—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 9, 1977 14 Wheat yields Continued from Page 1 benefitting from it greatly. Even wheat fields which were hit by severe thun derstorms and hail came through with little damage. One of the reasons for it is that most of the earlier varieties of wheat had already ripened and were safe and sound in the grain bins. Later maturing varieties still stood strong enough to hold their grain. Prospects for this year’s harvest were dim a few months ago after one of the worst Winters in memory played havoc with fields. Many fields were off to a poor start. Some stands were so weak that farmers WHArS MEW HUBBARD CALCULATOR FOR BREEDER FLOCK MANAGEMENT A new pocket-sized management calculator that provides an instant ready mistup ■frfioor *wurr ft; l.lir -4> £<• < ? . > «\> L J V * ' < 4 d o**v , -»*■«*• * S< \ > * HUftAW) FHOIWS GUIDE =? 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The reverse side of the TRY A CLASSIFIED % SPRAY PAINTING | | BA«»S | A Will do the job like you|| 8% want it done with thel latest equipment. 1 i |i More reasonable rates f‘ % due to being self em- '4, | ployed. | I | p Let me look into your A *’ //r needs before the out-of-J state dealers come p make a quick dollar. i PHARES S. HURST f i rdi ’ I I Narvon, Pa. 17555 I I 215-445-6186 | w i-rtm ■ i in rrmalg decided to plow.them under. Somehow the fields recuperated, however, and most reports on yields are in the neighborhood of 50 bushels per acre. Reporting from York County, the state’s number one wheat producing area, Agricultural Agent John Smith says yields are in consistent - “really good to mediocre and on down to poor, depending on how it got through the Winter.” Smith explained that the Redcoat varieties appeared to have survived the Winter a little better than some others, such as Abe. “The price for wheat is poorer than the yield,” the county agent concluded. The harvest is device features two tables correlating recommended body weights with the age of the birds. One is for White Mountain Males, the other for the Hubbard Breeder Pullet. Copies of the new calculator may be obtained by writing: Hubbard Farms, Walpole, NH 03608. Ask for “Management Calculator.” wMin WHITE WJ «uir s I s $ g w g g g g ff DAVID WINDLE andhisTWO YEAR OLD HEIFER "TULIP” Born; August 28,1974 Sire: Keystone Fleetwood Dam: Springlea Ivanhoe Star Tana Freshened: April 1,1977 Tulip has averaged 101.6 lb. milk and 3.2 per cent fat in her first three months on test Her estimated 305 day record is 25,578 lbs. milk and 812 lbs. fat. She has recently been bred to Paclamar Triune Complete on her fourth heat period. For More Information Call or Write Your Nearest Agri-King Southeastern Penna George F. DeLong Regional Manager 225 West Woods Drive Lititz, PA 17543 Call Collect 717-626-0261 Eastern Lancaster Co Melvin Herr RD2 New Holland, Ph 717-354-5977 about half done in York County. Wheat millers in Lan caster County who were contacted by Lancaster Farming this week all reported test weights of 60 pounds or better. A spokesman at the Nelson Weaver firm, Lititz, described the crop as “ex cellent so far,” and ex pressed hope that the recent rains would not have changed that situation too much. Moisture of wheat received at Weaver’s was testing around 13 to 18 per cent. A spokesman for Nolt’s Mill in Bird-in-Hand noted that some of his wheat was coining in very dry, but “quite a bit has been tough.” Test weights were around 61 pounds per bushel. Yields hovered as high as 55 to 60 bushels per acre. Clair Frey, a custom combiner in die Lititz area, has combined about 40 acres of wheat so far, with another 125 to 150 to go. He estimates yields at between 40 and 50 bushels per acre. Noting that the earlier varieties - Abe and Arthur - tested between 13Va and 14 per cent moisture, he feels it’s just a bit early yet for combining Redcoat, which reads out between 14 and 17 per cent on the moisture scale. In conclusion, he described the grain as “real good with a lot of straw.” J l AGRI-KING TO AGRI-KING SALUTES Serviceman Northwestern Lancaster Co Earl B. Cinder Ben Greenawalt Roger Heller Thomas Heist RD2, Manheim, PA 17545 RD2 Conestoga, PA 17516 RDI, Robesonia, PA Main Street Phone 717-665 3126 Phone 717-872-5686 Phone 215-693-6160 Alburtis, PA 18101 Phone 215-965-5124 Southern Lancaster Co. Henry DeLong, Jr. RD2 Box 69 Peach Bottom, PA 17563 Phone 717 548-3471 PA 17557 Reporting from Chester County, Melvin Hostetler, a grain handler, says the crop is about 15 to 20 per cent harvested. Test weights are running at 60 to 61 pounds per bushel, which the Oxford area farmer described as “really good.” Hostetler also had high marks for yields and the Winter survival rate. Most fields were yielding around 45-bushels per acre., Hostetler*' reported, with some going up as high as 55 to 60 bushels per acre. Tom Flory of Flory’s Mill near Lancaster gave this report: “Abe and Arthur are Just about done, with Recoat ready to begin. So far I haven’t received any loads weighing under 60 pounds per bushel; it’s very heavy wheat and for the most part very dry. Some of it is as low as 10.6 per cent moisture. I think we’ll have less wheat then last year, due to the harsh Winter and low price, which is encouraging far mers to feed more of it.” The national wheat glut is making news in big city newspapers and on national TV. Some of the nation’s best-known commentators and columnists have' also given attention to the sub ject, noting that wheat prices are a dollar below a year ago, while the costs of raising the crop are in creasing. Combines, for example can cost around $50,000. Southwestern Lancaster Co. Northeast heasl Aldus R. King RDI, Box 67A Atglen, PA 19310 Phone 215 593-5952 Lebanon Co. Marvin Meyer RD2, Box 157 Annville, PA 17003 Phone 717-867-1445 tern Penna The national wheat crop this year was planted on an estimated 74.4 million acres and is expected to yield around two billion bushels. It’s one of the biggest production years on record at a time when surpluses are the highest they’ve been in WHEAT WANTED! EARLY CUT WHEAT FOR MANUFACTURING OF SNAVELY’S BEST NAHM ALL PURPOSE FLOUR Light Soft & Lively Flour For Better Baking Cakes, Pies, Buns & Bread Milled From Natural Wheat Nothing Added No Waiting - Fast Unloading and Drying l. M. SNAVELY Lititz, RDI Phone 626-6256 or 626-6258 Berks Co. more than a decade. p nces meanwhile, are at then lowest' point in five years Compounding the situation j. that other nations around k world have plenty of wheal of their own, thus closm, many of this nation’s traditional export outlets & Northampton Co Lehii Chester Co. William Windle RDl.Atglen, PA 19310 Phone 215-593-6143
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