ASCS News
19G9 Wheat Price Support
The basic county price sup
port rate for wheat in Lancas
ter County has been announced
at $l3B per bushel.
This rate applies to No. 1
wheat, stored on the farm
Warehouse storage loan rate
will be about 10 cents per
bushel less Additional dis
counts will be made on the basis
of grade determination.
All faimers who paiticipate
in the 1969 wheat piogram are
eligible for wheat pi ice sup
port. Details of the loan pro
gram will be mailed to eligible
wheat gioweis prior to harvest
Farmeis enrolled in the 1969
wheat program must report
wheat and diverted acreage, and
ceitify compliance with the pro-
Golden Eagle Passpoi ts and a gram by June 7th.
dheclory of all Federal Recrea- Failure to certify by this date,
tion areas aie available at the will mean loss of certificate pay-
ASCS Office. ments.
Golden Eagle Passports
These passports, costing $7 00 June 7th is also the final date
will admit the purchaser and all to dispose of wheat acreage to
A drop of Banvel controls broadleaf weeds.
Cost? A drop in the bucket.
0 MittMiCRKMieAteOKP, I*H
P. L. ROHRER &
who accompany him in a pri
vate noncommercial vehicle to
designated recreation aicas.
The passports now on sale arc
valid until April 1, 1070.
Deadline For 1968 Corn Loans
Faimeis who were enrolled
in the 1968 Feed Giam Piogiam
aie eligible for faim-slorcd
loans on the 1968 com ciop.
Loan rate is $1 26 per bushel,
for corn grading No 2 or better.
Final date for completing
loans is June 30th, and loans
will mature July 31.
Final Date For Reporting
Wheat Acreage
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The small
Just small amounts of Banvel per acre do the job with
out making corn brittle. It’s a liquid and can be
sprayed postemergence up to the time corn is 36
Inches high or ten days before tassel emergence,
whichever comes first. Banvel penetrates broadleaf
weeds that other herbicides miss. It translocates
throughout the weed... tough Canada thistle, pig
weeds, smartweeds, velvetleaf. lambsquarters, spurge
and others are all con-
trolled. Corn is freed of
weeds. Order Banvel
herbicide today.
Velsicol Chemical Corporation • Chicago, II 60611
Use pesticides safely... Q Read the label, follow directions,
VELSICOL
BAKVEL* Available At'
come into compliance with the
program provisions.
Funnels not enrolled in the
wheat piogiam, should also re
poit the wheat acicagc by this
date, in order to maintain wheal
histoiy acicagc This acreage is
used in computing Mine wheat
allotments
Cauls were mailed to all non
paiticipatmg faimeis in Apul,
but to date many have not been
returned. If the card is not re
turned to this office by June
7th, the 1969 wheat acreage will
be recoided in our iccoids as
“zero”.
Sale Of Farm-Stored Wheat
ASCS Office will accept bids
for approximately 800 bushel
of faim stored wheat undei CCC
loans.
Wheat will be sold on an “as
is where is” basis Anyone
interested in bidding, should
contact the office.
ASCS Office Will Be Closed On
Fri., May 30th, Memorial Day.
BAIMVEL.
HERBICIDE
' Smoketown, Pa.
Ph. 397-3539
Lancaster Farming. Saturday, May 17.1969
Livestock Survey Underway
Fanners in the Lancastci 0,1 fauns, livestock pioduction;
County aiea will bo asked to the si/e ol the pig call, lamb and
supply peitinent inloimation wool ciops. and the mimbei of
aooul livestock in a suivcv stall- chicken uused This inionnat'on
mg May 20, accoidmg to the Post is of consideiable impoitance to
Office Department. faimeis, the livestock mdustiy,
. industnes seivmg aguculluic,
Caids will be dehveied to faim p U bj lc agencies and the geneial
mail boxes, selected at landom public
on uiral ionics These semi-an
nual suiveys aie conducted co- Faimeis leceivmg smvey
opeiatively each year by the Post caids have been uiged to fill
Office and Agncultuie Depart- them out and letuin uiem piom
ments and serve as a basis for a to mail CdlllBl ,
estimating numbers of livestock
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