State Surey Shows Increasd Acres Of Corn, Winter Wheat, Barley, Rye HARRISBURG —A State De partment of Agriculture survey showed today Pennsylvania farm ers have increased their acreages of corn, winter wheat, barley and rye this year Wheat acreage was boosted largely because farmers are per M-M' " Nick-Chick " LEGHORNS v FOR MORELS EGG PROFITS We can prove that H&N Balanced Breeding will increase your egg production Get more income from your laying house start with HiN “Nick Chicks” today Write for FREE price list and illustrated literature. Also Ist Generation White Van. tress broiler chicks. FLORIN' FARMS, INC. . Mt, Joy 2 Loncoster County Po, Phone Mt Joy OLdfield 3-9891 IT'S IN THE FEED Can You Get It Out? The other day one of our customers brought us the records of his laying flock. 12 month operation (floor) Four pounds feed used per dozen eggs produced. Good! Of course it is good. Some do better. Some not tjuite so good. Breed Management But It’s iii our feed. Let us help you get it out. When you house your birds, feed EARLY BIRD. Miller & Bushong, Inc. Rohrerstown, Pa. Manufacturers of Poultry and Live Stock Feed Since 1875. mutted under revised government regulations to plant up to 30 acres when the entire crop is consumed on the farm where grown, the Department said Mostly livestock and poultry farmers are taking advantage of the change from the previous limit of 15 acres without mar keting orders. Largely responsible for an increase in coin acreage are live stock and poultry farmers of by last year’s drought, the De partment noted Prospects of a dnmper corn crop this season will enable them to replenish normal carry-over stocks that were wiped out when the drought reduced corn product ion A Pennsylvania Crop Report ing Service survey also showed that farmers have decreased acreages of oats, late summer potatoes and cigar leaf tobacco in comparnson with 1957 plant ings Pennsylvania farmers this year have planted 1,268,000 acres of corn, 25,000 more than in 1957 60,000 under the 10-year 194756 average. A i ecord average of 48 bushels of helled corn per acre was fore cast for 1958, two bushels above the 1957 average A total of winter wheat and 238,000 acres of barley are being harvested Rye acreage was esti-| mated at 26,000 acres, 2,000 more Weather And a lot of other factors are involved. 5 Feeder Sales In Fall Planned By Chicago Yards Five Feeder Cattle Salas will be held at the Chicago Stock Yards this fall according to an announcement by Fiank Flynn, general manager and vice presx dent. The stepped-up sales pro gram initiated last year is intend ed to provide farmers with a de pendable source of feeder cattle Dates for tha 1958 sales are Spt 12, Sept 26, Oct 10 and NoV 7 The 14th annual Chicago Feeder Cattle Show and Sale, the largest of its kind in the na tion, will be held Oct. 23, 24 and 25 “Each week,” said Flynn, “40,000 to 50,000 fat cattle are marketed at Chicago for which replacements are needed There fore, Chicao is the natural place to sell feeder cattle to return to feed lots With ready transporta tion available and inci eased fa cilities for feeder cattle, we are looking forward to another good supply of feader cattle this fall than m 1957 Pennsylvania farmeis hiked their winter wheat plantings by 22,000 acres this yr and mcieased bailey plantings by 20,000 acres Record yields per acie were predicted this year for winter wheat, oats and rye and barley the second highest ot record. Hay, potatoes and cigar leaf to bacco will yield better than avei age, early estimates show Ph. Lancaster EX 2-2145 33 Wheat Varieties Named Desirable For 1959 Wheat Support Program The U S Department oi Agn culture today named 33 wheat varieties which are undesirable because of inferior milling or baking qualities and which will be discounted 2 cents per bushel m price support tales on the 1959 wheat crop The list includes the 31 vane ties designated as undesirable foi the 1958 wheat price support pro giam and two additional varieties designated for the 1959 crop Ad ditions to the list of undesirable varieties are Kharkot MC 22 in the hard red winter class and Rus sell in the hard red spring class Discounts to discourage plat ings of undesirable wheat vane ties were included m the price support piogram for the fust time on the 1956 wheat ciop The 33 varieties named as nn desirable £or the 1959 wheat .sup port program follow by class Hard Red Winter Blueacket, Chiefkan, Cimarron, Early Black hull, Ranking, Kharkof MC 22 New Chief, Pawnee Sel 33, Pin kof, Red Chief, Red Hull, Red Jacket, and Stafford Soft Red Wintei Kan Queen Fawvale Nured, and Seabreeze Hard Red Spiing Gassei Henry (except m Wisconsin and Washington), Kinney, Piemier, Progress, Russell (except in Wis consin), Spinkcota, and Sturge on Durum Golden Ball, Peliss, and Pentad White F’/.y Fold, Floienco Greeson, Rex, and Sonora These varieties were designated by USDA’s Agricultural Researcn Service aftei consultation with State Agricultural Expeiiment Station personnel, agronomisas, ceieal chemists, and others on Slaxe and Federal staff's The undesirable varieties are designated nationally except for Henry, which is named undesir able in all but the states of Wis consin and Washington, and Rus sell in all but the state of Wis consin These varieties have been found to be undesirable for commercial food use The discount in the sup port operation is designed to dis courage their production and les sen the possibility of U S wheat of inferior quality findings its way into domestic and export channels. Representatives of crop improvement associations support this action to help improve the overall quality of U. S. wheat pi o cluction. Acreages of these undesirable wheat varieties have been declin ing in recent years, USDA of ficials said, and the discount in the price support program is credied with speeding up this trend. Application of the 20-cents-per bushel discount to producer sup port rates will be the same as under the 1958 operation The price support regulations for the lt<s9 program will provide for producer certification regarding undesirable varieties. Because wheat varieties are difficult to de termine from threshed samples, identification of the variety go ing under price support will be the producer’s responsibility bas ed on his knowledge of the vane ties he seeded and harvested \\V N 0\ v\N' Even though some of the unde suable varieties might have pro- Moldy Sweet Clover Hay Is Toxic Sweet clover hay is not toxic un kss it's moldy, according to ex tension veterinarian John B Har nck of lowa State College Sweet clover is relatively hard to cure and may get moldy in the wind row The moldy hay affects coagula tion m cattle and they slowl\ bleed to death Herrick suggests feeding the moldy hay alternated with other kinds of hay if you suspect the presence of mold The only treatment is blood transfu sums if the cattle are poisohed Most aflected animals die if not Lancaster Farming, Friday, August 1, 1958—5 tnn content high enough lor oiemium, no piotein premiums .ill apply to any ol the undesn 'ble varieties in deteimimng loan rates Similarly, no amber or hard mnber drum premiums will apply on undesirable vaneties ol c luSs of wheat .FARMERS SUPPLY PASTURGRO is special ly formulated to meet pasture needs. It supple ments plant nutrients in your sod. It gives the oal ance o ! grow h elements need i i ' produce grass P" i •'« jni( - p ith higher - vdmg .Jae .nd greater carrying capacity. Use Pastu rgro During September to improve your grassfiekls. Blenn is a specially formulated plant food for Wheat - Oats - Barle> Rye; fortified with extra giowth elements to meet the soil needs. Produces heavy yields. FIELD SEEDS —Domestic Rye Grass —Permanent Pasture —Crimson Clover —Red Clover —N. W. Alfalfa —Grimm Alfalfa —Buffalo Alfalfa —Timothy —Sweet Sudan —Hegari —Atlas Sorgo —Amber Cane —Soy Beans —9o' Day Corn WINTER RYE —Tetra Petkus —Balboa SEED WHEAT —Cert. Pennol —Cert. Thorne —Cert. Seneca WINTER OATS —Cert. Le Conte —Cert. Du Bois WINTER BARLEY —Cert. Wong —Cert. Kenbar —Cert. Hudson FARMERS SUPPLY CO. 137 E. KING ST. Open Daily 8:30 Finlay till 9 Monday 830 - 12:30 FOR FALL SEED. I NO RYf OATS BARLEY WHEAT
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