B4—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, September 27,1980
HARRISBURG - Penn
sylvania’s farmers continue
their harvest of fruits and
vegetables, potatoes, com
for grain and tobacco during
the week ending September
22, according to the Penn
syvlania Crop Reporting
Service.
Six days were suitable for
farm field work, with field
activities including harvest,
plowing, baling bay and
straw, clipping pasture,
filling silos and general farm
chores.
Commercial harvest of
snap beans, sweet com and
tomatoes was almost
complete. Apple harvest was
continuing, with Golden
Delicious near completion
and Red Delicious just
beginning. The Penn
sylvania grape crop is
making good progress with
Concord varieties beginning
to ripen.
Potato harvest was 63
percent complete statewide
compared to 69 percent a
Shattercane
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Double incorporation proved to be about twice as ef
fective wherever Sutan was used but showed little dif
ference with the Eradicane alone. Control may have been
more effective by incorporating only four to six inches
rather than six to eight inches.
The Eradicane (3.5 pint) and Sutan (3 pint) plus AAtrex
combination-double incorported, gave the best total weed
control when all weeds were considered.
Greater foxtail pressure was noted in the Eradicane
plus AAtrex treatment that the Eradicane-Sutan-AAtrex
combinations.
When using Eradicane it is important to check with your
seed corn dealer to select varieties that will not be
damaged by the herbicide.
Although cultivation was not used in any of the plots, it
is believed that a more complete control would occur with
one timely cultivation.
To reduce herbicide costs if shattercane is just starting
in small portions of the field, use Eradicane (1.75 point)
and Sutan (1.5 point) and AAtrex (1 quart) PPI for
general weed control then go over just the infested area a
second tune.
In fields where mature seeds have fallen on the ground,
better winter kill will occur if field is not fall plowed or
worked and seeds left exposed.
Because of the heavy seed inventories of infested fields,
control may take several years. Once seed inventories are
reduced, lower herbicide rates can be used.
Rotation of infested fields into alfalfa or other long
standing hay crops will be very beneficial in reducing
seed inventories since the repeated cutting prevents new
plants from maturing and going to seed.
Shattercane is often confused with Johnsongrass.
Shattercane does not have rhizomes like Johnsongrass.
Control programs are quite different.
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Fruit, vegetable harvests move along quickly
year ago. Northern growers
reported harvest at 58
percent complete, central
growers claimed 62 percent
harvested and southern
growers harvest at 76 per
cent complete.
Silage com harvest stood
at 47 percent statewide
compared to 27 percent in
1979. Com for grain is rated
at 25 percent mature and
less than five percent har
vested across the state. Last
year, twelve percent was
mature and less than five
percent harvested. The five
year average for this time
shows 20 percent of the com
for grain as mature and less
than five percent harvested.
Tobacco harvest is 86
percent complete, behind
last year’s 93 percent.
The state’s soils are rated
mostly short to adequate
statewide. Northern
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adequate and 13 percent
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were reported as 82 percent
short and 18 percent
adequate, while in the south,
soils were rated 92 percent
short and eight percent
adequate.
Fail plowing across the
Commonwealth is now 63
percent complete compared
to 70 percent a year ago.
Completion rates are 62,73
and 58 percent in the north,
central and southern
counties, respectively.
Barley planting advanced
to 37 percent, well ahead of
the 18 percent last year at
this time. The northern
region reports 34 percent of
its barley planted, central
counties are at 44 percent
and the south is 27 nercent
planted.
Wheat planting increased
to 48 percent, which com
pared favoraNv to the 35
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vice president and general
manager of Pfizer Genetics
Corporated Headquarters in
St. Louis has announced the
firm’s plans for im
plementing a new corporate
identity program.
The new green and gold
logo was recently revealed
to dealers in meetings
throughout the nation where
Pfizer Genetics markets
Trojan hybrid seed corn and
Pfizer Genetics soybeans
and sorghum.
This new look for 1980’s
incorporates the strength of
both the Trojan and Pfizer
brand names so familiar
among American farmers.
The new symbol also
utilizes graphics of the “ripe
ears on green stalks” look, a
product attribute of Trojan
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percent planted last year.
Wheat planting is at 57
percent in the north, 43
percent in central counties
and 26 percent in the south.
Third cutting of alfalfa
advanced to 81 percent
statewide, on a par with last
'year. Fourth cutting ad
vanced to 38 percent
statewide, ahead of last
year’s 30 percent.
The quality of hay made
during the week was rated
fair to good throughout the
state. Feed from pastures
was rated below average to
average. Pastures in the
north were rated 42 percent
below average, 42 percent
average and 16 percent
above average.
In central counties,
pasture was rated 73 percent
below average, 18 percent
Firm designs
new emblem
hybrids Since the 1930’5.
Reese notes this new look
will begin appearing on all
Pfizer and Trojan seed
advertising and promotional
pieces . immediately, in
cluding a comprehensive
new field marker sign
program for farmer TST test
plots across the country.
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