To Spray Or Not To Spray MH 30 Cautions Tobacco Growers
A June 1 USDA release warns against using Malekc Hydrazide MH 30 to control sucker growth in tobacco. It notes protests from major companies and potential harm to price supports and markets. The piece critiques industry resistance to hand suckering and questions buyer premiums for chemically treated tobacco.
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United States Department of Agriculture
USDA
United States
Lancaster County
Prices rise give farmers hopeful 1960 outlook
In Washington this week farmers see better than expected farm prices and income. After a projected billion dollar income drop, prices began rising about one percent per month from January. Hog prices jumped 25 percent from $12 to $16 per hundredweight by April, lifting parity toward a fair level and easing bankruptcy fears.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Outlook
Department of Agriculture
Lancaster Farming Weekly Publisher and staff details
Lancaster Farming weekly issue contact and staff list. Editor Jack Owen and Advertising Manager Robert G Campbell are named. Publication began November 4, 1955 and remains a Lancaster County weekly with subscribers at $2 per year. The paper is printed Saturdays from Lancaster Pennsylvania with a Mount Way address noted.
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Lancaster Express
Jack Owen
Robert G Campbell
Lancaster Farming
Lancaster
Lanccaster
Mount Way
Farm Conditions Improve Slightly Despite Wet Fields
The State Crop Reporting Service notes better conditions for farm field work in Pennsylvania though rain and wet ground persist. Surplus moisture recedes, tomatoes planted, strawberry set strong, but corn planting lags behind last year and alfalfa hay quality remains fair. Weather delays spraying and hay damage occurs in some areas.
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Pennsylvania
State
Lancaster County
This Can niversary: 150 Years of Canning
Carol Dean Huber recounts Phil Durand’s 19th century idea of sealing food in airtight cans. The piece notes how farms adopted canning with different materials from tin to glass and marks a rural anniversary celebrating preserved harvests.
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Carol Dean Huber
Phil Durand
Two Roads of Life and Discipline Lesson Refutes Majority Rule
A June 12 1960 lesson contrasts two paths as in Jesus teaching, the broad road to destruction and the narrow road to life. It argues that majority action does not determine right and emphasizes self discipline, choosing the harder correct path, with warnings about chasing easy popular routes.
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Irhid
Foremar
North Carol
Ourselve i
Time to spray alfalfa and manage insect growth
Growers are urged to spray malathion immediately after the first alfalfa harvest to control alfalfa weevils and help second crop yield. Leaf hoppers require 4 to 6 inch tall growth treated with methoxychlor emulsion to boost tonnage. caution with corn cultivation to avoid plant damage. Also notes on making silage from winter wheat and oats, and careful use of nitrogen fertilizers to prevent overgrowth and plant injury.
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