AlQ—tnoity Fanahtg, Saturday, Way 22,1912 »inMinmniininMMHMMMm>MMiMMM»ti SOff the NOW IS THE TIME |BH By Jay Irwin So mdimg Board By Sheila Miller, Editor aooooooooooooooooos aoopocooooooooo«ooQoooeoo»oooi To Keep Livertock Comfortable cutworms, stalk borers and ar n/)V n >*>l fhg> £>n The hot weather season is here, myworms at any time feeding on rv ItU jpUjo It I vtvt> When we have both high tom- the com plants. The cutworms and . , , , . . , _ , perature and high humidity, armyworms may be controlled A snow storm in June 7 traveling from ,r, .cc +rt H Proof of this livestock suffer similar to human with sprays of Sevin, Dylox and That has been the prediction recently by he says, is the fact that no Canada thistle are beings. In the case of fattening Diazinon. people who don’t come under the title of found along woodland areas of the nght-of- animals that are nearing market The stalk borer is very difficult weather forecasters. ways finish, this stress can be very to control because they work inside What they're predicting isn’t a flurry of Debating which area had Canada thistle severe. I would suggest that the com stalk. Flea Beetles are white flakes from the sky but white, downy first, the roadside or the cropfield, makes f a ** i . mu P V j n ll latl0 j of the another insect that may feed on seeds floating through the air This about as much sense as the chicken or the egg Jading' be used. If you do not have small com leaves; they create phenomena, which has grown m magnitude controversy The fact remains that soon these Sdo^toget^osswenffion 3 " Stan d? SteSveTLgf over the past ten years, occurs when one of weeds will reach their reproductive prime and In some “ aseSj circ uiating fans Sevin can be used to elimS the most troublesome weeds confronting will be casting new troops to the wind may be used to move the air over these small insects, if it is a serious Pennsylvania’s farmers bursts its Cropfields, pastures, lawns, roadsides none the animals. Some hog finishing infestation. Keep an eye on the reproductive pods are considered non-combat zones by the houses are equipped with water com field for the first several Canada thistle long the scourge of enemy sprinklers or fogging devices, that weeks and avoid serious insect cropfields has cost farmers thousands upon Since PennDOT’s aerial applications have keep the floor and hogs wet during injury, thousands of "war” dollars each year as they fallen through, what about cooperating with hours of heat and humidity. To Check Weed Sprayers battle to keep this noxious weed under con- farmers in a spraying program and cost- Amnwls that are outside should The sprayer is a piece of trol. But it seems these agricultural soldiers sharing herbicide treatment in fields along ha TL J lll * f quip , me r" t 11131 arp pynprmrinp a spt-hark fn thi<? v/ P ar\ haftlP hiehwavs 7 Last vear the aeencv snent water ‘ Attentlon to & e comfort of heavily from sprmg till fall. Many are experincing a set-back in this year s battle mgnways cast year tne agency spent animals wiU reduce stress and complaints of poor chemicals since the states Department of Tran- $787,000 on herbicides in their maintenance polysome losses. performance can be traced to poorO sportation has temporarily defected to the program Although some of these funds went To Be Aware of Cora Insects sprayer performance. This is often enemy’s side. for weed control other than Canada thistle, With an increased trend toward due to poor calibration. Calibration What’s happened to cause PennDOT to even half that amount would help pay for no-till com planting or minimum simply means to apply a known switch its allegiance from farmers to weeds 7 spraying thousands of cropland acres now tillage, we can expect more amount of spray mixture to a Gypsy moths while the thistle is still vulnerable problems with corn insects. Past knownarea. Not only are these winged invaders cap- experience shows this. We urge There are several methods used tunng most of the public press’s attention, onp ThmtJ f-, rmprc anr i p pnn nrvr com growers to inspect your fields to calibrate a sprayer. The sim they’re monopolizing every helicopter ao- ° th f far mers and PennDOT have in frequently to observe any feeding plest is to travel over a selected common is the recently signed Noxious Weed on small plants. We can have (Turn to Page Al 2) pucators time me states Department of i aw This law provides for the Secretary of ' " ' ~ Environmental Resouces has lined up all the Agriculture, on h.s own motion or upon the I r^T^l available applicators for their spraying request 0 f any interested person, to hold I I Farm Calendar W applicators have to do with Canada thistle A spokesman for the Department of I II control. According to PennDOT s Bob Ross, Agriculture noted regulations for the Noxious il- - -■- ■ ■ ■ U chief of Roadside Environmental Division of Weed , aw haven - t been written and may take ■ the Bureau of Maintenance, these whirlybirds mnnthc tn ho Saturday,May22 Penn State. have been the means used by the Department .. d a«umntinn” that when th* De^ war ® Dalr 7 oat soclatlon Tuesday,May2s to launch an aerial attack on the noxious regulations are mmnWpH Pennnnr uuiii ho £ irst Spruig . Show ’ R ar rmgton Ephrata Area Adult Farmer weeds since 1980 regulations are completed, PennDOT will be Fairgrounds, continues manure storage and handlings That was the vear PennDOT reali7eri it had reqU,red to comply With the State law tomorrow. tour, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., meet at<7 tA Hn^L^othin o y mo rinoHo ln the meantime, one local township in Greene County Sheep & Wool Field Ephrata Junior High School ihiP+nP^^q*iL r, '"creasing Canada Lancaster County deeded to do something Day. l« a.m.-4 p.m., parking lot, no char|e, no pre thistle infestation along its highways and about the state’s responsibility to control fairgrounds at Waynesburg. registration began an experimental aerial control Canada thistle Last Monday, the Manheim H Sunday, May 23 Wednesday,May26 program a first in the US, said Ross -Township commissioners unanimously ap- L 1U h Pa ‘ state Council of Farm But this year the same helicopters that took proved a resolution specifically requesting Slv mcnic StSnm Organizations legislative care of the herbicide applications are busy PennDOT to control the noxious weed along its wSfs Sroadfteme G?o?e’ SSt SiuS spraying the winged woodland invaders - too limited access nght-of-ways in the township busy to be bothered with the early-May ap- Lancaster County Commissioner James Monday, May 24 <TurntoPaeeAi2> plication of Asulox to control the thistle. Huber announced a similar resolution is going PaJDairy Fieldmen’s Conference, v So, the PennDOT control program has to be to be discussed next Tuesday, although he ————— delayed for a year The alternative of land noted the county has no weed ordinances to application is not feasible, said Ross, because regulate the state He said controlling Al? aIO of the added cost of dragging hoses along traditional weed problems falls on the 1 highway right-of-ways and around trees And, shoulders of township and state governments _ i besides, h wou'd be too late to spray the The old law of the "squeaking wheel gets the I iv££ff aho ~~ i thistle the time the department’s grease" should have some impact on Penn- ~ I d r CONTROL program could be switched from aerial ap- dot’s next strategy in the thistle war Since | L ut^TMENT plication to land too much red tape they, along with farmers, will be forced to . I ~~ But, Ross was optimistic that the previous comply with the stringent weed control I two year spraying program had suppressed requirements of the Noxious Weed law, it’s _ ' il T SOm fj u i th f h,St fu’ and the carryover makes sense for PennDOT to chip in dollars to c Wel P to uV x sp^ead th,syear help keep the thistles from gaming a new I ~ Thats tough luck for farmers whose fields stronghold I Rb A y~~/A7, are adjacent to limited-access highways This year’s new weed communities could be I yfW *} x&Ps M v*” because even a reduced population of Canada the source of next year’s remfestment Rather —-« 'tp PyzEZL thistle is a threat to crops than tuning out the farmers’ pleas for help, | JL f| —— But, according to Ross, the Canada thistles PennDOT needs to listen closely where the it j / 1 'jm/ f\ \>n found on PennDOT right-of-ways didn't “squeaks" are coming from Any way they |\,\ \\ ■«- originate there He claims the thistle took analyze it, they’ll pay for the June snowstorm Til J f t \ ill V- r/v refuge on the uncultivated roadsides after m the end J I f V \ I lYu. hrur A man sat smiling broadly and most important meanings of 1 \| /f ||| , ‘ m noddmg his head as his Sunday Revelation’s message. B / flr * am, school teacher read from the Book THE BEAST CAPTURED \j / / Revelation. At last, every eye m *”"\\\ / i ’ the class turned to him, he ex- “St ill AJI U iiU\ I rg. plained: “Wonderful! Wonderful! lL jil I f\jjf ( I Wonderful! It makes life wor- 111 l\ f f/ 1 •.4 ■IWIWJ HJUJ|ii|Bl|J | | WM thwhile for me to know that in the |\ I u I * MU end, they’ll get what’s coming to .U ‘ l them!” JUSTICE AT LAST! May 23,1982 Background Scripture: Revelation 18 through 20 Devotional Reading: Romans 15:1-6 In parts, at least, his reaction is understandable. For the Book of Revelation does assure us that ultimately the world will ex perience the judgement of God and the picture painted by John is awesome to say the least. But the smiling, nodding man missed the For one thing, John’s Revelation warns us that God’s judgement will ultimately come to all of us. To look eagerly for Judgement Day so that our foes will get their comeuppance is a dangerous preoccupation. Everything and everyone will fall under God’s judgement. True, John reminds us that the Judgement will include the “kings of the earth”, whose wielders of seemingly unlimited temporal power. They will stand on no higher ground on the Day of (Turn to Page Al 2) “I’d like something that’ll make before they die 1 " these lousy weeds suffer
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