I—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. June 6.1970
Cucumber Plants Growing, Acreage Nearly
Doubles From 1969; Tobacco Partly Planted
Lancastoi Count* s newest cash plant population can omn. Good co ciop has been planted Ihiou
crop, cucumbcis. has been plant- noted uh this week
cd and is "oil to an excellent Klsewheie. Max Smith, count* Asked if lu expects the tiend
start." accoidim; to Harve* Good auent. said he thinks only about of the past seveial yeais towaid
of Intetcouise, field lepiesinta- one-fourth of the countv tobnc- ieduced acreage in the count* to
live for Oxford Pickle Company. continue. Smith said he doesn't
Good said that man* plants aic mq/. know of anythin!; that would
“just coming thiough the soil" rreaicrs w/0 stop thc tll . n( , Bllt t heie's no
and some of the eailiest "have Drop in Herds by 1980 \u> to tell for sine at this point,
leaves about tin. >ue of a maple he said
leaf" Dany herds will become fewei He noted that in 1969. some
Some 82 acics or cucumbers and lj, S el in the 1970 ’ s - P‘’ ediels 18,200 aci os of tobacco were hai-i
are bcrn rT planted this \oai Mathis, head of the dairy vested in the county, comparedJ
4B last \eai' ' ’ action of the economic and sta- to 19,100 in 1968
Harvest is expected to start be- tlsllcal analysis division of US- Because of a good glowing
tween July 2 and 6 and be finish- DA ‘ S economic research seivicc. season in 1969, howevei. the low
ed by late August, about a se\en- Mathis said that by 1980 there e! acreage produced 1.900
week harvest pcuod may be as few as 200,000 daily pounds per acre with a total val-;
Good said the average vield (aims selling milk, as compaied ue °* 510.374.000. compaied to,
last >ear was 622 bushels per to about 400,000 now 1,810 bushels per acie woith 59,-i
acre with the top 10 of 39 grow- , , .... . 679,000 in 1968 1
ers aveiaging 1,020 bushels pei also stated Now. faims yield is largely a mallei of
acre selling milk oi cream average wea thei Like corn, tobacco
about 30 cows per faim By 1980, - D j P 0 f -usture with’
The secret on Meld. Good said, „ „ , , ,_ A ~
is to pick frequently and get the lhe a , ver fS e , wlll be about 50 if
vegetable at the light s,ze £ cenl , re K nds continue And
the.e will be an incieasing pio-
The major pioolem with cu- porLon of heids with 100 or
cumbers, he said. is the cucum- more CO ws
ber beetle, a black housefly-sized
insect with a yellow stripe on its
back The cucumber beetle in-
jects bacterial wilt into the stalk ie census
and, if it’s not combated, the “Dairy farming will remain es-
stalk will die at the bloom stage sentially a family opeiation Theie are instances wheie the t
After the bloom stage, the bug Most herds will be in the 50- to per ton market puce of haj has;
is no problem 75-cow class These will be laige- exceeded the price of gram, ac-j
But if the beetle isn't checked, iy family opeiations, with some cording to New Holland Division '
60 per cent 01 moie loss in the hired help ” of Sperry Rand
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The type of weathei so far this i
Spring would be ideal for tobac-1
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‘These developments aheady a good rain, Smith said,
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