—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
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management of Hubbard
breeder flocks has been
announced by Hubbard
Farms, Walpole, N.H.
One of the key features of
the device, designed by
Hubbard’s Research and
Development Division, is a
movable wheel. By setting it
at the date of hatch for the
flock, it automatically
establishes the flock age at
any given point by date and
gives the precise age in
weeks.
The same wheel tells flock
managers the date when
added lighting should be
provided, and the feeding
schedule to be followed. The
calculator also contains a
feeding guide covering the
life of the flock - from day
old through 68 weeks.
The reverse side of the
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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
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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.”
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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
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FOR MANUFACTURING
OF
SNAVELY’S BEST NAHM
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Light Soft & Lively Flour
For Better Baking
Cakes, Pies, Buns & Bread
Milled From Natural Wheat Nothing Added
No Waiting -
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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
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Chester Co.
William Windle
RDl.Atglen, PA 19310
Phone 215-593-6143