—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 4, 1963
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Crop Summary
Rains Relieve Dry Conditions
Rains at the middle of the Ity of pasture.
, , , drv Planting of cobljler potatoes
week broke the back of the dry . g , n Wie colinty and
spell that had begun to worry getting undeP
way in some of
county farmers, but the thu,n- t, ke northern counties. Fall po
derstorm that dumped about a tato planting has statred in the
half inch of ram on the Garden southeast. Planting of e'arly
Spot failed to make up the de- ca ifobage, peas, string beans and
licit which has been building lettuce continued with early
all through the month of Ap- growth doing well, but warm
i’il. weather and rain are needed
„ , for continued growth. Harvest--
Cool weather and diy a iMg ove r-wintered spinach in
winds, combined with ina■ - Bucks county i s mioving slow
quate soil moisture conditions and stands
are reported
in most areas, limited gemma- gpott from W j n ter freeze dam
tion and growth of a 1 crops Spring planted spinach is
throughout the state last week, bu ' needg ram>
aecoiding to the wee y crop Fru , t trees are blooming in
and weather summary issued southei . n counties, including
Tuesday by the Pennsylvania thfl gouth Mountaln area o f*
Cro-p Reporting Service. Su - Adamg and F ran klin Counties,
f.eezmg temperatures prevail- #nd the Berks . L ehagh area,
ed in nearly all sections of the peak blQOm ig exp6Cted in Erle
state several mornings during County in akou t a we ©k. Peach
the week and snow urnes and cr o pS m most areas,
were reported in a number of particular i y in the northwest,
northern counties— our-wee g,] low ciaimage ifrom the extreme
precipitation totals indicate of lagt w)nter and the cold
April to he one of fb e driest gnapg recent weeks> nig
ot record m the eas e two- gtlß tOO ear iy to determine the
thirds of the state. f u it extent . 0 f the damage. A
Farmers, however, continu- few growers in the South Moun
ed to make rapid progress with tain area have heen using smu
plowing and planting, center- dge pots to prevent further m
ing major activity on plowing jury Prospects for apples still
and fitting ground for corn, appear good although much de-
Oats planting and hav seeding pends on favorable weather
were neaiing completion but for pollination and set of fruit,
germination has been slowed Rainfall last week ranged
by weather. Fall seeded gra- from one-fourth to one-half
ins, hay, and pastures still inch with the central area re
looked good hut, again, weath- ceivmg the most and the south
er conditions impeded growth, east the least. Although insuf-
Some rye is being pastured in ficient to erase the deficit, ii
central and southeastern areas, was welcome relief to crops
but lack of growth has limited that have been at a standstill
the grazing of other pastures because of moisture stortage.
Wheie cows have been put on Much more rainfall is needed
pastuie, it is mainly because for the continued growth and
of feed shoitage, not availabil- development of all crops.
Witmer Guernsey
Aungst Herd Has
Anne, a Registered Guernsey
eow in the herd of Raymond
and Louise Witme", Willow St,
Rl, produced 15.151 pounds of
milk and 83G pounds of butter
fat m 305 days to top the Red
Rose Dairy Herd Improvement
Association m March The cow
made the record as a seven
jear old.
Ranking second in completed
Jactations was a five year old
registered Holstein in the herd
of Christ K Lapp and Son, Gap
R 2. “Skylark” made 20,434
pounds of milk and 800 pounds
pf butterfat in 305 days.
Other cows making over 700
pounds of butterfat in the fi
rst 30 5 days of lactation were
in the heids of Samuel A
Bum, John J. Herr, Calvin S
Km tz, Ray p Bollinger, Amos
B Lantz, John H Stauffer,
Earl R Martin, and Ray R.
Harbold. All these cows weie
Holsteins. Hany S Mu min a
had a Gueinsev with G 97 pou
nds of butteifat
Higdi heid a\erage dining the
month was maintained by the
17 registered Holstein cows in
the heid of Hiram S Aungst,
Elisabethtown R 1 The herd
made 2 210 pounds of milk and
S 7 pounds of butteifat per
MVKE TT EASTER
Laboi is one of the major
costs in a poultij enterprise,
savs Gail Dossm Penn State
extension poultrj specialist He
stresses the adoption of meth
ods that permit poultijmen to
take care of more buds, do a
better job and do it in less
time. Save five steps in a day
and you sa\e a mile a year, he
claims.
The FFA has 375.051 mem
beis affiliated with 5.759 local
chapters rn 50 States and
Tops DHIA;
High Average
cow.
The herd of John E. Esh,
Gordonville Rl, placed second
in averages. The 23 registered
HoJsteins had 1,982 pounds of
milk and 74 pounds of butter
fat per cow.
Herds with averages of 65 or
more pounds of butterfat were
owned by David S. Smucker, J,
Richard Keller. J. Bby Hersh
ey, and Jacob K. Stoltzfus.
For Low Cost
Weed Control
Use LV4 At Corn
Planting Time
WEEDOME|
LV4 I
Weedone LV-4
(Low Volatile Ester)
1 gal. can $3.25
5 gal. can $24.50
Weedor 64 (amine)
1 gal $3.75
5 gal $17.50
Weedone Brush
Killer “32”
1 gal. can $7.25
SMOKETOWN
Ph. Lane. 397-3530
HATCHING EGG PRODUCERS!
Here are some results from four leghorn breeder flock owners on
our EARLY BIRD program which came to our attention.
The data are complete thru February 1963:
Number of Flocks
Total Number of Birds
Average number of
months in lay
Flock Depletion to date
Average Number
Cockerels per
100 pullets
Feed per dozen eggs to
date
% Production to date on
hen housed basis 74.9%
Projected eggs per hen
housed for 12 month
period
Average % of hatchability
to date
Good Management
EARLY BIRD Breeder Program
to BEST results at LOWEST cost for hatching egg producers of
both light and heavy breeds.
May we serve you?
Contact your nearest Miller & Bushong Service
Representative or call us direct, Lancaster 392-2145.
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Rohrerstown, Pa.
Inc.
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