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—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 30,1979
Excellent field conditions reported
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sylvania farmers were
busily making bay as ex
cellent weather continued
through most of the week
ending June 24. All areas
reported at least six days
suitable for farm fieldwork.
A majority of time was
spent in hayfields. but other
activities on the farm in
clude filling silos, planting
soybeans, combining barley,
cultivating and spraying.
Harvesting was concluded in
strawberry and sweet pea
crops, while continuing in
sweet cherries and pod peas.
Tight supplies of gasoline
were reported by 51 per cent
of the respondents, 79 per
cent more than last week.
Ten per cent of the farmers
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reported deficit supplies ot
gasoline. Deisel supplies are
also decreasing with 48 per
cent indicating tight sup
plies, up 19 per cent from the
previous week. Twenty per
cent of the farm respondents
reported tight supplies of LP
gas, with a few reports of
deficits.
Reports from across the
state indicate a wide range
of corn heights. On the
average, corn is 10 inches
tail in the north, 13 inches in
central counties and 18 in
ches tall in the south, with an
average of 13 inches
statewide. Com height is
four days ahead of 1978.
Soybean planning is vir
tually complete, with only a
small amount to be planted.
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This puts the 1979 crop on a
par with last year. Tobacco
is 90 per cent planted with all
reports indicating good
growth.
To date, five per cent of
the barley crop has been
harvested, mostly in
southern areas. Forty-one
per cent is ripe in the south,
13 per cent in central
counties and five per cent in
the north, for a statewide
average of 20 per cent.
Wheat is five days ahead
of last year, at 36 per cent
turning. Sixteen per cent is
turning in the north, 38 per
cent in the central region
and 54 per cent in the south.
The south is also showing a
small percentage of wheat
ripe. Oats are five days
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ahead with 45 per cent
headed. In the north, 31 per
cent of the oats are headed,
while central and southern
areas show 55 and 54 per cent
headed, respectively. The
south reports five per cent
turning yellow.
First cutting of alfalfa is
now four-fifths completed
with a few reports of second
cutting hay being made.
Clover-timothy hay is two
thirds complete. Hay quality
is reported ds two-thirds
good and one-third fair.
Pastures are providing an
average amount of feed in
most locales.
Vegetable crops are
growing well, with sweet
corn tasseling and tomatoes
setting fruit in southern
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blossom with scattered
reports of Colorado potato
beetle and potato leaf hopper
problems.
Sweet cherries and black
cherries are being harvested
with some bud damage
reported. Grapes are
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beginning to develop and
apples are sizing well with
only a few reports of apple
scab and fire blight.
Nearly one fourth of the
respondents reported soil
moisture supplies as short,
with the remainder repor
ting adequate conditions.
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