Lancaster County Ranks On Top In Most Categories, Report Shows Lancaster ranks at the top — In every catagory of pro of the Hvt of counties in 35 otßduction and income produced, 53 agricultural categories, ac-* Lancaster ranked eighth or cording to figures in a new higher with the single excep boofclet published by the Penn- tion of oats production sylvanla State Department of Agricultme. In addition, the county ranks second in four other categories and third in three more. In only four categories does the garden Spot rank out of the first tenand these in clude: Total land area; 12th; Rural population as % of total, 42nd; Oats production 33rd; and- Average size of farm, <5 6th. Only Philadelphia Cou nty has smaller farms. August Is The Month • ALFALFAS Work Planned Winter Oats • NORUNE • DUBOIS John E. Melhorn Mt. Joy Maurice Good Gordoarille Jacob L Kurtz Elizabethtown LANCASTER SERVICE CENTER QUARRYVILLE SERVICE CENTER Eastern States Farmers’ Exchange, Inc. A list of the categories in which Lancaster leads all the other 66 in the commonwealth are: proportion of land in farms, 79%: Number of farms (includes all farms with over $5O production per year) as of Jan. 1, 1962, 6,770; Percent Tenancy. 24.9; Rural popul ation, 121,153; Farms with telephones, 5,316; Farms with home freezers, 4,749; Automo biles on farms, 7,299; Motor trucks on farms, 3,981; Trac- To Band Seed • CLOVERS With Us On A Forage Program AUGUST IS THE MONTH TO ORDER FALL GRAINS FOR FULL BINS BARLEY WONG HUDSON Rye Winter • BALBO THE EASTERN STATES TAG ASSURANCE OF QUALITY SEED G and G Feed & Supply Ldfcite - Manheim Mairtin Wanner _ Farmers Enos R. Buckwalter Feed & Supply Bird-in-Haud JS'ew Holland • GRASSES Gap John Martin Bareville tors on farms, 10,593; Number of livestock farms, 4,650; Cat tle and calves on farms, 175, 000; Average number of cows milked during 1961, 64,000; Milk produced during 1961, 506.000. pounds; Calf crop 1961, 65,000: Beef cattle on farms, 60,800; Hogs no farms 40,000; Chickens on farms, 3.623.000, Average number of layers, 2,913,000; Eggs pro duced, 626,300,000; Broilers produced, 7,688,300; Value of poultry meat produced, $B, 464,800. Also corn for gram, 6,763, 600 bu ; Corn for silage, 329, 000 tons; Wheat production, 1,937,200 bu.; Barley produc tion, 980,700 bu., Alfalfa hay production, 120,000 tons; All hay production, 232,500 tons; Tobacco production, 47,886, WHEAT REDCOAT PENNOLL SENECA DUAL IS YOUR Wilson Scott West Willow mi Stephen Kurtz Morgantown Evon E. Dinger Reinholds Henry B. Hoover Ephrata Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 25, 1962 000 pounds; Value of all field crops produced, $36,614,900. Also cash receipt from crops, $24,682; Cash receipts from dairy, $23,529,000; Cash rec eipts from poultry, $33,389, 000, Cash receipts from other livestock, $24,987,000; Cash receipts for all commodities, $106,504,000; Value of Comm ercial fertilizer used, $4O, 058,000. Only one country outranked Lancaster in Value of lime used, Value of vegetable pro duction, Clover and timothy production, and area of land in farms. Only two counties outrank ed the Carden Spot in Pro duction of Sheep, Production of potatoes, and Acres of all vegetables harvested. Lancaster county ranked seventh m average value of land and buildings per acre. Peach production, and value of all fruit production A ranking of eighth was given * * * * Lancaster County Is Certified Drought Disaster Area By USDA WASHINGTON, DC -- of adequate cover on burned- State Agriculture Secretary out pasture coul)d threaten William L Henning repoited senous problems of soil eros today that emergency grazing i o n by next Spring, Henning and haying permits m drought- said * * * ■* stricken counties had been extended to November 15 and that special funds were being sought to finance re-seeding ot damage pastures in Lehigh, Fulton and Dauphin Counties. Henning was in Washington at the request of Governor David L. Lawrence who vis ited XT S. Secretary Orville L. Freeman last "week m an attempt to speed assistance to Pennsylvania farmers who have been hit by summer long dry weather. After a conference with tT. S. Department of Agriculture officials in Washington, Henn ing confirmed that all of the 54 counties requested by Governor Lawrence had been approved for using hay from acreage reserved under fed eral land retirement progra ms. The latest of the 54 co unties were Allegheny, Lan caster and Lehigh Robert Reed, special assis tant to Secretary Freeman, said a representative was bemsj sent to the Lehigh, Fulton and Eauphin Counties to determine whether special emergency funds ot the Agricultural Conservation Program should be released for re-seedmg Lack t t * * ♦ ♦ * * * ■¥ I I LOOK to £GJ£tMti3 FOR THE ANSWER TO YOUR INDUSTRIAL ... COMMERCIAL •Sturdy, Clear Span Framing •Attractive . . . Colorful CALL US ... WE WILL GLADLY DISCUSS YOUR NEEDS ... NO OBLIGATION CALEB M. WENGER R. D. 1 Drumore Center K 1 8-3118 QUARRI V ILLEI PA. to the county in average value of land and buildings per farm, Commercial apple production, Sales of forest products and Sales of nursery products. Dr William L. Henning, Secretary of Agriculture, in a foreword to the booklet, said “this new edition of Ranking Among- States and Counties’ provides for the first time a capsule 'summary of agric ulture m each county in Penn sylvania. It is the answer to a large number of requests for county summaries.” The booklet is available from the Pa. Dept, of Agric ultuie upon request at no cost. Almost half the nation’s milk supply is used as fluid milk and cream. The other half is used in the manufac- tuie of ice cream, butter, cheese, non-fat dry milk and many other dairy products, Henning also said he plann ed to renew the request that eastern railroads effect a tem porary freight rate reduction on feed grams similar to the special 75 per cent rate on hay now in effect He said the freight reduction on hay is scheduled to end October 31, but it should be extended further. “Many of our farmers are going to need hay shipments later in the winter, and they will probably need supplement ary corn and other grain, too,"* Henning said GAS TAX REFUND DEADLINE IS SET Farmers have until Septem ber 30 to file for refunds on their state and federal gasoline tax. Refunds totaling 11 cents per gallon are made on that portion of gasoline used by farmers directly in the pro duction of agriculture pro ducts Machines using gasoline in. the production of agricultural commodities include tractors, combines and unlicensed trucks used on the farm BUILDING NEEDS. ‘Exclusive Trim Feature •Simple To Erect •Reasonable Package Prices 13
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