Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, May 04, 1963, Image 9

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    ■ “Manzate” gives you safe, sure control of early and easy-to-use “Hamate.” Proven by years of use, “Man
late blight on potatoes. For powerful disease protection zate” effectively controls a wide range of diseases on
that gives you bonus yields—more No. I’s, spray with other vegetable crops, too. On «// chemkoia, follow übeimt
instruction! Uii warnwts cmiully.
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MANZATE AND OTHER DUPONT PRODUCTS
distributed 1 by
J. c. EHRLICH CHEMICAL CO., INC.
736 East Chestnut Street Lancaster, Penna.
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' “ Albout 25 lucent of total [ , , *
OHWJt . * >' (production of this class of wh- f ai*lTl I HCCS
. eat has been exported in each _ ,
came in res- of tlhe past flve yearS( Wltll ap . OfOD 4 rPI* | l pnf
ms raised by proximately half of these ex
aa wheat pro- ports under the Food for Peace Im IX/lir) Am*il
jg the need for p rogram> As a ma tter of fact, pill
tional acreage government export subsides p „,_. 0 „
*r wh6s.t undpr j , , , , _ trices received for farm pro*
wneat under d esigne 4 to help commercial , , . . A
64 Wheat pro- exporters sell in the world mar- auc^s ln mid-April, led by a
r ers have con- j- e t recently have ranged seasonal drop in milk prices,
class of wheat f roin 57 to 71 cents declined 4 percent from the
k Atlantic and mid-March level, according to
;r wheat mak- -G-ulf Coast ports,” Seldomndge ~ ,
lercent of total pointed out. the Pennsylvania Crop Report
m the United Wheat producers will have ins Service. Despite the decline
of the wheat an opportunity to vote on whe- the index remained above year
Ivania is made ther or not they wish to accept earlier levels for the ninth
Major uses for Wheat allotments and quotas consecutive month.
ieat, and soft on their 1964 wheat crop in a .
ither class wh- national referendum to be held ie In^ex Prices Receiv
mplus, are in on May 21. &d ’ a barometer of farm in
of flour for come, was 217 percent of the
biscuits, and CONFUSED 1910-1914 base compared with
ie commercial 22 “* 011 March 15 and 213 for
The Priest River, Ida. Times mid-April last year. The index
makes this acute observation for crops was up 1 percent
:t red winter “Historians tell us about the from a month earlier and 13
markets un- past and economists tell us ab- percent aibove April last year,
ir Peace Pro- out the future Thus only the For livestock and livestock
ears has been present is confusing. products the index dropped 5
Stop diseases
MANZATE*... regularly
MANEB FUNSICIOB
E3i&aslfcey*Mr^^
pdrcint from mid-iMarGii and. 2'-
percent from April T 9 62.
Decline in egg and milk pri
ces sharply influenced the ovei’-
all price drop. The average pri
ce received for milk in mfd-
Apnl was estimated at $4.20
per cwt. or 40 cents below the
mid-March average and 10
cents below April 1962. The
milk pricing system usually ac
counts for a sharp drop in pu
ce at this time ot year. The
puce received for eggs aver
aged 36 cents per dozen, 5
cents below a month earlier.
It was the lowest price for
eggs since last July Prices le
ceived for lambs made a str
ong seasonal advance from
mid-March but changes for
other meat animals were re
latively minor.
Prices received for alfalfa
and other hay declined $l.OO
from mid-March but remained
about $lB.OO above April last
year. Wheat, oats, rye and soy
beans also showed declines
from a month earlier whilo
corn and barley held steady.
Gram prices generally were 2
to 11 cents above April 1962.
U. S. PRICES
The index of Prices Received
by the Nation’s Farmers in
creased 1 percent (2 points)
during the month ended April
15 to 242 percent of its 1910-
14 average. The most import
ant increases were reported for
oranges and beef cattle. Parti
ally offsetting were seasonally
lower prices for eggs and wh
olesale milk. The April Inde|c
was the same as a year earlier.
A higher seasonally adjusted
index of farm wage rates rais
ed the Index of Prices Paid by
Farmers, including Interest,
Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates
a third of 1 percent from Mar
iord high established in January
ch to 311 on AprH 15, the rec
of this year. Prices paid for
family living items averaged
the same in mid-April as in
March. Prices of farm produc
tion goods were slightly lower.
The Index was 1 percent high
er than a year earlier.
Farm product prices advanc
ed more rapidly than prices
paid from March 15 to April
15, lifting the Parity Ratio 1
percent to 78. This was 1 per
cent lower than a year earlier.
FARM FIRES COSTLY
Farm fires last year cost lift
million dollars "worth of dam
age, says the Water System*
Council, but could have been
(markedly reduced had there
been an adequate supply of wa
ter available. Fire protection
authorities recommend a mini
mum 3,000 gallons of water av
ailable at all times in case of
emergency.
WATER SYSTEM
What’s the most valued piece
of equipment on todays modern
farms? Chances are good that
it’s the water system. Without
an electric water system, the
twentieth century farmer wou
ld not be able to water his
livestock, irrigate his crops,
water his lawn or make use of
any of today’s labor-saving wa
ter using appliances, such as
automatic clothes washers, etc.
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