BY SHEILA MILLER LANCASTER A crowd of 200 farmers from Lancaster and surrounding counties gathered at the Farm and Home Center for the 20th Annual Crops and Sods Day Program on Tuesday. Experts in gram production reviewed current recom mendations on cultivation of small grains, soybeans and tobacco, weed control, crop rotations, and soil testing. Economists were on hand to predict the future price outlook for gram markets. John Yocum, Penn State superintendent of the Southeast Designers of The Best In Hog Confinement Equipment Systems ON THK FARM HOC UNITS LET VS SHOW TOU GESTATION COMPLETELY GALVANIZED BINS Lancaster holds Crops Field Research Laboratory m LandisviUe informed tobacco growers of a new chemical available for control of blue mold. The product, Ridomil, can be applied to seedbeds before or right after seeding, he said. This ap plication, at the present time, can be done only once in the growing season. However, progress is being made in getting a state label which would allow a second application after 70 days, he said. The application rate for Ridomil is 2 ounces per 150 square yards. This would mean 2% teaspoons in a 6x50 foot plot, or 3% teaspoons in the systems that make hogs SUPER THRIFTY ...SUPER PROFITABLE...SUPER EASY TO RAISE XT' j ■=- Kfe * ■j |lB*~*--2!l rj >«- i m I; , f-'j. j—* b&.f:i a 9 f J >♦>•»•*'* > JSCn *s»,tpSfeiaeSi '1 ! t- □ GESTATION and FARROWING □ FINISHING AGRI‘ CATTLE HOG POULTRY EQUIPMENT 2754 CREEK HILL RD., LEOLA, PA 17540 an Bxso foot plot. When applying Ridomil in a field, Yocum recommended 2 quarts per acre be broadcast prior to transplanting. To control anthracnose, a fungus disease, in tobacco, Yocum cited several chemicals that can be used m control programs. Ferban, at 5 tablespoons per gallon, Zmeb, at 2 tablespoons per gallon, and Maneb, at’l tablespoon (heaping) per gallon can be sprayed on when the tobacco plants are the size of a dime and then every &-7 days during the season. For varieties that are not anthracnose resistant, Yocum recommended Wildfire and NURSERY scjy *‘- aifeJ -*•* Sjlli w *m . /Mi ven filiation ... Keep animals comfortable, and you keep them far more thrifty and far more profitable Chore- Time’s Advanced Air Systems ap proach combines controlled air inlets with the finest variable speed and singie speed fans and other components They’re fitted to your specific building. The result isyear-around, day-m and day-out comfort for your animals. EQUIPMENT,me PHONE: 717-656-4151 * SERVING PA, N.J. and N.Y. and Soils Streptomycm 21% be applied at the rate of 1 teaspoon per gallon. For insect control in tobacco beds, Yocum suggested using Furadan. And, for weed control, the Penn State specialist said Prowl can be applied preplant and lightly incorporated within 8 days of application. Or, he stated, Devnnol plus Tillam could be used. However, he cautioned the growers there may be some residue from this combination that can kill barley if that crop follows the tobacco. He noted wheat may “get by” if the field is disced or plowed. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 21,1>81—*29 so Taking gestatmg sows out of the “maddening crowd” and putting them into their own individual stalls with a Chore-Time feeding system is the way to bigger litters, better litters, more litters from each sow, and more money for you to keep. Farmers can get back $l6 or more for every dollar invested in a Chore-Time Sow Feeding System. Day Double cropping soybeans is an excellent system for farmers in the Lancaster area, Yocum said. He noted he’s changed his recom mendations on planting short season varieties after July 1, and is now recommending longer season soybeans that will not flower as early and will produce a taller plant. These mclude: Amcor, Will, Woodworth, Agropro 25, Agropro 250, Agropro 2575, and Asgrow 3127. One crop that fanners need to take a closer look at, said Yocum, is spring oats. “With the new stiff- (Turn to Page A 32) * wtM*wr