TB —Lancaster Farming. Saturday. July 26.1969 National Crop Prospects ’■ S aop pi expects on July 1 Hen, 1 geneiallj. good to excel lent except in paits of the Gulf States and noithein Gieat Plains Howcwei uop piogiess >n the impoitant Noith Cential States was model atel> behind yioimal because cold wetweath pr delaxed stait of spnng plant i-ng An unusualls cool June tie ia\ ed plant giowth Total ciop ncieaue planted loi 1909 hal ves! was down 6 8 million oi 2 pei cent less than last ceai Feed >i am pioduction is expected to below last \eai Indicated pioduction ot wintei wheat de clined 1 pei cent dining June and total food giain output is expected to be 9 pei cent below . ast \eai Pioduction of noncitius 'iuits is expected to be 11 pei cent laigei than last veai Cit •us fiuit pioduction is abo\e a veai cailiei because mange pioduction is up 47 peicent, and cnapefiuit up 25 peicent Out put of summei vegetables fm -resh maiket is 6 peicent below 1968 Indicated acieage of vege (able ciops planted fm piocess Ing is 15 peicent less than last veai Production of summei potatoes is foiecast slightly be tow last year, but indicated pio cuction of sweetpotatoes is up slightly Fall potato acieage is up 4 percent June milk pioduc tion. down 1 peicent liom a yeai eaihei, was the smallest June production since 1934 Egg pioduction, howevei was up slightly fiom last veai. CORN PRODUCTION Z r, r BELOW 1968 Pioduction of coin for giain in 1969 is expected to total 4 3 billion bushels, 2 peicent less than last yeai, and 10 percent below the 1967 lecoid ciop The decrease fiom last yeai lesuits from 2 peicent fewei acies fm haivest as giain. and a slight diop in yield The indicated yield pei aci e of 78 3 bushels i. only 0 2 bushel below the 1968 yield and 0 3 bushel below the 1967 iecoid yield oi 78 6 bush els Changes in pioduction loi e casts between Julv 1 and h= than la=t „>eai and to percent oelo 1 1%7, WINTER WHE \T t'RODLCTIO.N BELOW StL IR EARLIER A wintei wheat uop of 1 152 i Ugite sells gas For the best in gas service, call and get all the pleasure and convenience I of gas cooking, clothes I drying, water heating, bar becumg and home heating. If it’s gas, it’s best if it’s from irr j l j j ![ Rt. 222, Ephrofa IfMn 733-2207 million bushels is now foiecast, 6 pei cent below last yeai’s ciop, and 1 pei cent below a month eailier. Yield piospects improv ed in the Cential and Southern Plains and Oiegon but declined m Illinois and seteial western States Hanested acieage was lower than eailier estimated levels, accounting for the lower pioduction foiecast U S jield per acie is indicated at a recoid 31 5 bushels compared with 28 9 last >eai and 26 6 two jeais ago. Acieage foi haivest as giain is expected to total 36 6 million acies 14 pei cent below last jeai and the lowest since 1963. OATS PRODUCTION* IXCRE VSES Pioduction of oats in 1969 is estimated at 931 million bush els up slightly fiom 1968 and 18 peicent abo\e 1967. Yield pm acie harvested is expected to be 50 7 bushels compared to the 1968 lecoid yield of 53 5 bush els Changes in the pioduction foiecast of oats between July 1 and haivest have averagegd 36 million bushels foi the past de cade ranging from negligible to 96 million bushels With The Big Dutchman Low-Cost Approach To Cage Automation • FITS ANY SIZE OPERATION e BIG DUTCHMAN QUALITY THROUGHOUT BIG DUTCHMAN Diller Ave., New Holland, Pa. AUTOMATE EXISTING CAGES • SAVES WORK AND TIME • BIRDS EAT BETTER-PRODUCE BETTER A Division of U.S. Industries, Inc, Dog Training Season Will Open August 1 Spoilsmen me reminded that Pennsylvania's clog training sea son will open on August 1. Dogs may be trained from suniise to 10 pm. EDST from August 1 tlnough October 25, and liom suniise to 9 pm EST fiorn October 26 through Maicli 31 Raccoon dogs may be trained until 1 a m EDST from August 1 tlnough Octobei 25, and uniil midnight EST fiom Octobei 26 tlnough Match 31 To tiain dogs legally on Sun day the consent of the owner of the land wheie such training is done must fust be secured ex cept in the case of state and national foicst lands Tiameis aie reminded that the cailying of a rifle or shot gun while tiaming dogs is pro hibited The Game Commission mges that owneis of dogs show the same couitesies that apply dur ing the hunting seasons, such as asking pei mission fiom land owneis to tiam dogs on their properties \ fuend of ours is a proof readei —he checks the small jimt on whiskey bottles before he makes purchase 354-5168