6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 13, 1963“ r r Crop Summary Spotty Rains Hopscotch County Lush, green lawns in spdts of the county contrast shar ply with the dry, brown lawns elsewhere as spotty rains of the past week dumped up to six inches of water on pockets of farm land while entirely mis sing others. The lawns and pastures in the Kirkwood area are lush and green as springtime, and one farmer from that area re ported soil too wet to seed last Saturday. He postponed dis cing and planting until Mon day to give the ground a chance to dry out. In most of the county, dry a'bled farmers 'to make hay of conditions favored the wheat good quality. The first cutting harvest and many farmers of alfalfa is virtually comple took advantage of the good ted, with second cutting under weather. Scattered reports in- way. The second crop and pas dicate that wheat yields are tures have 'been slowed by dry below normal, but not as short weather. as was forecast earlier. Potatoes look good with lit- Corn in most parts of the tie insect or disease damage oounty is growing well, but as' 'cultivation and spraying dry, hot days bring some cur- continue. Harvest of .the late ling of leaves in some areas, summer crop is expected to Most county farmers have cul- (start in a Ifew southeastern tirated for the last time, areas during the coming week, .Light showers during the Field placement of tobacco has / - - - |m NEW i&mc I (t I / ORTHO ORTHO DIBROM has remarkable fly killing power—flies just don’t argue with DIBROM, it kills ’em dead on contact—right before your eyes. See US TODAY for NEW, ready-to-use, ORTHO DfBROM FI/ Spray. TM S ORTHO, OKROM RfcC U S PAT. OFF# P. L. ROHRER & BRO , INC. I Sinoketown \ m ’ J *r - j * _ + week ended July 8 improved soil moisture conditions in areas of the state, al though Erie and some south eastern counties were very dry. The Pennsylvania Crop Re porting Service weekly crop and weather summary said weather conditions generally were excellent for haymaking and cultivation of row crops. Other farm activities included baling barley _straw, clipping pastures and spraying fruits and vegetables. , Ideal weather conditions en- NO MIX READY TO USE DIBROM FLY SPRAY Now, you can use NEW DIBROM Fly Spray straight from the container. No mixing, no bother—just pour directly into your atomizing fogger or appli cator, then start killing flies. Phone Lane. 307-3530 I M “ 4el ty High Average In Redßose DHIA A-piples and ipeaehea are siz- The *2O cow herd of register- of hutterfat* in 23,007 pounds ing nicely with little insect or e( j and grade Holsteins owned of milk with - a 4.0 per cent disease damage. Harvest of by Leßoy g S m Uclcer> Ne w test. ~ . sour cherries for local mar- jj 0 n a nd Rl, had the highest Other cows finishing laota?. , kets is under way in the south, avera g e j n the Red Rose Dairy lions with over 700 pound* of and just getting started for jj erd improvement Association hutterfat were in the herd*, pf procesors. during May. The Smucker herd Raymond M. Hoover, Christ Harvest of snap beans for averaged 1,920 pounds of milk K. Lapp and Son, J. Mowery -fresh market and 'processing and 70 pounds of hutterfat Frey, Amos B. Lantz, Paul has started with near average a g.g per cent test. B. Zimmerman, John U. Lapp, yields and good quality. Sweet Tjvo herds had an average Benjamin D. Hershey, Seth J. corn is in tassel in southern of g 7 pounds 0 £ hutterfat. The Lapp, Red Rose Research Cen and central areas, but is short. 22 registered Holsteins in the ter, and Frank K. Book and First picking in the Washing- of John E. Esh, Gordon- Son. , ton Boro section of Lancaster vd j e m made an average of Other herds with 60 or more county is expected to get un- 1920 pounds of milk with a pounds average hutterfat for der way at the beginning of 3_ 7 p er cent test while the 17 the month are- owned by Earl next week. 'Most fields have registered Holsteins of Henry L. Groff, Stanley G. Greiner, been irrigated steadily to pro- p Fox had ig 73 pounds 0 f i van (j. Martin, Harry S. Ann more growth. Tomatoes look m ilk with a' 4.0 per cent test, gst, Leßoy G. Lapp, James M, good and have a good set in,- The hig £ gQS day i actation Bshelman, iy Amos B. Lapp, most areas, but need ram. completed during the , month Furry H. Frey, Harry Zimmer- Spot > picking got under way made by a registered H ol- man, Jr., David H. Breckbill. over the past weekend m the' , n th ' be rd of Jobn j. Hiram S. Aungst, A. Wilmer market garden and commercial. Wanda Es henshade. J. S. Smucker. stake-tomato section of Wash- ’ , . .. ann csamnei A Hum ington Boro. The annual To- f rod “ ced 88 * P° Q unds but ‘ and SamUel A> DUm * mato Festival celebrating the terfat m 19,089 pounds of i! t . „ milk with a 4.4 per cent test. Farm boys train for future , t hpro IV «?fltiiriTav Second high lactation- re- leadership roles by following w.U be held there Saturday belonged to Louise, a re- parliamentary procedure in : S'stered Holstein cow owned their FPA meetings and tak- ? y iTt J - Lant T in * p f rt in puWic spe * k,e(? ' , ' ter Rl. She made 794-pounds contests. . mOSt AxOcLS* ' MW \ FROM AIUS-CRAIMERS «L\iS*«W-WWS lllli WSgl EXCLUSIVE "ELBOW FORK"ACTION Puts Full-Width Charge in Baling Chamber New Allis-Chalmers 303 Bale-Chief makes- bales solid, square-tied tight. The kind an ejector can throw. And they stack square, ’haul and elevate easier. Bales resist buckling because “Elbow Fork” action takes out windrow wads . * •; puts heavy windrows into the chamber in clean, sweeping action. Forks retract completely up and out of hay each back stroke. Come and see the new 303 Bale-Chief now. AU/S-CHMME/IS Nissley Farm Service Grumelli Farm Service L. H. Brubaker Washington Boro, Pa. Qnarryville, Pa. Lancaster, Pa. Allen H. Matz Farm Equipment N«w Holland, Fa. , » II Ik SALES AND SERVICE L. H. Brubaker La useh Bros. Equipment Stevens,, P*. r I ‘ X - 00 W?-- * « -w • Lititz, Pa. ~* V 1 * l ‘ ; *r\ ~ / N. G. Myers & Son Rheems, Fa.
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