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NOW IS THE TIME
To Control
Canada Thistle
Canada Thistle is listed as a
noxious weed in Pennsylvania;
this means they should be con
trolled and not allowed to go to
seed. Too often we see what some
people call “summer snow flakes”
floating through the air. These are
not snow flakes but thistle seeds.
We should insist that these be
mowed or sprayed to prevent seed
formation.
Most townships have noxious
weed ordinances to prevent the
spread from farm to farm, of
Canada thistles and other noxious
weeds. These ordinances should be
enforced for the best interest of all
farmers. You can spot spray with
Banvel for control. Be sure to
follow all label instructions. We
urge everyone to do something
about this problem.
To Vote On
The Dairy Referendum
Have you noticed an increase in
dairy advertising this past year on
TV, in magazines, and a general
increase in promotional
materials?
Much of this can be attributed to
efforts of a nationwide Dairy
Promotion Program. The program
is financed by a mandatory 1 Scent
deduction on each 100 pounds of
milk shaped by dairymen. It was
implemented about a year ago as
part of the 1983 Dairy Compromise
Bill in response to the milk supply
demand imbalance that existed at
that time.
A national referendum will be
conducted between Aug. 1 and
Aug. 20 to give dairymen an op
portunity to vote for or against the
continuation of this program.
Many co-ops will be block voting,
but dairymen will be able to cast
individual ballots if they disagree
with their co-op’s position.
Dairying is a big business, in
volving both production and
marketing. Much is at stake with
this referendum. Don’t miss the
opportunity to help the total dairy
industry make this important
business decision.
To Keep
Poultry Comfortable
Ventilation and air movement
inside poultry houses is most
important during very hot and
humid weather. Poultry houses
need more air movement inside
the house. I would encourage you
to place circulating fans inside the
house to move more air across the
birds. This will definitely give
relief. In weather reports it’s
known as the “Chill Factor.” If you
move air at the rate of 500 c.f.m.
across the bird, it will reduce the
temperature to the bird by 10*F.
I know if the temperature is 95°
outside it will not be any cooler
than 95° inside, but the chill factor
from the fans could make it feel
like 85* to the bird.
Another very important factor
during hot weather, is to ventilate
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By Jay Irwin
Lancaster County Agriculture Agent
Phone 717-394-6851
the attic. The best way is to have
an inlet at one end and an exhaust
fan at the other end. If you don’t
move the air out of the attic, the
temperature can rise to over
150°F. This trapped air will work
down through the insulation and
into the house.
Many pesticides, particularly
the organic phosphates such as
Cygon and Diazinon and Carbonate
insecticides such as Sevin and
Furadan are decomposed quite
rapidly by alkaline water (ph 7.0).
The decomposition is due to
allkaline hydrolysis of the
molecule which is converted to a
form that is frequently inactive.
For this reason, in areas where
Farm Calendar
Saturday, July 20
Bradford County Jersey Picnic,
Brian Harris Farm.
Shippensburg Fair, Shippensburg;
continues through July 27.
Lancaster County 4-H Horse Show,
Lower-Hopewell Horse Show
Farm, 9 a.m.
Lancaster County dairy goat field
day, 1 a.m. to 4 p.m.. Windy Hill
Goat Dairy, Manheim.
Clarion County Fair, New
Bethlehem; continues through
July 27.
Troy Fair, Troy; continues
through July 27.
Big Butler Fair, Butler; continues
through July 27.
Kimberton Community Fair,
Kimberton; continues through
July 27.
Tuesday, July 23
Pa. Allied Nursery Trade Show,
Pa. Nurserymen’s Association,
Hershey Lodge and Convention
Center; continues through July
25.
Wednesday, July 24
Weed tour, Penn State University.
Delaware Dairy Princess Contest,
Harrington.
York County Holstein Show, 9
a.m., Meyersdale Fairgrounds.
Conneaut Valley Fair, Con
neautville; continues through
July 27.
Plainfield Farmers Fair,
Nazareth; continues through
July 27.
Lancaster 4-H dairy show, Solanco
Fairgrounds, 9 a.m.
To Understand
the pH Effect
on Pesticides
Sunday, July 21
Monday, July 22
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water supplies are greater than pH
7.0, better pest control will be
obtained if the pH is lowered to a
range where pesticide stability is
maintained. For more insecticides
the optimum pH is below 6.0. Let’s
look at a few examples of how pH
effects stability of pesticides.
Dylox decomposes rapidly above
6.0 pH - at a pH of 8.0 only 63
minutes, a pH of 7.0 only 386
minutes and a 6.0 pH will require
89 hours to decompose. Sevin will
be 50 percent decomposed within
24 hours in a 9.0 pH water.
As a general rule, most
pesticides undergo some degree of
hydrolysis in alkaline solutions. If
you experience a situation with a
high pH water, we suggest you look
for another source of water with a
lower pH rather ttian try to change
the pH of your water supply.
Thursday, July 25
Dauphin County 4-H Fair, Dauphin
. County Extension Service,
Farm Show Complex,
Harrisburg.
Lancaster County Black and White
Show, Solanco Fairgrounds,
Quarryville, 10 a.m.
Erie County Holstein Show,
Waterford Fairgrounds, 10 a.m.
Southcentral District Dairy Show,
Shippensburg Fairgrounds.
York County Holstein Show, York
Fairgrounds.
Fayette County Fair, Uniontown;
continues tomorrow.
Friday, July 26
Summer Conference, Pa. Young
Farmers Association, Ephrata
Area High School; continues
tomorrow.
Clearfield County Fair, Clearfield;
continues through Aug. 3.
Pa. Natural Living Convention,
Gettysburg College; continues
through July 28.
Saturday, July 27
Harold Dellinger’s Living History,
today and tomorrow, Indian
Steps Museum, Airville. Call
Ealora Holland, 755-3777 for
more information.
Landowners Conference, Pa.
Forestry Association, Pocono
Sheraton Inn, Stroudsburg.
Summer Meeting, Pa. State
Beekeepers Association, Kish
Park in Burnham.
Berks County 4-H Fair, Berks
County Ag Center.
Penn-York Red and White Field
Day, Myerose Farm, Kenneth
Myer, Elizabethtown.
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WHERE THERE’S
LOVE, THERE’S
HOPE
July 21,1985
Background Scripture
Hoseall; 14.
Devotional Reading:
Hosea 11:5-8; 14:5-9.
I can’t say that I knew Bert well,
but we were more than just nod
ding acquaintances in the hallways
of the local high school. From what
I saw of him, Bert seemed to be a
happy, pleasant fellow, usually
with a grin on his face.
After graduation, we saw no
more of each other. But, several
years later, while I was working as
a construction laborer between my
sophomore and junior years at
college, I picked up the morning
paper and read that Bert had
committed suicide, leaving a note
to his mother, asking her to forgive
him, and saying he was sorry, “but
I’ve done too many bad things.’’
CORDS OF COMPASSION
I didn’t know-and still don’t
what “bad things” to which Bert
was referring, but I wished then
and many times since that I had
had the opportunity to tell Bert
that, no matter what he had done,
the love of God is bigger and
stronger than any sin or sins we
can commit. So long as we have
that love in him, there is no reason
ever to lose hope.
Of course, it’s easy to un-
Sunday, July 28
Red Lion Area Young Farmer’s
Summer family picnic;
Shenberger Chapel, U.M.
Church, New Bridgeville,
beginning at 12:30 p.m.
Md. Angus Field Day, Mar Lee
Farm, Woodsboro.
Monday, July 29
Morrison Cove Dairy Show,
Martinsburg; continues
through Aug. 2.
Goshen Country Fair, West
Chester; continues through
Aug. 3.
Potter County Fair, Millport;
continues through Aug. 3.
Tuesday, July 30
Jacktown Fair, Wind Ridge;
continues through Aug. 3.
Mercer County Pomona Grange
Fair, Mercer.
New Stanton Farm and Home
Fair, New Stanton; continues
through Aug. 3.
Lancaster County dairy meeting,
Farm and Home Center, 7:30
p.m.
Wednesday, July 31
University of Maryland Tobacco
Field Day, South Maryland
Research Center, Upper
Marlboro. Contact; Skip Myers,
301-454-3622
Potter County Fair; continues
through Aug. 3.
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derstand why people despair.
, Looking at it from a stridtly human
perspective, it would seem that it
is logical for us to conclude that
there are limits to God’s love and
redemption. After all, there are
limits to just about everything in
this world, why not with the love of
God as well? There are some
things that we do or don’t do that
are so “bad.” as Bert put it, that it
woula more than just and
right that God w 1 draw a lip~
there.
The popular concept of love is a
kind of “you-scratch-my-back-and
I’ll-scratch-your-back” affair. So
long as we are both scratching, our
love remains undiminished. But let
one of us be negligent in our
scratching, for whatever the
reason, and the other will quickly
declare that the “deal is off!” and
love is gone. If you fail to love me
to the extent that I might rightfully
expect, I have the right to break off
the relationship.
A NO-CANCEL LOVE
But, fortunately for us, love on
the divine level doesn’t work by
rules and regulations. If it did,
we’d all be out of luck. God should,
according to human logic, abandon
us. But he doesn’t, for his love is
the kind that weathers all these
storms and remains in tact; “How
can I give you up, oh Ephraim!
How can I hand you over, oh
Israel!” (11:8).
The key to this is to be found in
the nature of God’s love for us. It is
not like the “love” of which so
many people today speak-M* quid
pro quo love. That is not really love
because it lacks commitment. If
we must compare this love of God
to anything else, it is more like the
saving love of the parent, who
never gives up in his or her love for
us. And where there’s love, there is
always hope, too.
Friday, August 2
Pa. Sheep Field Day and Craft
Show at Penn State University.
Penn State Square Dance Festival,
8 p.m., Hetzel Union Building,
University Park; continues
tomorrow.
New York state dairy princess
pageant, Cortland.
Saturday, August 3
Sussex County Farm and Horse
Show begins; continues through
Aug. 11.
Pa. Simmental Association Field
- Day, Baker’s Simmentals,
Buffalo Mills. Contact Bill
Shoemaker: 412-262-4486.
Clinton County Fair, Mackeyville;
continues through Aug. 10.
Check tobacco
for blue mold
LANCASTER Tobacco
growers should be on the
lookout for blue mold on
tobacco, says John Yocum of
the Penn State Research Lab
in Landisville.
Yocum said he just received
a report from a Chester
County tobacco fanner who
discovered the disease on his
plants.
He said outbreaks of blue
mold have also been reported
in Ohio and Kentucky over the
past few weeks.
“So the spores are probably
out there,” he concluded.
The occurrence of blue
mold, though relatively late in
the season, apparently
reflects the substantial
amounts of rainfall received
recently in the southern part
of the state.
Conditions in many areas of
the state, he noted, are ideal
for blue mold.
Farmers who discover the
disease on their plants are
encouraged to contact their
county extension office or the
Research Lab.