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In the sale reports of your May 9,
1981 issue, you listed the auc
tioneer Calvin L. Amoss with no
address. I would like to getln touch
with him. I was wondering if yon
might have his address?
Mr. Plitt: Here’s the address you
requested, Calvin L. Amoss, Old
Bank Building, Taneytown,
Maryland 21787.
My husband is interested in
finding out when the big log show Is
put on in Potter County. Do you
have a list of dates for this activity,,
the exact location, and if there is
Roland Kamod« ; camping available?
Monongabela Mrs. Herman Kempske
Mr. Kamoda: Kudzu is a fast- New Freedom
growing perennial legume vine. It Mi's. Kempske: According to
ris propagated by cuttings. Ronald Gale of the Pennsylvania by the Penn-York Lumbermen’s
I It is a satisfactory feed for beef Bureau of Forestry, there is a dah
and dairy cattle, swine and sheep, woodsmen’s carnival held every There are, in addition to the
It can also be made into silage, and year in Potter County. It is held at contests, various exhibits on
it is essentially bloat free ao Cherry Springs State Park, August logging and saw milling,
cording to Dr. Dwight Swartz, 7-8 - - Cherry Springs-State Park is
Penn State Extension The carnival begins on Friday located 10 miles south of Galeton
Veterinarian. evening and continues into along Route 6. Camping is
The plant itself is susceptible to Saturday. All of the contests are available in the park, according to
frost damage. After it is frosted, held on Saturday. It is sponsored Gale.
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I would like to knowabout kudzu.
Would it grow in Pennsylvania? Is
it bloat free and how does frost
affect it
other's
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the plant will dry up to nothing and
be of little use as feed to cattleT
However, Dr. Swartz noted,
kudzu is a plant pest. It will grow
over trees and literally choke them
from'the light. He said that, for this
reason, its feeding advantages
only partially make up for the
problems it will cause after it is
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Management techniques and
performance demonstrations will
be highlighted at a Horse Field
Day scheduled for July 18 on Penn
State’s main campus.
“The field day, to be held near
the “Old Horse Bam” adjacent to
the Penn State football stadium,
will start at 10 a.m.,” says James
P. Gallagher, Extension-animal
scientist and field day chairman.
A clinic, entitled “The Sound
Horse,” will be conducted by Dr.
Scott E. McAllister; equine
veterinarian, of Centre Hall. This
will be followed by a foot care and
training demonstration led by
Ward W. Studebaker, Jr., Penn
State horse herdsman.
Following lunch, Abraham
Allebach, of Spring Mills, will
conduct a four-horse hitch
demonstration. Allebach’s prize-
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John Greenall, of New Tripoli,
will bring his Morgan horses to the
University Park Campus for a
pleasure driving, demonstration
during the afternoon of the field
day.
All those attending will have an
Insect control in the bag
YORK The gypsy moth
caterpillars will be finishing their
damage within the next few weeks.
According to Ned T. Jones, York
County Agriculture Extension
Agent, spraying for gypsy moth
caterpillars will not accomplish
much more this year.
There is another pest that
everyone should be watching out
for. The bagwonn, which is a
perennial pest of evergreens such
as arborvitae, juniper, spruce, and
pine. These worms live m an
oblong bag to protect themselves,
this makes control difficult.
Now is the best tune to check
your evergreens for bagworms.
The_bags may be pulled off and
destroyed by hand. Bagworms are
not easy to control by sprays, says
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opportunity to take part in a
“Match the Foal” Contest where
Quarter Horse mares and foals will
be separated, then contestants will
attempt to determine the offspring
of each mare.
The Horse Field Day is spon
sored by the Penn State Depart
ment of Dairy and Animal Science.
Jones. He recommends two sprays
lOdays apart during June when the
caterpillars are small. Sevin and
Diazinon are two of the spraj
materials that can be used for
bagwonn control.
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