• B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Jan. 25, 1975
Pa. Crop Statistics
Show Boosts in 1974
Pennsylvania farmers
)roduced more corn, oats,
vheat, barley, rye, potatoes
md tobacco, but less
toybeans in 1974 than they
lid in 1973 according to the
’ennsylvania Crop
Reporting Service.
Com for grain production
ii Pennsylvania totaled 89.1
million bushels in 1974, 10
percent more than 1973
oroduction and the highest
production of record. Yield
oer acre harvested for grain
Was 81 bushels. This rate of
yield was exceeded in 1967,
1969 and 1970.
Com silage harvest was
estimated to be 5.6 million
tons, 6 percent less than the
silage harvest the preceding
year. Yield averaged 14.00
tons per acre both years.
Oats production, at 20.1
million bushels, was 14
percent more than it was the
preceding year. Yield
averaged 51 bushels per
acre, compared with 47 the
year before.
Wheat production totaled
12.6 million bushels, an in
crease of 71 percent from the
year before. Yield averaged
36 bushels per acre, com
pared with 28 bushels in 1973.
Barley production totaled
3,690,000 bushels, an in
crease of 27 percent from
1973 production. Yield
averaged 55 bushels per
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acre, compared with 44
bushels the preceding year.
Rye production totaled
512,000 bushels in 1974, an
increase of 26 percent from
1973.
Production of soybeans
totaled 1,144,000 bushels, a
decline of 20 percent from
the preceding year. The
decline was a result of a
reduction in number of acres
harvested, as yield averaged
26 bushels per acre in both
years.
Production of all hay in
Pennsylvania totaled 4.3
million tons in 1974, a
decrease of 7 percent from
the preceding year’s
production. About half of this
hay, 2.2 million tons, was
alfalfa or mixtures con
taining alfalfa. Yield of all
hay averaged 2.2 tons per
acre and yield of alfalfa hay
averaged 2.7 tons per acre.
United States production
of com for grain in 1974 is
estimated at 4,651 million
bushels, 18 percent less than
the record production of
5,647 million bushels in 1973
and 17 percent less than the
5,573 million bushels in 1972.
The lower production,
despite a larger acreage,
was due to the poorest yields
in a decade.■ The U.S.
average yield was 71.3
bushels per acre, off 19.9
bushels per acre from 1973.
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Corn cut for silage is
estimated at 10,695,000
acres, 20 percent more than
1973. Silage production
totaled 111.3 million tons, 1
percent less than a year
earlier. The average yield
per acre of 10.4 tons com
pares with 12.6 tons in 1973.
U.S. oat production is
estimated at 621 million
bushels, 7 percent less than
the 667 million bushels
output from the 1973 crop.
Acres harvested for grain
was down 5 percent to 13.3
million acres from the 1973
acreage of 14.1 million acres.
Yield per harvested acre
averaged 46.6 bushels
compared with 47.4 bushels
last year.
The 1974 production of
barley totaled 308 million
bushels, 27 percent below the
1973 and 1972 crops of 422
million and 423 million
bushels respectively. This
reduction in the 1974 crop
was influenced by a sizeable
decrease in acreage har
vested and lower yields in
most major producing
states. Yield per acre
averaged 37.2 bushels, down
3.1 bushels from last year’s
average of 40.3 bushels.
Production of all wheat in
1974 totaled a record high
1,793 million bushels, 5
percent above the previous
high of 1,705 million bushels
in 1973 and 16 percent above
the 1972 output. Yield per
acre of the 1974 crop at 27.4
bushels is the lowest average
yield since 1967 and
compares with 31.7 for the
1973 crop and 32.7 in 1972.
Wheat was harvested from
65.5 million acres - 22 percent
more than in 1973 and the
largest since 1953 when 67.8
million acres were har
vested.
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The 1974 rye crop totaled
19.3 million bushels, 27
percent below the 1973
production and 34 percent
below the 1972 crop as a
result of lower acreage and
yield. Yield per acre, at 21.6
bushels, was 3.9 bushels
below the 1973 average and
the lowest average yield
since 1964 when the average
was 19.1 bushels per
harvested acre.
The U.S. soybean crop
totaled 1,233 million bushels.
Production was down 20
percent from the previous
year and 3 percent below
1972. Reduced yields and
smaller acreage contributed
to the sharp decline from
1973. Soybean yield per acre
averaged 23.5 bushels, down
4.2 bushels from 1973 and 4.3
bushels below the record
high 1972 per acre outturn.
All hay production in 1974
totaled 127.00 million tons,
down 6 percent from the
record high of a year earlier
and the smallest tonnage
since 1969. Reduced
' acreage and lower yield
throughout most of tne
country accounted for the
decline.
Alfalfa hay production
totaled 74.3 million tons in
1974, down 6 percent from
1973 and the smallest total
since 1968. Acreage har
vested in 1974, at 26.6 million
acres, declined 4 percent
from the 27.8 million acres
harvested in 1973 and was
the lowest since 1969.
All other hay production
totaled 52.7 million tons in
1974, down 5 percent from
the 55.6 million tons in 1973,
but 4 percent more than the
50.6 million tons harvested in
1972. Harvested acreage
totaled 33.9 million acres, 1
percent less than the 34.3
million acres harvested in
1973 but 4 perdent more than
the 32.7 million acres in 1972.
Yield per acre averaged 1.55
tons in 1974, well below the
1.62 tons in 1973 but the same
as in 1972.
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4-H Club
Natalie Immel was
elected president of the
Broken Bit 4-H Horse
Club at their recent
meeting.
The Broken Bit 4-H Horse
Club met recently at the
home of Leslie and Lyn
Sherman, Conestoga.
President, Cindy Enck
presided at the business
meeting. Plans were com
pleted for a field trip to
member’s homes on
February Ist to see and take
pictures of their horses.
Martha Gregory reported
on the plans for a hoagie sale
to be held March 1. The
annual horse show date was
set for May 25 at the
Friendly Horseman’s Show
Grounds in Denver.
Jane Gregory and Natalie
Immel reported on the 4-H
Expo County meeting they
attended and told of plans for
the club exhibit.
New officers were elected
with Natalie Immel being
chosen as president. Other
officers elected included:
Jon Keller, vice-president;
Dee Dee Rice, secretary;
Daphne Inunel, treasurer;
Tom Keller and Lyn Sher
man, game leaders; with
Jane Gregory as news
reporter.
The next club meeting will
be February 21 at the
Brickerville Fire Hall.
Milk Price
Dips In
December
The December uniform
price for base milk
decreased 4 cents to $8.83,
from the previous month.
Excess milk showed a
decrease of 35 cents to $8.50,
according to Andrew
Marvin, Ephrata, fieldman
for Inter-State Milk
Producers Cooperative.
In comparison to
December levels one year
ago, base milk was down 17
cents and excess down 40
cents per hundredweight.
The weighted average
price for the market was
down 57 cents compared to
December 1973.
A total of 390.5 million
pounds of producer milk
was pooled in December of
which 63.60 percent was sold
as Class I, showing a
decrease of 2.6 percent of
deliveries made in
November, and a 0.44 per
cent increase over
December a year ago. Seven
thousand six hundred and
eight Order No. 4 producers
provided 12.6 million pounds
per day to dealers during
December, averaging 1656
pounds per farm per day.
Total value of producer milk
was set at $33,041,591.13 for
the month.
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