V t, OPEN HOUSE Of .' chines for 1965, including the farms near principal agricul- FARMERSVILLE EQUIP. CO. new models 1650 and 1850 tural centers throughout the _ ..... wheel tractors with certified country. Farm families from the sur- horsepower rounding area will be the 0 to t he general publiC) guests of Famersville Equip- free coffee and doughnuts Wlll ment Company, Oliver farm h . ° , equipment dealer at Ephrata we serveo - -ffimotiHa RumC/moiiimttM R 2, at an Oliver Farm Fair, Far m e r Equipment at(d on Wednesday, February 24. Company’s Oliver Farm Fair The open house, from 9 am. featur ® res “ < l ts of // T f*Va to 9 pm. will -eature many Corporation’s ‘Growing 0” WEEK of the new Oliver farm ma- field demonstrations a series of all day field events held on TiMETo - To flameless electric heating comfort It a l€ Greaf on hills the compact John Deere 1010 Row-Crop Utility >; *;X4 in : < ■:<s bl : jss :;V:v^ Most-usable 35 h.p, on the market! This “1010” Compact is designed and powered to handle easily any job you ask it to do. Work it on slopes with the security only a low-profile 4-wheel tractor can give. Work it inside and around buildings; it turns short, maneuvers with ease. Cultivate advanced crops with ample clearance. Hustle 2- or 3-bottom plows: drawn, 3-point, mounted, or 540-1000 rpm PTO tools. Throttle down, shift up on light loads; get Variable-Horsepower economy (up to 35 h p., gas or Diesel). We’ll demonstrate. Ask about our convenient and confidential Credit Plan, |?| =: ft , Christiana LY 3-5687 H. S. Newcomer & Son Wenger Implement Co. Mt. Joy 653-3361 Buck BU 44467 A. B. C. Groff, Inc. New Holland 354-8001 / NEW RATE AS LOW AS 10 PER KWH eetric Home Heating dealer today and on the level! Alan Beyer M. S. Yearsley & Sons West Chester 696-2990 COnVERT AN INVESTOR-OWNED 7 Electric utility/j IN THE SERVICE VE . OP THE PUBLIC SS Landis Bros. Inc. Lancaster Shotzberger's Elm 393-3906 665-2141 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 20, 1965—17 County ASCS Office Reports On Program Results For 1964 A total of 612 farmeis em oiled and completed needed con servation practices undei the 1964 Agncultuial Conservation Program. Piactices weie completed and costshaies paid as follows: Practice Liming giassland Establishing peimanent grass cover Impiovement ol established cover Establishing peimanent covei to protect diveisions, ditch banks, etc Establishing wintei cover crops 166 Contour slupciopping & hedgeiow removal Cleaiing & leveling pastuie land Establishing Sod Waterway Constructing Diversion Tcuace Constiucting cropland Terrace Constructing Open Drainage Systems Installing Tile Underdram Planting of Forest Tiees Improving a Stand of Tiees Ponds for Livestock Water In addition to the amount paid faimeis for establishing the practices, $3534 of the 1964 ACP allocation was tiansferred to Soil Conservation Seivice foi technical sei vices required in establishing peinianent type conseivation piactices. CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM The 18 farms-under Conseivation Reseive contiact earned annual payments of $12,000 for maintaining 5915 acres in peimanent glass oi tree cover WOOL INCENTIVE PAYMENTS The following payments weie made in 1964 for wool and unshorn lambs sold duimg the 1963 maiketing year 106 producers received $2,352 53 foi shoi n wool 50 producers lecened $606 85 for unshorn lambs WHEAT PROGRAM 309 produceis diverted 580 acies fiom wheat pioduction, receiving $5,893 in diveision payments and $51,925 in certificate payments FEED GRAIN PROGRAM A total of 327 producers eni oiled in the 1964 Feed Giain Program, diverting 4 310 acres fiom corn pioduction, 13 fiom grain sorghum and 249 from bailey for total diveision pay ments of $215,299 Additional puce suppoit payments of $lB,- 260 were paid foi the 1879 acies of feed giams giown. PRICE SUPPORT LOANS Wheat 11 fanners leceived loans of $91,587 on 67,552 bushel of wheat stoied in local warehouses and 7 fanners stor ed 4000 bushels on the farm for loans of $5,039 Corn 3 faimeis stored 5770 bushel of corn on the farm and received loans of $6,228 EMERGENCY LIVESTOCK FEED Because of drought conditions, the emergency livestock feed program was approved in Januaiy, 1964, and terminated May 30, 1964 Under this piogram, corn fiom Commodity Ciedit Corpora tion stocks was shipped into the county and sold to farmers at 75% of suppoit price, pumanly for foundation herds of dairy cattle. A total of 93,889 bushel was sold for $104,091. Lancaster County ASCS Committee Fred G Seldomndge Elmer L Huber John J. Hen- Office Manager No. of Fai ms 449 Units 7,089 acies 171 1,831 acres 106 2,039 acres 8 acies 3,802 acies 45 2 6 6 4 1,396 acies 8 acies 2,748 feet 10,877 feet 5 310 feet 1,771 feet 30,053 feet 28 dues 4 acies 4 Total 3 21 5 1 4 Doiothy Y. Neel Amount $40,194 21,728 22,690 142 8,007 6,947 120 710 1,725 626 401 5,330 419 50 800 $109,889
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