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fajmgardeo Tuesday, August 12, 1980, The Evening Sentinel, Carlisle, Pa. A5 Corn worm damage near record high for year farm scene duane duncan Corn growers can get a pretty good idea of the rootworm situation on their farm by making a few observations in their fields during August. A few minutes spent in the field this summer could save a costly insecticide bill next spring. On the other hand, if no insecticide use is planned for 1981, a check of the field may indicate a potential rootworm problem that would warrant insecticide use. Walk through the corn fields and look for lodged same field next year.

Make this examination by counting off 100 plants. Then count the number of small, greenish-yellow beetles on the silks and leaves of these 100 plants. If the total is over 200 beetles per 100 plants, there are enough to cause a potential yield loss in the same field next year. If the count is less than 200 beetles, an insecticide for rootworm control next spring will not be profitable for that field. JUST A REMINDER not to miss the Cumberland County 4-H Horse and Pony Drill Team presentation Saturday afternoon, Aug.

16 at the Carlisle Fairgrounds in front of the Grandstand at 2. Admission to the Grandstand is free for the show. The Mounted Drill Team will be led by Jenny Fenicle carrying the American Flag and leading the drill. Heather Blosser and Mike Wert will be the banner carriers. Cindy Otto will be carrying the 4-H flag and Steve Otto will be carrying the Pennsylvania flag.

Also participating in the drill and carrying drill flags will be: Linda and Tammy Burruss, RD7; Tracy Brackbill, RD2 Mechanicsburg; Sandy Fatzinger, 423 East Lisburn Road, Mechanicsburg; Todd Holston, RD1 Ship-pensburg; Stephanie Kelly, 1675 Lamb's Gap Road, Mechanicsburg; Dede King, RD2 Mechanicsburg; Mindy Galbraith, RD9; Jim and Tom Schlusser, RD2; Jody Sharek, RD9; Eddie Rebert, RD8; and Cindy and David Frey, 3410 Spring Road. JAPANESE beetles are actively feeding and laying their eggs throughout the state. The lack of rainfall may influence the location of eggs since females prefer to lay them in moist soil. Within the next 7-14 days, the eggs will begin hatching into first instar grubs which will start feeding in grass roots. Dates for your calendar Aug.

13 2 p.m. Cumberland County 4-H Sheep Breeding Round-up, CArlisle Fairprounds. Aug. 14 9 a.m. Cumberland County 4-H Dairy Round-up, Carlisle Fairgrounds.

Aug. 16 South Central Pa. Holstein Championship Show, Carlisle Fairgrounds. Aug. 16 State Plowing Contest, Hershey Farms.

Aug. 19 Cumberland County 4-H Pig round-up 9:30 a.m. 4-H Pig Sale p.m., Carlisle Livestock Market. August 19-21 Penn State's Ag Progress Days, Rock Springs Agriculture Research Center. plants or curved stalks "goosenecking." Pull up a few of these plants and examine the roots for worm damage.

This is one of the visible symptoms that the problem is moderately serious on your farm. Water restrictions can cut into garden output waiter masson IWi'. jb i Dont let water restric tions, its scarcity or rising costs discourage you from having a lush garden. Early century farmers used their ingenuity to solve such problems. Here are some suggestions for facing them today: 1.

Keep adding humus to your soil to attract moisture. The tiny particles serve as reservoirs for plant roots to draw on for water. 2. Mulch plants with a layer, 4-5 inches deep, of organic material, to retard soil water evaporation. 3.

Catch run-off rain water from the roof, in a barrel or trough. Keep the unit covered and stirred occasionally, to prevent mosquitoes from breeding. 4. Use a sprinkling can to water seedlings, outdoor house plants and small seeded areas. 5.

Use a soil soaker or drip system that oozes could be ample moisture underneath, 2-3 inches down. If you're in doubt, dig out a plug, with a trowel and examine it. LIGHTLY watering lawns encourages crabgrass and other shallow rooted weeds. It makes grass roots grow to the surface to find moisture. As a result the plants dry out and brown.

Cut grass 2'2-3 inches high this month to reduce water evaporation. Because it can take an hour or more to get enough water on your lawn, with a sprinkler, don't try to do it with a hand-held hose. Chances are you'll soon get tired (or bored) and quit too soon. Be sure shrubs or trees you planted this past spring get ample water into late fall. Keep a circle of soft soil around them so moisture can sink in.

Also put on a mulch. A sure way of getting automatic An drops of water to plant roots. 6. Adjust oscillating or twirling sprinklers so they allow time for water to seep into the soil, with no runoff. 7.

Keep your garden free of weeds. They compete for water. Humus, in the form of compost or peat moss, replenishes microorganisms in the soil and helps to keep it moist. Make your own supply with a compost pile in a corner of your yard. Enclose with with poultry wire.

Throw leafy plants, soft primings, grass clippings and leaves you rake up in the fall, in it. Spring-fall is a good time to dig humus into the soil. MULCHES CAN consist of grass mixed with peat moss, compost, salt marsh hay, other organic matter. After the summer season, Commodity Credit Corporation of butter, cheese and nonfat dry milk. Current law requires the milk price support be established at between 80 and 90 percent of parity on Oct.

1 each year. USDA officials estimate the minimum level of support Displays slated Milk support data due 8 Various energy technologies will be diplayed and demonstrated at an energy and conservation fair to be held Aug. 16 in conjunction with the state plowing contest at Milton Hershey Farm 6B. The fair is being sponsored by the Dauphin, Lancaster and Lebanon Countv conservation dis Farm notes: Drill team will perform water down to the roots of shrubs and trees is to let the hose trickle for a few hours around the base of each. Or use a soil soaker.

ROOT FEEDERS are available to attach to the garden hose. They can be pushed into the ground several feet, to water roots, without evaporation or surface runoff. They hold fertilizer cartridges, if needed, to feed the plants' at the same time. are Automatic timers available at garden stores and from catalog houses. They screw to the faucet and hose and shut off the water supply at a given time.

Water your plants during the daylight hours, if you can, so that foliage will have time to drip-dry before sunset. This helps to control plant diseases that are encouraged by humidity and excess dampness on warm nights. ment of Agriculture, PO Box 2415, Washington. D.C., 20013. The comments will be available for public inspection during regular business hours.

Copies of the impact statement and the backgrounder also are available upon request. award tn Havalnn trainino nrn- to develop grams. He is also active in 4-H work and other youth programs related to agricultural education. Q. Can I freeze chives or will they shrivel up? A.

You should cut your chives into small pieces with a scissors, put them in small plastic bags, seal, and freeze. They will keep nicely. Q. I have white mold on the surface of my houseplants. What causes this? A.

It could be caused by overwatering. It could be an encrustation of fertilizer salts, in which case you should scrape away as much of it as you can, and then water the plant every hour for three or four hours to wash some of that fertilizer away. Duncan will receive The Cumberland County 4H Light Horse and Pony Club Drill Team will perform Saturday at the Carlisle Fair. The program will begin at 2 p.m. Sometimes between August 10 and 25, actually count the rootworm beetles on the corn plants.

The abundance of beetles present in the fields during this period gives an indication of the potential problem in the in late fall or early next spring, work it into the soil to add organic matter. Renew it next year. You can get a soil soaker or drip system that feeds water to your plants economically, at garden centers. Use on rows of vegetables or on other plants. If you have an oscillating or twirling sprinkler, adjust the water flow at the faucet to allow time for it to be absorbed in the soil and avoid wasteful runoff.

Plants vary in their water needs and so do various types of soil. Generally, sandy soils require a half-inch weekly, loamy soils an inch and clay soils an inch and one-half. It should penetrate 5-6 inches deep, to benefit plant roots. Although some soil surfaces may look dry, there (80 percent of parity) will be $12.73 per hundredweight on Oct. 1 for milk of 3.5 percent butterfat content.

That would be an increase of 66 cents over the support price which became effective April 1. It could result in a 5 to 6 cent-per-gallon increase in milk Pnniifpii A nr i nn a 1 Country Agricultural Agents Oklahoma. Duncan develops educational programs and activities related to the dairy industry in the county. He has conducted land use with organic material, superphosphate 5-10-5 or 5-10-10 fertilizer. The corn should be grown in full sun.

The black bugs are corn ear worms, and can be controlled by using a drop or two of mineral oil on the corn silk as it develops. Q. What type of wetting agent do you use in The Victory Garden? A. In The Victory Garden we lust use a little bit of mild soap, and that does the I00- Q. I have two Japanese dwarf maple trees that have lots of drv limbs and leaves that don't look too well.

Am I feeding the trees right? A. You should water your Japanese dwarf maples thoroughly every three days. During every other watering mix a small amount of soluble fertilizer Boiling Springs. Aug. 23-4 p.m.

Chicken corn soup festival Good Shepherd Community United Methodist Church, McAllister site. i-k pnnr. furvthnrlanH Penn State's Cumberland Country Extension Director Duane G. Duncan will receive a Distinguished Service award August 14 at the annual meeting of the National Association of Dairy princess at seminar Sharon Cornman, Cumberland County Dairy Princess, recently participated in the 1980 Pennsylvania Diary one way to conserve Aug. 1 6 tion Plan, which will require large regulated utilities to provide residential customers with energy audits and other technical assistance.

There will also be a two-man cross-cut saw competition at noon, and the public is invited to register at the Dauphin County Conservation District's stand that morning. The energy exposition begins at 9 a.m. and ends at 5 p.m. The rain date is Monday, Aug. 18.

Concessions will be offered by the Dauphin and Lebanon County 4-H councils. Admission is free. Sales and Service PAUL SHOVER, INC. 35 East Willow Stroot Carlisle Phono 243-2686 ll quality qulpmvnt and bock It with dpndabl trvlc" MOWER SERVICE WE'LL CLEAN, SHARPEN, AND TUNE-UP Your Mowor ERNEST SHCVER Farm Equipment 19 Was South Stroot Carlisle, Pa. Phono: 249-2239 your sprinkler is tricts.

Energy conservation, gasohol, solar and wood technologies will be included in the display. Mini-lectures will be given during the afternoon starting at 1 p.m. on energy conservation in the home, residential energy tax credits; gasohol, solar, wind, wood, weatherization and the Residential Conserva- House Brooms CARLISLE AT OUR That victory garden: questions and answers Princess Training Seminar at Saint rrancis College, Loretto. Included in the program were workshops on nutrition, haircare, poise, public speaking, skincare and make-up. Ms.

Cornman will compete for the title of Pennsylvania Dairy Princess Sept. 22 and 23 at Penn Harris Motor Inn, Harrisburg. FHA committee names two Two area persons were named recently to a three-year term on the Farmers Home Administration County Committee. They are Fred Naugle, RD7 and Jane Benner, RD2 Millerstown. They succeed Merle Miller, RD9 and Clark Bower, RD1 Blain, whose terms expired June 30.

Naugle runs a dairy operation on his 160 acre farm and farms 220 acres in all. Ms. Benner, who also runs a dairy operation, has a bachelor of science degree in Dairy Science from Virginia Polytechnic Institute. 4-H members earn awards Cumberland County 4H members won first place recently in the 4H Flower Judging and Identification Contest at Pennsylvania State University. The program was part of State 41 1 Achievement Days.

The group consisted of Cindy Otto, RD8, Lori Davidson, Star Route 2, Shippensburg, and Karen Nailor, 30 Bare Road, Mechanicsburg. prices at the retail level, according to USDA. Comments must be made in writing and received no later than Aug. 18 by the Director, Procurement and Sales Division, Room 5741 South Building, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, U.S. Depart nnnfaranrac fnr farmprs conferences for farmers and agribusiness personnel, organized a land use committee to help slow down the loss of prime agricultural land, and worked with farm cooperative directors according to directions.

You should repeat this procedure every four or five weeks Q. How do I pulverize my compost? A. You can use gasoline or electric driven compost grinders that are made by cmnrl rtifforant manlifn- turers machines win nasten tne decomposition of the material. Just bght my first spiferant, and it has little whlte nowers it Are spider plants suppose to bloom? A. Yes, they very often bloom with little white flowers.

Farm Sale of farm products in Pennsylvania amounted to $2.2 billion in 1978, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of the Census. The total is based on the preliminary results of the 1978 Census of Agriculture, which counted 59,973 farms in the state, with average per farm sales of $36,566, an average size of 146 acres, and average value of land and buildings of $187,347. Comparisons with totals from the last census In 1974 The public has until Aug. 18 to comment on the level of price support for milk for the 1980-81 marketing year.

Jim Williams, federal deputy secretary of agriculture, said USDA is also asking for public comment on the prices and terms of purchase by i .4 DUANE DUNCAN Ice cream output up Pennsylvania ranks second in the nation in the production of ice cream and third in milk sherbert production. The state ranks fourth in the production of ice milk. Those statistics from the Pennsylvania Crop Report-ing Service's 1979 manufactured dairy products survey were released last week The Survey showed that Pennsylvania manufacturers produced 73.7 million gallons of ice cream during 1979, up 3 percent from 1978. California was the only state in the nation to top the commonwealth, manufacturing 89.1 million gallons. Ice milk production in Pennsylvania during 1979 totaled 15.4 million gallons, down 16 percent from 1978.

California, Ohio and Illinois produced more than the commonwealth. Milk sherbert production, at 2.8 million gallons, was down 8 percent from last year's production, and behind California and Ohio. Other frozen products manufactured totaled 999,000 gallons, an Increase of 22 percent over 1978. .1 i United Press International (The questions and answers following are based on reader mail to The Victory Garden with Bob Thomson, produced by Station WGBH-TV, Boston, and seen weekly on Public Broadcasting Service affiliates nationwide.) Q. What is the best environment mushrooms? for growing A.

Mushrooms grow best in a mixture of rich compost and manure that is in an advanced stage of decomposition. Q. I am having trouble growing corn. The stalks never get full grown and when the ears develop, black bugs destroy them. What should I do? A.

The weakness in the stalks is due to a lack of nutrient values in the soil. You should enrich the soil Ms. otto tied for first place in the individual competition. Ms. Davidson placed third and Ms.

Nailor sixth. sales higher FAIR WEEK SPECIALS WAREHOUSE coming events R.g. $5.90 PICIAL 2.93 TO 7.83 R.g. $3.85 to should be made with caution because of significant improvements in data collection procedures for 1978, according to the bureau. Bureau officials believe that the improvement in data collection had a much greater effect on the count of farms than on measures of agricultural production.

Improvements Included a more thorough mailing list and a door-to-door canvass of a sample of households in rural areas. For the survey, farms were defined as any place from which $1,000 or more of agricultural products were sold, or normally would have been sold, during the census year. While Pennsylvania's farm product sales climbed 46 percent from $1.5 billion In 1974, farmers' expenses also grew, with feed purchased for livestock and poultry up from $340.7 million to $433.5 million in 1978; hired farm labor from $112.8 million to $177.8 million, Leather and Cotton Gloves SUMS MILL COMPANY Aug. 16-4-8 p.m. -Chicken barbecue -Dickinson Presbyterian Church, Cumminstown.

Aug. 23-1-6 p.m. -Chicken barbecue VFW Post 8851, Hamilton Road, OLD STONE HOUSE ROAD CarlUlo at Mlrirlloto Ph. J49-U4J PD1.