ASCS to determine crop acres by aircraft HARRISBURG—SmaII - aircraft and cameras are being used in southeastern Pennsylvania to spot check farmer reported acreage of wheat and feed grains, ac cording to the Agricultural Stabilization and Con servation (ASC) Committee. Normally, ASCS personnel • Snap assei • Capa Galvi • Feei • Steel-backed flights • Rolls on V*" angle iron track • Full list of options • Galvanized con struction for longer life Unmatched quality has made Acorn the line others are envious of. Made of highest quality materials produced by experienced craftsmen and delivered with confidence. Acorn equipment always represents the very best there is and Acorn consistently makes it a point to exceed ordinary standards. “FOR INFORMATION CALL TOLL FREE 800-528-6050 EXT. 74124 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK” ACORN EQUIPMENT CORP. Box 207, STEVENS POINT, Wl 54418 TEL (715) 344-0061 FOR IMMEDIATE AVAILABILITY OF EQUIPMENT AND PARTS PLEASE CALL THE DEPENDABLE ACORN DEALER IN YOUR AREA. DONALD I. WEBER, DISTRICT MANAGER FOR PA. ZIONSWUE, PA. 215-9G54139 DONALD UPPERMAN Acorn Sales & Service Chambersburg, Pa. 717-264-6007 ROBERT FINCH Thorn Bottom Farms Nelson, Pa. 717-827-2847 HISTAND’S FARM & HOME Sales & Service Rome, Pa. 717-744-2371 W&J DAIRY SALES William Guhl RO 2 Oxford, Pa. 717-529-2569 TOM DUNLAP Jersey Shore, Pa. 717-753-3196 T. R. DICKINSON Tunkhannock, Pa. 717-836-3438 completed spot checks on the ground by farm visit. This method of checking agricultural program compliance has been used in other states and determined to be less costly than farm visits, the chairman added. Farms to be spot checked will represent about 10 per THE TIME TESTED, PROVEN LINE FOR THE BISCRffIHNATIItt DAIRYMAN DUALITY LIVESTOCK - EQUIPMENT Orris Steiner 216-857-3619 ROCKWORTH COUNTRY STORE Dave Kuhlber Slippery Rock, Pa. 412-794-6032 GRAHAM’S DAIRY SUPPLY Greensburg, Pa. 412-834-3162 BOYD MORROW ‘“IS? Acorn Sales t Service Central City. Pa. Newburg, Pa. 814-754-5754 717-423-5502 SYSTEMA FEED SERVICE Sussex, N J. 201-875-5449 cent of the farms that have reported acreages of 1977 wheat and or feed grains (corn, barley, and sorghum). The spot check is required by national program regulations to determine the accuracy of acres voluntarily reported by farmers. Reported ouble Free • Available with 9” or 12" Auger for light, heavy or in-between feeding. GNEGY SURGE SERVICE Washington, Pa. 412-222-0444 HUTTON FARM EQUIPMENT Mahaffey, Pa. 814-277-5504 JOHN McGOWAN Acorn Sales & Service New Brighton, Pa. 412-843-0653 SUNNY MEAD SALES R 3 Box 409 Altoona, Pa. 814-944-6045 acreages found to be in error will be corrected at county ASCS offices. This acreage is expected to be used as a farm base from which 1978 set-aside program reduc tions may be made if determined necessary by the Secretary of Agriculture. The proposed set-aside program is expected to be voluntary. The aircraft-photo process involves taking pictures of identifiable crops from approximately 1,000 feet in the air. The picture taken will be a color slide photo. This image will be superimposed on large photographs taken county wide several years ago. The large photographs have been adjusted in scale to equal ground measurements. County photography is at a scale of one inch on the photograph equals 660 feet on the ground or at_a scale of one inch of photograph equals 1,000 feet on the ground. The new color slide pictures will identify the crop and indicate land marks by which ASCS can determine field boundaries on the larger photographs. Acreage will then be determined in county ASCS offices. This process also enables ASCS to update farm acreages where farmland use has changed to development, roads, and other uses. This method will save considerable ASCS time compared to personnel NEED MOLASSES? p CALL ZOOK A MOLASSES CO. <#> (215) 273-3776 Box 160, Honey brook, Pa. Feeding Cane Molasses O iD Liquid or Dried f^ s Blackstrap Molasses Baking Molasses-Table Syrup PINTS - QUARTS - GALLONS Wholesale - Retail Lancaster Farming, Saturday. July 30, 1977 making on the farm in spection. It will also save the farm operator time in pointing out the location of various fields and strips. Pennsylvania ASCS Field day planned Delaware DOVER, Del. - The University of Delaware’s annual Farm and Home Field Day has been scheduled for August 10, this year. Plans are now being finalized for the event, which is held at the university substation, located six miles west of Georgetown on the Laurel-Georgetown High way (Route 9). Activities begin at 9:30 a.m. and in clude features of interest for both the farmer and the homemaker. Crop research and ex tension projects will focus no-tillage production of corn and soybeans, chemical weed control, variety testing, irrigation and fer tility, plant breeding, com insecticides and the use of plastic netting for flower production. There are also research plots concerned with the control of air pollution effects on sensitive testing this new procedure in Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester Delaware, Lan caster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton, and Schuylkill is Counties. crops and the production of root crops in ground prepared with a subsoiler. The program for homemakers will include several demonstrations and exhibits on such topics of current interest as: using microwave ovens; bar becuing and food safety; plus the storing, preparation and cooking of poultry and seafood. Fran Shoffner, retired Sussex county ex tension home economist, will be available to test canning lid gauges from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. The homemakers’ programs will take place in the substation meeting room. Visitors to Field Day can participate in general bus tours of the substation and specialized wagon tours going only to the com and soybean, or the vegetable and ornamental plots. There will also be numerous exhibits and demonstrations in the shaded grove area. Researchers and extension personnel will be on hand to discuss their work as well as lead the bus and wagon tours of the plots. A plant diagnostic clinic will again be in operation, with specialits helping visitors to identify and diagnose plant pests and diseases. A traditional fried chicken lunch will be available at noon in the grove (tickets $2). Activities conclude with a watermelon break at 3:30 p.m. All interested persons should be sure to reserve August 10 for this popular annual event. 95
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