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<u
ven have aveiaged 211 million
Duchels foi the past 8 veais,
ranging fiom 77 to 423 million
ou-hel' c-\pcft io ha‘-
vmr 54 8 million ar ies lo 1 gi am
2 percent 3e>= than la=t „>eai and
to percent oelo 1 1%7,
WINTER WHE \T
t'RODLCTIO.N BELOW
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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
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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
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readei —he checks the small
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