—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, May 6,1978
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Feed grain/wheat program sign up May 15
WASHINGTON - Farmers
wishing to participate in the
feed grain and/or wheat
programs with the
Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Service
have until May 15 to sign up.
Secretary of Agriculture
Bob Bergland has extended
the sign-up period for the
program(s) from May 1
through May 15 because of
changes announced March
29 m the program(s). On that
date Secretary Bergland
authorized additional
diversion of cropland under
the Feed Grain Program and
permitted Wheat Program
participants to graze out
their wheat or harvest hay
on a percentage of their
planted acreage.
Needlework show planned
BOYERTOWN - The
Boyertown Area Historical
Society will hold its Fourth
Annual Quilt and
Needlework Show at 43 South
Chestnut Street, Boyertown.
Dates and times are May 6,
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and May 7,
Noon to 6 p.m. Donation is $1
for adults, chldren under 16
admitted free if ac
companied by an adult.
Old and new quilts from
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Payments will be made to
farmers who set aside
cropland equal to 20 per cent
of their 1978 com, sorghum,
or barley acreage planted
for harvest. The 20 per cent
set-aside may be made from
each crop separately. A
minimum of 10 per cent set
aside will be required based
on the total feed grains
planted. However, payment
will be made only when the
10 per cent additional set
aside is made. The in
dividual feed grain (e.g.
com) acreage will be limited
to the 1977 acreage of each
participating crop. Also, the
total acreage of NCA crops
grown plus the set-aside
acreage will be limited to
the acreage grown in 1977.
NCA means “normal crop
the Berks County region will
be on display. Needlework
on exhibition will include
samplers, Pennsylvania
German show towels, Vic
torian embroidery and bead
work, and crocheted, tatted,
and woven articles dating
from the late 17C0’s to the
1920’5. The Historical
Society, a non-profit, in
corporated organization, is
planning and operating the
event.
in fast
acreage for the farm.” The each feed grain are corn
crops included in the NCA puted on the acreage of each
for Pennsylvania are com, crop being produced in 1978.
barley, sorghum, wheat, Payment rates are 20
oats, rye, potatoes, sweet cents/bushel (ASCS farm
corn, soybeans, edible yield) for corn, 12
beans, and sunflowers. cents/bushel for barley, and
Program payments for 12 cents/bushel for sorghum.
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Get an extra measure
of energy savings!
Years ago, if you had 2 or 3
inches of insulation in your attic,
you probably had enough.
But times have changed. The
days of cheap energy are over
and now even 6 inches of attic
insulation isn’t considered ade
quate.
Today we recommend about 8
to 10 inches of insulation in the
attic (R-30).
Why this increase? Because
energy is much too valuable and
costly to waste. And, one of the
best ways for you to save energy
. and money, is to reduce the
heating and cooling waste in your
home through better insulation
Best of ail, insulation pays for
itself m energy savings, season
a ff nr season, year after year. As
Saving energy saves for all of us
Average Pennsylvania
payments based on acreage
to be set aside by par
ticipants in the com ad
ditional set-aside will ap
proximate $BO/acre.
Wheat set-aside par
ticipants may graze, make
energy costs continue to rise,
your savings become even more
significant.
So if your attic doesn’t meas
ure up to the new recommended
standard, now is the time to add
more. It’s the easiest, most eco
nomical place to start.
hay, or ensile wheat acreag
up to a maximum equal
the higher of 50 acres or
per cent of their feed
and wheat acreage (th<
wheat must be hayed oi
grazed prior to the sof
dough stage).
Participants will also b<
eligible for price support
disaster benefits, am
deficiency payments for 1971
crops.
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