—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. September 14.1968 10 Wheat (Continued from Page 1) grain similar to that available in 1968. There will be diversion payments for diverting acreage from wheat below the farm allot ment. The 1969 program again provides for pHce support loans, marketing certificates and übsti tution between wheat and feed grains. Wheat farmers who wish to receive income under the wheat program should sign up and then plant wheat, divert addi tional acreage or use the substi tution provisions in accordance with the program. Wheat history on land signed up in the Crop land Adjustment Program, Crop land Conversion Program, Con servation Reserve, and Great Plains Program is protected. Program Options The 1969 wheat program of fers several options. These are: 1. You can sign up, divert to conserving use an acreage equal to 15% of your 1969 farm allot ment, and plant wheat on all your wheat allotment acres. 2. You can elect to plant less than your full allotment, earn diversion payments and qualify for domestic marketing certifi cates. By planting 43 percent of your allotment and meeting oth er program requirements, you can qualify for the maximum of certificates. 3. You can sign up to over plant your allotment by up to 50 percent, store the excess produc tion, and be eligible for market ing certificates and price support loan on the wheat not stored 4 You can substitute wheat for feed grains (corn and grain sorghum) on a farm if you sign up and participate in both pro grams. ' 5 If your farm has an oats-rye or barley base, you can, upon re quest at signup, also become el igible to substitute wheat for oats-rye or barley by diverting to conserving uses 15 percent of the oats-rye or barley base. Nei ther diversion payments nor price support payments are available for oats-rye or barley. "When you substitute wheat for oats-rye or barley, you will lose wheat program benefits unless you (1) participate in the feed grain program if you have a feed Robert K.Rohrer Bulldozing - Grading Patz Soles & Service Barn Cleaners - Silo Unloaders - Cattle Feeders Quarryville, R. D. 1 Hensel 548-2559 Program grain base, or (2) produce no corn or grain sorghum if you have no feed grain base. 0. You can elect to substitute feed grain for wheat if you sign up and participate in both pro grams provided you are not sub stituting wheat for barley or oats-rye. Payment tar the diver sion will be made at the diver sion rate for the crop actually diverted. Program Benefits Farmers who sign up and qualify are eligible for these benefits: , l > 1. Price support loans on their entire farm wheat production (except any stored excess wheat). The national average loan is $1.25 a bushel. 2. Diversion payments for di verting below the farm allot- WHY PAY MORE FOR LESS? SILAGE EHRICHER “ALGIT” A PRODUCT OF THE SEA Use 5 lbs. Algit to each ton of silage. 1. This prevents “Run Off”, (of juices) 2. Keep the silage fresh. 3. Eliminate that certain odor from silage. 4. Increase the nutritional value of silage. 5. Cattle prefer Algit treated silage. 6. The smell which your clothes get in wintertime is eliminated. Spread on top of load by hand before unloading. A For additional information contact: ZOOK & RANCH, Inc. GAP R. D. #l, PA. 17527 Telephone: 717 442-4171 Jamesway Chain-type barn cleaner speed gets all the solids and liquids into the spreader. No barn cleaner is faster than a Jamesway. You also benefit from these extra features! k Galvanized single-chute elevator * Reversible forged link chain * Extra-heavy spur gear drive * Rugged design throughout Stop in today for details. E LANDIS BROS., 1305 Manheim Pike, Lancaster, Pa. Phone 393-3906 ment. Rati< are based upon 80 percent of the county wheat loan rate times the farm’s projected yield. Maximum diversion for payment will be the larger of SO percent of the allotment or the difference between 25 acres and the non-payment diversion facreage equal to 15 percent of the farm allotment) but not to exceed the farm allotment. 3. Domestic marketing certffi-* cates on 43 percent of the pro jected production of the farm al lotment. Certificates will be is sued for about 520 million bush els, the expected domestic food use for 1868. The law requires domestic certificates to be issued for no more than the expected domestic food use. These certifi cates will be valued at the differ ence between full wheat parity and the $1.25 per bushel nation al average loan value. Parity for wheat in May 1968, was $2.63 per bushel. Marketing Certificate Sharing Funds for marketing certifi- FAST MANURE per Minute cnte* will be divided among aubstitution option when used, landlord and tenants as they 4. Keep within nil other allot share In the 1909 wheat crop, ments established for the par unless a different distribution tlcipatlng farm. * can be Justified and is approved 5. Keep within the wheat allot by the ASC State Committee, mcnt or permitted acreage on any other farm In which you have an interest. 6. Certify compliance with the program and carry out your agreement. 1. Sign up with the ASCS county office during a signup pe riod which will be announced. 2. Have an acreage of wheat no larger than your allotment (or no larger than' permitted acreage if you use the substitu tion, additional diversion or ex cess acreage options). 3. Maintain the farm conserv ing base. In addition,, put to con serving use wheat acreage di verted, without payment, wheat acreage diverted for payment, an(J acreage diverted from oats rye> or barley bases under the Last Year Hogmen Started Over 9 Million Pigs on Purina... Results 77T that's the best answer we know. Folks every* where, and folks especially around here are finding ou% that pigs start, grow and finish fast on Purina. Hogmeni know they can depend on Purina Research to keep newj and approved formulas coming. And from feeding expert ence they know that Purina's Hog Program pays off in the, feedlot with fast growth and low-cost gains. Join the trend to Purina. We’ll be glad to help you keep records so you can see for yourself why hogmen in the U.S.A. started over 9 million pigs on Purina last year. Pigs love Purina Baby Pig Chow, Early Weaning Chow and Purina Pig Startena. Feed out your next bunch of pigs the Purina way. Ira B. Landis James High & Sons Ph: 394-7912 Ph: 354-0301 1912 Creek Hill Rd., Lane. Gordonville John J. Hess, 11, Inc. Ph: 442-4632 Pai adise West Willow Formers Assn., Inc. LOW COST PRODUCTION... # the reason why more farmers feed PURINA INC. To Take Part WHY? Ph: 464-3431 West Willow Test Lawn Soil If you are planning a new lawn, John C. Harper, II exten sion agronomist at The Pennsyl vania State University, suggests getting a soil testing kit from your county agricultural agent. Instructions for taking the soil sample and for mailing it to the laboratory come with the kit A small fee is charged for this service. - Wenger's Feed Mill Inc. Ph: 367-1195 Rheems John B. Kurtz Ph: 354-9251 R. D. 3, Ephrata
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers