—Lancaster F arming. Saturday. April 20.1!)R9
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ASCS News
Wheal Acreage Cards Mailed
A double poslcaid has been
mailed to allwheat faimeis, ask
me that thev icport the acreage
of wheal foi harvest m 1969
This aceiage will be used in
computation of future allot
ments, and it is very important
that the card be completed and
returned.
If the card is not returned,
the acreage will be recorded in
ASCS records as “zero”. Since
allotment history will be reduced
on any farm that does not har
vest at least 75 r b of the allot
ment in one of the past three
years, failure to report acreage,
could result in loss of history
acreage This in turn, will re
duce futuie wheat allotments foi
the fai m
1968 Wool Pa>ments
Pavmems unnei the National
Wool Piogiam ha\e been made
to 92 Lancaster Countv wool
gioweis for the wool 01 unshoin
lambs sold dunng the 1968 mar
keting yeai
Shorn wool pa.vments weie
made at the late of 65 4 percent
of the dollai i etui ns leceived
from the sale of shorn wool.
HERE ARE 6 WAYS WE
COULD SKIMP ON THE
FAMOUS LAMCO
FORAGE BOX
I. Use a Jerky Ratchet
" instead of SMOOTH
WORM DRIVE
3 Use common beater in place of our Spiral
beater which peels off the material. No
Bunching No Plugging
4 - Skimp on a Plain open Jaw transmission in place
of our Protectively enclosed unit.
5 - Replace our Positive expensive worm drive with
open gears on our Lower Beater Drive.
6 - Use ordinary soft wood for our main Stringer and
Cross pieces instead of Strong Oak.
BUT...
We won't skimp We know how valuable
Farmers' time is in the Harvest.
Lamco is Safe Smooth and Trouble free
14 Foot Standard Box
KINZER
Your Equipment Center in Lancaster County
Box 23, Kinzer, Pa.
Hale for unshorn lambs sold din
ing the 1968 maikctmg yeai was
SI 06 a hundredweight.
USD \ announcement on pay
ment rates, estimated that
national payments this year
will total a little less than $7O
million
The payment ulc for wool is
based cr the difference between
the incentive price of 67 cents
and the national average of 40 5
cents received by growers.
1969 Wheat & Feed Grain
Final reports show 894 farms
enrolled in the 1969 Wheat pro
gram and 361 in the Feed Grain
Program.
Program participants are re
minded that no crop may be har
vested from the diverted acres,
and pasturing is not permitted
until after September Ist
Farmeis must certify acreage
foi the wheat piogram by June
7th and foi feed gram b> August
Ist Failure to ceitifv will result
in levs ol pavment
A' ci ccinfication is com
pleted. at least 15 peicent of the
farms m each piogram. will be
spot checked on a farm visit. If
the measured acreage sho ,v s in
conect certification by the faim
ei, he will lose all oi part of
payments otherwise earned.
Any farmer who is not sure
2R e p 1 a c e our Safe
Heavy Duty Outfeed
Apron with a danger
ous auger.
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Sale Register
Til I* RS . APRIL 24 12:30 P M.
Purebred Guernsey Sale al the
Ass'n Sales. Pavilion. Lancaster.
Pa Sale managed by Penna.
Guernsey Breeders’ Ass'n.
SAT. APRIL 26—1 P.M. Public
Sale 9th Annual Spring Feeder
Calf Yearling Sale 600 Head
Steers and Heifers All Breeds
at the Aberdeen Sales Company
Livestock Auction Market in
Churchville, Md.
TUBS. APRIL 29 10 30 A.M.
Guernsey and Equipment Dis
persal at the farm of the owner,
Edward F. Donohoe, Quaker
town. Pa., located 1 mile from
the Quakertown Exit of the
Turnpike. Sale managed by Pa.
Guernsey Breeders’ Ass’n.
FRI. MAY 2 1 P. M Big
Spung Feeder Cattle Sale at the
Lancaster Union Stock Yards
Sale by the Lancaster Livestock
E\change and the Union Stock
Yaid Co
WED MAY 14—at 9 AM. Blue
Ball, Farm Equipment and
Machmeiy Paul Z. Mai tin.
FRI MAY 16—10 30 AM. Pub
lic Sale of 20 to 30 Tractors and
other Farm Machinery by Wen
ger’s Farm Machinery, Inc., S.
Race Street, Myerstown, Penna.
of crop or diverted acreages,
should request measurement
service from tne county office.
For a reasonable cost, acreages
will be measured prior to cer
tification.
Maturity Date For Loans
Commodity Credit loans on
1968 Wheat and barley will
mature April 30th. Farmers may
liquidate loans through lepay
ment or delivery, or can request
reseal of loan. Under the reseal
program, maturity date of the
loan is extended to April 30th,
1970.
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