Lancaster soil fertility meeting on Wednesday TERRE HILL The Eastern Lancaster County Adult Farmer Program is sponsoring a Soil Fertility Meeting on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Union Grove School. Speaker for the meeting will be Dale Baker, agonomist and soil scientist from Penn State. Baker will discuss the results of research from over 20 Eastern Lancaster County farms where soil nitrogen levels were studied. This research is providing valuable information for the Chesapeake Bay Study which is looking into nitrate and phosphate pollution from agricultural and other sources. The key to the research is a new laboratory test that enables soil scientists to measure soil nitrogen &$& iis KvXw ti&M 0 ■HR CHAMBERSBURG Cumberland Farm A JERSEY SHORE Dairy Supply, Inc. JemL. Dunlap UrryNughas 717-398-1391 Gary Walton, Salts Mgr. 717-263-0826 COLUMBIA, MONTOUR & Farm Construction A NORTHUMBERLAND COS Eauinmant Williams Farm Systems Robert L. 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