C3B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 26,1980
Wet conditions slow early fieldwork
HARRISBURG - For the
fourth year in a row, wet
conditions are preventing an
early start on fieldwork,
according to the Penn
sylvania Crop Reporting
Service.
There were three days
suitable for farm fieldwork
during the week ending April
14. High soil moisture
limited field activities to:
hauling manure, spreading
lime and fertilizer, fence
repair, equipment
preparation, orchard
pruning and spraying,
plowing, discing and plan
ting of small amounts of oats
and vegetables.
Soil moisture is rated
mostly surplus by farmers
across the Commonwealth.
Only nine percent of spring
plowing has been completed,
compared to 16 percent last
year. The north reports eight
percent spring plowing
complete, central counties
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are ten percent plowed, and
nine percent of spring
plowing has been completed
in the south.
Oats, at six percent sown,
are down one percent from
the 1979 figure. Less than
five percent of the oats have
been sown in the northern
and central counties, with
the south reporting 12 per
cent sown.
Planting of potatoes has
just started, behind last
year’s figure of five percent
planted. Northern and
central counties report no
planting at this time, and
planting of potatoes has just
begun in the south.
Tobacco beds, at less than
five percent planted, are
well behind last year’s 31
percent planted, and 1978’s
reported 58 percent planted-
Barley and wheat are
reported in the pre-boot
stage. Winter kill appears
about average, or slightly
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below average. Color is good
and barley growth has
begun.
Alfalfa and clover-timothy
stands are reported in good
condition by slightly over
one-half of the reporters and
fair by the rest.
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Farm operators report
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