Spring plowing 87 per
HARRISBURG Fanners
m Pennsylvania had six days
suitable for fieldwork m the
week ending May 13, ac
cording co the Pennsylvania
Crop Reporting Service.
This was the fourth con
secutive week with little
rain, so most farmers
welcomed showers late in
the week as small grains,
hay and pastures had begun
to show a need for moisture.
Moisture in the past week
was rated mostly adequate
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to somewhat short before the
showers. The south showed
the lowest ratings of short
sod moisture.
At 87 per cent complete,
Spring plowing is now two
weeks ahead of the 78 per
cent a year ago. The north is
83 per cent done, central
counties stand at 90 per cent,
whde the south reports 87
per cent.
Com is 12 days ahead of
last year at 42 per cent
planted compared to 28 per
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cent with the average of 29
per cent. Operators were
running late at night to plant
during the heat wave The
north is at 18 per cent,
central counties report 46
per cent with 55 per cent
planted in the south.
At 14 per cent headed and
28 per cent m boot, barley is
28 days ahead of the less
than five per cent headed
last year. Though none is
headed m the north, central
counties report eight per
cent with the south at one
quarter. Wheat is one third
in boot, 13 per cent ahead of
last year’s five per cent. The
north is at 11 per cent,
central counties at 30 per
cent and the south reports 49
per cent in boot with a slight
amount headed.
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cent completed
Hay and pastures
responded well to last week’s
warmth and moisture Hay
is rated four-fifths in good
condition and the rest fair. A
slight bit of first crop alfalfa
was out, mostly for silage,
with quality mostly good.
Feed from pastures is
average.
At 87 per cent m or past
full bloom, peaches are 13
days ahead of the 35 per cent
in or past full bloom last
year. Oriental fruit moth
larvae are present on
peaches. Cherries are at 86
per cent in or past full
bloom, eight days ahead of
Reforestation award given
♦
Robert H. Rumpf, left, Pennsylvania district manager, The Glatfelter Pulp
Wood Corpany, Spring Grove, accepts the 1978 Company Project Award from
Mrs. Maxine Morrison, coordinator of the National Arbor Day Foundation's
award ceremonies and Mr. Phillip Thronton, deputy chief of the U.S. Forest
Service. This national award was made to the Company in recognition of its
continuing reforestation project in south central Pennsylvania and for providing
tree seedlings to York County schools for Arbor Day plantings. The award was
presented to the Glatfelter firm during the National Arbor Day Foundation's
annual award ceremony in Nebraska City, Neb. in April.
COMING JUNE 9
Lancaste- Farming, Saturday, May 26,1979
last year’s 50 per cent.
Apples are 11 days ahead of
last year at 72 per cent in or
past full bloom compared to
21 per cent last year. Rosy
apple aphid populations are
reportedly high. Weather
has been good for fruit
pollination. Strawberries are
forming as asparagus and
early leaf crops harvesting
continues.
Soybeans are now eight
per cent planted, ten days
ahead of last year when none
had yet been reported
planted. Planting has not
begun in the north while
central and southern
139
in Pa .
counties are at ten and eight
per cent respectively.
Oats are 92 per cent sown,
13 days ahead of 87 per cent
last year. The south is done,
central counties report 94
per cent with 84 per cent
sown in the north. Oats
seeding was mentioned by
operators as being delayed
due to late arrival of lime
and fertilier.
At 66 per cent planted,
potatoes are a week ahead of
58 per cent in 1978. The south
is virtually all planted,
central counties are at three
fifths with the north 48 per
cent complete.