Eastern Pennsylvania DO YOU PREACH WHAT YOU PRACTICE? PROMOTE EGGS! , “FINEST SER VICE ANYWHERE!” Egg Producers I DO YOU PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH EAT EGGS! SELL EGGS! MARCH is EGG MONTH One More Week Left For All of Us to do a Good Turn For Our Own Industry »rt<*rs intend to / /■acres, the same as March 1 indicate that acreage s<>, lint about (j per tor hanest in 19(12 will be AND MILLER & BUSHONG Rohrerstown, Po. Ph. Lancaster EX 2-2T45 cent more than average. Growers intention*, as of Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 24, 1962 31,000 acres, the same as last \ear This ciop which is Known as Pennsylvania Sccd- leat, Tv pe 11, is classified as Cigar Filler, and is used e\- clu-noly for cigar nianutac- t tiling •Vc reage harvested at this level will bo G pen cnt above the 1951-GO average hut is well below the record Histor ic records beginning immedi ate!} aftei the Civil War sho.v acreage in the 3-1000 acn, range in that period with a stcadih increasing trend until at the turn of the ceutur> har vested acreage stood at 27,- 000 The record for harvested acres was sit in HU with a total of 19,000 Thereafter a low of 18,000 acres was le aorded m 1934 In the past 20 >cars acreage was at a low of 23,700 in 1952 and a high o) 37,300 acres in 1,950, If the 19 02 eiop intentions materialize and v iclds based on the 19 57-G1 average are at tained, a crop of 513 million pounds will be produced. This would he 4 pel cent below the 19G1 crop but S peicent above Ihe 1951-60 aveiage Blowers intentions 101 the l‘lb2 < rop are subjei 1 to i fiance depending on the tu tors ol wcatbei at planting time and changes in moweis plans hetw een Mauh 1 and actual planting time An uulease of HI pci cent in sen bean atiease is expected a paitial lebouiid tioin last \o.ii s low Based on mint jeais’ utilization, much of this will go into hay and silage Intended acieage to be liai \esled loi all ba> at non is ott 1 per cent from 3 <M> 3 and 7 per cent under the 10- jear average Changing torage crop practires may account toi much of this reduction. Soil moisture in most areas of the Commonweolth is w ell below axerage due to precipi tation less than normal during February and excessive run off because of deep frost pene tration. - ‘ Acreage actually planted m the Keystone State maj be largei or smaller than report ed intentions by reasons of w eather conditions, pi i< c changes, labor supple, fmau (ial conditions, the agiKiiltui al progiam, 01 the effei t ol this report uselt upon tarni ois’ actions Stauffer's Lawn&Garden Center Kissel Hill, Lititz, Pa. Grain Program Deadline Nears (.’roHfis who die ■still "( hlllKiitl. it cnei” .ihout p.ii tu ip.i I nif; in the I<)(>2 teed icr.iin wuic pitied to d.i\ not to dol.ij .in\ The Miuiup period evtuxls on h through M.irdi to Fiecl G Sc Idonu ulge Chau in.i i) of the Lancasler Con ill v \giic iiltmal Stabilization and Conset ration Committee re pents that tarmci interest ~ high in Lancaster Countv th • State- as well as throughout the country gcneiallv Indica tions are that 191,2 participa tion will run well ahead dT that under last veai’s iced gr un program Fanners who take pair in the lied strain ln--l lilo an intention-to-pariicipate lonn m the A'itni ultui al St 1- hilization and. Consen ation Sen ice Oflue induatnu; the nninlii 1 of coin and iti.nu sorghum aims then intend to due it troni production into soil-( onsen nur use The mini um in dnei'ion is 2(1 peuent of the tarm’s base aercasto hut mam faimcis .ne mdnatui-, their intention to dnen mo.e than the minimum • Future Farmers (Continued fiom Page I) aftnuiltme ,neas in Pemisvl- niin.i Judges awaidtd IT t,old 3 2 sihei II bionze and T hon -01 able mentions in a pioeiam that nonnalU cat lies tmh tne medals in each <aUt,on It Will Pay You To U* Natural Soil Builders New Jersey Potash (Green Sand) , COLLOIDAL Phosphate (cmphoV) Any Quantity : Bags or Our Own Bulk Spreading Service Irooklawn Farm | Ij.iiuMstor US Ivreider \v»' Also available at 7 «nd Wl. M>
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