11040 Corn Crop Estimate ps by 10 Bu. per Acre burg _ Hot, humid ither proved so ideal 'production that the )ep t of Agriculture’s .porting Service to iunced that the 1959 p should be only r cent under the rec- I production. ith earlier, the agen forecast the crop as >nt below 1958. a 10- Icrease from the pre onth This compares e record average 65 5 bushels set last jmanzing the condi other crops, the Ser j that soybean_pro is estimated at 800,- leis hon of winter wheat ylvama is 21 per iw last year. The av eld per acre, 25.5 is 17 per cent be ar ago. Oats yield at Is an acre is a ree- led production of ion bushels is three above last year and at cent greater than ar average. ons for hay have nerally favorable, ams throughout the re hampered growth areas. Recent rains ed growth of third ach crop now being 1 m the Common dais 2,800,000 bush- a per cent below , but above average, is generally of good of excellent quality have been develop ally and the crop is 1 *t 7 5 million bus., *nt above last year cent above aver mer Rambos, Trans other summer We being picked supplies available of the state. Corn Support Prices t $1.25 for '59 Crop for the 1959 crop of be supported in County at an av -24 p er bushel, beldomndge, Acting l. County Agncul “'uzation and Con- an- e L °unt> i d tes are le National aver* day Recast I ' Wednesday < j** Ures will ayer- L " r * es above nor hC 63 h ° t Li Y Altered will Offer Nek'! lain *° most L \ s rainfall - 2- L U9ust total - The pear crop is estimated to be 100,000 bushels. Sweet cherry production proved to total 1,000 tons, higher than was anticipated. However, total production in 1958 was 1,100 tons, nine per cent greater. A smaller sour cherry crop was harvested. -Totaling 10,- 300 tons, the crop was gen erally of good quality. Pick ing in all areas ended about July 30. Grape prospects have im proved during recent weeks with favorable conditions prevailing in Erie County. A crop of 27,000 tons is now in prospect, seven per cent less than the 29,000 tons crop of last yetr, but 27 per cent above average. There are fewer bunches on the vines this year than last, but the grapes are big and the bunches heavy. Growers anticipate an early harvest. Yield of tobacco in the State is forecast at 1,675 pounds an acre, no change from the forecast a month ago. Total production is fig ured at 53.6 million pounds, 5 per cent greater-than the 1958 total. There are 2,000 more acres planted to tobac co this year than last. In southern counties, har vest of a few fields of tobac co began the fir§t week of August, but some topping still is being done there and In Clinton and Lycoming Counties. Late summer potato yield has been reduced about 500 pounds an acre by “shock” spells of dry weather during July. Production of the Cob bler crop is now placed at 663,000 hundredweight, bas ed on 3,900 acres for har vest,. The fall portion of the po tato crop, comprised of late maturing varieties, was hold ing up under the stress of (Turn to page 5) age support price of $1 12 per bushel, announced last February, with adjustments for location and historical price patterns . Under the 1959 corn sup port program, the price-sup port rate to each producer throughout the country re flects the national support level. As approved by 71 2 per cent of the growers voting in a referendum last November, the corn acreage allotments and the commercial corn-pro ducing area of earlier pro grams are not in effect for the 1959 program. As in the past, corn price support in 1959 will be ear ned out through farm-stored loans and purchase agree ments. To be eligible for support, corn must have been produc ed in 1959, must grade No. 3 or better or No. 4 because of test weight only, must meet certain moisture require ments, and must be in ade quate storage. Lancaster, Pq., Saturday, August 22, 1959 PENNSYLVANIA’S TOP PLOWMEN for 1959 are shown above, immedately after re ceiving their awards and trophies at the state plowing contest Wednesday, on the Har old Gross farm, Manchester, York County. Honors were earned in one of the state ev ent’s closest contests, with 2 5 points separating the top three contour plowing spots, and an 11 point spread in the top five level-land placings. Lancaster County’s Christ Miller, Elizabethtown RD 2, placed in that fifth level-land spot with 505 of 600 possible points. The top two plowmen in each division are shown above, from left are: Ernest Rotz, Contour Runner-up, 17-year-old Franklin County youth, from Chambersburg RD 2; Ira Whiteman, Contour Champion, Centre County farmer, who entered his first plowing match this year—farms 130 tillable acres, none contoured and he had never plowedr on the contour before —from Center Hall RD; Level-land Champion Charles W. Holub, 44- year-old Dauphin County farmer from Harrisburg RD 1, who was barred from contour competition after winning last year’s state title —so came back this year to take the only one left for him—, and Level-land Runner-up Charles Hess, 21-year-old York County farmer from Dallastown. —LF PHOTO Says Potato Prices Must Improve to Halt Trend Coudersport,—A decline of 60 per cent in the number of Pennsylvania commercial po tato growers in the past ten years will continue and more will go out of business un less prices to growers show marked improvement, a prominent grower declared recently. Leland W. Nixon of State College, president of the Pennsylvania Co operative Potato Growers Association, addressed the first annual ‘ Potato Day at Potato City” near here. He said potato farmers for three straight years have been subjected to a discour aging cost-price squeeze due largely to higher costs of pi oduction and distribution Nixon pointed out that Pennsylama 10 years ago had more than 2,000 potato growers This year about Witmer Guernseys Add New Laurels Raymond and Louise Wh iner, Willow Street, Pa., are the owners of two registered Guernseys that have recent ly completed outstanding of ficial production records. Zeitler Actors Suezantine, a senior four year-old, pro duced 10,230 pounds of milk and 525 pounds of fat in 305 days, milked two times daily A 1 Meda Blends Choice, a junior four year-old, produc ed 11,400 pounds of milk and 560 pounds of fat in 305 days, milked two times daily I’hese official production records were supervised by Pennsylvania State Univer sity. Pa.'s Proudest Plowmen 800 had planted only 48,000 acres. The acreage is six percent under 1958 and 210 per cent under the record year of 1934 when 226,000 acres were harvested. The reduction makes this year’s acreage the smallest of record in Pennsylvania. Nationally, the 1959 acreage is down four per cent from last year. “We have been doing more than our share in acreage reductions to help prevent surplusses,” he said. “Pio duction each year for the past eight years has been less than half of the 1934 output of 19 6 million cwt. “Potato growing has be come a specialized business. It has become our job to do some specialization on mar keting our product Potato growers must re ceive a fair share of the con Sept. 1 & 2 Are Dates For Bi-County 4-H Pig Roundup County 4-H Flower Show Is Wednesday The County-wide 4-H Fl ower and Vegetable Round up has been scheduled lor 1- 5 pm, Wednesday at the John Neff School in Neffs ville, according to Winthrop Merriam, assistant county ag ent. The Roundup gives club members a chance to exmbit their projects earlier in the season and all in one locat ion. $2 Per Year sumer’s market basket dol lar—or go out of business. We seek no government subsidies. In an efficient marketing program 'the farmer should receive more and the con sumer should pay less.” Plans for co-operative marketing of this year’s po tato crop were discussed un der leadership of Owen L. Barkley, general manager of the organization. Dr. E. L. Nixon, father of the association president, led a tour of his potato experi ment plots on Potato City farm Five special displays included an extra early po tato that is yielding more than 400 bushels per acre. Other events included a demonstration of multiple row planters built by mem bers and various contests for members, their families and employees The annual Lancaster and Lebanon counties 4-H Pig Roundup has been scheduled for Sept. 1 and 2 at Lancas ter Union Stock Yards, ac cording to County Agent, Max M Smith Smith reports that entries are to be brought m on Tues day, Sept. 1 and the show and sale will be on Wedncsdav This year’s judge will be Lester Burdett, Extension Livestock Specialist, Penn State U.
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