Lancaster’s Penn State research lab hosts field day
LANDISVILLE - A general
field day of wide public interest to
farmers, gardeners, and county
agents will be held here July 29 at
Penn State’s Southeastern Field
Research Laboratory.
The field day will feature farm
and garden crops ranging from
com, forages, and soybeans to
grapes, flowers, and tomatoes,
according to John O. Yocum,
superintendent of the research
farm. Plot tours will begin at 10
a.m. and end at 3 p.m.
“Topics and tours for July 29
should appeal especially to people
in the central, south central, and
southeastern counties of the
state,’’ Yocum said.
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and tours for the field clay; com
mercial com hybrid trials, tillage
trials on com, nitrogen fer
tilization of com, com disease
research, and double-crop com.
Flower variety trials will be
exhibited for home gardeners.
Grapes will be displayed, including
both wine and table varieties.
Experiments with- forage
varieties will be highlighted, in
,eluding fertility studies.
Visitors will see plots of kenaf, a
fibrous crop under test for possible
use in making paper for printing
newspapers. Present experiments
involve fiber yield as related to the--
most suitable planting rates per
acre and the most productive row
spacings.
Potato growers will see ex
periments to control insects, as
well as trials with experimental
varieties.
'Yocum commented soybean
variety trials should attract at
tention during the field day.
Certain soybean plots also will
demonstrate weed control. The
research will show double crop
ping of no-tillsoybeans.
The field day also will show
tobacco varieties as well as weed
and insect control on tobacco. The
Landisville research farm has long
been noted for research with
tobacco.
Tomato growers will see plots
devoted to crops for both fresh
market and processing.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 11, 1981—A29
While touring plots, visitors will direction of Harrisburg or Lan
be able to discuss various farm and caster, take Route 283. Get off at
garden needs with specialists from the Salunga-Landisville in-
Penn State. Lunch will be terchange. Go northeast on Spooky
available at the field laboratory, Nook Road one-half mile. Turn left
served by the Lancaster County onto Shenk Road and proceed to a
Farm Women #5. red covered bridge. Turn left and
To reach the Landisville go through the bridge. At this
research farm from the Penn- point, signs direct visitors to the
sylvania Turnpike to the north, get Southeastern Field Research
off the Turnkipe at the Lebanon- * Laboratory.
Lancaster interchange and go
south on Route 72 toward Lan
caster. One-half mile south of
Manheim turn right onto Auction
Road immediately after passing
the Manheim Auto Auction.
Auction Road leads directly to the
Penn State field lab.
Coming to the farm from the
Goat
field day
Saturday
MANHEIM - A Dairy Goat
Field Day will be held from 1-4
p.m. on Saturday, July 18 at the
Jacob Fisher Farm, near
Manheim. The event is being
sponsored by the Dutch Country
Dairy Goat Club, and all interested
persons are invited to attend.
From Route 72, north of Lan
caster, turn east on Bucknoll Road
(about 1 mile south of Manheim
and first road to the right, north of
the auto auction). Travel about 1
mile to the Fisher Farm, located at
the junction of Holly Tree and
Bucknoll Roads.
In addition to a tour of the Fisher
Farm, the program will feature
demonstrations on general daily
goat management, breeding
programs, herd evaluation, con
formation and animal selection.
There will be ample opportunity
for questions.
Speaker will' be Richard H.
Stoneback, Jr., Amyr Farm,
Oxford. In addition to his ex
perience as a herdsman, Richard
is an experienced showman, and a
qualified judge. While attending
Penn State, he also worked with
Samuel Guss and cared for his goat
herd on many occasions.
Those who wish to do so, are
invited to bring a covered dish and
enjoy the fellowship of a covered
dish dinner.
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