16—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 16, 1960
Rains Bring
Harvest
To A Halt
HARRISBURG— Pennsyl
vania farmers had the best
conditions for 1 field work
since mid-June, the State
Crop Reporting Service sa
id today in its crop and
weather roundup.
Farmers kept busy thro
ughout the week cutting
clover, timothy hay and al
falfa, cultivating early com
and combining barley, wheat
rye and winter oats. Most
areas dried sufficiently to
permit using machinery in
fields Wheat harvesting was
progressing rapidly in Lan
caster County. Rains and
damp weather brought harv
est operations to a halt dur
ing the week with about %
of the crop harvester.
With higher temperatures
now orosnect. +^rv '" i toes
and »we«. corn will be in
good supply within a few
weeks. Snap beans, early
cabbage and broccoli are mo
ving in good volume. Har
vest of asparagus and straw
berries is complete in all
areas.
Peaches are sizing well
and early varities are start
ing to ripen in southern co
unties Peak harvest of sour
cherries in the South Moun
tain area is well along and
picking in Erie County start
ed late last week. Apples
are also putting on size and
are relatively clean consid
ering the wet weather. Pick
ing of early varities such as
Transparent and Lodi start
ed this past Week.
The corn crop looks vig
orous and has good color
considering the cool weather
Barley and wheat yields are
generally good. Barley yel
low dwarf virus and leaf
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rust are serious on spring
oats in some localities. Win
ter oats in the county pro
mises to produce well but
yields of spring oats will be
quite variable. Rye harvest
has begun in the south.
Pasture growth, while
not as lush as in June, is
still providing good feed
Recent rains will help pas
tures to continue growth.
Alfalfa spraying is contin
uing where weevil control
was not adequate earlier.
First crop of hay not yet
cut is well beyond maturity
and losing quality rapidly
Farmers had a good week
for drying hay except in
the northeast where wet gro
und slowed drying.
Eastern National
Has New Classes
The addition of a Quality
Beef Carcass Contest to the
list of classes at the Eastern
National Livetock Show sh
ould help make the 1960
exposition the largest in his
tory, Charles A. Morrow,
manager of the show, said
recently.
The Eastern-National, of
ten referred to as-the “live
stock show window of the
East,” will attract entries
from at least twenty states
and Canada to the Maryland
State Fair Grounds at Ti
monium, Maryland, Novem
ber 12-17.
Mr. Morrow said that ex
hibitors are being invited to
participate in a Quality Be
ef Carcass Contest in which
steers will first be judged
in the show ring and then
after slaughter. The cattle
will be shown on-the-hoof
on Sunday, November 13,
and will be taken the fol
owing day to a Baltimore
slaughter house where they
will be prepared for the rack
and judged. The grand cham
pion and reserve champion
carcasses will be brought
back to the fairgrounds on
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What Happens To Nitrogen
Many tons of nitrogen fertilizer will be left in our
soils next fall after harvest. Can we cut down on winter
nitrogen loss’ Can we estimate what’s left next spring
when making fertilizer recommendations?
These are questions USDA .
and State scientists are try- lion d f oll f, s a year for nitro
mg to answer. The answers fertilizer in humid re
are important because we glo , ns ° £ the f c ° u ? try ~ f nd
spend over a third of a bil- ° nly hal£ ° f amount 18
_ up by crops.
Tuesday for exhibition.
Another class for junior
calves born after December
31, 1959, has been added to
the 4-H Club and FFA Bre
eding Heifer Show, Mr. Mor
row added, and exhibitors in
this show may enter two
heifers. Last year, when the
heifer show started, they
were restricted to one entry.
The addition of these two
classes, he said, is expected
to develop greater interest
in the Eastern National.
More than $52,000 in cash
premiums will be offered.
Closing dates for entries
are October 1 for the open
(adult) classes and Septem
ber 24 for the 4-H and FFA
Junior Show. The junior ex
hibitors must submit their
entry applications to their
county agents office.
David Kurtz
MORGANTOWN
C. B. Hoober
INTERCOURSE
So far, little consideration
has been given to carried-ov
er nitrogen when making
fertilizer recommendations
And no extensive effort has
been made to follow prac
tices that will help save
these millions of dollars
worth of nitrogen. With more
and more nitrogen being
used, losses are proving ex
tremely costly. However, few
dependable answers have
been found This is what we
have learned:
There are important an
nual carryovers of nitrogen
fertilizer.
The residual effect varies
from year to year, but does
not appear to be related to
total rainfall.
Fall-applied nitrogen is on
ly about 57 percent as effect
ive as spring-applied nitro-
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trogen loss is discovered :
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is accumulating evident
scientists have no} bee
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bulk of nitrogen i os , '
only through leaching ?
dence now shows that 1
gen, regardless of it s
is also lost to the atm os , J
- through volatih j
Molecular and nitrous 0v
in appreciable quan) ,'
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to how important volatii
tion losses are m the fu?
how farmers can Cr .„
them. p S l
Factor* Govern the Amo.,
of Nitrogen Recover
These new facts combu
with what is already w
indicate that fertilized cri
recover a variable fraction
the applied nitrogen-dJ
ding on rate used, rate
plant growth, rainfall dis
button and amount, comp,
tion by other plants and
croflora, ammonium fixati
and probably other factor
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