Vegetable market trends and livestock price report
Growers warn that no migrant farm labor regulations could raise enforcement costs as Labor and Health departments extend oversight. Yearly vegetable yields may decline, with prices and demand fluctuating. livestock prices show varied ranges from steers to heifers and cows, with multiple quality grades and weights noted. Lancaster Farming advertising cites strong results.
Control Beetles On Bean Crop
The Mexican bean beetle commonly infests beans in fields and gardens. Adults are yellow to copper with 16 black spots. larvae are yellowish orange with black spines. The best control is dust or spray directed at adults under the leaves before eggs are laid. Dust options include 4 percent malathion five percent methoxychlor or one percent rotenone. Spray options include malathion 25 percent WP three tablespoons methoxychlor 50 percent WP or rotenone emulsion per gallon of water, applied to the underside of leaves. Repeat applications at daily intervals until controlled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester County
Frank E. Bortz
Senior Extension Calls Dancers to Form Exhibition Team
The Lancaster County Senior Extension Club invites square dancers to join an Exhibition Team for the 1960 State Farm Show. An organizational meeting will be held at 8 pm Tuesday in the Farm Bureau auditorium. All interested persons are urged to attend, even if they cannot dance, says club secretary Janet Risser.
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Grubb Supply Company
Elizabethtown
Lancaster County Senior Extension Club
Farm Bueau Auditorium
Janet Risser
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