A3£—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 26,1980
WASHINGTON, DC -
Corn fanners who did not
participate in the 1979 feed
grain program will be allow
ed to place a limited quantity
of corn in the farmer-owned
grain reserve, according to
Secretary of Agriculture Bob
Quilt show planned
BOYERTOWN - The
Boyertown Area Historical
Society will hold its annual
squill show on Saturday, May
3, 10 a.m. to 6 pan. and
Sunday, May 4,12 Noon to 6
pan. in the Society building
at 43 S. Chestnut St.,
Boyertown.
The show, which features
over 100 quilts, attracts
hundreds of visitors. Some
come to see the 19th century
patchwork and applique
examples. Active quitters
come to see these and the
modern, newly-created
designs. For beginners.
Society members will be
busy stitching and happy to
give advice to interested
individuals. The quilts, old
and new, are on loan from
private individuals and, in
most cases, have not been
seen by the public prior to
this show.
As an added attraction,
quilts made by Mrs. Jane
Blair of Spring Mill, Pa. , will
be on view. Mrs. Blair, a
nationally-known quilter,
has created incredible
designs utilizing the pat
chwork method. Her quilts
have been featured on the
cover and in the pages of a
nationally-distributed mag
azine. Visitors to the Show
will be treated to a look at
these special quilts.
Also on exhibit will be an
unusual quilt made by
Society members. It is
composed of embroidered
patches depicting the outline
of a 1920’s “flapper” girl
The patches date from the
early 19th century and, when
given to the Society, were
partially completed. Society
member, Mary Sands,
embroidered those un-
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Corn reserve
Bergland.
Bergland, who took the ac
tion following the April 11
signing of authorizing
legislation by President
Carter, said he did so to help
farmers isolate additional
finished designs, and Mrs.
Rosie Mutter, Quilt Show
chairman, combined them
into a completed quilt top.
• BETTER FORAGE AT LOWER COST
FARMERS EQUIPMENT EXCHANGE, INC.
opened
corn stocks from the
marketplace and strengthen
market prices.
Bergland said this option
for previously ineligible com
farmers will be available on
a first-come, first serve
basis until approximately
295 million bushels (7.5
million metric tons) of
previously ineligible com
have been placed in the
reserve, or May 15,
whichever comes first.
Bergland said farmers
who did participate in the
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FARM EQUIPMENT
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THE AFFORDABLE SYSTEM
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UNLIMITED LOW COST SEALED STORAGE FOR
HIGH MOISTURE GRAINS & FORAGES
See Our Forage Specialists
For Complete Details
1188 Enterprise Rd., East Petersburg, PA 17520
Phone 717-392-7795
Call Frank Walters 717-733-3665 (Res.)
to 1979 non-participants
1979 feed grain program and
who currently have com
under a regular 9-month
price support loan will con
tinue to be eligible to enter
their grain into the reserve,
regardless of how many
bushels of previously ineligi
ble com go into the reserve.
Fanners who wish to take
advantage of this change
should contact their local
county office of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture’s
Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Service.
FARMERS
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Program non-participants
will receive the same
reserve loan rate for their
com (|2.10 per bushel) as do
program participants, but
will not be eligible for the
waiver of first-year interest
charges-. Non-participants
will remain ineligible for
USDA’s regular 9-month
price support loans,
Bergland said.
USDA has been purchas
ing com to help support
prices, following the
January 4 announcement by
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the president to suspend
grain shipments to the Soviet
Union in excess of 8 million
metric tons per year. Since
that announcement, the
department has purchased
approximately 59 million
bushels (1.5 million tons) of
corn and accepted into the
farmer-owned grain reserve
197 million bushels (5.0
million tons) of com.
The total quantity of com
now in the reserve is approx
imately 812 million bushels
(20.6 million tons).
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FORAGE HARVESTERS
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