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.
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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.
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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.
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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»
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