LEXINGTON, Ky. - Plant diseases now costing UJS. forage growers millions of dollars a year could be controlled by intensive management and disease, research, a USDA plant pathologist announced. Speaking to scientists gathered at the XIV International Grasslands Congress on Thursday, Kenneth T. Leath of the U.S. Regional Pasture Research Laboratory in University forage crop damage by fungi, bacteria, viruses, nematodes, and air pollution.' For alfalfa alone, forage and seed losses in the United States annually amount to $4OO million, Leath said JThe cost for all forage IjpOK House At The JOHN WOLGMUTH POULTRY FARM, m»>», f» MARTIN AUTOMATIC MILLING SYSTEM WEIGHS EACH INGREDIENT WITH A DIAL SCALE 998% Assures /” Accuracy Safety backup with automatic |hut off . guarantees each ingredient is added with precise accuracy by weight. (No guess work, calibrating or dial ad justing.) The simple 24 volt system is easy to set and service. ★ Can be programmed to make 5 different rations with up to 12 ingredients. ★ Manual operation is also possible to make special rations not programmed. The Martin Automatic Milling System has a 4 year proven track record of automatically grinding and mixing thousands of tons of various feed rations, and programed to auger it into the right feed tank as it’s needed without any human assistance or attention. Rt. 283 To Harrisburg To Elizabethtown Limestone Tank Supplied By; BETZ'S WELDING SERVICE 717-345-4854 Home: 717-345-3212 ★ Custom Made Feed Bins, Will Deliver ★ Install Anywhere Control forage diseases with management crops is believed to be much greater. Leath stressed the need to im prove present management practices, which are generally effective and economical. Even a brief lapse in good management, however, can cause great loss, he warned. Part of the problem is forage crop damage is usually not im mediately obvious to the grower. Forages are commonly sold in bulk, are of relatively low cash value per acre, and are used mainly on the farm where they are grown. Diseases, which often attack the roots, are difficult to detect. They are also chronic, taking a small but TUESDAY JUNE 23, 1931, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. Rheems Exit A^Orchardffaad ***** Rt. 230 Rheems continuous toll ui yield and quality over a long time. “We cannot continue to be complacent,” Leath-said. “Fun damental research into pathogen biology and disease development must-first be done. Then models for controlling these diseases must be developed and incorporated into overall crop management models.” Successful models for disease control recognize that certain production practices contribute to disease prevention. Controlling insects and weeds and fertilizing the forages, for example, are doubly valuable. Weeds not only compete, with forage plants for space and JOHN WOLGEMUTH FARM To Lancast Rt. 283 To Mount Joy For More Information Contact; MUHIN MSIRKtHTORS INC. RDI, Lebanon, PA 17042 Phone: 717-866-4906 or: 717-866-4555 If you buy a complete feed, or if you have it custom made, or make feed yourself with a PTO grinder-mixer, why put up any longer with high feed costs, variations in feed consistency, sub stitution of ingredients, hauling expenses, or struggling in wind, rain, sleet, snow and mud to make some feed when you really don’t have time?? Come to our open house demonstration and see what a Martin Automatic Milling System could do for you. ★ Produces higher quality feed ★ Lowers your feed costs. Use ★ Improves your feeding your own grains and get efficiency additional ingredients at ★ Makes better use of your wholesale prices present facilities ★ Saves time and labor costs ★ Better return on your -A- More convenience, comfort investment and safety LEASE A 30 TON A DAY AUTOMATIC MILLING SYSTEM V FOR AS LOW AS: W Per Ton Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 20,1951—A23 nutrients, but, also serve as alternate hosts for pathogens. And fertilizing with potassium not only promotes vigorous growth' but reduces root pathogens. The immediate future is not likely to bring major changes in forage crop management, Leath said, although the effects of new techiuques, such as sod seeding and chisel plowing, are not known. But intensifying present LANCASTER FARMING %Sfsa FOR COMPLETE W AND UP-TO-DATE He. MARKET REPORTS The Control Panel starts and stops the system as feed is needed. It makes three different rations and transfers feed to each tank without any assistance or attention for only Electric Wiring Done By: NOLT ELECTRIC 18 New Haven St. Mt. Joy, PA 17552 717-653-2331 ★ Farm, Residential, Commercial Wiring management strategies, adapting forage crops to their environment, and judiciously applying established techniques mil ap preciably reduce staggering economic losses. The eventual emergence of forage crops as a major market commodity will benefit and in tensify the study and control of forage crop diseases. COMPLETELY AUTOMATIC Per Ton Larger Systems Are Available
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