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Now is
the Time
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potash to obtain maximum yields.
However, we must realize the
potential danger of burning seeds
or roots when they come in direct
contact with either the nitrogen or
potash fertilizer. Either of these
elements will stunt or prevent
germination.
Fertilizer should be placed to the
side or deeper than the plant roots
or seed. Most mechanical planters
are now designed to keep the seeds
and fertilizer at least two inches
apart. In the case of plants, the
fertilizer should be either worked
into the topsoil in advance of
planting or side-dressed along the
row after the plants have been
transplanted. Proper fertilizer
placement will return greater
benefits from the plant food.
To Think Of Neighbors
When Spreading Manure
Livestock and poultry farmers
who work with their animals or
birds every day may not be as
keenly aware of manure odors as
their non-farm neighbors. I know
that everyone’s time is at a
premium at this season of year,
but I would like to suggest that you
should try to spread manure only
when conditions are right to
minimize odor problems. Wait for
a day with low relative humidity,
clear sunny skies, and spread the
manure on land that is dry enough
to plow or disk. The best time of
day is between 8:00 a.m. and 2:00
p.m. when suburban people are at
work. Also, try to avoid spreading
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HARRISBURG - Eleven
agricultural research projects,
addressing topics ranging from
avian influenza to direct
marketing, will be renewed for the
1964-85 fiscal year, according to
state Agriculture Secretary
Penrose Hallowell.
The ten-member Pennsylvania
Agricultural Research Committee,
chaired by Secretary Hallowell,
has renewed project funding in the
amount of $260,288. Funding for the
proposals, which came previously
from horse and harness racing
revenues, will now be drawn from
a special agricultural research line
item requested by Governor
Thornburgh in the state budget.
The projects are being con
ducted by Penn State, the
University of Pennsylvania and
Delaware Valley College.
State funded projects at Penn
State include;
Hybrid Mushrooms: Production
by Dual Culture and Protoplast
Fusion (terminates 12-31-84),
$13,824.
Management of Soil Levels of
Nitrogen and Phosphorus for Com
Production and Minimum
Enrichment of Runoff and
on weekends and holidays when
neighbors are likely to be engaged
in nearby outdoor activities.
Whenever possible, the manure
should be plowed or disked into the
soil as soon as possible after
spreading. This not only minimizes
odors but also preserves nutrients
and reduces the potential for
surface runoff that causes water
pollution.
The Extendm Service If an affirmative
action eqnnl opportunity 'educational in
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Increased Utilization of Leaker
Eggs, $22,960.
An Integrated Management
System for the Control of
Nematode-Transmitted Virus
Diseases Affecting Fruit Crops in
Pennsylvania, $B,OOO.
Avian Influenza Surveillance
and Vims Identification by En
zyme Linked Immunosorbent
Assay (ELISA), $31,416.
A Research/Educational
Program for Direct Marketers,
$36,124.
Projects underway at the
University of Pennsylvania in
clude:
Instruction was handled by
Gregory Solt, Northampton County
Agent, in consultation with
Ackermanville Veterinary
Hospital.
“To the best of my knowledge,
this is the first time an effort was
made in the state to teach a large
group of dairymen antibiotic
sensitivity testing”, reports agent
Solt. “I know of several individual
dairyman who have done it in the
past but it has usually been con
sidered ‘too technical’ for most
daiiymen”.
“Judging from the results with
the practice work, these dairymen
should do fine” Solt continued. For
a dairyman who is willing to work
at it and remain practiced, sen
sitivity testing can be a great tool
for fighting mastitis.
Agent Solt plans to follow
through with these ‘pioneers’ and
Downward Moving Water Under
Field Conditions, $24,400.
Northampton holds mastitis school
NAZARETH - The Nor
thampton County Cooperative
Extension Service held a three
evening Mastitis Treatment School
on March 28,30>and April 4.
The ten studerfts„ learned bac
teria identification, isolation, and
purification, and the techniques of
antibiotic sensitivity testing to
select treatments.
TWO WINNING COMBINATIONS
asgrow
research projects
Pseudorabies Infection of Swine:
Molecular Epidemiology and New
Approaches to Analysis of Latent
Infections, $21,300.
Transmissions and Significance
of Bovine Leukemia Virus In
fection, $36,829.
The Relationship of Hemoglobin
Types and Susceptibility of Sheep
and Parasite Infections, $8,400.
Pathogenesis of Avian Influenza
Infection of Chickens, $25,835.
On-going research at Delaware
Valley College focuses on
Agricultural Utilization of Lime-
Enriched Septage on Forage
Lands at a cost of $31,200.
The Agricultural Research
Committee is composed of
summarize their success and cubators, instructions, agar plates,
failures after one year. “Then drugs, and all necessary ac
future classes can gain from their cessories to start testing on the
experiences”, concludes Solt. farm. Cost of the program was
The dairymen received in- $75.00 per farm.
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Bruce Fox, dairyman from Bangor, swabs an agar plate
with bacteria culture during recent Northampton County
Extension Mastitis School.
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BARON
Don’t Forget To Order
Cimarron or Medistan Alfalfa
Tristan or Pennscott Red Clover
Seed Oats and Forage Grasses
Secretary Hallowell; Deputy
Secretaries of Agriculture E.
Chester Heim and J. Luther
Snyder; Fred Wertz, acting
director of the Department’s Of
fice of Planning and Research;
Ben Mader, executive director of
the Pennsylvania State Harness
Racing Commission; Sen. Edward
Helfrick, chairman of the Senate
Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Committee; Sen. Patrick J.
Stapleton, minority chairman of
the same committee; Rep. Josesph
W. Grieco, chairman of the House
Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Committee; and Representative
Kenneth J. Cole, minority chair
man of the same committee.
Seed Coni
Soybeans
Seed Corn
Soybeans