18 —Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, March 4,1978 Farmers using HARRISBURG - The Agri cultural Stabilization and Conservation (ASC) Com mittee says Pennsylvania farmers are using the federal price support loan as a means of holding crops from market and causing farm prices to rise. Com is the crop that receives the most attention by farmers in the price support loan program. The com price has increased from a low of about $1.65 per bushel in late August to the current $2.25 per bushel level. The current com loan rate of $2.19 a bushel has been'attractive to farmers who needed cash to pay farm expenses and who wanted to hold their crop for better market prices. Loans are available at all county ASCS offices. Loans do cost the fanner six per cent interest for the time he has his crop under loan. ★ SPECIAL DISCOUNTS THROUGH MARCH ★ RUBBER COW MATS Guaranteed, top quality rubber cow mats feature wide corrugations with contoured edges that are comfortable for the cow, provide better draining and easy cleaning They don’t have pencil grooves or sharp edges that break off cow hairs A full 5/8” thick, they have a waffle design on the under side to prevent moisture creeping back under them by capillary action Cow mats pay off because of less bedding, and keep cows off the cold concrete These mats carry a 10-year pro-rated guarantee With 100% replacement against defects during the first two years JAMESWAY VOLUMATIC II SILAGE DISTRIBUTOR-UNLOADER BIG IMPELLER WITH RIGID/SWINGING PADDLES FREE ESTIMATES SEE OR CALL US TODAY! Loans mature nine months after the date the farmer receives his loan. Farmers may repay loans at an earlier date, deliver the commodity to ASCS if the market price does not equal the loan price at maturity, or place the commodity in an “Extended Loan Grain Reserve Program.” The final date for obtaining 1977 loans for com and sorghum is May 31,1978. The grain reserve program is an attempt to isolate approximately 300 million bushels of wheat and 700 million bushels of feed grain from the market for up to three years. Keeping this grain in a reserve status should strengthen current market prices, make grain available for emergency needs, and act as a hedge against inflationary prices in case of a poor crop year. The grain reserve COW MAT LISTINGS PJ 3230 - 40" x 56" PJ 3231 - 40" x 60” PJ 3232 - 42" x 56" PJ 3233 - 42” x 60” PJ 3234 - 42” x 64” PJ3242-42”x72” PJ 3235 - 45” x 60" PJ 3236 - 45" x 64” PJ 3237 - 48” x 60” PJ 3238 - 48" x 62” *'' Stop In Today For Free Catalog. YOU CAN COUNT ON US support program works this way. . Farmers voluntarily place their crop in the price support program for three years. The farmer receives the six per cent interest price support loan on his crop plus 25 cents per bushel per year storage for wheat and feed grain crops except oats which has a 19 cent per bushel storage rate.. Producers may sell the commodity when market prices improve to equal 125 per cent of the feed grain price support rate and in the . case of wheat, 140 per cent of the price support rate. ASCS will require repayment of the loan when market prices of feed grains equal 140 per cent of the current loan rates. Wheat loan repayments are required when market prices equal 175 per cent of the current loan rate. Penalties will be assessed if producers want PJ 3239-48" x 64” PJ 3248 - 48" x 66” PJ 3240 - 48” x 68” PJ 3241 - 48" x 72” PJ 3243 - 54" x 62” PJ 3244-54” x 64" PJ 3245 - 54” x 68” PJ 3246-54" x 72" PJ 3249-60" x 72” 26" IMPELLER Big 2 6“ diameter impeller pours out si lage It easily unloads a 30 diameter silo Fast tip speed of the paddles provides greater inertia to handle silage in volume for fast feeding The impeller assembly fea tures a rugged ductile iron hub Extra heavy 3/ 16" abrasion resistant steel nm adds years of life to the impeller housing RIGID PADDLES Cupped impeller paddles are angled back in rigid position to increase throwing ef Hciency for big capacity unloading Cupped paddles coniine silage for faster throw Top Vs of impeller housing lifts off for easy access or to go through silo door Entire assembly of hub, shaft paddles, and bear mgs lifts out for convenient servicing OR SWINGING PADDLES Removing one bolt from each paddle lets them suing This ability to convert paddles easih from rigid to swinging and back iga>*i as necessary lets you adjust to dif ferent silage ind temperature conditions to maintain efficient big herd feed delivery HENRY S. LAPP _ ___ Ph0ne(717)442-8134 Box 175, R.D. 1 (Cains) Gap, PA 17527 ' ' loalii to repay loans prior to stated price improvement levels or the loan maturity. Final dates for entering the reserve for 1977 wheat, barley, and oats is March 31, 1978; 1976 wheat, barley, and oats was February 28, 1978, and 1976 corn is April 30, 1978. Price support loan activity in Pennsylvania indicates farmers have placed 5,498,063 bushels of com, 166,674 bushels of wheat, 32,879 bushels of barley, 157,694 bushels of oats, 61,974 bushels of soybeans, and 9,928 hundredweight of sorghum in the annual loan program. 4,642 bushels of wheat and 39,629 bushels of com hdve been placed in the grain reserve program through February 17,1978, Nationally, producers have placed 513 minion bushels of wheat, 927 million bushels of com, 191 million EXTRA DISCOUNTS ON REPLACEMENT CHAINS • But don't take our word for it - Ask a neighbor who owns Jamesway. - Expo set.for MarfcH YORK - For the grand finale of regional kick-off week, York County 4-H clubs will publicize their programs with a display at the York Mall on March 10 and 11. The 1978 4-H Expo will feature demonstrations, small animals, and sign-up booths where Extension staffers and 4-H leaders will bushels of sorghum, and 210 million bushels of' other grains produced in' 1977 under price support loan through February 8,1978. Price supports are a marketing tool for farmers to use in helping to obtain fair market prices, promote orderly marketing, and provide price floors for commodities. Full details of the price support programs are available at county of fices of the Agricultural Stabilization and Con servation Service. York Co. 4-H be on hand with information on how to become a 4-H member. Expo activities will begin at 6 p.m, Friday evening, with a fashion show scheduled, for 8 p.iri. Par ticipants in 4-H sewing programs are invited to take part in the show, which will be held on the winding staircase leading to the mall’s community room. . Demonstrations of skills learned though the 4-H programs will be given hourly. 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