16—Lancaster Farming# Saturday, July 22, 1981 Crop Summary Late Harvest Unnerves Farmers Lancaster county farmers this week were beginning, to show signs of the pressure the feel at not being able to get into the wheat harvest. Rain and wet weather kept the grain tough and hard to thresh Straw is dead ripe in most fields and some farmers are expressing fear that the heavy heads will soon begin to break the straw. Some farmers are combm- an early free26i the Penn . mg whenever gather per- gylvania Crop Reportmg Ser . nuts them to ge v | ce sa id Tuesday in its field even flumgh tte we ekly., crop and weather has to be dried artificially. A ; Willow Street R 1 farmer said summary, this week, “The young grass is coming up pretty high, and that means we are going to be losing straw soon. I think I am going to go ahead and cut even if I have to have it dried.” because of cool weather, but The county tobacco crop is making rapid growth, but some fields show signs of too little cultivation. Weeds are making rapid growth too, Some early peaches have and most fields are too wet been picked in southeastern for the cultivator. Pennsylvania for sale at Pennsylvania’s corn crop, roadside stands. A few sum late planted and reduced in acreage, will be vulnerable Breeding Stud Buys Two Bulls For $60,000 Irvington Pride ,Admiral, a Ho 1 stem bull owned by W. L. King & Son of Irvington Farms near Gaithersburg, Maryland, has been sold to Curtiss Breeding Service, Inc of Cary, Illinois, along with his younger brother, Irvington Pride Commander, for a total of 560,000. This is reported to be a record price for a single transaction in volving two full brothers. At a seeing-off ceremony held at Irvington Farms, •‘Admiral” was paraded be fore a group of dignitaries, inc’uding Governor J. Mil lard Tawes of Maryland, as well as the entire King fam ily. “Admiral,” a 6-year old bull weighing 3300 lbs was Grand Champion at several State Fairs in 1957. Classified “ExceUent” by the Holstein- Friesian Association with a score of 92 points, he recent ly won a Silver Medal Type award for the outstanding conformation of his daugh ters “Admiral” and “Command er” are the sons of Sutten Oaks Pride Borba, an 11-year old bull still iix service in the Irvington herd. Their dam, Octoraro Baroness May, was classified “Excellent” and was honored with a Gold Medal, highest award of the Holstein Association. Frozen semen from the bulls is being made available through the Curtiss Artificial Insemenation program which operates exclusively with frozen semen using liquid ni trogen as a refrigerant The storage temperature of minus 320* F. enables the semen to be kept for an indefinite per iod of tune, says the loca' area representative, William H Walker, Quarryville f wants home NATIONAL FARM U SAFETY WEEK .Wl- JULY 23-29, 1961 In just one year accidents of all types kill about 11,700 rural residents and injure a bout a million Nearly half the deaths are caused by traf fie mishaps Much of the same condi tion existed last year. How ever, one of the latest falls in recent years allowed the crop to mature. This year’s crop has been slow growing recent rains coupled with the warmer days and nights should give the crop a need ed boost. 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Sweet corn is about two weeks late with harvest expected to start abouUthe last week of this month.-Snap beans are being harvested with good yields and 'quality. Some trouble is being had by ma chine pickers because of un even maturity and ripening of beans. A few fields of let tuce are ready to cut and some leaf lettuce is availab’e Cabbage is 'being marketed in most areas Green pea har vest has started with quality 1. MILKMAKING POWER of Dori-Pok - - snore for-my money. 2. PAL AT ABILITY of Dari-Pak - - quick, thorough clean-up. 3. GRAIN EXCHANGE PROGRAM - - retail price for my grain. 4. BULK DELIVERY - - saves me time & money. Get the exciting details of Farm Bureau's new popular DARI-PAK Qualified FIELDMEN are anxious to serve and assist you in designing a PROFITABLE DAIRY FEEDING PROGRAM. iC. CO a BUB®- 1 Quarryville, DARI-PAK. 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