AG LAND, USA “Who Will Farm The Land?”, the National Agriculture Week television special, can be seen in Penn sylvania on: Channel 15, WLYH - Harrisburg, York, Lancaster, Lebanon - vy£ PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL DEKALB-PFiZER GENETICS DEALER “DEKALB” isaregisteredbrandname. Numbers designate hybrids. As a condition of sale, please note statement of limited warranty and remedy on DEKALB-PFIZER GENETICS orders and tags. Ag Week TV special to he aired tomorrow at noon. Channel 10, WTAJ - Johnstown, Altoona - Monday at 7:30 p.m. Channel 22 WPTT - Pittsburgh - Monday at 10 p.m. Channel 28, WERE - Wilkes Barre - Scranton - tomorrow at 5 winners. We’re proud of the way these winners did in the National Corn Growers Association Yield Contest. Congratulations. \ & : r'4 W -A> Ist place Class A; 2nd place Class A: Thomas G. Kanach Flemington, NJ XL-71 195.7 b/acre (In New Jersey, DEKALB brand hybrids took four of the top five places) Pennsylvania Winners Ist place Class A: Jeffrey Mitchell Honey Brook, PA XL-71 194.35 b/acre Jeffrey Johnson Orefield, PA XL-57 171.85 b/acre :'■:■&/•■: IX PSI fit Ist place No-Till: p.m. ' This special television presen tation analyzes the current agricultural situation and examines the difficulties facing young people who want to farm. This is the second year an Agriculture Week television special has been broadcast, presented by Elanco Products Company. Besides Elanco’s Treflan and Surflan herbicides, it is co-sponsored by The American Bankers Association, Ford Motor Corporation (trucks) and Ford Tractor, FMC Corporation, Stauffer Chemical Company, Dekalb-Pfizer Genetics and Lava soap. In addition to being seen in this area, “Who Will Farm The Land?” will air on about 140 other com mercial television stations in 32 states. The idea behind “Who Will Farm Hie Land?” was inspired by farmers themselves. After Elanco’s first television special, “Prosperity In The Balance”, aired for Agriculture Day 1982, research groups of some 50 far mers and spouses from across the country were interviewed, i “Prosperity In The Balance” met with an enthusiastic response; farmers said they wanted more agricultural programming, and suggested that for 1983 the program focus on the difficult New Jersey Winners Rustin Farms E. H. Tindall Trenton, NJ XL-71 209-0 b/acre Plantawinning bybridthisyear. times facing agriculture to show consumers what farming is “really like”. The focus was narrowed to the difficulties facing young people whose dream it is to farm. Three young farmers with in teresting (and sometimes unusual) stories tell how they got started: Ken Smith, 31, Hartley, la.; Greg Krush, 21, Kershey, Colo.; and George Clemmer, 21, Mosheim, Tn. Krush and Clemmer were awarded the “star farmer” designation for their respective regions' at the 1982 national FFA convention in Kansas City. Expert insight into the question “Who Will Farm The Land?” is provided by: Alan Tubbs, president, First Central State Bank, DeWitt, la.; Hiram Drache, agricultural historian, author and professor at Concordia College, (Continued from Page DIO) severe weed problems, advises Hartwig. - “Growers have a number of options for controlling these weeds on diverted acres, including many herbicide choices. But cost may be a deciding factor in some cases. “We’re recommending a program which we feel will do a good job of reducing weed populations, and is very cost ef fective,” says Hartwig. “It in volves using sudangrass or a sorghum-sudan hybrid as a ‘smother crop’. A farmer should spray with Banvel or Banvel and BigWfinter Discounts! U S. 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Besides relating to the deep seated feelings about agriculture on the part of these dedicated young farmers, farm people are also likely to find themselves nodding in agreement during the program segment in which the experts comment on the tremendous value American consumers receive for their food dollar. “We’re proud to produce a television special for National Agriculture Week again this year,” says Robert M. Book, group vice president, Elanco Products Company. “It’s important to focus national attention on agriculture and build public support of our industry.” PIK acres 2,4-D in the spring to be sure the cover crop gets off to a good start. “The Sudan or sorghum-sudan needs, to be drilled in. Then it should be mowed off when it reaches three to four feet tall before it goes to seed. It’ll need to be mowed off a second time in the fall to prevent seed set. The weeds won’t grow through, so they’ll be set back considerably. “The cover can be plowed down or used as a no-till mulch next season,’’ suggests Hartwig. If a grower has no perennial weeds, he suggests seeding hairy vetch or red clover. on EZEE-DRY*
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