Bomb Shelters and Community Meetings in Lancaster County
A report discusses shelter viability in a nuclear scenario and notes the Millersville meeting as the county's first step toward broader agricultural group meetings. It invites groups to contact Sheriff Meyers or Millersville officials, and provides pesticide guidance for tomatoes including Malathion and Maneb with safety cautions about water contamination and following manufacturer directions.
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Millersville
Meyers
Civil Defense Headquarters
Lancaster
Alfalfa Pest and Disease Control Report
Growers are advised to spray alfalfa for cutworms four to six inches high after harvest using 1% quarts of 25% Methoxychlor emulsion with 40 to 100 gallons of water per acre if aphids are present. Sloat suggests Malathion 11% or 4 pounds of 25% wettable powder. This spray also targets weevils and leafhoppers. Late blight reported in potatoes. use Maneb, Nabam, or fixed copper fungicides with the insecticide spray. Early blight and other pests on tomatoes and beans require Malathion Methoxychlor combination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sloat
Wheat Varieties Pennoll Seneca Dual and More
Purdue and US Department of Agriculture developed wheat varieties Pennell Seneca and Dual with powdery mildew leaf rust and Hessian fly resistance. Pennell heavy yields late maturing. Seneca high yield similar to Thorne. Dual high yield with lower bushel weight and Hessian fly resistance. Distributed by Purdue Agricultural Experiment Station in 1955 for fall pasture and grain production.
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Purdue University (Indiana) Agricultural Experiment Station
United States Department of Agriculture
Nittany
Pennsylvania
C F. Noll
Thorne
Portage
Ohio
Pennell
Seneca
Purdue University
Indiana) Agricultural Experiment Station
Check Waistline for Kids Clothes Advice from Penn State Expert
Thelma Baiers, a Penn State extension clothing specialist, advises buyers to check the waistline before purchasing children's clothing. She suggests a waist that is slightly loose and longer than normal to accommodate growth, noting partially elasticized waists offer adjustable fullness. Advertisers should mention Lancaster Farming when responding.
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Thelma Baiers
Penn State Extension
Bargain Egg Strains at Burling Farm Poultry Ads
Burling offers eight top strains and crosses for eggs and meat. Highlights include Sexlinks popular with farmers, Carey Leghorns praised as wonderful to handle, Random Sample Test winners and high egg averages, plus Cobb and Vantress cross options for broilers and layers.
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Carey
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L. H. Brubaker
Strasburg
Lititz
R. D
Lancaster Farming
Burling's
Neppco
Bill Burling
Burling’s
Big 8
Tron
Andrews
Cobb
Vantress
Garrison Cornish Ma
Gove
Burling
Der
Oxford
Burling’s Hatchery
Oxford, Pen
Miller & Bushong
Lancaster Express
Rohrerstown, PA
Ph. Lancaster Express
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