—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 6,1978
14
Corn planting started
(Continued from Page l)
County related that at the
beginning of the week,
conditions were “super
dry”. He stated that the rain
was very badly needed, but
thought that most farmers
were now on schedule in
their fieldwork, having been
pushing very hard in file last
three to four weeks. With the
rain arriving, he thought
farmers would give a big
push to get their com into the
ground very quickly.
Norman Laffey, from the
Cochranville area in Chester
County, stated that con
ditions there too had been
dry. He had about one third
of his 200 acres of com
planted, and was glad to see
the rain come.
Fron the Berks County
area a farmer located near
Myerstown, stated that the
rain was a welcome sight.
He hadn’t planted any corn
yet but stated that hopefully
by the end of next week he
would have it all in the
ground.
The same farmer related
that he bad had some trouble
getting fertilizer in the last
month.
“I had to wait four days for
my fertilizer to come,” he
noted. “And I didn’t get any
lime this year, I would have
had to wait two weeks for
that So now Til just put that
on in the Fall.”
The farmer went on to
explain that he feels that he
is still about a week and a
half behind in his work, and
feels that most of his
neighbors are at the same
spot. But they expect to
catch up shortly and be on
schedule within the next two
weeks.
A farmer from the
Ephrata area in Lancaster
County stated that condition
were good now. “They had
been a little dry”, he too
commented, “but I think this
rain will do the trick.” He
has one half of his com
planted and noted that
although Spring may have
made him start work a little
late, he was in good shape
now.
And near Mount Joy, in
Lancaster County, Paul
Newcomer, who is in the 79th
year of farming, and now
farming with his son, stated
that with the rain, the
ground was wonderful.
Earlier he admitted that it
had been a little dusty, but
he explained that he had
been able to plow early and
that there was moisture in
his soil. He noted that about
half of his com was planted.
Fertilizer companies
seemed to be breathing a
little easier too this past
week.
Bill' Brubaker,
representing the Organic
Plant Food Co., Lancaster,
stated that the demand for
fertilizer is beginning to ease
off, with the big push behind.
He stated that his company
had been working day and
night for the past month, but
that after all the worry, the
Spring hadn’t been that
terribly unusual alter all.
“Potash was a little
critical for a short time”, he
explained, “but it wasn’t as
bad as it could have been.
From here on out, things
should just ease off.”
Thinking of the fields and
their conditions, he stated
that he thinks there is a good
bit of corn in the ground even
though before the rain he too
found the soil dry in the top
several inches.
“Everyone’s planting
com!” Jim Bowersox of the
Chemgro Fertilizer Com
pany stated. “Right now the
basic push is for the com
starter, but the crisis
situation is oyer. And we
haven’t turned one customer
away.”
For awhile, he went on to
explain, they had been
Barbecue set
ARENDTSVILLE - The
Adams County Poultry
Association will be holding
their semi-annual public
chicken barbecue dinner to
be held in connection with
Apple Blossom on Sunday,
May 7.
The association will be
serving barbecued chicken
dinners from 11 a.m. to 4
p.m. at the South Mountain
Fairgrounds, Arendtsville.
The cost will be $3.75 for full
course dinner featuring a
half of chicken and $3. for a
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temporarily making ad
justments, in getting their
fertilizer out to people but
now that the plowdown was
slowing down, problems
were easing.
He had heard some stories
of some other companies
having to truck fertilizer in
from as far away as Ohio but
repeated that that was all in
the past now and conditions
were more favorable now.
One explanation a farmer
gave that the fertilizer
situation wasn’t as bad as it
could have been was because
of the situation in the mid
west. Because that region is
behind in their fieldwork due
to wet conditions, more
fertilizer became available
in the east. As one farmer
put it, “If the Midwest would
have been on schedule this
Spring, we would have had
more problems than we
did.”
So, the rain that continued
to fall on the fields Friday
was a welcome sight to
farmers planting their com.
on Sunday
Just barbecued chicken
will be available for $1.75 per
half.
This is one of the many
activities happening at the
fairgrounds on Sunday. Free
tours of the fruit area,
crowning of Apple Blossom
Queen, craft exhibits and
contests are a few of planned
events for Sunday. The
public is invited to come and
join in with county resident
in celebrating the arrival of
the apple blossoms. All
activities at the fairgrounds
are free.
It helped settle the dust and
put some moisture back into
the soil.
“As soon as the rain is
done,” one fanner put it,
“there’s going to be an
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awfully lot of farmers, out
getting their com in the
ground. And then things are
going to look pretty good.
That is, if nothing else
happens.”