New Neppco (Northeastern
Poultry Producers Convention)
president, Dr. John W. Dodge (2nd
from left) is shown here with
executive director, Dick Ammon; Mrs.
Hiram H. Frank, newly elected
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LEESPORT, PA.
Maryland Farms Showing
Good Harvest For 1974
Maryland farms are
yielding a good harvest this
fall. But the mid-summer's
severe drought, coupled with
early October frosts have
taken their toll.
The Maryland-Delaware
Crop Reporting Service, the
cooperative agricultural
data gathering program of
USDA and the Maryland
Department of Agriculture,
indicates that many state
com growers are “enjoying
a pleasant surprise" as their
crops turn out somewhat
better than had been ex
pected.
As of October 11, the
harvest was predicted to
reach 39 million bushels,
which is 8 percent below last
year’s, but up by the same
figure from an earlier
September forecast.
Because of weather fac
tors, the yield per acre is
now being forecast at 78
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MANHEIM, PA.
Lancaster Farming. Saturday. Nov. 2,1974
bushels, compared with 85
bushels for 1973.
With com currently selling
for about $3.35 per bushel,
the Maryland crop will have
a value of approximately
$l3O million. Much of
Maryland’s com, however,
is not sold on the market, but
used for cattle and poultry
feeds.
The Crop Reporting
Service says the state’s
tobacco harvest is turning
out better than had been
anticipated earlier.
Production is expected to
reach 28,800,000 pounds, just
9 percent lower than the 1973
figure.
At last summer’s auctions,
Maryland’s Type-32 tobacco
brought a high of 91 cents per
pound. So, the outlook now
seems optimistic for
Southern Maryland leaf
growers.
One crop remaining un-
Birk To Head Dept .
Earl A. Birk has joined the
staff of Pennfield Cor
poration to head the com
pany’s Feed Ingredient
Purchasing Department.
The new position was an
nounced by Ernest 0. Horn,
Jr., vice president of
operations. Birk will report
directly to Horn.
As director of the
department, Birk will be
responsible for all feed
ingredient and feed additive
purchases for all of Perm
field’s facilities. All pur
chasing will now be handled
at Pennfield’s corporate
offices in Lancaster. The
complexity of operating
three mills made it
necessary to centralize the
firm’s feed purchasing
operation.
Prior to joining Penrifield,
Birk was assistant pur-
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changed from last year is
sweet potatoes. Production
is expected to equal the 1973
figure of 294,000 hundred
weight with a depressed
market price. .
Maryland’s leading fruit
crop is apples. This year’s
predicted production of 60
million pounds will be 9
percent behind last year’s.
Although the price for 1974’a
apples is fractionally higher
than last year’s, this fact will
not ipnake up for the smaller
yield, which resulted from a
late spring frost. Fall frost
had no affect on that crop.
One Maryland field crop
that apparently has done
well is the übiquitous
pumpkin. While there are no
statistics available on this
commodity, it seems obvious
that a plentiful supply is
available for Halloween and
Thanksgiving purposes.
Earl A. Birk
chasing agent of John W.
Eshelman and Sons. Most
recently, he was purchasing
agent for the York office of
John W. Eshelman and Sons,
a division of Carnation. He is
a native of Lancaster County
and resides with his wif£ and
three children in Columbia,
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