—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 15,1977
28
Wet fields slow harvesting
HARRISBURG - A fourth
consecutive week of showers
and wet field conditions
limited field wo r k to under
four days during the week
ending October 8, according
to the Pennsylvania Crop
Reporting Service. Fast
moving weather systems
provided changes almost
daily throughout the week.
Statewide, moisture levels
are rated adequate by half
and surplus by the other half
of farm operators. Over
four-fifths of the farmers in
the northern counties are
reporting surplus water
levels.
Grapes and potatoes are
' Ping hurt by the excess
ater standing in fields.
Potato digging is being
delayed by the wet fields and
now is 75 per cent complete,
three days behind the 79 per
cent done a year ago.
Southern operators are two
thirds complete, central
counties are at 86 per cent
and northern areas report 72
per ce, if potato crops dug.
Northern operators are
reporting deteriorating
conditions as the potatoes
stand in wet fields.
In spite of rains, operators
continue to cut hay, with
some being green fed or
ensiled rather than baled
due to wetness. Quality of
hay made during the week is
rated as fair by half and poor
by the remaining fifty per
cent of operators.
The third cutting of alfalfa
is 90 per cent done with 44
per cent complete on the
fourth cutting. At 96 per cent
done, second cutting of
clover-timothy is virtually
complete. Pastures continue
to provide average to above
average amounts of feed for
this time of the year.
Corn for gram is now eight
per cent harvested with
another 65 per cent mature
and safe from frost. Last
year com harvest stood at
five percent with 46 per cent
mature at this time.
Southern areas show twelve
per cent harvested, central
areas at eight per cent and
northern counties stand at
five per cent harvested.
Corn silage harvest
progressed to 73 per cent,
still one day ahead of the 70
per cent done in 1976. The
south is 82 per cent har
vested, central areas are at
80 per cent and the north
shows 61 per cent cut.
Fall plowing now is 83 per
cent done, ten per cent ahead
oi last year. Barley and
wheat seeding have caught
up with last year’s progress
and stand at 62 per cent and
85 per cent in the ground,
respectively. Emerged
barley is said to be in very
good condition and showing
good growth.
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cannot meet its own set goals
and the ears aren’t filled out.
-According to Weideman,
depth of planting is also a
key factor to good yields. He
likes to see the kernels about
I*4 inches in the ground,
explaining that this is deep
enough to have access to
moisture, while not so deep
as to be in cool soil. Pioneer
studies in Lancaster County
indicate that for eight of the „
past 10 years, the best tune
for com planting has been
between April 25 and May 5.
“Around April 20 you better
start thinking about planting -
corn,” said Weideman.
“After May 15 you begin to
lose a bushel per acre per
day.”
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Critical corn
Asked by one of the far
mers why the Pioneer
varieties shown at the
Rohrer farm were so leafy,
the Pioneer man explained a
good leafy stalk is needed to
get good yields.
Also important in com
management is a good in
secticide program.
Weideman continued.
Specific details on that
subject were presented by
Steve Fisher of the FMC
Corporation. Among other
things, he revealed that two
types - an early and late
variety - of com borer at
tacked com. According to
both Fisher, and Lancaster
County Agricultural Agent
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hand start
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Arnold Lueck, this area had
a real problem with com
borers this year.
In the demonstration
field, here, Rohrer prepared
his ground by plowing down
500 pounds of 25-0-12 fer
tilizer to the acre, and then
adding 140 pounds of 10-26-9
to the acre per row at
planting time. The field also
received a cover of steer
manure, although exact
amounts are not known.
Treated with IV4 pounds of
Aatrex, IV2 quarts of Lasso,
and eight pounds of Furidan
per acre, the field recorded
an average population in
the field was 20,000 plants
per acre.
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