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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1961
Page
14
Advice for farmers on decontaminating land and protecting livestock after radioactive fallout. Steps include soil cleaning, raking, deep plowing, selecting root crops, and shielding barns. Emphasizes milk safety and stockpiling dried milk for children.
University entomologists warn common household ants including red black and brown ants live in colonies with nests under foundations sidewalks concrete slabs or in lawns. They advise baseboards windowsills and other entry points be treated with a 2 percent chlordane spray and repeated weekly until ants disappear. Use ant baits as directed and apply caution with toxic materials. Lawn nests can be affected by dusting 5 percent chlordane or 1 percent diazine over each nest.
Doenaid P Timmons named sales representative by Joan Wishelman and Sons of Lancaster Pa. Mr Timmons rejoins Eshelman after completing BS and MS in Poultry Science at the University of Rhode Island Kingston RI. He earned his MS in June and previously worked for Eshelman in New Jersey.
Hybrid varieties excluded for enrdment. A population under 14 000 plants per acre disqualifies entries. Lancaster County champion in 1960 was Clarence Keener Manheim Rt who grew 170 bushels per acre on five acres. 1961 official close date November 15. Entry reports and moisture samples due by then. Blue ribbons for over 150 bushels, red for 125 to 149, white for 100 to 124 bushels per acre.
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