Wheat good I Continued from Page 1| farmer is quoted as having announced he experienced the worst harvest in 10 years. Another reaped a meager 65 bushels from an eight acre field. “And they were both good farmers, Klingerman added emphatically. With the harvest estimated to be about 75 per cent com pleted in Columbia County, just about all comments on the quality of the crop remain favorable. Klingerman reported no problems. The wheat coming to his mill was testing mostly in the vicinity of 56 to 58 pounds per bushel, with some down as low as 51, and some up to 60. Moisture readings had remained “fairly dry” until Wednesday. Klingerman pointed out that farmers aren’t waiting like they used to to get into fields. “It used to be 2 o’clock in the afternoon before they’d enter the fields; now it’s common to see them combining at noon. Some Lancaster Countians were out after their wheat a couple hours earlier than that. Wheat in Adams County is just about all off and an average yield of around 40 bushels per acre is reported by the County Extension office. The only significant problem noted was the occurrence of barren grain heads in the York Springs area. Although the reason for it has not been positively pinpointed, observers believe scab may have hit those fields. ANOTHER SATISFIED USER OF STA-RITE Milking Equipment Robert Metzfer (left) & son, Jerry, of Winding Glen Farm, Christiana RDI. Jerry says, “We bought these milkers because we wanted milkers which didn’t fall off. We've tried others which fall off... they color your vocabulary. With our old milkers, when we took them off, the cow teats would be blue and we had some mastitis, but the Sta-Rite milkers are much easier. They take care of the cows’ udders. My grandfather (John Metzler) milked cows for 45 years and he has ob served these Sta-Rite and notes that the cows seem to enjoy being milked and the Sta-Rite is a gentle milker." CONTACT YOUR LOCAL FARM SYSTEMS SALESMAN FOR EXPERT HELP IN DESIGNING A MILKING SYSTEM TO FIT YOUR OPERATION. ■PHIS a AVONDALE SUPPLY CENTER LANCASTER SUPPLY Junction US 1 & 41 Avondale, PA 215-268-8238 CHAPMAN STORE TEMPLE SUPPLY YORK WEST STORE RD2, Wescosville, PA N. sth St. Highway 26 W. Market SI. 215-395-3381 In Dauphin County, Lynn Hennmger of the Upper Dauphin Grain Center, Inc., Elizabethville, describes the harvest as being “very medium to poor.” Few farmers, including himself, have averaged more than 30 bushels per acre. To illustrate his evaluation, Henninger revealed that he had approximately 20,000 bushels of wheat in storage as of Thursday afternoon. A year ago he had 62,000 bushels at the end of the harvest season, and he doesn’t expect to have more than 40,000 this year. Henninger himself farms more than 1000 acres in the Lykens Valley of which 200 acres are in wheat. According to Henninger, an “unusual” grass problem has become evident in a number of Dauphin County wheat fields. “Fields are more grassy this year more than any other year I know of,” said the spokesman for the gram center, which has a storage capacity of nearly a half million bushels. As in most areas, the quality score of the wheat remains satisfactory. Test weights recorded by Henninger range mostly between 56 and 58 pounds. He estimates that only about half of the crop has been combined m his area and that the harvest didn’t really get into full swing until just a week ago. Berks County's wheat harvest is 85 to 95 per cent completed and farmers for the most part are definitely disappointed, according to a spokesman at F. M. Brown’s Sons. Quality started out “real good” with test weights often over 60 pounds, but lately they’ve read five to six pounds lower on account of the rain. “It’s now beginning to be poor it’s just Temple, PA 215-929-5264 1027 Dillerville Rd Lancaster, PA 717-397-4761 York, PA 717-792-2674 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 24,1976 a shame it went down like that,” the mill spokesman said. Yields have averaged around 30 bushels per acre, with very few problems reported. The incidence of garlic is reportedly lessening each year and occurrences of grass or sprouted wheat are also low. Optimism prevails throughout the area on assessments of other crops. Corn is receiving praise from everyone con tacted, and even hay is coming away from gloomy forecasts. “It’s not going to be as bad as some people anticipated,” said one observer, with several others voicing similar opinions. But as far as the wheat crop is concerned, one miller probably said it best when he commented: “it’s a definitely a non-profit year.” Weather went dry, funds did not WASHINGTON - The progrmn past the Oct. 15 Federal Disaster Assistance deadline. Administration (FDAA) has The original emergency announced that livestock program aided those producers in Minnesota, producers who were totally South Dakota and Wisoncsin out of hay and allowed time are now eligible for federal to better evaluate roughage aid in obtaining up to a 90- supply needs for the lengthy day supply of hay. The fall and winter feeding program, which was to have season in affected states, expired July 16, has been The extended program will extended through Oct. 15. allow farmers and ranchers The federal government will to better evaluate long-range pay two-thirds of the tran- feed needs and gain greater spoliation cost (up to $27 per latitude in making orderly ton) on a 90-day supply of hay purchases and other hay (without regard to hay managerial decisions, on hand) for all livestock- Transportation assistance men in the affected arehs of to dairy farmers will not the three states. exceed 40 pounds of hay per Portions of the three states brood cow per day and 20 have experienced continuing pounds per replacement drought conditions and have heifer per day. Tran drastically reduced feed sportation assistance to supplies. cattlemen for beef cattle will By Aug. 25, farmers’needs not exceed 20 pounds per for feeed will again be animal per day. 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