Rain, wet fields delay com and potato harvest HARRISBURG - Mid-week ram restricted fieldwork across the Commonwealth to four days during the week ending October 22, according to the Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service. Field activities included harvest of potatoes, soybeans, com, fruits and vegetables; haymaking; fall plowing; and silo filling. Farm operators reported LP gas supplies as five percent tight and 95 percent adequate, with diesel fuel rated four percent tight and 94 percent adequate, statewide. Last week’s precipitation That’s how it is to roof with Qnduline. 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Brubaker 6- Sons 72 South Penn Street Manheun PA 17545 Walter 6- Jackson Christiana PA 17509 held soil moisture across the Commonwealth to 43 percent surplus and 57 percent adequate. The southern part of the state rated soil moisture at 35 percent surplus and 45 percent adequate while the central region reported soil moisture as 40 percent surplus and 60 percent adequate. Com for gram is now reportedly 18 percent dented and 68 percent mature, compared with last week’s 25 percent dented and 66 percent mature. 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Plowing increased to 90 percent complete, a two percent gam from the previous week’s 88 percent complete. The north reports fall 'plowing 92 Lancaster Co. Women attend BUSHKILLrOver 130 4-H leaders, from 12 states, attended the 2nd Northeast Region Volunteer Leader Forum at the Femwood Resort. Attending from Lancaster County were Dorothy Charles and Jo Ann Enders. The conference was designed to help volunteers gam additional skills and share ideas for effective 4-H youth programs. Based on the theme, “Working With Teens”, the forum featured in-depth workshops on helping adolescents achieve their potential, helping 4-H achieve its potential for teens, working with groups of teens, working with teens individually and helping teens to develop their own 4- H programs. One of the most out standing parts of the program was Dr. Douglas Heath’s workshop on un derstanding the needs of teenagers in order to build a stronger 4-H junior leader program. Principal speakers were Douglas Heath, Professor of Psychology, Haverford College, Haverford, PA; Rich Savin Williams, Assistant Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and Hope S. USDA gives in feed aid LANCASTER - U.S. livestock producers received over $63 million in emergency feed aid from the U.S. Department of Agriculture during the 11- month period October 1978 through August 1979, ac cording to Ray Fitzgerald, Administrator of the Department’s Agricultural Stabilization and Con servation Service. Fitzgerald said the money provided financial assistance to farmers and ranchers when natural disasters reduced the availability of livestock feed. During the 11-month period, fanners bought 3.25 billion pounds of feed under the program, Fitzgerald said. Successful applicants may be reimbursed up to 50 Jupiter whirls around its axis every nine hours and 51 minutes; Venus, once every 243 days. percent completed, the central 89 percent and the south reports fall plowing is 85 percent done. Fall seeding for wheat is 85 percent complete. This compares to the prior weeks 83 percent complete. The north reports fall seeding 92 percent completed, the central 83 percent and the southern portion of the state is 64 percent completed. forum Daughtery, Acting Assistant Deputy Director, Science and Education Ad ministration Administration - Extension, 4-H, U.S. Department of Agricultue. Dorothy Charles plans to apply what she gained at the forum to “better promote 4- H in her local area. She wants parents to become more aware of the many opportunities that 4-H young people on a county, state and national level can become involved in. She would like to see workshops to motivate adults to become dedicated 4-H leaders.” JoAnn Enders plans to apply what she gained at the forum “by initiating new projects and activities into the local 4-H club program that meet the needs and interests of teenagers. Also, by training other leaders to be more sensitive to the needs and interests of teenagers.” The forum was sponsored by National 4-H Council in behalf of the Cooperative Extension Service of the State Land-Grant Univer sities and the U.S. Depart ment of Agriculture. Financial assistance was provided by the J.C. Penney Company and its member stores throughout the Northeast region. $63 million percent of the cost of feed purchased during the emergency period. This, however, may not exceed two cents per pound m terms of feed gram equivalent, according to Paul B. Kline Chairman of the Lancaster County Agricultural Stabilization and Con servation Committee (ASCS). During the 11-month period, the Department approved 49,187 (83 percent) of the 59,579 applications received, Fitzgerald said. During Fiscal Year 1978, the first year of the program, the Department provided |169.4 million to help farmers buy ap proximately 8.67 billion pounds of feed. 29