Grain Employees Can Get Inspection License Grain Warehousemen and elevator operators will be in terested in a new U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture (USDA) publication explaining how they can have their employees licensed to obtain samples for Help Us Serve You I Don’t assume we know about your farm organization’s meeting To get your meeting on our Farm Calendar, it’s safer to assume we don’t know Remind us by calling 394-3047 or 626-2191 or by writing to Lancaster Farming. 22 E. Mam St, Lititz, Pa. 17543. You’ll be helping us to serve you better P S If you’re not sure you told us already, we don’t mind hearing from you again The Proven Performers! V | 1 InUCt.* J official grain inspection. The pamphlet, “Ware housemen’s Sample-Lot Inspection Service: (Questions and Answers” (AMS-555), ex plains how the service operates; how responsibilities for the CLARK RD. 1, Box 82 Kinzer, Pa. 17535 DIPLOMAT - 1 Proven on thousands of dairy farms the world over. 200 to 1500 gallon sizes PATENTED, FULLY-FLOODED GIRTON COLD PLATE m STAINLESS STEEL CONSTRUCTION m LOW PRESSURE FREON 12, THE SAFE REFRIGERANT mi URETHANE (FOAMED IN PLACE) INSULATION y* AMBASSADOR - 1 The ultimate tank for the large, quality conscious dairy farmer 500 to 3000 gallon sizes ELECTRIC, INC. service are shared by the grain industry and by USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), how to obtain the ser vice, how much it costs; and its advantages, as well as some possible drawbacks. One advantage, the booklet points out, is that the sampling may be more accurate and more timely and, therefore, more useful. The samples are obtained by using mechanical samplers at the time of loading. In many instances, inspection results will be known before the grain is shipped. Using the service can also reduce inspection and transportation cost and delays in shipment. Grain can be shipped directly to domestic buyers without holdovers for inspection. The service is administered by the AMS Grain Division, under the U.S. Grain Standards Act. It is sometimes called the “yellow certificate” service because a yellow certificate is issued when an inspection is based on a warehouseman’s sample. Single free copies of AMS-555 are available from the in formation Division Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250. Don’t forget to use your zip code when ordering Canadians Slap Limits On Exports Canadian Trade Minister Alastair Gillespie announced last week that Canada was imposing controls on exports of soybeans, flax, rapeseed, cottonseed and linseed oils. He said the action is necessary “in view of the uncertainty” arising from a U.S. embargo on ■ exports of soybeans, cottonseeds and their byproducts announced on Wednesday. PH; 768-8228 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 7,1973 Kan. Wheat Crop Called Biggest Ever The 1973 Kansas wheat harvest reached the half-way point this weekend with general agreement the crop would reach or even surpass a predicted record of 374 million bushels. With a little over 175 million bushels harvested, it was not clear whether the protein count would be equal to some past years. New estimates of the size and quality of the crop were due this week. Ray Hancock, head of the Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service’s statistical division, said it now looks like the 374 million bushel estimate “was right on the target.” Some sources predict the next estimate will exceed the 374 million bushels. Up to 50 bushel per acre yields have been reported in some areas. The protein count has been reported at around 12, but traditionally higher quality wheat of northern and northwest Kansas may increase the count as harvesting moves north next week. Most grain elevators are handling the crush at the halfway point, Hancock said, although elevator space and rail car worries are greater this year due to the larger volume of wheat. A spot check of farmers, co-op managers, elevator operators and others, however, indicated that talk of various shortages CRAWLERS FOR SALE J.D. 2010 loader Case 450 loader Cat 955 -12 A loader Cat 955 Pedal Steer loader Cat 955 H loader 2-Cat 933 loaders Cat D 4 dozer 2-J.D. 450 loader J.l>. 420 dozer Int. 150 loader Int. T 340 loader Int. TD34OA loader Int. TD9 dozer A.C. HD7 loader A.C. HDS loader Case 800 loader 2-A.C. HD 6 loader J.D. 440 dozer A.C. HD4 loader A.C. HD3 dozer Cat D 6 dozer A.C. HDll with pan LOTS MORE WENGER’S FARM MACHINERY, INC. So. Race St. Myerstown, Pa. Ph. 717-866-2138 Martin's LIMESTONE Take advantage of early results by liming in the late Summer and Fall. Get ground ready for the first Spring shoots by allowing the lime all winter to condition the soil IVAN M. MARTIN, INC. early in the harvest involved more talk than shortage. Unquestionably, there have been frequent - and locally painful - shortages of combines, fuel to run combines, rail cars, elevator space and manpower, especially in Sumner, Reno, Barber and Kingman counties. But there were no reports of the harvest being halted by shor tages. At the same time, the shor tages, or the talk of shortages, were a factor in triggering ex treme price fluctuations at the trading centers. The export price of wheat has varied by as much as 30 cents in the space of one day, compared with a spread in more normal years of three to four cents. ihe Old itm&L “Being put on a pedestal has disadvantages which you’re apt to discover the time you fail to watch your step.” Apply lime early Blue Ball, Pa. 354 4125 _ Gap, Pa. 442 4148 17
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