Spring Fire
HARRISBURG District for
esters, fire wardens and person
nel of the Division of Forest
Protection, Department of For
ests and Waters, are keeping a
wary eye on the weather fore
casts these days.
Pennsylvania has now entered
what is known among foresters
as the "spring fire season,” one
of the two periods in the year
when the danger of fire is most
prevalent. The other is the “fall
fire season.”
"Spring is that time of the
year.” said E. F. McNamara,
Chief, Division of Forest Pro
tection, “when most Pennsylva-
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Season Here
nians, particularly in rural ar
eas, begin cleaning up and burn
ing up the debris and trash
which accumulated over the win
ter months.”
"In most cases,” he added,
“this is accomplished without
any problems but occasionally
there are all too many cases
which end in tragedy.”
“This past February for ex
ample,” he said, “there were 96
fires reported, covering approxi
mately 338 acres, which caused
the deaths of at least four Penn
sylvanians. Two were burned
and two suffered heart attacks.”
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GIDEON STOLTZFUS SALE
The Gideon Stoltzfus Sale
was held last Saturday, with
the following prices received:
Tractors $1,500, $1,500 and
$810; Hay Conditioner, $1,180;
Baler, $515; Rake, $345; Flail
Chopper, $630; Elevator, $400;
Wagon, $327 50; Bulk Milk
Tank, $2,400; Sputnick, $825;
Milker Units, $l6O and $l5O.
The top cow in the sale went
for $1,050.
Average on 68 head of Hol
stein dairy animals above three
months-old was $430. Baby cal
ves under 3 months sold with
dam.
John B. Kurtz
Ph: 354-9251
B. D. 3, Ephrata
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 30.1968
SECOND SECTION
Fewer Potatoes, Tobacco
And Oats To Be Planted
HARRISBURG State farm- cated they will plant 190,000
ers intend to plant fewer pota- acres of barley, 17,000 more
toes, tobacco and oats this year, than last year, while the soy
the Crop Reporting Service has bean acreage will total 27,000
announced. acres, 2,000 more than last year.
Information reaching the Acreage intended for corn is
Service indicates that farmers estimated at IVz million acres,
expect to plant a record low of about the same as last year.
36,000 acres of potatoes. This Farmers intend to harvest
is 3,000 fewer acres than were two million acres of hay, the
planted last year. same acreage as was cut in 1967.
The 21,000 acres which farm- ——
ers intend to plant in tobacco
may be the lowest since the re- Pafc C&ITV TR
cord low set in 1934 when 17,- *
800 acres were harvested Rpepo vpb SllirilUC
Farmers’ planting intentions, IXCaCdrLII OIIOWS
the Service said, are often al- HARRISBURG Research
tered by weather conditions, being done for the Pennsylvania
price changes and labor supply. Department of Agriculture
Oats plantings are expected shows farm cats are suspects as
to total 499,000 acres. This carriers of tuberculosis.
would be the smallest acreage Secretary of Agriculture Le
seeded m this giain since re- land H Bull said cats came un
cord keeping began 102 years der suspicion when it was found
ago that destruction of tuberculous
Winter wheat and rye plant- cats was not successful in stopp
mgs are also down, the Service ing the disease on certain farms,
reported Wheat acieage dropp- Secretary Bull said scientists
ed 91,000 acres to 414,000 while from the University of Penn
rye plantings were 21,000 acres sylvama’s School of Veterinary
less than the previous 69,000- Medicine became interested in
acre planting made in the fall the cat carrier possibility when
°f 10 66 autopsies of cats taken from
Barley and soybeans are two farms wheie cattle had been de
products where acreage will be stioyed because of tuberculosis
increased Farmers have indi- (Continued on Page 25)
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