m Fertilizer Sale Prices FOB East Liverpool, Ohio (PA-Ohio State Line) Prices hold untiUanuary 15,1983 Bulk Price *129.00 *148.00 *154.00 *174.00 *142.00 *160.00 *173.00 *174.00 *153.00 *173.00 *150.00 •160.00 Analysis 12-12-12. .. 15- .. 16- .. 19-19-19. .. 5- ... 6- ... 12-24-24. .. 9- ... 10- .. 8-32-16. ... 0-14-42. ... 0-26*26. ... 46-0-0 Urea 18-46-0 DAP 11-53-0 MAP -0-0-62 Potash Calcium. Bagging - $l5 on blended fertilizer $2O on straight goods Also - Ammoniated & Pelletted Fertilizer Rail Service Trucking *3.00 Discount to Purchasers of more than 25 tons Jerry A. Hoover 110 Seneca Trail Apt H Hartville, OH 44632 Bladex® herbicide for corn has proven its excellent broad spectrum performance in reduced/no-till acres. Used alone or tank mixed with atrazine or other herbicides. Bladex stops both grasses and broadleaves. Custom Mixing 216-877-1031 evenings . *160.00 off barge . *185.00 off barge . Coll off barge . *113.00 off barge Bladex controls foxtails and fall panicum after they’ve germinated and emerged. It provides effective burndown activity on emerged weeds, especially when applied with liquid fertilizer or contact herbicides. Residual control lasts up to 12 weeks. Tobacco exhibit brings ‘yesteryear’ to Farm Show BY SALLY BAIR Staff Correspondent LANDIS VALLEY - In Lan caster County, tobacco is king of the cash crops and this year the Pennsylvania Farm Museum of Landis Valley will be taking an educational exhibit to the Farm Show telling the'history of this lucrative crop. Each year the Farm Museum > staff prepares an exhibit based on | themes in rural life. Nadine Steixunetz, a curator for the Museum, says she chose tobacco for this year’s display because of easy access to material and early tools used in its production. She says, “Tobacco became a cash crop here in the mid nineteenth century when the wheat belt moved west. The fact that tobacco became a cash crop just sort of happened. The soil is very rich for it and it is the best climate. Tobacco took over.” “Technological advances lagged far behind other crops where time and labor-saving implements were introduced. “People did try to patent new machinery, but a lot of it was not effective,” Steinmetz says. Tobacco remains one of the most labor intensive crops today. “Tobacco began as a family activity. It does require the most manual labor, with each plant handled individually several times,” Steinmetz points out. Tobacco needs only a 60-75 day growing period from transplanting to harvest, but because of the work of preparing seedbeds, and the final work of stripping and baling the finished product, it is Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 8,1983—A15 sometimes referred to as a 13- month crop. German sectarians raised a lot A table was used in the making of cigars, and this one is well worn from long hours Of work. Nadine Steinmetz, curator for the Museum, has assembled many of the tools used in tobacco harvest and the manufacture of cigars. Cigar making was carried out in many homes and factories in the county. This year, begin with Bladex for broad spectrum weed control performance in reduced/no-til! acreage. Follow label directions. Shell Chemical Co.,^#^ RO. Box 3871, Am* Houston.TX 77001. of tobacco, and it is still a lucrative crop for the Amish. “They have the (Turn to Page Al 7)
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