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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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and hate to see Lancaster
County losing its rural
character,” explained Mrs.
Richard Hess, Strasburg,
who serves as reporter for
the Association.
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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