AlO-Lancastsr Farming, Saturday, June 15,1985 NOW IS THE TIME To Keep Pesticide Records Today’s battle with insects, fungus, rodents and weeds requires the use of many different chemicals. It is important to keep an accurate record of any chemical used. This would include the date, name of material, ap plication rate, field number and even the direction the wind is blowing. This might save a lot of trouble and loss of income in case there is some question. Many food items are being checked by Food and Drug representatives for pesticide residue. It is possible to find residue even where the producer followed regulations and every recommended practice. Your records would be very important in these cases. To Deal With Volunteer Corn I’ve had a number of inquiries concerning volunteer com growing in many fields. This is com that has been left in the field since last fall and is really a weed that will hurt our yields the same as any other weed. The big problem is how to get rid of it. There is no herbicide that can be used without killing all the com. On tilled or minimum tilled, the Farm Calendar Saturday, June 15 York County Farmers Association free farm tour, Hellam area, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Junior Livestock Day, Ag Arena, Penn State University. Adams County dairy princess pageant, Biglerville High School. Franklin County dairy princess pageant, Kauffman Community Center, Chambersburg. Huntingdon County dairy princess pageant, Shaver’s Creek Community Building, Peter- sburg. Lancaster County dairy princess pageant, Farm and Home Center, Lancaster. Sullivan County dairy princess pageant, Main Street, Deshore. Sun Area dairy princess pageant, Boscoe’s, Susquehanna Valley Mall; Selinsgrove. Washington/Greene County dairy princess pageant, Washington County Fairgrounds, Washington. Lebanon County dairy princess pageant, Annville Elementary School. Junior Livestock Field Day, Penn State University. By Jay Irwin Lancaster County Agriculture Agent Phone 717-394-6851 cultivator can be used to kill the plants between the rows. On no-till, there is no means of eradication except the hand hoe. The larger the com becomes the less you’ll want to cultivate because of root pruning. We are again back to using the hoe. All this volunteer com growing is a reminder that part of our 1984 crop was left in the field. To Handle Diesel Fuel and Gasoline With Respect We use a lot of diesel fuel and gasoline on our farms and when they are not handled properly, they can be a source of a serious fire. Gasoline should be stored in an underground tank. When it is necessary to store it above ground, the tank should be located at least 40 feet away from any building. Small amounts can be stored in approved safety cans. Be sure to label all cans plainly so there is no danger of mix-up. Diesel fuel and gasoline must be kept away from flame or heat. Strictly enforce no smoking rules. Always refuel outdoors -where vapors cannot accumulate. If you spill some fuel, wipe it up before starting an engine. Storing any fuels in glass jugs or Annual Meeting, American Jersey Cattle Club, June 16-19, Lan * caster. Annual Big Weekend Show, Pa. Dairy Goat Association. Annual meeting, Pa. Landrace Swine Breeders Assoc., Leon Arnold Farm. 33rd Annual Convention, Pa. Food Merchants Association, Bally’s Park Place. Tuesday, June 18 Penn State Crops Day at Lan disville, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 39th Annual Meeting, FFA. Penn State University. Indiana County dairy princess pageant. Wednesday, June 19 Lycoming County Dairy Week at Lycoming Mall; continues to June 22. Thursday, June 20 Regional Beekeepers Workshop, 9 a.m.; Penn State Fruit Research Lab, Biglerville. Friday, June 21 Bedford County dairy princess Sunday, June 16 TLL TAKE ANOTHER glass. bottles is inviting trouble. It is also dangerous to use them to start buring trash, leaves, barbecue pits or stoves. Gasoline should not be used as a cleaning or degreasing agent. During this busy season, take time to be safe. To Feed Shrubs After Flowering Period Most people know that their plants do better if they're fer tilized... but many ask when is the best time to feed shrubs. One important thing to remember is that shrubs need feeding im mediately following their flowering period. For small shrubs, use one half a handful of a complete fertilizer such as a 5-10-10 or similar analysis. The fertilizer should be placed on the surface of the soil around the plants and lightly raked in. After you’ve applied the plant food to the soil, it should be soaked m with rain or a healthy watering. Larger plants, of course, may be given a larger amount of plant food. Once a plant is firmly and fully established, and in good growing condition, then it may not need regular fertilizer application. pageant, Northern Bedford County High School, Loysburg. Butler County dairy princess pageant, Butler County Com munity College, Butler. 4-H Leadership Council, Penn State; continues through June 27. Saturday, June 22 National Holstein Centennial Sale; Syracuse. Beaver/Lawrence County dairy princess contest; Bigland Grange, Rochester. Crawford County dairy princess pageant, George and Doris Brown Farm, Cambridge Springs. Susquehanna County dairy prin cess pageant, Montrose Fire Hall, Montrose. Warren County dairy princess pageant, Warren County 4-H Center, Pittsfield. Sunday, June 23 National Holstein Convention, June 23 to 26, Hartford, Conn. Pa. Flying Farmers meet at 1 p.m. at Rover Airport between Fontana and Camgbelltown on Route 322. Monday, June 24 4-H Leadership Congress, Penn GETTING GOD ON YOUR SIDE June 16,1985 Background Scripture: Amos 4 through 5. Devotional Reading: Amos 5:4-13. The Australian motion picture, Crwkor Morairt, is a true story of three Australian soldiers who fought for the British in the Boer War and were tried by a court martial for killing some prisoners. From the very beginning of the trial it is apparent that the whole situation has been “fixed” so that the three soldiers cannot be acquitted. The court martial is seeking, neither truth nor justice, but to make these men scapegoats for actions determined at the highest levels of command. At the end of the picture, despite the herculean efforts of their defense attorney to halt this travesty of justice, two are sen tenced to death by a firing squad. The services of a chaplain are offered to the two condemned men, but they refuse, going to their deaths as “pagans,” rather than with a representative of the Christian faith embraced by those who have victimized them. HATE EVIL, LOVE GOOD While you and I are likely to disagree with their choice, still we can at least appreciate their feelings about the religion that allowed their peers to perpetrate Order 4 milk $12.99 for May ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Middle Atlantic Order Market Ad- ministrator Joseph D. Shine has announced a May 1985 base milk price of $12.99 per hundredweight and an excess milk price of $11.26. The weighted average May price was 312.82 and the butterfat dif- State Umversity; continues through June 27. Tuesday, June 25 Farmers Field day, Rodale Research Center, Kutztown, 9:30 a.m. and Ip.m. Thursday, June 27 Eastern Region Junior Angus Show, York; continues through Saturday. Friday, June 28 Erie County dairy princess pageant, Mill Creek Mall, Erie. Wyoming/Lacawana County dairy princess pageant, Marks Ole House Restaurant, Tunkhan nock. Sunday, June 29 Bedford County Beef Preview Show, Bedford Fairgrounds. Phone Bedford Extension: 814- 623-5148. Berks Wool Pool, Reading Fair Livestock Building, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. f COMING \ I Right /a Up J ‘ this villainy with no apparent effect upon their religious sen sibilities. Obviously, however, and it has always been thus, the fault is not with the Christian’s God, but with the Christian. For the “good Christians” of this tragic story allowed the trappings of their religion to become a substitute for the moral sense that is imperative in Christianity. And, although Amos appeared on the scpno some eight centuries before - f Jesus Christ, his message to the t * ople of Israel like that of Jesus, emphasizeu ux u . God desires righteousness, instead of ritual, deeds instead of ideas; “Hate evil, and love good, and establish justice in the gate” (5:15). We may not be able to agree on our doctrines and our creeds, but upon one things we can be unified; God despises injustice! UNACCEPTABLE OFFERINGS It is hard for a religionist to read Amos’ words without wincing: f tab, I despise yew feasts, and I ttkt no do light In jfour aohmn ataawMlaa. Evan though you offar mo your bunt offaringa and canal offaringa, I will not aecapt thorn. (5:21,22) For many people - including clergy - that’s what the religious life is all about: solemn assem blies, feasts, and offerings. To be told, as Amos puts it, that these are hateful in the sight of God is a bitter pill to swallow. Yet, if we look more closely, it is not that God hates rituals, but that he hates rituals that have taken the place of true religion. When church activities, programs and services are offered as substitutes for righteousness, then they are an abomination in his sight. For we know what he really wants from us: “let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an every flowmg stream.” ferential for the month was 16.3 cents. The base milk price was down 27 cents from April and was 38 cents below last May. The weighted average price dropped 29 cents from April and was 55 cents lower than a year ago. Sharply lower Class prices and a significantly lower Class I utilization percentage of producer milk accounted for the decline in producer prices. The advertising withholding rate, which is deducted from the base and excess milk prices but not the weighted average price, was 10 cents a hundredweight in May 1985 and 14 cents a year earlier. Mr. Shine said the volume of producer milk pooled in May was a record 548.0 million pounds, ex ceeding the previous high set in May 1983 of 543.5 million pounds. The volume of pooled producer milk was up over 32 million pounds or 6.2 percent from May 1984. The average daily delivery per producer of 2,631 pounds in May was also a new record, and was up by 254 pounds or 10.7 percent over the May average a year ago. Class I producer milk totaled 232.7 million pounds, almost 10 million pounds below May 1984, and ac counted for 42.46 percent of total producer deliveries compared with 47.04 percent last May. TTie volume of Class II milk was up over 42 million pounds from a year earlier. Base milk accounted for 85.29 percent of total May producer milk deliveries, down sharply from 91.29 percent last May. The average butterfat test of producer milk was 3.56 percent in May compared with 3.64 percent a year ago. Order 4 pool handlers reported Class I m-area milk sales of 201.4 million pounds during May, a drop of 0.7 percent from a year earlier, after adjustment to eliminate variation due to calendar com position.
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