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You Have To Buy... The Caterpillar
Famous Caterpillar quality and dependability
are evident in every detail on the 931. So,
when buying or trading, you can have the con
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your work needs with a General Purpose
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small trackloader, the CAT’s ready for you.
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need for a small trackloader in your work,
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HARRISBURG
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Pa. Grain Acreage 3 Pet. Over ’73
1,080,000 acres for gramT wheat In Pennsylvania this
according to the Penn- year is expected to total
sylvania Crop Reporting 12,250,000 bushels, an in
- Service. Based on surveys crease of 67 percent from a
■Ml' * conducted about June 1, year ago. Acreage for
lllu « I acreage planted is three harvest is 350,000 and yield is
uumctcd in 2436 Creek Hill Rd. | percent more than was expected to be 35 bushels per
Lancaster, _ | harvested for grain last acre. Last year 264,000 acres
.1 year. The first forecast of were harvested and yield
* LUIILKcTc | corn yield per acre for the was only 28 bushels per acre.
QIKINCCCI 1974 crop will be published in Barley harvested by
_l the August crop report, Pennsylvania farmers is
Production of winter expected total 7,685,000
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IF YOU ARE NOW THE
OWNER OF A JOHN DEERE
Lancaster Farming. Saturday. July 27.1974
bushels, a 13 percent in
crease over last year’s
harvest. Acreagefor harvest
is down six percent to
145,000, but yield is forecast
to be 53 bushels per acre,
compared with the 44 bushel
yield of last year’s crop.
Oats production in Penn
sylvania is forecast to total
21.465.000 bushels, an in
crease of 22 percent from
last year’s production. Acres
for harvest, at 405,000, is
eight percent above last
year’s acreage and forecast
yield, at 53 bushels per acre,
compares with last year’s
yield of 47 bushels per acre.
Rye production in Penn
sylvania is expected to total
480.000 bushels in 1974,
compared with 405,000
bushels last year. Yield is
forecast to be 30 bushels per
acre, compared with last
year’s yield of 27 bushels.
Acreage planted to
soybeans in the Keystone
State totals 68,000 this year,'
compared with 58,000 acres
last year. About 65,000 of
these acres are expected to
be for beans. Last
year 55,000 acres were
harvested for beans.
Farmers in Pennsylvania
expect to harvest hay from
1,930,000 acres this year,
about one percent fewer
acres than last year. Of the
total acreage for hay 785,000
acres will be alfalfa or
mixtures including alfalfa.
Corn planted for all pur
poses in the United States is
estimated at 77.7 million
acres, down one percent
from the March Intentions
Report but up nine percent
from 1973 and up 16 percent
from 1972. All regions of the
country except the Western
showed increased plantings
from last year. Acreage is up
nine percent in both the
North Central and South
Atlantic regions, 13 percent
in the South Central Region,
and five percent in the North
Atlantic region, but down
three percent in the Western
region. The 67.6 million
acres of com intended for
grain in 1974 is nine percent
more than 1973 and 18 per
cent more than 1972.
Acreage for grain is up nine
percent in the Com Belt,
South Atlantic and North
Atlantic states, 14 percent in
the South Central states, but
down four percent in the
Western states. Corn
planting got off to a good
start this year, in sharp
contrast to 1973 when the
spring was unusually wet.
Sorghum planted for all
purposes is 17.8 million
acres, down eight percent
from 1973 but 3 percent
above the 1972 acreage.
Production of all wheat is
forecast at a record 1,925
million bushels, 12 percent
more than last year’s record
crop and 25 percent above
the 1972 crop.
Winter wheat production is
forecast at a record high
1,403 million bushels, 10
percent above the previous
high set last year and 18
percent above 1972. The
increase from a year earlier
is the result of a sharp in
crease in acreage harvested.
The eight percent decline
from the forecast published
June 10 is attributed to
continued dry weather in
some areas, excess moisture
in others, and advancing
disease damage. Yield per
harvested acre is expected to
average 30.3 bushels,
compared with 33.1 bushels
last year, 34.0 in 1972, and the
record high of 35.4 in 1971.
United States soybean
plantings, estimated at 53.4
million acres, were down 3
percent from the March
Intentions Report. Plantings
declined seven percent from
last year, representing the
first acreage reduction for
the crop in 15 years. Despite
the reduced acreage,
plantings remain the second
highest on record. Producers
plan to harvest 52.5 million
acres for beans.
Production of oats in the
U.S. is forecast at 684 million
bushels, three percent more
than 1973 but one percent
less than 1972. Yield per
harvested acre is forecast at
48.9 bushels compared with
47.0 bushels last year and the
record yield of 55.9 bushels in
1971.
Production of rye for 1974
in the U.S. is forecast at 22.0
million bushels, compared
with 26.4 million bushels last
year. Acreage harvested for
grain is expected to total
910,000 acres compared with
1.04 million acres last year.
Yield per acre is forecast at
24.2 bushels, compared with
25.4 bushels for 1973.
Acreage of all hay for
harvest in the U.S. is
estimated at 60.5 million
acres, down three percent
from 1973, but one percent
greater than the 1972
acreage.
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