’V AQPQ /‘'W3C- with * m P le parking space at >»iRVA««'M^TMIBVjC • „(t ». >h«—ih> ikwiliiiingi’Ui. !*lf Z'-ltt L , Starting November ?3/Blnce ivioves rrom hour? wm be r-a.m." to" 4:45 MAiramkai. 97 P- m - Monday through Friday, nuvemoer ut Miss Neal said the 1964 Ag . , „ ' . ncultural Conservation Pro- As of November 27, the g ra tn for Lancaster County has county Agricultural Stabiliza- been approved and new hand tion and Conservation Service books win be availab i e m office will be located at 1466 December. Manheim Pike, Miss Dorothy ‘„. „ , Y. Neal, office manager, said The . 1964 F f ed gram pro this week gram is basically the same as She added, “We feel sure 1963> except for a few basic the new location will be of chan s es - „ Maximum diversion benefit to our farmers The Wll l be 50 per pent o£ tbe * e ® d office will be on the first floor, gram base - and a farmer dl ‘ Pullet Space Several of Our Customers Their Replacement Flocks. Hatch Dates from January 15th thru Controlled or improved environment preferred Size of flocks needed from 6,000 to 18,000 birds. Could work into satisfactory long term arrangements for those able to do Mr. Reynolds Minnich ' v -Y 7/ : FINEST POULTRY SERVICE ANYWHERE A> J 3- 4 I !£>•»• r* 1 ( Need Space For but others will be considered. a top notch job. For details ask for at Area Code 717 392-2145 £ ) U Growing Needed! April 17th. Miller & Bushong, Inc. Rohrerstown, Pa. verting more than 40 per cent, will receive the high payment on all diverted acres. Minimum diversion is still 20 per cent of the base. The first 20 per cent is at the low payment rate and from 20 to 39 per cent at the high rate. If from 40 or 50 per cent of the base is diverted, all will be paid at the high rate. Price support loans will be available on the total produc tion, and as in 1963, price support payments will be made on the normal production of the crop grown. . tJI 0 <■ - * i WolTember'l6,963—s Crop Summary Drought Hinders Growth, Curing October was one of the dri est months on record causing water supplies to dwindle and hindering growth of grasses and fall sown grains accord ing to the Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service A long Indian-type Summer prevailed during the month Very little ram during the month caused many streams, wells and reservoirs to go dry. Fall seedings are spotty and many pastures dried up due to lack of ram. (Ram during first part of November allevi ated the situation to a great extent ) Good drying weather favored the drying of im mature corn and permitted rapid progress of fall harvest of corn, potatoes and apples. Production of corn for gram is estimated at >43.7 million bushels, or 1 percent below last year’s poor crop of 44 1 million bushels and 20 per cent below the 1957-61 aver age Early and late freezes eomlbmed with drought con ditions reduced yields and 'caused many farmers to di vert corn intended for gram into silage The harvesting of corn for silage was comple ted in early October. Harvest ing of corn, for gram was fa vored by sunny, dry weather 'which permitted corn to dry out rapidly. HAY AND PASTURE Lack of rainfall hindered growth off legumes and gras ses Some of the growth that did occur was cut and fed as green chop or used as tem porary pasture. A number of pasture and hay fields have been, grazed too closely and mg performance heritage -> Field-balanced types: Row Crop, Row Crop Utility,, Wheatland and Ricefield. r3ccn ★ Weight-balanced design to provide better traction over 3 tons of “live,” basic weight. ★ Step-balanced transmission. 12 speeds forward with Hydra-Power Drive.* ★ Power-balanced engine. Smooth, 6-cylinder types in gasoline, diesel and LP-gas. ★ Comfort-balanced platform, 2-position, telescopic 1 power steering*, rubber spring seat. ★ Load-balanced hitch. 3-point hitch with draft-sensi tive lower links i d 37 ireal ■Hcsafc*' See the all-new Oliver 1600 and see all that's new in farm power; N. G. Hershey & Son Manheim Farmers ville Equipment Co. Ephrqta, R. D. 2 winter damage may be severe. POTATOES AND TOBACCO Harvesting of tobacco was about completed by October 1. Proper curing weather was lacking during October. There was plenty of sunshine 'but not enough moisture for proper curing. Some stripping of to bacco was started at the end of October. Digging of fall potatoes was virtually comple ted hy the end of October. The past month offered some ex cellent weather for potato har vesting. Tuber size was smal ler than usual but quality was good. Yield was better than expected. Yield is estimated at 190 hundredweight per acre. U. S. CROP REPORT October '"weather ifavored full development and rapid harvest of the major row crops, but doomed many fall pas tures and threatened some acreages of fall seeded grains. Corn, sorghum grain, rice and cotton were major crops show ing increased prospects on November 1, /but continued soil moisture shortages in. the ISouth lowered prospects for soybeans and rpeanuts. Past ure'condition was reported as 60 .percent of normal - the lowest November condition since 19'56. Rams over most of the eastern half of the Na tion since November 1 will helip Ball seeded grams but were too late to aid .pastures for the 1962 season except in southern areas. The “all crops” production index re mained at the record level of 110, the same as a month v earlier. ««sr *Special eouipment Chas J. MTcComsey & SoriS '' Hickory Hill, E«. ItSMK
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