Crop Forecasts
For Penna.
Up From July
Pennsylvania’s hay crop is
estimated to be the smallest of
record since 1875 the Penn
sylvania State Department’s
Crop reporting service said
this week. Tobacco yield fore
casts” are up almost five per
cent from a month earlier to
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six per cent above the ten the previous low of 1,821,000
year average, but six per cent tons in 1957.
below last year.
The droughty conditions
during life season have result
ed in the smallest hay crop
since 1875. Total hay produc
tion is estimated at 2,455,000
tons compared with 4.1 mil
lion tons last year and an aver
age of 3.5 million tons. Alfalfa
hay production at 1,079,000
tons is the lowest since 1953,
clo-tim production at 1,275,-
000 tons is 30 percent under
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POTATOES: The combined
late summer and fall potato
crops m Pennsylvania are ex
pected to total 6 9 million
cwt. - 17 percent less than in
1961 and 15 precent below
the 10-year (1951-60) aveiage.
OATS production is forecast
at 25 4 million bushels - small
est crop since 1952. Most oats
were combined by the end
of August excepting for a few
fields in northern counties.
Sojbcan production at 152,-
000 bushels was shaiply down
fiom 1961 production and
slightly over half ot aveiage.
Rams which came to most
ot the Commonwealth duung
the second week of August
ga\e ci ops only a tempoiaiy
boost With the return of diy
weather the following week,
ciops again suttered tioa lack
of moistuie. Field corn reviv
ed somewhat and made a little
growth. Hay fields and pas
tures greened up and looked
better again. On September 1
the corn was still far from
a normal crop, pastures too
short for grazing and hay too
short to cut in many areas.
Feed supplies are general!;
short and many crops ar
being diverted from thei
original purpose in order ti
alleviate the roughage short
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 15, 1962
Fly Control
By Feeding
Is Studied
An interesting new idea in
fly control in cattle herds is
the attempt to tight flies with
chemicals in teed supplements.
In this system, the cattle are
led teed supplements contain
ing chemicals such as pheno
thiazine or ronuel. These chem
icals appear m the droppings
and help keep thes from de
veloping in manuie deposits.
A reseai ch chemist with a
national teed company points
out that this idea shows pio
mise, but as ol now it is not
the answer to the fly control
age
CORN: As a result of the
critical shortage of pasture
and hay due to the drought
conditions considerable corn
intended for grain will be di
verted and used for roughage.
Pennsylvania corn prospects
now are estimated at 45 bush
els per acre compared with
67 bushels last year and a 10-
year (1951-60) average of 53
bushels. Total corn production
is expected to total 41,085,-
000 bushels.
TOBACCO: Production of
Pennsylvania Seedleaf tobacco
is now forecast at 50.2 million
pounds, up 5 percent from the
forecast a month earlier, ac
cording to the Pennsylvania
Crop Reporting Service. If
realized, this will be 6 peicent
above the 1951-60 average, but
6 pei cent below the 1961 pio
duction.
Rains duimg the second
week ot August practically
woiked a miracle tor the to
bacco ciop. Harvesting ot eaily
tobacco fields was nearly com
pleted--by September 1. Topp
ing of late fields was under
way the later pait of August
Pievious diy weathei has kept
the ci op about two weeks late.
Tobacco appeals to be tree
of disease or insect damage
Cuiing conditions have been
veiy good up until the piescnt
damp weather.
The aveiage prices leceived
by Pennsylvania tarmeis for
tobacco weie 27 0 cents in
19 61 and 28 0 cents in i 960
The cigar tillei tobacco in
Miami Valley, Ohio, types 42-
44 hi ought 28 3 cents in 10 61
and 28 1 cents in 1960 New
England and Wisconsin hind
er types 51-55, biought fa
eis an aveiage ot 31 7 cents
m 1961 and 32 9 cents in 1960
Prices leceived foi New Eng
land, Geoigia, and Flonda
wrapper types 61-62, aveiaged
?2 00 in 1961 and !pl 94 in
1960.
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problem. The feed additive
approach to fly control ib be
ing studied by thorough re
search, he said Effective
chemicals can be used in tine
manner as an aid to fly con
ti ol However, sprays, dips op
dust are still a necessity with
piesent approved feed additiv
es. Additional research vvoilc
is still needed to deteumne
how best to use feed additives
in an overall fly contiol pio
giam.
Chemical feed additives can
prevent hoin flies, face flies
and house flies fiom develop
ing in manuie Hovvevei, the
numbei ot flics piesent on the
animal is not ieduced to any
extent The leseaicher points
out that the consumption of
leed additives under tield con
ditions is too variable to as
sure effective intake of the
chemicals, so the control of
fly development in the manure
is incomplete. Also, flies bre
eding in the manure of adja
cent untreated herds infest
cattle receiving medicated feed
supplements. He also points
out that range cattle, usually
infested with horn flies, are
not normally fed a supple
ment during summer months.
Nevertheless he believes
the concept of fighting flies
through feed additives may
develop and serve a useful
role in the overall fly pro-
gram
It pays to use
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Have them spread on
your hay and grain
fields now.
Contact us for details as
these two materials will
work well with jour pieseat
larm program.
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Lancaster Ph. LO 9-1580 I
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Florin Penna.
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