C6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 17,1982
LANDISVILLE - Potato
research and updated potato
production techniques will be
featured during a field day to be
held July 27 here at the
Souteastern Field Research
Laboratory of Penn State. The
program will begin at 9 a.m.
The potato field day is open to
the public and will be held rain or
shine, according to Richard H.
Cole. Opening tours will center
around potato pest managment
research. Special emphasis will be
given to control of the Colorado
potato beetle.
Morning activities will also
include new potato clones
displayed from Penn State’s potato
breeding program. Plant breeding
methods will likewise be described
by the research staff the morning
of July 27.
Crop rotations of interest to
potato growers will be shown m the
forenoon. At all events, Penn State
staff members will be on hand to
answer questions, Cole said.
Afternoon activities will include
a demonstration of the potato
bruise test kit to show how harvest
BEAT THE SUMMER HEAL
SPRINKLER COOLING SYSTEM
(Not Fogger)
When the temperature goes up, one of When the temperature is above 72° F
the first ways your body reacts is by even ventilation can't cure the stress that
breaking out in perspiration That’s results But a sprinkler cooling system can
nature's way of cooling off help your hogs where nature fell short.
It’s different with hogs High tern- giving them a chance to cool off It sprays
peratures cause them a great deal of them with coarse water droplets to reduce
stress because they can't sweat When their body temperature The idea is
under this stress due to heat, hogs will simple, but extremely effective
lose their appetite, weight gams drop,
there is poor feed conversion, conception
rate is reduced and pens become a mess
All of this adds up to lost profits
The sprinkle cycle is turned on automatically
whenever the barn temperature rises above a preset
level 72° F Throughout this "on" period the control
functions to permit sprinkling to occur for a preset time
period each hour (2 mmutes/hour is recommended for
best results ) When the barn temperature drops below
72° F the cycle is automatically interrupted
The nozzles are clamped to a plastic pipe strung over
the gutter of slatted area at the rear of the pen Each
nozzel covers a 5-6 foot diameter area which usually
means one nozzle per pen The nozzle assures a coarse
droplet spray pattern which is important for maximum
cooling A fine mist of fog is not desirable in
geographical areas of generally high summer relative
humidity
Average (tarty gam per nog
Average daily feed
consumption per hog
LOs feed per
lb gram per day
Lbs feed save bog
Days earlier to market
Research done at Sidgetown College of Agricultural Technology in Ontario and at the
University of California have shown these results
These figures are calculated on hogs trom 100 tbs up to 200 tbs
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Penn State potato day July 27
operations can be evaluated to
identity the source of harvest
bruising.
Methods ot pesticides spray
applications will be evaluated
using a special black-light
technique. In the afternoon, sprays
of a black-light dye will be put on
potatoes with a variety of spray
equipment. An evening (after
dark) visit to the fields should be
revealing by demonstrating the
effectiveness ot spray cover by
different spray machinery.
An all-day display ot home
computer systems suitable for
farm business operations will be
available for inspection and
discussion with the staff. Use of
computers will be demonstrated in
the afternoon.
To reach the LandisviUe
research farm from the Penn
sylvania Turnpike to the north, get
off the Turnpike at the Lebanon-
Lancaster interchange and go
south on Route 72 toward Lan
caster. One-half mile south of
Manheun turn right onto Auction-
Hoad immediately after passing
the Manheim Auto Auction.
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Coming to the farm from the
direction of Harrisburg or Lan
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