16—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 17. 1960
County Soil Moisture High
Some State Areas Are Dry
It is a little bit difficult brought tobacco harvest to a
for Lancaster County farmers sudden halt for several days,
to realize that some areas in but the peak of the harvest
the state are suffering from has been passed. Some of the
lack of moisture, but this is alfalfa seedings suffered from
the case as reported by the erosion during the downpour
Pennsy vania Crop Reporting and a few scattered corn
Service m its weekly sum- fields on rain softened soil
mary. show some lodging, but the
The agency reports that the extensive farm damage
dry weather had hastened * rom storm seems to be
corn maturity in some coun- the large amount of >opsoil
ties and some late planted washed away by run-off wa
crops need more moisture rom unprotected slopes,
and hot weather for addition- Fall potato varieties are
al growth if the crop is to maturing rapidly. Dry weath
mature properly before frost, er in central and western
Some barley and wheat counties hastened maturity
was_seeded in northern coun- but tended to curb the size
ties during the past week, of the tubers,
but the seeding of fall grains Late peach varieties are
is not recommended in this being picked in varying vol
county until the ground tern- umes in different areas of
perature drops to less than the state Late summer ap
-70 degrees. Winter oats seed- pies are stiT coming to mar
ing is an exception and some ket. Maturity of fall apples
fields-are being seeded. was hastened in some of the
The torrential rams fol- dry areas. Dry weather in
lowing Hurricane Donna Erie County has hurt the
tor power economy
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size of the grape crop some
what. Harvest of the purple
fruit may begin within a
week.
The week-end rains tem
porarily halted vegetable pro
duction in all but the ex
treme western and northwes
tern counties. Volume of all
vegetable crops was dec in
ing, but movement is expect
ed to be continued afier a
few days of drying weather.
Broccoli, cabbage, corn, spin
ach and tomatoes are crops
still to be harvested.
Buckwheat is being cut in
northwestern and west cen
tral counties.
Pastures were dry • and
brown, but should recover
rapidly, the report -conclud
ed.
Read the Classifieds.
PURSUING the PATH
of
Subject:
HERE ARE SOME OF OUR TEST RESULTS FROM EARLY BIRD
Control Pen No., of Birds
Old formula 5000 9 wk. 5 da.
New formula 5000 9 wk. 4 da.
New formula 5000
A different and more efficient balance of the amino acids and an
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Remember:
Early Bird Feeds and Good Management
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Manufacturers of Poultry and Livestock Feed Since 1875
Potato Storage
U.S.D.A. Has
Recommendations on the
strength of materials and de
sign requirements for con
structing walls and partitions
of potato storages are given
for builders in a report is
sued by the U. S. Depart
ment of'Agricu'ture.
Marketing researchers, in
studies in Maine, Colorado,
and Minnesota, determined
the amount of pressure pota
toes exert on walls and par
titions of storage bins accord
ing to size of bins and depth
of potato pile. Heretofore
design and construction, of
bins have often been mat
ters of trial and error. Some
builders have made the walls
stronger than necessary on
the assumption that potatoes
exerted the same pressure as
PROGRESS
NEW BROILER FEEDS!
AT FRUITVILLE FARMS
direct at Lancaster EXpress 2-2145
Avg. Wt. F eed/lb. gain
Age
9 wk. 4 do. 0.76 Z2l
Miller &
Bus Kong, inc.
Rohrerstown, Pa.
Ph. Lancaster EX 2-2145
Plans For Bi ns
ear corn, but more ..
walls have been too" n tle
and have broken down
the load. " und er
The report contains few*,
with data from which n
possible to select sheathJ 5
panks, studding, and n7f’
of appropriate donensionT
and bulk-heads for bins 7 '
storing potatoes at V ar. n .
depths. 0U!
This research is part of
program aimed at expand
markets and improving *h
marketing ofTEarm product *
A copy of the report, “Prl
sures on Walls of p ota)
Storage Bins,’* AMS-401 lttls l|
be obtained from the A&'
cultrual Marketing servW
U. S. Dept, of Agriculture
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