V 01.22 No.i< ■record 100,320,000 bushels of corn were harvested in Pennsylvania this* ■. according to Nov. 1 figures released by the Crop Reporting Service. The ■|ous largest crop was picked in 1974 when 89,100,000 bushels came off ■'sylvania fields. Aside from yields per acre being improved, the planted J On-the-farm storage queried Corn ‘bustin’ bins By DIETER KRIEG LANCASTER - “Storing my own corn is more con venient and cheaper in the' long run,” says a southern Lancaster County dairyman veterinarian who put up two Safety survey completed By DIETER KRIEG LANCASTER - Routine, farm chores appear to be roost closely connected with farm accidents, preliminary results on a farm safety study reveal. The - is now-being completed, was begun-a year ago, and was initiated by the National -Safety Council. Chisel plowing discussed By DIETER KRIEG NEW HOLLAND, Pa. - A farmer who allows the pH of bis Lancaster County soil to drop to 6.2 or below is going to have a real fight in his hands when it comes to weed control in a corn field, according to Alan Wright from Shell Chemicals. Also, ac Township meetings monitored LANCASTER - The Lancaster County Fanners Association passed a resolution at the Fall annual meeting to become more involved in local government by appointing committees to attend township supervisors Farm Calendar 10 Home on the Range 53 Cooking Edition 69 Editorial 10 Holiday features 55,61,70 Berks Grange 68 Life on the farm 10 Womens’Calendar 59 Craft feature 72-73 Adams DMA Summary i 6 Cooking feature 62 84 m r- . My Thoughts 63 use stressed m Classifieds 28 Youth feature 65 Sal es Register 90 Homestead Notes 50 Ida’s Notebook 67 Sale Reports 94 Serving The Central and Southeastern Pennsylvania Areas Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 18,1976 new 10,000 bushel storage bins this Summer. “Witfaihis tremendous crop there wouldn’t have been room to store'it all, and we would have been forced to sell at low prices - that’s no good,” and planning commission meetings - to give suggestions and advice on zoning ordinances, etc., since most of these decisions involve the fanner directly. “Most localities don’t like to see valuable farm land gone. “In this issue “ he continued to explain. “If you store it in a bin when prices are low, and sell it next Summer when prices are up 30-4 D-50 centsj that’ll (Continued on Page 20] Carried out in 13 Pennsylvania counties by women volunteers of the Pennsylvania Fanners Association, the study is now being compiled by Penn State University. Helen Wivell committee organized the Lancaster County group. The [Continued on Pago 18] cording to studies cited by Wright, every two pounds of weeds in a field takes away one pound of potential corn production. Those were two of several points brought out at a soil management meeting held here at [Continued on Page 22] and hate to see Lancaster County losing its rural character,” explained Mrs. Richard Hess, Strasburg, who serves as reporter for the Association. [Continued on Page 21] acreage is up by 60,000 acres from 1975. This has left bins filled to capacity, in fact some folks have been asking themselves “where am I going to store it?" One route many farmers have taken to solve the problem is to have their own storage facilities, and in some cases even drying equipment $4.00 Per Year Lancaster Fanning photo by Dieter Ktieg
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