ory Weather
Hite Midwest;
Dust Blowing
The week ending April 23 was
generally more favorable for
small grains, even in the south
west, according to the Weekly
Corn and Wheat Weather bulle
tin of the United States Weather
Bureau.
Oats seeding made good pro
gress and plowing for com was
well along although the we'stern
portion of the Corn Belt is very
dry. •
A stately-state report fol
lows: '
, Illinois Mostly sunny and
very cold. Peaches and, apples
heavily damaged in north and
probably damaged m south. Sub
stantial showers in extreme
south early, otherwise no ram
pf consequence. Soil moisture de
ficient in north and central and
critically short in central north
west. Winter wheat pastures and
legumes deteriorating. Oat seed
ing complete but germination
poor in dry areas. Workmg land
for corn and soybeans ahead of
normal.
lowa Precipitation totals did
not exceed a trace at any point
in state. Temperatures cool for
season. Field work good pro
gress with 80 per cent of plowing
completed against 60 pen cent
average this date. Oat seeding
completed much earlier than any
year except 1946. Germination
retarded by lack of moisture and
stands spotty. Pastures furnish
ing 2 per cent of forage require
ments. "Most available moisture in
top foot with some in second
foot Western and southern coun
ties dry to surface.
Indiana Temperatures in
lows 20s and 30s have not occur
red so late in season since 1946
and 1936. Rainfall negligible.
Frost damage of fruit trees not
yet determinable. Soil moisture
estimated short by one third
reporting. Oat seeding and spring
plowing ahead of recent seasons.
Wheat six inches high. Too cool
for small grains and pastures'.
Ohio Temperatures averag
ed much below normal. Freezing
nearly every morning in some
places. Snow flumes in most
sections. Tuesday. Moisture aver
aged near % inch. Rainy weath
er limited field work and pro
gress is at least 10 -days behind
normal. Major farm activities
plowing seeding oats and mea
dows and hauling manure. Some
spraying of orchards and plant
ing potatoes and cabbage. Fruit
prospects good but possibility of
some frost damage last week.
Michigan Cold with freezing
most nights. Precipitation very
light. Farm-work 10 days to two
weeks behind normal. .Very little
fieldwork except in southern half
of lower Michigan. Oat sowing
progressing in south. Winter
wheat and rye condition good but
crops show little growth. Fruit
budding delayed and still dor
mant m some areas. Subsoil
moisture reported low in some
counties.
Wisconsin Cold dry weather
continued. Vegetation much re
tarded. Feed supplies short and
pastures in need of ram and
warmth. Oat and barley seeding
nearly completed in south but
just begun on light soils in north.
Commercial vegetable seeding
begun as far north as Green Bay
area. Brisk dry winds through
week. Moisture fall generally less
than 0.10 inch.
Missouri Rainfall adequate
In Bootheel area. Cool and dry
over remainder. Frost and freeze
In west and north. Fall and
spring-planted crops at stand
still, pastures poor. Livestock on
winter feed. Fall seeded gram 74
per cent, 14 below last year and
lowest since 1950. Oats poor,
Stands due to lack of moisture
and low temperatures. Corn 5 per
cent planted 1 point ahead of
last year. Cotton and soybean
planting well under way.
Minnesota Extreme dry
Weather continues. Strong gusty
winds caused considerable blow
ing dust. Temperature averaged
below normal. Seeding oats and
barley virtually completed m
south central and southwest, well
advanced in central and south
east, and limited seeding in west
central. No fieldwork in north
ern third. Dry, cool weather re-
12 Acre Woods at
Oxford Burned
Fire on the farm owned by
Judge Richard Vanßoden, Media,
Monday destroyed 12 acres of
timber. The Union Fire Co., Ox
ford, responded to the call.
Fertilizer bags were being
burned, firemen said, and the
blaze spread to the nearby woods.
■Assisting in battling the fire was
James Lentz, Norristown, state
deputy forest fire warden, who
was nearby when the fire broke
out.
Farm Safety
Meeting Set
For May l 5
, WASHINGTON (USDA)
A Farm Safety Clinic will be
held in the Jeflersom Auditorium
of the U. S. Department of Agri
cultural as part of the President’s
Conference on Occupational
Safety, May 14-16.
The clinic will begin at 9:30 a.
m. on May 15 and end shortly
after noon, but its committee
work will continue throughout
the day. Xirk Fox, editor of
“Successful Farming,” will serve
as moderator
Benson to Speak
- Clinic participants wiU deve
lop for the President an apprai
sal of all possible resources for
safeguarding farm people from
accidents on their farms, in their
homes, and on rural highways.
Secretary of Agriculture, Ezra
Taft Benson, who will address
the overall Conference on Occu
pational Safety in the Depart
ment Auditorium at 3 p. m. May
14, has pointed out that increased
hazards are now associated with
agriculture as a result of tre
mendous expansion in farm me
chanization and technology. The
annual rate of farm work fatali
ties is'now exceeded only by that
in mining and construction in
dustries.
3700 Killed Last Year ‘
Last year 3,700 persons were
killed and 310,000 injured while
at work on farms. The deaths
accounted, for "nearly »-fourth of
all fatalities which occurred as
a result of occupational accidents.
The clinic will be opened with
a welcome address by Assistant
Secretary of Agriculture Ervin
L. Peterson. Mr, Fox will follow
with a presentation of the “Chal
lenge of the Farm Safety Job.”
Others on the program are Jerry
Ringo, winner of the Kentucky
Future Farmers of America pub
lic speaking award, and a panel
made up of the following: Mrs
Aimer Armstrong, Chairman,
Indiana Farm Safety Committee,
Indianapolis; Ordie L. Hogsett,
farm safety specialist, ■ Agricul
tural Extension Service, Univer
sity of Illinois, Urbana; E. C.
Martin, secretary, Texas farm
and ranch safety committee and
assistant director of Extension
Service, Texas A & M College,
College Station, Texas; Harry
Pontious, Director of Safety, Na
tionwide Insurance Co., Colum
bus, Ohio; and Mrs. Goode Rob
inson, Chairman, Virginia Fed
eration of Home Demonstration
Clubs, Lynchburg, Va.
SHOPPING LIST
RESCUES MONEY
Buy' from a shopping list so
you won’t be swayed by clever
advertising, personal whims, or
high - pressured salesmanship,
suggests Doris L. Snook, exten
sion home management specia
list of the Pennsylvania State
University.
Wise buying provides more
lasting satisfactions- Hastily
made purchases are often bad
investments. The wise buyer
takes time to compare.
British industry plans to build
atomic energy plant.
tarded germination of new seed
ings in south and postponed flax
seeding in southwest. Topsoil i
moisture short in southwest and
becoming short in south central
and southeast, / adequate to*
plentiful elsewhere. Subsoil
moisture short in south, general
ly adequate to plentiful in other I
areas. ' I
Soil Stewardship
Sunday May 6th;
“Priceless Gift”
Governor George M. Leader
declared that advancements in
agricultural technology demand
careful conservation of the soil
and urged State-wide observance
of Soil Stewardship Sunday on
May 6th and Soil Stewardship
Week May 6-12. He issued the
following statement;
“Rapidly increasing numbers
of Pennsylvania farmers have
come to realize that they are not
only the owners but they are 'the
stewards or caretakers of the soil,
water and plants Real steward
ship morally obligates each gen
eration to hand down land of
higher productivity than it re
ceived.
“Soil is God’s most priceless
gift to man. We depend on pro
ductive soil for food, clothing and
many of the raw products of in
dustry. Poor stewardship results
in abuse of the soil and may
force farmers off the land. Good
stewardship creates and holds
productive soil for the benefit of
all mankind.’
“With the development of agri
cultural technology, man can do
more to change the soil than ever
before. He can bring about more
rapid deterioration or more rapid
improvement. Therefore, the
modern farmer has an increased
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millet, Sudan, spybeans and sor
ghums in oat stubble. Preplant
placement of fertilizer under corn
and cotton. Renovates, plants and
fertilizers in one easy ope-ation.
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responsibility for soil steward
ship.
“Our national population is in
creasing at the rate ot about nine
thousand a day or three million
per year, but our cropland is
shrinking by some half million
acres a year. Future generations
will require land that has been
built up and nurtured by
thoughtful [care.
“For the second consecutive
year the directors of the 37 coun
ty-wide soil conservation dis
tricts in this Commonwealth are
sponsoring observance of Soil
Stewardship Week, May 6th
through May 12th.
“I urge pastors of city and
rural churches of all faiths to
participate on Rogation Day, the
Fifth Sunday after Easter, as
Soil Stewardship Sunday, by
placing emphasis upon man’s
satred obligation to be a faithful
steward of God’s soil, and sug
gest that farm people fully ex
ercise their responsibility for
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GROFF’S HARDWARE
Agronomists and agricultural
engineeis have found that sod
seeding gives the most efficient
use of each pound of fertilizer
and seed planted and also that
preplant fertilizer placed deep
under corn and cotton pioduces
greater results.
PASTURE DREAM is available in two
models—F-l Three Point Lift T\pe and D-2
Drawbar Type. Pictured above is Model F-l
Lift Type with CS-1 Small Seed Attachment.
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Custom Operator
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FFA Week Plans at
Penn State Begin
Plans for the annual Pennsyl
vania FFA Activities Week on
the Penn State campus starting
June 12 include a wide variety
of events, Prof Norman Hoover
announced The program brings
about 1500 Future Farmers of
America to the campus each year.
The annual meeting ot the
State FFA Association is listed
simultaneously with the senes
of judging contests to choose
Pennsylvania entries for regional
and national competition. A
band of 100 pieces and a chorus
of over 100 voices will form for
three days of intensive rehear
sal. Numerous educational
demonstrations and sports activi
ties also are planned.
constant enrichment of the soil
for the utilization of future gen
erations.”
MANHEIM R. D.l
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