26 —Lancaster Farming, Saturday. July 23. 1977 Heat 6 burns 9 Continued from Page 1 occurred in the Delmarva Peninsula and New Jersey, where the poultry business is heavily concentrated. Drought has also been more pronounced there than it has in southeastern Penn sylvania, where rainfall has even been generous. A survey of farmers follows: Preston Bankert, Red Lion, says his pigs are doing fair. Sows don’t have as much milk, but he’s had no trouble with farrowing. The shoats on the lot are doing fine, but the pigs in con finement aren’t doing the way they should. Field conditions are quite dry in York County, Bankert continued, saying that the early com looks good but needs rain badly. Soybeans look surprisingly good despite the conditions, a situation which might be due to moisture and humidity which was available for their growth right after planting. 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For the first time in his life, Bankert had to plant com over again this year because of its failure to germinate during the severe dry spell. “I should have planted a lot more over,” he admitted, stressing the extent of the drought in York County. The York Countian described the small grain harvest as having been average, and yet “really good” considering the severe Winter and Spring the crops had to endure. Ed, Dick, and Jim Yost of Tri-Y Farms, Bernville, milk over 100 Holsteins and report a decrease in their cows’ appetites and production levels. A few more cases of mastitis have also been discovered. About the only times the cows go to the feed bunk is early in the morning and during the evening, says Ed. Mark Yorgey of Red Wing Farms, Fleetwood, reports “the weather didn’t hit us hard at all.” The Yorgeys are poultry and crop far mers. He reports no ‘significant problems either in the chicken house or field, and considers himself for tunate, realizing that some operators have been badly hurt by the sustained on slaught of high tem peratures. John Reese, who farms right on the Pennsylvania- Delaware state line, is concerned about running out of pasture despite having had rain about once a week. More is needed, he says, to keep the pasture growth coming. He recently quit his poultry business due to high feed costs. James Hoopes, West Grove, has worked under HAZELWOOD AVE & GALLAGHERVILLE RD THORNOALE, PA PHONE 269-2676 conditions a lot of fanners can identify with: making, hauling, and stacking hay in this hot weather. The dif ference is that Hoopes is involved with 1000 acres of hay. “It’s terrible trying to make hay and straw - a guy can only take so much of these hot mows,” he com mented in a telephone in terview Wednesday evening. Hoopes also noted that the heat was affecting the performance of his tractors. Com is starting to curl up in some Chester County areas, he reported, although oc casional showers have bit the County. A mushroom grower near Kaolin says this hot weather is really bad for mushroom fanners who are attempting to get a harvest right now. That’s not the case for most growers, however, since most mushroom houses are either empty now or being filled. It’s the off-season for most mushroom fanners, but a few are on a different schedule. A big expense for mushroom farmers during this hot weather is air conditioning. The houses and storage areas have to be kept cool. Crops may be off by as much as 50 per cent for those who had mushrooms ready to harvest these last few weeks. Marvin Weaver of Peach Bottom talked mostly about his new air-conditioned tractor when he was asked to describe the effects of hot weather on his farm. Having just purchased the air conditioned Case, he’s really happy about it because it’s offering his some relief from the heat. “If it wouldn’t be for that, I don’t think I could keep at it every day,” ex claimed the southern Lan caster County dairyman. “We can’t slow down because of this hot weather,” Weaver continued, “when the hay is ready, we have to be ready too, and yet we can only take so much of this SALE PRICE $4,500 heat and humidity.” He has put away 10,000 bales of hay so far this year. Weaver noted that con ception rates and production have dropped during the hot spell, but not as much as he might have expected. Milk production had held up until last Monday. John Strawbridge, York County hog producer from the Stewartstown area says the hot weather has given him a few extra chores to do. He has his pigs out on pasture and helps to keep them cool by hauling water to them for drinking and “bathing.” He says he has to be watching his 500 head of hogs very regularly to avoid losses and claims crops still look pretty good in his area. “It’s dry, but we’re not suffering yet,” he concluded. A farmer in the New Holland area reports that some of the corn is curling its leaves due to drought, despite showers passing through Lancaster County two and three times per week. Overall, he conceded, it’s not bad though. Lan caster Countains consider themselves fortunate. The prolonged hot spell was bad news to most far mers. The good news is that the heat wave is being replaced with some cooler weather. GEORGE & MARVIN PRIEST ROBERT G. HOPPERT CHESTER HORST & SON Rt 8, Box 142 Rt. 4, Box 379 Rt. 3 Hagerstown, MD 21740 Cumberland, MD 21502 Greencastle, PA 301-797-3921 301-722-7260 717-597-3994 MONROE F. GROSSNICKLE KEITH ROBERTS RALPH MYER & SONS Rt. 2. 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