52 —Lancaster Farming, Saturday. Oct 12. 1974 Record German Grain Crop Seen Cutting Country’s Import Needs Favorable weather and ample producer incentives have propelled West German grain production this year to another record, tentatively forecast 4 to 7 percent above the record 1973 crop. This large output is seen lessening German needs for imported U.S. grains in 1974- 75 - although the country will remain a major market - and reinstating more typical trade patterns following some dramatic changes last year. Based on a computerized weather and soil moisture data collation system, the West German Government has officially forecast the country’s grain production at 22.7 million metric tons for a 7.2-percent gain from the record 21.2 million tons of 1973-74. Most trade sources, however, look for a more modest increase of about 3.7 percent to 22 million tons. Growth is expected in all crops' except winter mixed grains. Grain harvesting this year has been delayed by frequent rains, but so far abnormal damage has neither been reported nor observed. L & S AUCTION CENTER RDI, STRASBURG ON ROUTE 896 CONDUCTOR OF A PUBLIC SALES “ ON YOUR PROPERTY OR IN OUR AUCTION CENTER Real Estate • Antiques • Farm • Household PUBLIC AUCTION WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 6:30 P.M. FINE LINE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS & ANTIQUES PHONE 687-8505 LARRY L LtFEVER, AUCTIONEER RICHARD P SCHROYER, AUCTIONEER Receiving Hours - Mon, Thurs. 7-9 P M ; Sat. 9to 12 or by Appointment AUCTION MEANS ACTION AT NEW HOLLAND W Notice Dairymen ... In addition to our regular Wednesday Dairy Sales each week at New Holland, we have the following Dispersal sales listed SAT. OCT. 12 -1 PM. At The Stauffer Homestead Farm, south of Goodville, Pa on Rt 23 Charolais Sale 60 Head Certified, V*, %, 15- 16 Charolais sell including bulls, bred heifers, some cows with calves at side, 15 steer calves that are 4-H and FFA prospects For further information or catalog contact Ear! S Fisher, Farm Manager, 215-445-6209 FRI. NITE OCT. 18-7 30 Sale for Alpheus Ruth from Fleetwood, Pa of Registered Holstems Catalogs mte of sale SPECIAL NOTICE Oct 30 New Holland Sales Stables, Inc Annual Show and Sale, 250 Head of Cows will be sold Judging at 10 A M NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLES, INC. New Holland, Pa. 717-354-4341 Abe Diffenbach, Manager Because of these bumper crops - plus good crops in other countries of the European Community - West Germany is not expected to need the record amounts of non-EC feedgrains that it imported in fiscal 1974. It will, on the other hand, be importing more wheat than last year’s small purchases. Current trade forcasts for fiscal 1975 point to total German imports of 2 million tons wheat (compared with 2.3 million in fiscal 1974), 3.2 million of com (3.3 million), 1.6 million of barley (1.5 million), and 500,000 of oats (490,000). Imports of wheat from the United States are expected to rise some 20 percent from the low fiscal 1974 level to 300,000 tons, while those of U.S. com may ease by 17 percent to around 1.9 million tons - this, of course, also dependuig on U.S. supplies available for export and prices in relation to other grains. In addition, purchase of U.S. barley and oats are forecast at 100,000 tons each, for declines of a half and two thirds, respectively, from the fiscal 1974 levels. These changes indicate some normalization of trade patterns following dramatic shifts in German grain sources. Fiscal 1974 began with extreme worry about availability of U.S. grains and the possibility of quotas, such as those then in effect on soybeans, being placed on U.S. grain exports. This concern - underlined by Germany’s dependence on the United States to supply over a third of its feedgrain imports and by the shortage then of corn from France, the other major supplier - helped boost German im ports of U.S. feedgrams more than 20 percent in fiscal 1974 to an all-time high of 2.3 million tons. Other factors were favorable U.S. prices at the time relative to prices of other suppliers, increased German livestock numbers, and more efficient feeding practices. In any case, the United States last year ended up with 45 percent of West Germany’s coarse grain market, compared with 37 percent for- the EC-9. In fiscal 1973, by contrast, the shares had been about equal at 38 percent for the United States and 39 percent for the EC-9. <#* GAP AUCTION " FRIDAY EVENING, OCT. 18. 1974 6:00 P.M. Located Off Route 41 • Lancaster Ave. Op posite Turkey Hill Minit Market - Cross RR Bridge. SELLING LEWIS FIESTER ESTATE OF COATESVILLE HOUSEHOLD GOODS & ANTIQUES Inspection Friday from 9 00 a m until sale time CONSIGNMENTS ON MONDAYS OTHER DAYS BY APPOINTMENT FROM 8 00A.M T07.00P.M Call us for pick up service IRA STOLTZFUS & SON, Auctioneers 442-4936 or 442-8254 CONDUCTORS ALL TYPES PUBLIC SALES 22ND ANNUAL MARYLAND "STATE GRADED" FEEDER CATTLE SALE 800 - HEAD - 800 CALVES AND YEARLINGS IDES., OCT. 15th 1:00 P.M. This is one sale you don’t want to miss If you want healthy, quality cattle 1 SPONSORED BY MARYLAND CATTLEMEN'S ASS'N. Which represents most of quality beef herds in Maryland. SALE LOCATED AT HAGERSTOWN, -MD. INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATES 70 & 81 AT FOUR STATES LIVESTOCK SALES Call Collect for Information and for Map (301) 733-8120 At the same tune, an unusually high quality EC wheat crop allowed West Germany to fill most of its fiscal 1974 wheat requirements with EC grain, while imports of U.S. wheat plummeted by more than a half to 250,000 tons. The result was that in fiscal 1974 the EC-9 (mainly France) accounted for 73 percent of West German grain imports, compared with 58 percent the previous year. U.S. share, on the other hand, dropped to about 12 percent from over 25 percent the year before. But the situation continues to change, and fiscal 1975 is witnessing some rather dramatic reversals of conditions that prevailed in fiscal 1974. The Midwestern drought and resulting 12 percent drop in U.S. com production, for instance, has reduced availability and upped prices of U.S. com, while 1974 crops in the EC - including the important French produc tion - have been quite large. These larger crops, plus last year’s heavy feedgrain imports, are boosting German stocks - including both Government and privately held stocks. At the same time, West Germany continues Germany faces feeding vulnerable to the turmoil adjustments resulting from caused by high world prices the current EC beef and of grains and feeds. With broiler oversupply and from these prices above even the efforts being undertaken to normally high ones that alleviate this problem. prevail in the Community - In addition because of the which generally insulate high world price for com, members from changes in certain qualities of wheat the world market - the and other common feed marketing year in Germany ingredients may become could be judged almost as increasingly competitive well from the floor of the with corn as a livestock feed. Chicago Board of Trade as As in fiscal 1974, West from Brussels or Bonn. PUBLIC AUCTION Over 1,000 New TIRES & EQUIPMENT for KIRK WOOD TIRES, INC., (Surplus Inventory), at "Warehouse”, 1601 E. Ayre Street, Newport, Delaware SATURDAY, OCTOBER 198), Everything sells at Absolute Auction to reduce in ventory and raise “CASH”. Approx. 1,000 to 1,200 Tires (mostly Goodyear) to be sold in sets of fours and pairs. FEATURING: Tires for “Cars, Trucks, Pickups, Campers, Industrial, Imported Cars - Farm and Snow Tires, Plus some used tires, wheel balancer, (2) Tire Changers, (3) Air Bumper Jacks, Cases of Permanent Anti-Freeze, Etc. Also offering 1969 Chev. C3O (1) ton Fleet Service Truck w-calcium and Air Compressor. All Sizes of Tires and some radials. Free Brochure Available. TERMS: Cash or Personal Checks approved by Auctioneers RUDNICK & MATAS, Auctioneers 212 W. Bth Street Wilmington, Del. SPECIAL FALL SALE TO BE HELD WEDNESDAY, '-Vi OCTOBER 23,1974 AT 3:00 P.M. SHENANDOAH VALLEY LIVESTOCK SALES, INC. 1044 EDOM ROAD HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA TELEPHONE 434-4482 YEARLINGS. HEAVY FEEDERS STOCK COWS STOCK BULLS - CATTLE OF ALL BREEDS ALL CATTLE FRESH FROM FARM NO SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS Regular Sale Every Saturday. COME BUY OR SELL! PUBLIC SALE DAIRY HERD DISPERSAL TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1974 AT 1; OOP.M. Sale will be held on the farm located 4 miles Northeast of Miller sburg, Dauphin County, Pa 3 /< mile North of the Village of Killmeer Route 25 ’ Herd consists of 46 Holsteins and 2 Guernsey Milk Cows, many of which are in heavy production at present time, some to freshen in September and Oc-‘ tober some close by sale time. 13 HOLSTEIN HEIFERS 7 BRED 6 OPEN 1 TWO YEAR OLD HOLSTEIN BULL This is a Gold Seal Herd having been urider the in dividual test program for the past 15 years. Health Charts with each animal. If you need fall and winter cows, you may find just what you need in this sale. (Remember milk in the tank puts money in the Bank.) After 30 years of success the owners are forced to retire from the Dairy Business because of ill health. This is your opportunity. MR. and MRS. EARL E. ETZWEILER Owner MHV !vha* ADAMS m - w - Adams Auction Sale Service ZaffiPw... Mervin Adams and Mark Deibler, (hvici Auctioneers At 12 Noon (302)658-7264
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