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
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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. Harvesting
of com progressed to 14
percent, compared to last
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year’s 33 percent harvested
and the five-year average of
29 percent completed.
Harvesting of ensilage com
is 78 percent completed, a
six percent gam from last
week. Respondents
statewide reported that
much of the crop is ready for
harvest, but ground and
weather conditions are not
conducive for harvest
progress. Though fields are
wet, some farmers did
harvest later m the week.
The potato harvest
progressed last week with
the crop now 88 percent dug,
a two percent increase from
the previous week. The
southern and central areas
of the state report potato
digging at 96 percent and 75
percent complete, respec
tively. The northern part of
the state saw 82 percent of
the potatoes dug. Some
potato rotting has been
observed.
Soybeans seem to be
maturing very well
throughout the state. Har
vest is reported at ten
percent complete.
Alfalfa fourth cutting is 77
percent complete. Hay made
last week was of mostly poor
to somewhat fair quality due
to wet weather. Pastures are
providing average to above
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 27,1979
average amounts of feed for
this tune of year.
Respondents report the
apple crop as plentiful and
with good sizing. Harvesting
of cabbage and pumpkins
continues.
Fall plowing made limited
progress last week. 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
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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
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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.
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