Several Dairy Herds Reduced In September HARRISBURG Drastic re ductions in hay and gram crops due to excessive rams led some western Pennsylvania farmers to sell their dairy cows during Sep tember rather than attempt to carry the animals over the win ter months, the State Depart ment of Agriculture reported to day. But pastures over the State were equal to , the best ever known for the month and milk production declines in western counties were offset by normal seasonal increases in other areas, a Pennsylvania Reporting Service survey re port declared. September statewide milk out put was 516 million pounds, 2 per cent above the same month last year. Production each month this year has exceeded corre sponding months in all previous years, the Department said Western Pennsylvania coun ties had more than 30 inches of rain during the growing season. Some farmers were still making first cuttings of hay in Septem ber Others in the northwest sec tion still had some oats and a little wheat remaining to be cut in late September. Hay supplies in the west are spotty and show lowest quality in many years. Killing frosts struck all areas early this year (Sept. 21). Damage was light in the south east but increased to the north and west where damage to corn was severe. Much com was In the milk stage and cut ting for ensiiag* was rushed. Many new trench and tem porary silos were constructed. The freeze reduced the com acreage to h“ "irked for grain, lowered yield prospects and affected quality of ensilage. In the southeast much com is the best in years.^ Wet ground reduced plantings of winter grains in the north and west but wheat seeding was in full swing in the southeast by October 1. Pastures werp so good during September that few farmers re sorted to sunni omental feeding of hay and ensilage, the De partment said Cows in milking herds totaled P4*5,000 for Sep tember. 3 000 above the same month last year. Poland Uping Canned Ham Impdrts into U. S, Chicago Communist Poland continues to step up its canned ham business in the United States, the American Meat Insti tute disclosed today. “During the first eight months January through August—of this year,” the Institute said, “Poland upped canned pork mostly ham arrivals by more than three million ibs, over the sap»e period of last year; 18,210,- 000 against 15,037,000. “It would be interesting to know what use Poland makes of the dollars received for these sales. These dollars have not as is the case with countries of Western Europe shipping canned pork products to the United States been used to purchase American agricultural products. “Denmark, Germany and ' Hol land s/bscnbe to the two-way policy of foreign trade. 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