12—Lancaster Faming, Saturday, April 4,1981
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Calendar
Today, April 4
Feeder pig show & sale, Carroll
Sale Barn, Felton, Del, show at
10 am., sale at 2 pm
Lehigh County FFA banquet, Vo
tech School, Schnecksville.
Hunterdon County, N.J horse
farm tour.
Pa Polled Hereford Sale,
Washington County Fair
Grounds, show at 9 30 a.m,
sale at 1 p m.
Md Polled Hereford Black Eyed
Susan Sale, 7 p.m., Frederick,
Md. Fair Grounds
Sunday, Aprd 5
Berks Dairy Princess Pageant
meeting, Sattazahn Farm,
Womelsdorf
Monday, April 6
Backyard fruit growing, 7.30 p m ,
Lancaster Farm & Home
Center.
Water conservation meetings, 3
p.m. & 7 p.m, Room 145,
Gettysburg Semor High.
Farm Equipment Manufacturers’,
530 p.m, Casa Rillo, 21st St.,
Camp Hill.
Tuesday, April 7
York County Holstein Club bus
tour to Perry County
Penns Agri-Women, 930 am,
Hershey Convention Center.
Dairy heifer feeding meeting, 7 30
p.m., Dover High ag room
Franklin County Conservation
District meeting, 9am, County
Administration Bldg
Wednesday, April 8
Swine health meeting, 7 pm,
University of Delaware Sub
station, Georgetown.
Delmarva Hatchery and Breeder
Block Management Short
Course, 8 45 a.m., Delmarva
Convention Hall, Delmar, Md
Superstructure.
Some say G-4606 is "iron
tough” With stalks that
stand straight and true
’til harvest And roots
anchored firm and deep
It’s so tough that it
thrives on thicker popu
lations than normal, to
let you push for higher
yields
It really turns out the
bushels of high-quality
HOFFMAN SEEDS, INC.
Franklin County gypsy motn
meeting, 7.30 pm, Franklin
County Vo-tech cafeteria.
Adams County fruit meeting, 1
p.m., Ed Danneli farm, Rt. 234,
west of Arendtsville, 7pm,
Fruit Lab, Biglerville.
Thursday, April 9
NEMA egg producer conference,
10 a.m - 3 p.m., Continental
Inn, Rt, Lancaster
Md. Ag Commission, 9.30 am,
Conference Room of the Ag
Dept.
Feeder pig show and sale, Ship
pensburg Fair Grounds, show
at 3 30p.m ,saleat6 30pm
Pa Jersey Assn annual
MILLERSVILLE The Manor
Chapter of the Future Farmers of
America has started a new BOAC
project to replenish the bluebird
populaton.
A BOAC (Building our American
Communities! project is an ac
tivity an FFA chapter performs to
improve or provide a service to its
surrounding area. The Manor FFA
is working with Muddy Run
Recreation Park and Bob Schutsky
to help bring bluebirds back to our
community
Members of the Manor FFA built
50 nesting boxes and placed them
in key areas of the environment
The chapter placed boxes in local
parks, including six in Safe Harbor
Park, seven in Manor Township
Park, and eight in Millersville
Boro Park They also placed 14
boxes in Holtwood Sediment Fields
and 15 along the West Branch of
the Conestoga River.
gram under good man
agement Delivers im
pressively under heat
and drouth, too
Interest in G-4606 is
growing fast.
funk $ is a brand name
Numbers identify varieties
The Imitation of warranty
and remedy on the tae
attached to each bag oi
Funks C Hybrids sold is
a pari ol the leans o( sale
thereof
Landisvilie, PA 17538
Friday, April 10
Manor FFA
helping bluebirds
m
meeting, 11 30 a.m, Howard
Johnson Motor Lodge J-33,
Mercer, concludes tomouow
Saturday, April II
Garden State Dairy Goat Assn
awards banquet, Hopewell, N J
11th annual Md. Holstein Show,
9 30 a.m., State Fair Grounds,
Tunomum, Md
New Bolton Vet Center open house,
10 a m.-3 p.m., Kennett Square
Somerset County Dairy Princess
contest, 7pm, Hidden Valley
Resort
Apple Blossom Queen Contest, 7 30
p m , Bendersville Elementary
School
Md farm safety held day, 10 a m ,
Grove farm, Sharpsburg Pike
The birds left the area because of
lack of nesting areas resulting
from development and few wooden
fences for nests. The Manor
Chapter hopes that the boxes will
draw the birds back to this area in
which they were once very
populous
The project will serve as a long
range project because records will
need to be kept on the activity of
the boxes Also repair and
maintenance must be contmued
for success of this project.
Although the Manor FFA cannot
supply bird boxes to interested
people this year, the chapter can
provide information to begin a
backyard nesting area. Interested
persons may write to the Manor
FFA through Penn Manor High
School, Millersville to receive
information on construction,
placement, and management of a
bluebird nesting box
One-pass
seedbed eparation
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Letters To
The Editor
Dear editor:
Did I miss something when I
read “state to bleed hogs in ex
tensive PRV survey” or is the state
really doing the following:
1. Sending its technicians onto
every hog farm in a pre-selected
area to bleed farmer-owned hogs
for PRV blood test’
2. Assuring farmers “the danger
of carrying the disease to your
farm is mil?”
3. Promising to quarantine those
and follow the instructions on the
label on the pesticide container
This is a must if the grower is to be
successful and produce a quality
product The law requires that all
pesticides be registered and carry
a label with full instructions A tew
people think that adding a little
more than recommended will give
bettei results, that is not tiue, it is
not only wasteful but could result
in a higher residue on the plant oi
animal
Take time to read the label and
follow the instructions to the leltei
To Make
Pastures Produce
One of the best ways to impi ove
your permanent pastures is to
apply lime and fertilizer, practice
rotational grazing and clip them
regularly says Glenn Shirk, Ex
tension Dairy Agent This is
quicker, cheaper and involves less
risk than tearing up the old sod and
reseeding Most permanent
pastures have sufficient seed of
Glencoe*
Soil Finisher'
PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL DEALER OR
HAMILTON EQUIPMENT, INC.
Now Is The Time
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herds whose owners do not agree to
let PDA test the hogs?
4. Quarantining herds until blood
test results are available?
5. Being very fussy about what’s
to happen when (if) reactors are
found and who is to foot the bill?
The PDA admits that PRV dees
not affect humans
I suppose the PDA feels that it
has the power to implement such a
program but the whole plan
looks to me like it is grist for some
attorney’s mill
PRV or no PRV, surely farmers
have some right to due process
before the PDA comes swooping
down on them
desirable grass species Ihe only
tmng they need is a little tender
loving care and the opportunity to
grow, and to recover trom gracing
pressures
Thus, tertihly and rotational
grazing are very beneticial fhe
more paddocks you have, ihe
better it is it youi acreage is
limited to youi size herd, lestnct
the amount ot tune cattle and
livestock are permitted to gi aze
Don t let them trample the glass
unnecessarily by allowing them to
roam treeiy over the pasture while
not grazing Alter a paddock has
been grazed, it can be clipped to
control weed giowth and to keep
the grass young and nutritious, and
in a continual vegetative state ot
growth, grasses, when allowed to
mature, tend to be timshed
growing tor the season. This is also
a good time to apply terlilizei and
necessary herbicides, while
allowing the grass to recovei pnot
to being grazed again
Erich Schmitt
Rd Bernville