frop Summary
Harvest Slow, Growth Excellent
poor harvesting condit.on., continued to plague Lancas
ter County farmers this week With as much as 60 per cent
0 i the crop still standing in some areas, late in the week
*growers were harvesting some of the grain to keep it from
Qin g to waste. Reports from the Quarryville area indicate
some sprouting in the fields and farmers combining the
grain even though it is high in moisture in mnay instances.
Gram in the north and eastern areas of the county appears
t 0 be in somewhat better condition, but with much of the
acreage yet to be harvested.
While the moist conditions sef Pastures continue to fur
ore far from ideal for the nish good amounts of feed,
harvest, the tobacco and hay crops are respond-
c rop was benefiting from the mg to the heat and moisture,
muggy weather. All but the The hot, humid weather of
latest plantings are beyond the past week pulled the
cultivation and many fields Commonwealth’s corn and
Bre weedier than normal, but potato crops out of the dold
growth is generally described rums, according to the week
as excellent. The county com ly crop and weathr summary
crop, though it was about 2 of the Pennsy'vania Crop Re
weeks behind schedule, is porting Service,
making excellent growth and Temperatures last week
many fields are showing tas- we.e higher than normal for
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shown Includes the breather system, filler door,
top and side ladders. Price does not include
foundation, unloader or aeration equipment for
dry grain storage.
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Address
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A. O. SMITH
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KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS
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Inc.,
PHONE ELgin 4-2351
Pittsburgh and Emporium
where 'they were average for
the week ' Lancaster and
WelLboro experienced tem
peratures seven degrees high
er than normal.
The potato crop had been
slowed because of lack of
moisture and the com crop
needed warm days and nites
with plenty of moisture to
make up growth lost from
late planting and poor grow
ing conditions.
Some tomatoes, summer
cabbage, snap beans, beets,
green peas and cucumbers
are being moved into ocal
markets.- Locally grown
sweet corn will be available
in about two weeks. Canning
tomatoes in Lancaster are
producing large amounts of
foilage but fruits are ripen
ing slowly.
Sour cherry harvest is hit
ting its peak in the north
western growing area Sweet
cherry harvest is about com-
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Dairy
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.ancas:
pleted.
Some ear y apples are be
ing harvested as are some of
the ear iest peach varieties.
Farm activity during the
past week included combin
ing wheat and oats in south
ern counties, planting buck
wheat m northern and west
ern sections, and haymak.ng
throughout the state. Barley
harvest is about completed.
Despite the fairly general
throughout Pennsyl
vania, there still is a 5.5 in.
deficit in the A toona area
and a 5 inch deficit in the
Scranton area s nee the start
of this crop season. Erie has
been the wette-t place in
Pennsy'vania this crop sea
son with 276 inches more
rainfall than usual
• PSU Holstein
(From page i)
milk and 1,016 lbs. of but
erfat. She started her test
ing period at the age of 9
years and 7 months and was
milked two times daily.
Penstate Lucifer Anna
Star was bred-in the herd
of her present owner. She
was sired by Lauxmont Ad
miral Lucifer (VG)—a Sil
ver Medal Production Sire.
Tobacco Growers
Attention!
WE STOCK
MH-30
and mist blowers for
handling same.
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iaturday, July 29. 1961—11
arming.
Inventiveness
Is Urged By
Sociologist
The Rural Sociological So
ciety ol America this week
ca .ed for a “spirit of inven
tiveness” among rural lead
ers to speed up needed social
adjustment.
“Adjustments to new ma
chines and devices for effi
cient and comfortable living
take place more rapidly than
adjustments to social chang
es,” declared Macklin E.
John, Society president and
head of the Department of
Agricultural Economics and
Rural Socio’ogy at the Penn
sylvania State University.
Dr John made the state
ment from a folder distribut
ed nationwide to 7,000 lead
ers m agriculture and rural
life—and nearly 700 mem
bers in 46 states and 40 for
eign countries. The folder
was prepared by a committee
on development of rural so
ciology
“Problems arise,” he add
ed, “when changes in cer
ta:n areas of rural society—
such as schoo’s, churches,
and health agencies—require
adjustments in other aspects
of community life. Some
’mes these changes in basic
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