BB—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 10,1980 Wet weather still delaying HARRISBURG - A stalled storm center brought wet cool weather to Penn sylvania last week, holding farmers to only two days suitable for fieldwork. However, farm operators took full advantage of those days, as well as an extra day m northern counties. Statewide soil moisture is rated mostly surplus to adequate. Soils were rated totally surplus m the south with 55 to 60 percent surplus 13.7 million bushels corn placed in farm reserve WASHINGTON, D.C. - As of April 24,13,730,650 bushels of com had been placed m the fanner-owned gram reserve by com producers who did not sign up to par ticipate in the 1979 feed gram program. Secretary of Agnculture Bob Bergland opened up the reserve to the non participants on April 15 to help farmers isolate ad ditional com stocks from the marketplace and strengthen market pnces. At that time, Bergland said USDA would accept approximately 295 million bushels of the previously ineligible com on a first come, first-served basis. This option will end after that amount has entered the COAL STOKERS IN STOCK Built-in tankless coil supplies abundant domestic hot water the year round. removed from floe gases by / Ashes are removed auto- _ "Jl/ matically by gravity and are 1/ deposited in a standard steel Ip? container above floor. No r excavating necessary. Practically all useful heat is turned into energy due to the unique construction am Mo-Vector design of the boiler BOWMAN’S STOVE SHOP ♦ R.D. 3, Napierville Road, Ephrata, Pa. 17522 X Follow the signs from the light at Hmkletown ♦ lues., Wed., Sat. 9-5; Thurs. & Fri. 9-9; Monday - Appointment Only ! » 717-733-4973 X Financing Available soil moisture ratings for the rest of the state. Reports of fuel supplies were mostly adequate. LP gas was rated 98 percent adequate and two percent surplus statewide. Diesel fuel was rated 92 percent adequate and gasoline rated 90 percent adequate. Diesel and gasoline showed eight percent and ten percent surplus ratings, respec tively. Plowing, at 59 percent reserve, or May 15. Com farmers who par ticipated in the 1979 feed gram program and who currently have com under a regular 9-month price support loan will continue to be eligible to enter then gram into the reserve, regardless of how many bushels of previously ineligible com go mto the reserve. Total com m the reserve through April 24, including the previously ineligible gram, was 835 million bushels. have a nice weekend... ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Coal is fed from bin or hopper automatically ;ht is adjustable iealed in oil transmission of igged design complete, is behind last year’s 68 percent. Progress stands at 53 percent m the north and 66 percent m the central counties. Southern counties show 52 percent plowing completed Com planting is now at eight percent, lagging behind last year’s 13 percent and the historical average of 17 percent at this time. Northern and central areas report only five percent planted, with the southern counties at 15 percent. Potatoes are well behind last year at 21 percent. Forty-two percent of the 1979 potato crop was planted by this tune. Northern counties are only five percent com plete while the central counties show 30 percent and the southern counties are at 26 percent planted. Oats are at 59 percent sown, behind last year’s 72 percent. The north shows 48 percent, central counties show 59 percent and the southern counties are now 70 percent sown. Statewide soybean planting is at six percent, with no change from last week. Some tract plantings took place in northern and central counties. Winter grains continue mostly in the pre-boot stage, with some reports of barley and wheat in boot in some central and southern areas. Statewide barley is 12 percent booted and wheat is less than five percent. Grams still appear in good condition, but are shghtly behind last year’s progress. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦s ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 0 if » f JJJTST| work Alfalfa hay stands are reported m mostly good to fair condition, with msect activity very low. Clover timothy stands are mostly good to fair. The amount of feed being obtained from pasture is mostly average. Peaches are reported at 33 percent in the pink stage and 54 percent m full or past full bloom. Cherries are 28 percent in the pink stage and 57 percent in or past full bloom, while apples are 51 percent in the pink stage and 11 percent in or past full bloom. All fruit is behind last year’s progress. Strawberry planting is virtually com plete. THE PLUS 1600 LB. 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