6—Lancaster Farming,
Friday, Aug, 3, 1956
Some Tobacco
Is Harvested
(Continued Lom page one)
small grain fields are heavy
with weeds, a.nd one southern
Lancaster County farmer re
ported no end of trouble in
combining wheat that was
heavily infested with weeds
following continued down-
pours.
Leaf hoppers aie more abun
dant at the moment, Mr Sloat
warns, and after the second cut
ting of alfalfa, spray should oe
applied, using mathoxaclor
iVi: quarts per acre m solution.
“Continue regular spraying on
potatoes and tomatoes,” he tells
Potato vines are very green,
spuds are not sizing up. They
are probably running 10 days
behind normal, due to adverse
weather.
Early varieties “of peaches and
apples are being harvested now,
and quality in Lancaster Coun
ty looks very good, he adds.
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Announcing New Developments
In Ford Corn Pickers
A group of Lancaster County Ford tractor dealers in
spected the new adaptation of the Ford one row and two
row mounted corn pickers on competitive make tractors.
The Ford one row mounted picker will now fit the
Oliver “55”, Ferguson “35”, Massey-Harris “50”, and the
John Deere “50”, “60” and “70”, tractors. The Ford two
row picker will now fit the Alhs-Chalmers “W-D”, “W-D
-45”.
Pictured above is the new Ford Corn Picker, which is
now available. Those dealers present included Isaac Saud
er, New Holland; Allen Matz, Denver; Paul Mount, Quarry
ville; Chet Haverstick, Lester Haverstick and Clair Poff,
Lancaster; and Mr. Kimple of Elizabethtown.
These dealers are sure the many farmers in their area
will be glad to know that they can adapt these pickers to
their present t actors, since figures from state and na
tional corn picking contests proved the ability of the Ford
mounted pickers to save up to as much as 9.92% of yield
more than other pickers.
The two row mounted picker saved 4.40% of yield over
the average of all competitive makes used in the contests.
Of course the ever popular pull-type picker is still in
the Ford corn picker line Adv.
Farm Price
Index Decline.
Said Checked
HARRISBURG A down
tiend in prices received by
Pennsylvania farmeis that ex
tended from December to June
finally has been checked, ac
cording to Federal-State surveys
announced today by the State
Department of Agnculture
While prices received for crops
took a slump during the month
ended July 15th, higher prices
for the larger volume movement
of dairy and poultry products
resulted m an advance of seven
point in the overall index, the
survey revealed
At 235 per cent of the 1910-
14 base average, the Pennsyl
vania July 15 index is the
highest since last January. Na
tionally, lower prices receiv
ed- by fanners for fruit, meat
animals and commercial vege
tables were responsible for
a one-point decline compared
with a two-point advance dur
ing the month ended June 15,
the Department said.
For Pennsylvania crops, the
index registered a 6-pomt de
cline, attributed to' sharply low
er prices for barley and wheat,'
the survey showed. Coin, oats,
rye and buckwheat prices were
steady while new crop apples
contributed to a 25 per cent per
bushel decline.
New crop potatoes started to
njove by mid-July, but sales were
too few to establish a price
level, it was said.
Livestock and- livestock pro
ducts registered a 10-point
advance as wholesale milk,
chicken and egg average
prices were up from a month
earlier. Wholesale milk aver
aged $4-45 per hundred lbs.
up 25 cents from June and 10
cents above the July 1956
' average. Milk cows advanced
$lO to average $195 per head.
Chickens averaged 1.2 cents
higher per pound liveweight
than on June 15, but at 218
cents were 4.7 cents below mid-
July a year ago.
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White fences, black cattle and a
good-sized crowd made an excellent field
day of the Brandywine Angus Breeders,
Weather Still
Hinders Farm
Work, Harvest
HARRISBURG Adverse
weather conditions continued to
handicap Pennsylvania farnvas
in harvesting grain and hay
crops during the' week ended
Monday, the'State Department of
Agriculture reported today.
Showers during the week retard
ed field work in most areas, par
ticularly in the northern and
western counties, Federal-State
surveys showed
Difficulty in maintaining
spray programs was experienc
ed by most farmers. Continued
sunshine is needed for the
drying and ripening of grains,
the coloring of fruit and to
matoes and the curing of hay,
the Department said. Soil
moisture ranged from plenti
ful to excessive.
In many\ areas wheat is sprout
ing in the fields and much has
been flattened *by rain and
wind. Spring oats are coloring in
the north and harvest has start
ed in southern counties. Some
barley is still standing but corn
is making good progress with
most tasseling in the southeast
In northern areas much of the
first cutting of hay has not been
cured with a resulting loss in
quality due to over maturity
Poor curing weather has spoiled
hay in the fields to such extent
that it is worthless and some
farmers are burning it to make
way for the second crop. Cutting
of second growth alfalfa is be
ginning in the southeast. Pas
tures generally range from good
to excellent.
Ground and vines have been
so wet that potato growers
have been retarded in efforts
to spray fields for control of
insects and late blight. Weeds
also have become a problem.
Wet ground has delayed dig
ging of early potatoes in the
' southeast. Buckwheat is in full
bloom and soybeans are doing
well.
Picking of early peaches has
started and harvesting of early
apples continues in the south
east Fruit made rapid progress
but needs sunshine
Early sweet corn for the fiesh
market is being moved in volume
from the southeast Lack of sun
shine retarded coloring of to
matoes' “Which are developing
rapidly. Harvesting of snao
beans for processing is undeij
way m volume. v
.Temperatures • were below!
normal in all sections for the’
third consecutive week. For the
current week the weather is txr
pected to be warmer Wednes
day, cooler by Friday with i
Crowd at Brandywine Field Day
Egg Output in
June Lowest of
Past Five Years
HARRISBURG Output of
eggs from Pennsylvania farms
during June at 281 million was
the lowest for the month in five
years, the State Department of
Agriculture said today following
Federal-State surveys.
Both the number of layers
and the average number of eggs
per layer-fell short of the June
1955 level, the 'survey showed.
The number of layers at 16,-
226,000 declined seasonally from
the May estimate of 16,578,000
and dropped 2 par cent below
the 16,520,000 a yeai earlier.
The rate of lay at 17 34 eggs
per bird compares with 17.52 a
year ago.
Production of eggs during
January through June this year
totals 1,840,000,000 compared
with 1,870,000,000 for the same
six-month period in 1955.
Prices received by Pennsyl
vania farmers for eggs on June
15 at 42 cents per dozen showed
no change from a month previ
ous, but a 2-cent increase over
June 15, 1955. Farm chickens
dropped one cent per _ pound
liveweight from May 15 and at
22 cents were down 3 cents from
a year earlier.
Liveweight turkey at 37 cents
per pound was unchanged from
a year earLer but down 2 cents
for the month Liveweight broil
er prices, averaging 20 cents per
pound, declined I*s cents for
the month and 8 cents for the
year. Broiler' prices improved
during lata June and eaily July.
showers Wednesday in the west
ern section, Thursday in the
eastern part of the State and
again by the end of the week
♦ Master Mix
♦Ferguson Equipment
♦ Lincoln Welders
♦ Thermopane
♦ Universal Milkers
♦ Miller’s Insecticides
♦ Hoppers Creosoted
Posts
11 IE STAND Inc.
Inc., at Ivy Farms, Malvern, Pa., last Sat
urday afternoon. (Lancaster Farming Statt
Photo).
Churches Hold
Services for Migrants
Lancaster County churches
held special religious services
for 'migrant Puerto Rican laboi
ers by the Rev. Donald E. Smith,
chaplain of the Migrant Woik
ers Committee of tha United
Churches of Lancaster County
Saturday night the Lancastci
County Councd of Church Worn
en entertained workers at the
Lancaster YMCA, with'St. Step
hens Lutheran Church' as host.
Four more Saturday night pro
grams will be held during the
summer
Of course, it’s none of our
but do you know any
more now than when you quit
going to school 9
Authorized Dealers
* Wirthmore Feeds
* Haverly Bulk Tanks
* Sauder Loaders
* Anhydrous Ammonia
* Wheel A-Way Egg
Washers
* Irrigation Equipment
* DeKalb Chix & Started
Pullets
Marietta 6-9301