2&—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 31. 1976 New wheat standards passed WASHINGTON - A revision of the official U.S. grade standards for wheat was announced last month by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. TTie changes, proposed in the April 27 Federal Register, were made to bring the standards in line with current production and marketing practices. According to officials in USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), the revised U.S. grade standards for wheat: - Delete the three sub classed of Hard Red Winter Wheat, retaining only the general class designation; - Modify inspection procedures so that the amount of heat-damaged kernels, damaged kernels (total), and foreign material will be determined on the basis of a wheat sample free from dockage and shrunken and broken kernels; - Allow a newly developed purple-colored wheat to be designated as Unclassed Wheat, a classification not available in the previous standards; - Specify that Red Durum Wheat will also be designated as Unclassed Wheat, because Red Durum is no longer grown com mercially in the United States; - Delete the previously used special grades Heavy Wheat and Tough Wheat; - Require that percentages of Western White Wheat, Unclassed Wheat, and Mixed Wheat be listed in the “Remarks” section of the official inspection cer tifirpfc; and Juice flow HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania consumers used 60 per cent more electricity in 1975 than they did a decade earlier, the Pennsylvania Electric Association (PEA) reported recently. - Adjust the limit for heat damaged kernels in the U.S. No. 1 grade from 0.1 to 0.2 per cent. One change proposed April 27 but not adopted would have required wheat con taining more than 0.1 per cent ergot a type of fungus to be designated as Ergoty Wheat. AMS officials said further study is needed before new grade limits for ergot can be established. The revision was published in the June 29 Federal Register. Copies can be obtained from the Grain Division, AMS, USDA, Washington, D.C. 20250. increasing Residential, commercial and industrial customers consulted 87.6 billion kilowatt-hours, compared with 53.7 billion in 1965. PEA President Earl J. Miller said that a “con servation ethic” has helped slow the historical trend of a doubling in consumption every ten years in the decades following World Warn. “But in the next decade, we can expect major growth in electricity use nearly 70 per cent higher than today,” he added. Miller explained that in dustry and consumers are shifting the energy base away Rom depleting oil and natural gas to electricity. He cited estimates that the 1976 consumption of electricity in Pennsylvania will be 92.7 billion kilowatt-hours, and that this will increase to 114.5 in 1980 and 147.1 in 1985. “These are more than just projections,” Miller said. “The numbers mirror the growth of industry that is necessary if we will have jobs for the next generation of Pennsylvanians.” Correction The two top land judges at the Lancaster County Conservation Field Day were Les Hershey and Bruce Kreider. The caption on page 18 of last week’s issue in correctly identified Kreider as Gary Akers. Lancaster Fanning apologizes for the error. LPG6S IT'S PORTABLE.. 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The scientist stated that waiting until animals are clinically ill before taking action is uneconomical. If the sick animal recovers, he must first regain lost weight Milk-feed ratio down WASHINGTON, D.C. - The June milk-feed price ratio, at 1.42, registered a six per cent decline from May due to a decline in milk prices and increases in feed costs. The June ratio was still 9.2 per cent above that of a year earlier as higher milk prices were partially offset by higher feed costs than a year ago. Milk production in June is estimated to have been 10,865 million pounds - a 4.1 per cent increase over a year ago and 2.4 per cent above June, 1974. The reason for the increase is a record high average production per cow for June of 982 pounds - up 46 pounds from a year earlier and 35 pounds above June, 1974. Milk cows during June, at 11,061,000 head, were unchanged from last month but off one per cent from a year ago. 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