Lancaster Farming in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Planting Timings For Warm Weather Crops And Miscellany

Many livestock and dairy producers rely on soybeans sudangrass or forage sorghums for summer pasture hay or swage crops. These warm weather crops should not be seeded until mid May. If seeded in cold wet weather germination fails and seeds may rot. Seeds and fertilizer must not contact each other. House plants cannot be on a watering schedule as home conditions vary. Research at Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station cannot reduce Japanese beetle populations and a spray program may be needed for heavy infestation. The largest American family is the Smiths though there is only one Smith Memorial Hospital in the country located at Deborah Iowa.