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Now is
the Time
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speed that will give good per
formance. With many pieces of
farm machinery, the speed is
listed on the manufacturers
directions. Take time to be safe
and to be satisfied.
To Store Unsold Tobacco
Those tobacco growers who have
not sold their ‘Bl crop need to store
the bales on the above ground floor
level of a tobacco shed or barn,
advises Arnold Lueck, Extension
Agent in Agronomy. Place some 2
by 4's or similar size lumber under
the bales to allow for air cir
culation. Then put bales only 2 or 3
high to reduce fermentation from
squeezing pressure.
Cover the top layer of bales to
keep them clean of bird droppings
and dirt Use old tobacco muslin
covers, canvas tarps or loose
material not air-tight. Avoid tight
plastic. Air should move freely
around the bales.
Be certain no water dnps on the
stored bales or wind driven rain
blows on them.
You can expect some weight loss
due to fermentation and possible
sweating as the weather warms.
To Avoid Atrazine,
Simazine Residues
Evidence is telling us that
residues of atrazine, simazine and
to a less extent, bladex, are af
fecting subsequent crops in the
rotation following com. Even
though no visual symptoms are
evident, the sub-lethal residues
still present m com field soils are
lowering yields of small gram and
alfalfa. Consequently, reminds the
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the “dog catcher” would call me
back. I phoned him again and at 1
p.m. and was told he had not called
in yet. I phoned again on Friday
morning. I was given a long
distance phone number to call. I
left a message on the answering
service that picked up the call.
On Saturday morning I phoned
the sheriff’s office again. They
gave me a different long distance
phone number for the “dog cat
cher”. The man who answered the
phone asked me if I had left the
information on the answering
service, and when told yes, said
they would get back to me.
Three days, two long distance
phone calls, and several hours of
local calls to fmd a home for him
later, I still have a four-month-old
dog as big as my five-year-old
Bnttany Spaniel that has eaten
Extension Agronomist, we must
make efforts to reduce herbicides
carryover.
(1) Soil test prior to the last year
of com in the rotation. Apply all
the lime recommended before the
com is planted. Liming will
release any atrazine, simazine,
bladex still tied up in the soil and
help control com crop weeds.
(2) Use a low residue herbicide
program avoiding the triazmes
(above). Lasso and Dual would be
choices to consider. Increasing the
application rate would be called
for m minimum till and no-till
situations.
(3) To control broadleaf weeds
that might escape, Banvel should
be applied as a follow-up.
I hope you will read this article
thoroughly and stop and give it
some serious thinking.
It seems our farm associations
and other dairy related
organizations are trying to snow
you dairy producers with a
program called the Milk
Referendum, which is supposed to
promote the sale of milk. Taking
ten cents off a hundred for ad
vertising milk is the same as
buying a cow that would end up
sick and dying. It’s money lost and
not to come back.
Stop and think if this passes, they
will be collecting over nine million
dollars, for what? They don’t and
can’t explain how they’re going to
spend the money.
1 have received a letter through
a farm association which I will not
belong to any more when my
membership runs out. They are
telling you that milk is the least
advertised'beverage. This may be
true.
For example, there is no way you
can compare milk with beer or soft
drinks because the beer and soda
companies are producing their
Highlight of our week
five pounds of dog food, table
scraps, and six gallons of imlk
replacer.
The purpose of this letter is to
give the animal welfare
orgamzatons and animal rights
organizations something to
campaign for. My parents are
prime veal farmers and along with
other farmers are being slandered
for the way they take care of their
animals.
Farmers start calling neighbors
as soon as an animal is lost or
found and make a sincere effort to
bring the owner and the animal
together again. I have yet to meet
a farmer that would abandon an
animal in hopes that someone
would adopt it.
Juli Ann Evans,
Port Royal, Pa.
Several years ago, my husband
subscribed to Lancaster Fanning.
We receive the publication on
Saturday via R.F.D.
We became acquainted with the
publication through a good fnend
who gave my husband a back
edition.
My husband reads it first from
start to fmish, concerning anything
farming. My turn is next.
I usually like to read the letters
to the editor first for opinions of
the readers. Everything 'the
women write, and the “Mulch
More” topics because I have a
small mulch garden.
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Quit playing politics
Being a 4-H leader for 27 years, I
am very interested m 4-H and
youth activities. I have used ac
tivities and illustrations for our
club. Our county (Gloucester) is
very active and fulfilling in every
4-H aspect.
Since my husband and I are past
70 years old, the Lancaster Far
ming is one of my highlights at an
affordable subscription price. The
recipes I go over and have used
several over and over. I get great
comments on the last oatmeal
(lard) cookie recipe.
Mrs. C.W. Covert
Williamstown, N. J.
own product from start to finish.
Every time you buy a six pack, you
pay for the advertisement. When
the milk truck leaves your farm,
you no longer have control over
how your mUk is produced. After
your milk has been processed at a
lot of the dairies, it has Irwji
watered down, gone
seperation process and the cream
skinned off, etc. Now who would
support advertising such a
product.
You fanners who are members
of a co-op and don’t bother to vote,
they will vote for you. Remember,
if this passes and goes into effect,
there will no longer be a com
petitive milk market between the
dairies. It seems tome if our farm
associations and organizations
want to do something beneficial,
why not do something on the effect
of the sale of imitation dairy
products. The next time you stop in
at a restaurant and get a cup of
coffee, how many give you real
milk for your coffee? I believe the
opportunity has arisen again for
somebody to fill their pocket book
again from the fanner.
As you hear all the reports about
too much milk surplus, can you
believe it? If milk was ; ;
a farmer produces it, there would
not be enough milk to reach
around. Just a thought, as I was
once reading of Milton S. Hershey
(the founder of the Hershey candy
bar) the history and lifestyle,
who’s operation still exists, be
stated and I quote, “If you produce
a good product, it will advertise
itself.”
At the present tune whether you
like him or not we have a president
of this country who is trying to
abolish illegitimate programs m
our government. It doesn’t take me
long to classify the Milk
Referendum as such a program in
our state Government. Why let
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