16—Lancaster Fanning, Friday. October 17, 1958
1958 Corn Supports “Unchanged”
The U S. Department of Agn
culluie today announced that
price support rates for 1958-crop
corn will be unchanged from the
‘advance” minimum rate* an
nounced earlier this vear
Following are the rates avail
able for corn produced in 1958
1 Com produced in compliance
with acieage allotment-, in the
c unmcrcial corn-pi oducmg area
w 11 be eligible for support at a
i ational average price of $1.36 a
bushel, ye same as the minimum
?■ nounced last spring
2 Corn produced in noncom
i, ercial areas will be supported
at 75 per cent of the level of price
suppoit to coopeiators n the com
mercial corn area
3 Com produced in the com
mercial aiea, but not in compli
ance with acreage allotments, will
be eligible for support at a na
tional average rate of $1 06 per
bushel as announced Sept 26
In accordance with legislatio*!,
the Department on March 31 esta
blished the $1 36 minimum aver
age suppor level for 1958-crop
corn produced by coopeiators in
the commercial corn-pi oducing
area It represented 77 pei cent
of the April 1958 paritj puce for
com
Lnder law, the minimum aver
age support rate announced last
si ring could not be decreased,
Udder Congestion
Unaffected By
Grain Feeding
decent research at seceral in
s' ‘utions shows that the amount
of gram fed does not appieciabl\
influence udder congestion at
ca.ung tune In an attempt to
control udder swelling some
d :i\men have withheld oi limit-
o-i grain feeding of rli \ cow
ard cows that haie recentlj
;shened
Richard Adams Extension
Dmu Specialist, wains that such
pi actice can be harmful to the
health of the cow as well as milk
production
In Cornell studies, the feeding
as much as 15 lbs of gram
p.-r head daily during the drv
Period did not significantly in
crease udder congestion
Research conducted at Mary
land and Ohio suggests that heavy
g. am feeding immediate!} after
Cilung, as well as during the
period, does not affect udder
congestion.
These findings have been con
firmed bj Illinois workers, who
found no difference in amount or
incidence of udder congestion
wnen the feeding of six aftd one
h iff to nine lbs of grain per
head dailj was compared to no
grain feeding during the dry
period
Dr Adams sa\s there is also
considerable evidence that bulky,
laxative feeds are not £ -,upenor to
the usual grain mix in presenting
voder congestion Good feeding
practices demand that cows re
ce ce sufficient gram dunng the
■dr penod to place them in good,
•working ■ flesh.
Avoid over-conditioning as well
a r under-conditioning The grain
»r> x fed to the milk herd should
be entirely adequate if the dry
co \s are being fed comparable
rc jghage
Approximate!} seven to 10 days
bmore expected calving cows of
the small and large breeds should '
be receiving 8-10 lbs of grain
respectively Do not reduce the
amount of grain fed at freshen
tug unless the cow is a finicky
ej'er
Maintain this level of feeding
fo>* about one week after caKmg,
thf*n increase gram feeding ac
cording to production needs and
aopetite This method of drv. and
frr-sh cow feeding, can help ehmi
» rt te .sti ess on the cow and in
cr-aae milk production dunng
hut would be increased if a com
bination of the corn parity price
as of Oct. 1, 1958 beginning of
the marketing year—and the sup
ply percentage of the same date
indicated a higher minimum level
of support
The indicated supply of 5,115,-
000,000 bushels of com available
fot the 1958-59 marketing year is
134 8 per cent of the normal sup
ply figme of 3,793,600,000 bushels
USDA officials explained. Under
<the legal formula this calls for a
support level of 75 per cent of the
October 1958 parity for corn,
winch is $1.76 per bushel. This
would amount to $132 per bushel,
but since the previously announc
ed minimum national average sup
port rate of $1.36 per bushel may
not lawfully be decreased this lat
tei figure becomes the final rate.
The price support level for
1957-crop corn produced under
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Heavy, continuous milking
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acreage allotments in the com
mercial corn-producing area was
$l4O per bushel reflecting 77 per
cent of the October 1957 parity
price.
Corn grown in the noncommer
cial areas in 1957 was supported
at a national average of $127 per
bushel, reflecting 70 per cent of
parity as by laws in ef
fect for the 1957 corn crop. Non
compliance corn produced in the
commercial area in 1957 was sup
ported at a national average rate
of $l.lO per bushel.
Price support programs for the
1958 corn crop wil be earned out
through Commodity Credit Cor
poration loans and purchase
agreements, as in the past These
will be available from harvest
time through May 31, 1959 in
most areas, and will mature on
July 31, 1959. Rates by counties
for loans and purchase agree
ments are available at State and
County Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation (ASC) offices
A total of 932 counties in 26
states are included in the 1958
commercial corn area.
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Salunga. Pa.
Stevens, Pa-
Potato Sacks Marked IL S. Extra No. 1
May be Used; Grade is Discontinued
Potato sacks marked “U. S.
Extra No 1” may be used with ‘
in limits that were announced to
day by the U S. Department of
Agriculture
This grade was dropped from
the U S. Standards for Potatoes
which became effictive July 15.
Normally, any produce marked
with a non existent U. S grade is
considered to be misbranded or
misrepresented under the Per
ishable Agricultural Commodi
ties Act. However, because this
was an officially designated
grade which has now been vith
drawn, the USDA has authorized
the use of stocks which exist in
a few states with the following
limitations:
1. Potato sacks marked “U.
S. Extra No 1” which were
ordered or procured prior to
May 12, 1958 (the date on which
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THE QUAKE* OATS COMPANY, CHICAGO, lUINOIS
the revised standards were pub*
lished)may continue to be used.
2. Federal and Federal-State
inspection and certification,
based on the old U. S. Extra No.
1 grade, will not be provided ex
cept for contracts entered into
prior to May 12, 1958.
3. It .will not be considered to
constitute misbranding if pota*
toes packed in such sacks ara
officially inspected and certified
as meeting at least the quality
requirements of the new U. S.
No. 1 grade and the size require
ments of the new U. S. Fancy
grade
4. Potato shippers or pack*
ers who have an inventory of
these sacks should inform their
local Federal or Federal-State in
spection office of the number and
kind of such containers which
they have on hand in order that
appropriate inspection arrange,
ments can be made.
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D. W. Hoover
East EarL R. D. 1, Pa-