Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, February 28, 1981, Image 17

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Franklin County Holstein Directors for 1981 front row Clarence Stouffer-state director:
include, back row left to right - Ken Schoen- James Burdette, vice president, Fred E. Rice,
berg, Alvin Meyers, Stanley J. Burkholder; president: Norman Sollenberger, secretary
middle row: Harold Goshorn, Wayne Hall, Roy treasurer.
Cordell, Harold F. Crider, Richard Crider; and,
VORIS SEED CORN is EARNING it's
Place In The Market Year After Year.
Study The Chart Below For A Number Suitable To Your
Needs or Call For Additional Information
VORIS GROWTH HARVFST
SEED CORN CHARACTERISTICS STRESS TOLERANCE CHARACTERISTICS
Best Price
Days To Pop Plant Stalk No D,outh Leal Dry Test Per
Variety Maturity (000) Height Quality Till Diseases Down Wenht Unit
V 2381 98 20 24 T 1 j l 2 1 3 51 50
V 2491 110 21 24 M 2 2 2 I 3 2 51 50
V 2532 112 20 22 T 3 l l 3 1 3 51 50
•V 2551 114 20 22 T 3 1 2 2 1 3 51 50
V 2592 117 21 24 S 1 3 3 1 3 1 51 50
*V 2601 118 20 23 M 2 J } 3 1 3 51 50
V 2642 120 20 23 S 1 J 2 2 2 3 51 50
• 1 excellent to 5 poor
* CAN BE FOUND IN 1980 PA STATE HYBRID CORN TEST REPORT
prior orrn pfl finest quality seeds since 1925
KtlO I Ottll uU. mount joy, pa ph: 717-653-4121
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Hamilton Bank supports
Agricultural Education.
On March 3rd, Hamilton Bank will once again help to support the
annual Lancaster County Dairy Day at the Farm and Home Center
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 28,1981—A17
Prune trees with cere
NEWARK, Del Many trees
and shrubs need annual pruning to
keep them vigorous and attractive
But don’t ruin m a few minutes
what nature took years to ac
complish. It’s easy to get earned
away with the shears.
Few people prune in the natural
way that’s best for the health and
appearance of a plant, says
University of Delaware extension
garden specialist Dave Tatnall
Probably this is because they don’t
know how or are in a hurry Un
fortunately, plants may never
recover from the work of a well
meaning but overly enthusiastic
primer.
The most common mistake in
pruning shrubs, for example, is to
shear everything into tight, rigid
shapes That practice forces the
plant into' an unnatural growth
habit
Only one group of plants should
be sheared-formal hedges-and
these seem to be losing favor in
modern landscapes
Tatnall has several suggestions
which should help you prune the
trees and shrubs in your yard more
successfully
For one thing, prune out dead
and diseased branches broken,
damaged and weak wood, and
suckers. On trees, also remove
branches that are rubbing against
other branches This contact may
cause injury that results in disease
or insect attack Remember to
Offers tire
AKRON, Ohio BFGoodrich’s
new farm tire brochure tells what
every energy conscious farmer
should know about the efficiencies
of radial farm tires
In BFG tests on plowed and
disked moderate clay soil, its
Powersaver Radial HT worked six
to 13 percent more acreage per
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make clean cuts close to a branch
or trunk
Spring-flowering shrubs like
forsythia, spirea, mock orange,
and weigela are best pruned im
mediately after flowering. Most
summer-flowering shrubs, like
rose-of-sharon, butterfly bush and
crape myrtle, should be pruned in
late winter or early spring before
they start new growth. Prune
small flowering trees and shade
trees while they’re dormant during
winter and early spring Maples,
dogwood, and birch may “bleed” if
pruned at this time, but this
doesn’t hurt them If for aesthetic
reasons you wish to avoid bleeding
on such trees, prune them either in
early December or in early April.
The best time to prune most
narrowleaf evergreens is in early
to mid April Regular light pruning
each year helps keep them at a
desirable size and is better than
having to undertake a major
pruning job on overgrown,
neglected plants
Tatnall says you should avoid
pruning trees or shrubs in the early
fall. Doing it then may produce
late, immature growth that won’t
survive the wmter But you can
remove dead, diseased or broken
limbs at any tune of year
You can avoid a lot of un
necessary pruning by proper
landscaping—proper plant
selection and proper spacing
brochure
gallon of fuel than bias tires, .with
some field tests showing up to 20%
depending on soil conditions.
The brochure, entitled— ‘Save
Eight Ways and Then Some”—is
available free of charge from
BFGoodrich, 500 S Main Street,
Akron, Ohio 44318
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LANCASTER FARMING
FOR COMPLETE
AND UP-TO-DATE
MARKET REPORTS
HAMILTON BANK
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