6—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, April 18, 1959 Lancaster Farming Reviews > Based on April l conditi ons, a winter wheat crop of 966 million bushels is indi cated for 1959. This would be nine million bushels abo ve the Dec. 1 forecast, 18 per cent less than the 1958 record crop but 19 per cent above average. The indicated yield per se eded acre for the upcoming winter wheat crop is 21.4 bushels, well above the 16- bushel average, and second only to the extremely high 26 18 bushel average of 1958. The possibility of increas ed alfalfa production in the Central Great Plains area is included in the announce ment of a new variety, call ed Cody, that resists spotted Alfalfa Aph’d. The new var iety is presently recommend ed for Kansas, having been developed by the USDA and Kansas Experiment Station, and is expected to offer ad aptation to the entire region. A large portion of the Sou thern and Central Plains re gions, extensive alfalfa pro ducton has been curtailed, or wiped out, during the past five years by the onslaught of the Spotted Alfalfa Aphid which migrated from Italy. If farmers follow through on their March 1 intentional to p’ant in 1959, they will increase the total acreage planted to feed grains by about six million acres, ac cording to the current USDA Feed Situation report. Thus the total supply of feed grains for the 1959-60 season is expected to at least equal, if not exceed, the re cord supply in 1958-59 To tal 1959 production of feed grains with 1954-58 average yields on the prospective pl antings, would be about 152 million tons, only a little be low the recoid crop of last year The reduction would be more than offset by a pros pective increase of around 15-16 million tons in the car ryover, giving a total feed, grain supply of around 227 million tons, or 10 million tons above the 1958-59 rec ord supply The USDA announced last week that Massachusetts has been declared modified-cer tified, brucellosis free, effect ive March 31 It is the first stale ta achieve this status in 1059 and the 16th state in the nation, plus Puerto Rico and the Virgin Is l ands, to be certified In addition, 816 counties m 30 other states al so have been certified Conn., Del, Maine, Mich , New Kami , New Mex. New erJsey, N Carolina, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, Wash Wis, and Penna are the oth er states with modified-cer tified brucellosis free status For a state to qualify, not more than one per cent of all cattle and not more than five per cent of all herds may be infected with the d’sease The national program has been underway since 1934, when more than 11 per cent of U S cattle were infected, A new spray called Sevm, is to be given a field-test de monstration against Gypsy Moth in New York begin ning about May 10. The che mical, a caibamate. has giv en indications of effectiveness against the forest pests in re search to find a control ma terial which offers a minim um hazard to fish and wild life Cabinet representatives fr om five major wheat-export ing countries Argentina, Australia, Canada. France and the US will confer in ■Washington on Mav 5 and 6 on the Food for Peace pro posal outlined bv President Eisenhower m his January 2 C > address to Congress The D'reclor General of the Wor ld Fond and Agriculture Or- ganization will also take part in the meeting. ♦ * During February, the am ount of poultry certified un der Federal Inspection total ed 2,57,594,000 lbs., accord ing to the USDA Crop Re porting Board This compares; with 72,574,000 lbs. certified in February, 1958, the sharp increase being due to the Jan. 1 effective date for com pulsory federal inspectioh of all poultry in interstate com merce. However, the extension of the inspection program to in dude more plants is currently* stalled due to lack of appro priations for this purpose. During the week of March 22 - 28, neatly 6 5 million persons were working on A Lancaster County Ex farms, up three per cent fr- tension Service study of cash om the year-ago week. Hired returns from 77 farms, to farm workers reached an es- compare profits from livesto timated total of nearly 1.4 ck against those without live million, largest March total stock has revealed that dur since 1955, and 10 per cent ing 1957, farmers producing higher than 1958 Cash farm both crops and livestock re wage rate on April 1 are also ceived nearly six times 'Ss reported to reflect a strong much for their labor as those demand for qualified farm producing just crops. NOW IS THE TIME TO ORDER MARTIN’S LIMESTOK workers. Composite farm wage rates on April 1 advanced to « na tional index of 620, highest level of record. Early control of hay insect pests, including alfalfa we evil spittle bugs, and lesser clover leaf weevil, by appli cation of two quarts an ac re of Hectachlor emulsion 2- E, Is urged by Associate Co. Agent Harry Sloat, by spray application before April 20. When applied to alfalfa, three to six inches high, and clover, two to four Inches high, the spray has given sa tisfactory control of the ab ove Insects and the higher concentrate dosage has pro vided better control of the clover root borer and clover root curcullo than the regu lar one quart per acre spray on the first crop. With new spring alfalfa seedings, apply one quart per j acre of Heptachlor, between May 10-15, Sloat advises. Q'U A LI T Y IVAN M. MARTIN, Inc. TELEPHONES; NEW HOLLAND ELgm 4-2112 The figures show that the The rep 0 , crop-livestock farmers had a cal proof ot 1957 labor income of $2,053 caster Coum compared with $478 for non- historically livestock farmers. ' livestock p» * * j^arW ; SMOKETOWN i * inc. 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