Fertilize Your Lawn This .Fall Dollar for dollar, fertilizing your lawn does more to improve your lawn’s quality than any other single maintenance practice. Late fall fertilization in November especially around Thanksgiving, when the lawn stops growing: and before the soil freezes is an excel lent time. Why fertilize in late fall? Fall is the time of year when cool-season turfgrasses recover from summer stress-related conditions, such as drought, heat, and disease. The cooler temperatures and moist conditions are conducive to good turf growth. Another reported effect of late fertilization is an increase in rooting. To fertilize in the fall use mod erate amounts of nitrogen, pho sphorus and potassium. Rates of 'A to 1 pound of soluble nitrogen per 1,000 square feet are recom mended over higher rates (assum ing a late summer application was made) to avoid winter injury, excessive growth in spring and leaching or runoff. Or, for Ken tucky bluegrass, perennial rye grass and fine fescue lawns, use' VA to 2 pounds of a slow release nitrogen fertilizer per 1000 square feet. Remei to use a turf- 28 Pages of Ads, Informative Articles, Good Business Buys- Pius interesting stories that your whole family will enjoy. 1 Your Ni Address: Gift Subscription for: Address: I Mail your check for $l5 (12 issues) and this form to: | | Plain Communities Business Exchange I |RO. Box 328, Dept L, Umpeter. PA 17537 Phone 717-295'7667 • Ttx 717-295-7686 j fertilizer. These grades have a high percentage of nitrogen (N) and lesser amounts of phosphorus (P) and potassium (K). The early grass fertilizers had an N-P-K ratio of 10-6-4 and were packaged in SO pound bags. This provided 5 pounds of nitrogen per bag and the recommended coverage was 5,000 square feet (or 1 pound of nitrogen per 1,000 square feet). A recent study at the University of Illinois showed that when nitro gen was applied at moderate rates in late fall—l pound of N/1000 square feet—both urea and its slow release counterpart, sulfur coated urea provided a better early spring color response than Milor ganite, an organic alternative. However, when Mildiganite or sulfiir-coated urea was applied in late fall at a higher rate (2 pounds of nitrogen/1000 square feet)', results as far as‘spring greenup were similar to those obtained from applying urea at a lower rate (1 pound of N/1000 Square feet in late fall and Vi pund of N/square feet in early spring). Slow or controlled-release nit rogen sources are better than solu ble sources on sandy soils because of reduced potential for leaching. Nitrogen fertilizer should never be applied to frozen soil due to the increased chance of nitrogen runoff. :'s Easy! Complete the form below and mail it. tlong with your payment to us no later than De cember 11th, 1995 and we will mail a gift sub scription certificate to your friend or loved one—just in time for I the holiday! Then, beginning with the January 1996 is sue, they will receive 12 monthly issues! Only $l5 ‘Wabbit’ News MILLPORT (Potter Co.) Rabbit sales bring in thousands of dollars for kids each year. It’s a growing business for 4-H’crs and FFA’ers according to Debbie Kibbe. a Potter County rabbit leader. At the Potter County Livestock Sale held in Millport recently, Charlie Kibbe of Harrison Valley took top honors after years of working with New Zealand Whites. Top bidder Larry Coole of Coudersport bid $27 per pound. Helena Chemical paid $l5 per pound for the reserve. Charlie showed the grand champion and the reserve meat pen. His rabbits also had the high est rate of gain. Judging for the meat pens require that the each rabbit must weight in at least four pounds with three rabbits per pen 69 days or less in age and uniform color. The meat pens are also judged for meat value the same as other animals. Charlie is a member of the Fam ous Wabbit 4-H Club and the FFA Headwaters Chapter of Northern Potter High School. He also shows dairy cattle and market steers. • Ai Partial In-Ground Tank Featuring Commercial Chain Link Fence (5’ High - SCS approved) • Retaining Walls • Bunker Silos • Manure Storage, Etc. LET OCR EXPERIENCE WORK FOR YOU-ESTABLISHED SINCE 1979! Sizes And layouts To Your Specifications We Work Hard For Customer Satisfaction! Larry Coole, right, pays Charlie his grand champion rabbits at the Sale. Charlie Klbbe shows the reserve champion rabbits that Helena Chemical paid $l5 per pound. icultural • Commercial • Residential Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 11, 1995-BC Kibbe $27 per Potter County pound for Livestock Authorized Dealer For KEYSTONE CONCRETE PRODUCTS • H-Bunks • J-Bunks • Trench Silo Wells • Hog At Cattle Slats
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers