—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 13. 1961
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# Grain Signup
(From page 1)
Conservation
said today.
The program provides
special payments to growers
of the two crops who divert
acreages this year from the
production of corn or grain
sorghum to a soil-conserving
use. Up to half the total pay
ment to be earned on a.farm
may be made m advance if
the farmer requests it.
In Lancaster County, the
average county rates are
$47.50 per acre for reducing
corn acreage a minimum of
20 percent below the farm
base acreage and $26.20 per
acre for reducing grain sorg
hum acreage a like amount.
Higher rates will apply for
reducing com and grain sorg
hum acreage from 20 to 40
percent below the base. Rates
on a farm may be higher or
lower than the county rates,
depending on the farm’s pro
ductivity in relation to the
county average.
While' the program is vol
untary, corn and grain sorg
hum producers will not be
eligible for price support on
any of their 1961 feed grain
crops unless they cooperate
in the feed grain program.
The Chairman reported
that many farmers have vis
ited the County Office since
the program was announced
to obtain further information
Interest has been general
throughout the area, and far
mers usually have filed an
application at that time to
take part in the program.
Some farmers have Indi
cated'an interest in the pro
gram, but they have not yet
followed through. Such pro
ducers are urged to get in
touch with the County Agri
cultural Stabilization and
Conservation Office as soon
as possible, but no later than
June 1, 1961 deadline.
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• Corn-Borer
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entire 1960 crop of 105,718,-
000 bushels, and is about 2.6
percent of the total U. S.
crop. The loss was 52 percent
greater than in 1959, and is
the fourth largest bushel loss
in the past 10 years attribut
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Committee,
Greatest losses were in
lowa, Nebraska, and Illinois.
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bushels of corn grown for
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bushels and Illinois 13 mil
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production by three percent
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during 1960 but spread to
only six previously uninfest
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has made its home in the U.
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crop yield but also lowers
quality, increases production
and harvesting costs, and re
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