sheds; Approximately 30 acres under
cultivation, balance wooded with some nice oak tim
ber.
TERMS: 10% down the day of sale, further terms &
conditions to be announced when real estate is offered
at 1:00PM.
FOR INSPECTION CALL: (717 ) 425-3313
PERSONAL PROPERTY including Household
Furnishings, Carpenter & Garden Tools, Springfield
l h * h p Riding Mower
GRACE M. MILLER, owner
George & Mike Diebert, Auctioneers
Box 3, Klingerstown, Pa. 17941
1980 SPECIAL CATTLE SALES 1980
We have scheduled for your Feeder Steers & Calves the
following SPECIAL SALES for 1980, which will ALL be a
ONE DAY operation on MONDAYS SALES STARTING AT
7 30PM
Holstein Steer Sale „
Va Assoc Hereford and Angus Calf
Sale
Open Yearling Steer Sale
Va Assoc Yearling Steer Sale
Va Assoc Angus and Crossbred Calf
Sale OCT 13 730 p m
•Va Assoc Yearling Steer Sale OCT 20 7 30pm
Va Assoc All Breed Calf Sale OCT 27 7 30pm
Beef Breed Cow and Heifer Sale . OCT 29 7 30 p m
(Cows and Heifers for this Sale will be received from noon
Tuesday Oct 28 until noon Wed Oct 29th and solo
Wednesday night at 7:30 p m )
(All Virginia Association Sales are consignment sales with
Tel-O-Auction Hookup Available)
All livestock must be on the Market Grounds not
later than 5 00 p m This is extremely important in
order to have them graded and listed for the sale at
7 30 p m Bring only the type of livestock being sold
in the special sale Contact your Extension Agent
on all of the Virginia Association Sales.
TRI-STATE LIVESTOCK MARKET
PO BOX 558 - TELEPHONE 703/628-5111
ABINGDON, VIRGINIA 24210
REGULAR SALES FOR ALL CLASSES LIVESTOCK
FRIDAY-130 PM
PUBLIC SALE
57 Hi Grade Home Raised Holstein Dairy
Cattle, 30 Milk Cans, Some Dairy Supplies, Etc.
Owner discontinuing Dairy Business on Farm
15 Miles N. of Danville, Pa. 15 Miles N.W. of
Bloomsburg, IVz miles W. of White Hall along
Exchange - White Hall Rt. 44 Highway (Montour
Co.).
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23,1980
Herd consists of 33 Milking age animals including 19
Ist and 2nd Calf Heifers 7 Bred heifers from Elevation
Son, 17 heifers from calfhood to breeding age from Oak
Hill Ranch Don Jose Son from Lucky Dam with records
to 20,359 M, 785 F DHIA rolling herd average (owner
sampler) 6-80 16.624 M, 3 7% 620 F, Herd never under
15,000 lbs Milk since on Test Herd average 50 lbs Milk
for the last 14 months Sample records of animals
selling Lucy (Ivanhoe Star Grandaughter) up to 118
lbs a day 4 yr old 325 da 23,210 M 833 F syr old Pro]
22861 M 755 F Princess milked 92 lbs 344 Da 22954 M
908 F Martha just fresh 91 lbs for Aug Test. Kendy 2
yr old 342 Da 17,512 M 693 F Cattle have not been
pushed for Maximum production 9 Cows fresh in
August, 3 due by Sale time. Balance various stages
Cattle have good dairy quantity & good udders 60%
Calfhood Vacc 30 day TB & Bangs tested, Preg
Checked. Catalogs, Sale under Tent
Owners
BENUEL S. & ANNIE STOLTZEUS
Auct. Max Fraley & Son, 546-6631
SEPT 15 7 30pm
SEPT 22 7 30 p m
SEPT 29 7 30 p m
OCT 6 7 30 p m
12:30 P.M
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