A24-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 9,1981 HARRISBURG - Pour days of shower activity across the Com monwealth limited farmers to three days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending May 4, according to the Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service. Rainfall, totaling from 0.5 inch or less to 2.5 inches, gave southern regions an extra day of fieldwork, while limiting northern regions to only two days. Farm field activities mcluded preparation of soils, planting of oats, potatoes, tobacco, corn, cabbage and home gardens. Agronomy major wins U. NEWARK, Dela. Degree with distinction candidate Philip M. Jardme, a senior majonng in agronomy, has received this year’s undergraduate research award at the University of Delaware. The award was presented to Jardine April 30 at the annual banquet of the Delaware chapter of Sigma Xi (a national research society) in recognition of his work on the thermodynamics of potassium exchange in soil. This isn’t the first honor the hard-working young scientist has received since-he began his basic soil research project less than a year ago. Last fall he accompanied his advisor, soil chemist Donald L. Sparks, to Detroit where he reported his findings before a national gathering of soil scien tists. And in March he was selected for recognition by the American Society of Agronomy under its National Agronomy Senior Recognition Program. Jardine and his advisor have MAX '- POWER POWER Showers liming, spraying and hauling manure. Statewide, soil moisture con tinued to improve, with 63 percent of the farm acreage reported as adequate, 28 percent surplus and nine percent short. Northern soils were rated at 53 percent surplus, 35 percent adequate and 12 percent short. In the central region, soils were rated as 75 percent adequate, 28 percent surplus and five percent short, while southern operators rated their soils as 89 percent adequate and 11 percent short. Frost damage this spring has undergraduate research Agronomy major Philip M. Jardine is 1981 winner of undergraduate research award given by Delaware chapter of Sigma Xi, a national research society. prepared an article based* on Jprdine’s study of the mechanics of potassium exchange in Delaware soils which is scheduled to appear soon in a scientific journal. GENERATOR SYSTEMS 330 Fonderwhite Road Lebanon, Pennsylvania 17042 Phone: 717-274-1483 Division of Leonard Martin Company dampen fieldwork been scattered and severity has complete in central counties and 83 varied greatly from one locale to percent complete m the south, another. Apples are reported as 28 Oats are 77 percent sown corn percent in pink stage and 39 per- pared to the o 7 percent sown at this cent in or past full bloom. Cherries tune last year. Percentages of the are now 24 percent in pink and 64 oats crop sown, by region, are 50 percent in or past full bloom, while, percent in the north, 92 percent in peaches are 20 percent in pink and central counties and 87 percent in 71 percent in or past full bloom. the south. Plowing, at 71 percent adequate, Potato planting slowed during is still well ahead of the 57 percent the week, but at 43 percent corn completed last year at this tune,. plete, is still ahead of the 20 per but is only slightly ahead of the cent planted last year. Planting is five-year average of 69 percent, at 23 percent in northern counties. Plowing is now 60 percent com- 48 percent in central counties and plete in the north, 79 percent 67 percent in southern counties. A native of Delaware, Jardine graduation he plnas to continue his became interested in chemical studies at the University while he research while attending Concord works for a master’s degree in soil High School in Wilmington. After chemistry. 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Planting of soybeans in the Commonwealth stalled during the week, and stands at eight percent complete, compared to six percent last year. At 15 percent planted, the' 1981 Pennsylvania corn crop is slightly, ahead of la£t year’s eight percent and the five-year average of 12 percent. Barley is now eight percent booted statewide, while wheat is six percent in boot. This compares to less than five percent last year for both crops. In the northern counties, barley and wheat are less than five percent booted. Central counties show wheat at seven percent in boot, while barley stands at less thsm five percent. Southern counties report 11 per cent of the barley crop and ten percent of the wheat crop now in boot. Alfalfa and clover-timothy hay stands are mostly good to fair. Statewide, alfalfa stands were reported as 70 percent good and 30 J percent fair, while clover-timothy stands were reported 65 percent good and 35 percent fair. 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