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Vol 111. No. 49.
THERE’S SOMETHING about a crisp, sunshiny fall day in
Lancaster County Sitting on a hillside, watching a tractor
and disk write their message in -the rich soil. Strolling
through frost nipped clover and squinting at the horizon,
faint and faraway through the golden haze. And all the
Com Yields Push Record to 62 Bu.
HARRISBURG Predicted
record corn yields and production
in the Commonwealth were borne
out this week in a report by the
State Department of Agriculture.
The Pennsylvania Crop Report
ing Service said that generally
good growing 'weather during Sep
tember pushed the expected
corn yields to 62 bushels an
acre, six bushels above the pre
vious record set in 1956 and
boosted production to 76,616,000
bushels, an all time high for the
State. Very little soft corn is
expected, except in some North
ern Tier counties.
Most other fall harvested crops
are expected to break or equal
records.
Soybean yield might reach a
record high of 22 bushels an
acre, the report added. Produc
tion is 59 per cent abov'e last
year, but is still below normal
Hay output is 26 per cent great
County 4-H’ers Plan Illinois Trip
Victor Plastow, Lancaster homes during the summer.
county 4-H director, has announc
ed that plans for a Thanksgiving
tnp of five carloads of county 4-
H ers to Plano, Illinois are rapid
ly taking shape.
The trip will be in the way of a
return visit with Illinois 4-H’ers
from the Plano region who spent
a week in Garden Spot 4-H’ers
Quarryville (Lancaster County) Pa., Friday, Oct. 17, 1958
er this year than last and is 18
per cent above average. Winter
supplies are generally ample
throughout the Commonwealth.
Tobacco harvest finished early
in September with a record yield
of 1,750 pounds an acre and pro
duction hit 50 8 million pounds.
No frost damage was reported.
Potatoes grew well this sum
mer, but wet weather in the
northern part of the State ham
pered harvesting Production for
both late summer and fall var
ities is above two years ago, but
is below average.
Grape production is estimated
to be 28 per cent above last
year with an expected yield of
5,500 tons to bs harvested in
the Erie fruit belt.
With harvest of several fall
varieties in progress, apple pro
duction is seven per cent above
last year and 17 per cent above
avarage.
The local club members will
visit in their summer guests’
homes, and travel to Chicago for
the International Livestock Ex
position which will be in progress
at the time.
Approximately 20 county youths
are expected to participate in the
week-long trip, Plastow reports.
time thinking this has been the best production year in
the history of American agriculture, a year to remember
with a stroll across the hillside on an autumn afternoon.
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State
Crop Round-up
HARRISBURG Pennsylvania
farmers experienced their driest
week as the current crop season
drew to a close, the State De
partment of Agriculture said to
day.
Frosts during the week ended
Monday killed nearly all of the
standing summer crops in the
Keystone State, the State Crop
Reporting Service said in the
final Crop and Weather Round
Up for the season.
Temperatures averaged two to
four degrees above normal for
the week while there was almost
no precipitation in much of the
State. The only notable rainfall
was in the northwestern moun
tains where about a quarter of
an inch fell. A few snowflakes,
first of the season in Pennsyl
vania, were spotted in the Cen
tral Mountains Monday morning
Farmers in many areas of the
State finished making corn en
silage during the week. Some
corn in northern tier counties
intended for ear corn did not
mature and is being made into
ensilage. Grain corn harvest got
underway in several sections and
made good progress.
Winter wheat seeding is al
most completed, buckwheat har
vest continues and potato digging
is making good progress
The weekly round up of crop
and weather information will be
resumed by the Crop Reporting
Service m early April 1959.
Farm Show
Deadlines Set
For Nov.-Dee.
HARRISBURG Entries for
sheep, swine, beef and dairy cat
tle and most poultry to be dis
played at the 1959 Farm Show
must be received by Nov. 17,
the State Farm Show Commission
announced today.
Entries for draft horses and
the folk dance festival also close
on Nov. 17. The 43nd Pennsyl
vania Fam Show will be held
Jan. 12 through 16 at the 14-
acre State Farm Show Building
in Harrisburg.
Lambs and beef cattle entered
by 4-H Club members have an
extended entry deadline, but 4-H
Club and vocational agriculture
entries in the dairy and swine
shows must be filed by Nov 17.
Round-ups for 4-H Baby Beef
and Lamb Clubs usually are not
held until late Fall, thus requir
ing a later deadline, Dec. 13.
Future Farmers of America
and 4-H Dairy Club members
showing at the 1958 State Junior
Dairy Show Sept. 18 at the Farm
Show Building will provide stiff
competition at the Farm Show.
All prize winning animals at the
Junioi Dairy Show were automat
ically entered in the 1959 Farm
Show
Total premium offerings come
to an all-time record of $62,287.50
to be paid to winning exhibitors
in the 1959 Farm Show’s 27 de
partments.
Whie no new departments have
been added for the 1959 Farm
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S 2 Per Yew
Annual 4-H Dairy
Banquet Slated
For Oct 24
More than 200 Lancaster
County 4-H Dairy Club members,.
parents, officials and guests are
expected to attend the annual
Dairy Banquet at 6 45 p. m., Oct.
24 in the Strasburg fire hall.
Banquet festivities will be high
lighted by presentations of 12
t> cphies, a pair of $25 cash a
wards, four plaques and lesser
awards to honor outstanding ef
forts 4-H dairy work
Paul Anderson, Penn State
dairy specialist, will be principal
speaker for the event
Hosts for this year’s banquet
are members of the 4-H Ayresture
Club,, with Paul Herr, Jr., Holt
wood RDI, club president, serv.
mg as master of ceremonies.
A full evening’s entertainment
is planned, along with the awards
ceremony and the speaker, Herr
reports
North Lancaster Kiwams Club,
a principal - backer of 4-H dairy
activities, is donating the troph
ies and cash awards, Herr added.
Auditor Added To
USDA Staff At
Lancaster Yards
E H “Buck” Haller, formerly
station auditor for the USDA
Market Service, Livestock divi
sion, Packer and Stockyards
branch, at E St Louis, 111, has
been named as station and divi
sion auditor for the Lancaster
Stockyards
He is the first permanent audi
tor assigned to the 11-state north
east district His duties include
auditing the records of all firms
and dealers engaged in the live
stock business in interstate com
merce in this district
Haller, a native of Evansville,
Ind. his wife and two children
will make their home in Lancas
ter
Barley Supports
Broadened For
Lower Grades
The U.S Department of Agri
culture today broadened the
price support eligibility for 198-
crop barley to include grade No.
5 barley or No. 5 garlicky barley.
This action will provide great
er price protection to producers
for this year’s barley crop which
has a highly than norma Ipropor
tion of thin barley due to unfav
orable weather conditions, partic
ularly in North Dakota.
To determine the loan rate for
specific lots, barley grading No.
5 will be discounted 18 cents
per bushel below the basic sup
port price fo rgrade No. 2 or
better, in addition to other appli
cable discounts.
Prior to this change, price sup
port had been limited to barley
grading No. 4 or No. garlicky.
The minimum test weight per
mitted under grade standards for
No 5 barley is 36 pounds per
bushel The maximum amount of
thin barley permitted is 35 per
cent for grade No 4 and 75 per
cent for grade No 5.