A42—Lancaster Faming, Saturday, May 31,1980 I' USDA announces new barley WASHINGTON, D.C. - Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Jim Williams Thursday announced provisions for a new farmer held grain reserve for barley. Effective immediately, 1978 and 1979 crop barley which producers have under loan to the Commodity Credit Corporation may be placed in the new reserve. There are about 21 million bushels of 1978 crop barley and 22 million bushels from the 1979 crop under CCC loan, Williams said. Barley from the 1900 crop will be eligible for entry in the new reserve at the beginning of harvest. Under the new barley reserve program, U.S. Department of Agriculture Legislative roundup (Continued from Page Al) HB 1608 would exempt closely held farm cor porations from the capital stock tax, making it easier for a family farm to be passed from generation to generation. Also on the move is SB 1253 which would prohibit forcing farmers to fence livestock from streams. Originally the powerful Department of En vironmental Resources opposed the measure. But now, while not supporting it, DER has decided not to oppose it. The change of heart seems HOWARD sylvama’s wildlife will soon be benefiting from over 3 million tree and shrub seedlings planted to improve wildlife habitat throughout the state. The seedlings were produced at the Penn sylvania Game Com mission’s nursery at Howard in Centre County. Plantings were made m recent weeks. More than half of the seedlings were planted by personnel of the Game Commission on State Game Lands (tracts which have been purchased over the years with funds denved from the sale of hunting licenses and maintained as public hunting areas) and on farm-game and safety zone projects (pnvately-owned agricultural land which is kept open to public hunting through the courtesy and cooperation of landowners). Sportsmen’s groups, conservation clubs, soil and water conservation districts, coal stripping operators and other groups received the seedlings which will provide future food and cover for wildlife. R. The IncredUe edUe egg. reserve program officials will look only at market prices for feed barley where most of the reserve barley is located in determining the triggering of the commodity’s release and call levels, Williams said. A new reserve program is needed for the commodity because of barley’s unique situation, Williams said. “While about 95 percent of old reserve barley is located in the Minneapolis marketing area, sub stantially higher West Coast area market prices have triggered the commodity’s release and call levels under the old reserve program,’’ he said. Barley in the old reserve was placed in call status even though market prices were well below the reserve to be due to a study which shows minimal pollution results from animals and because the U.S. En vironmental Protection Agency already has strict rules on drylots near water. In other activity, the Senate Education Com mittee last week amended HB 1111 which would permit any school district that was consolidated under the Reorganization Act to divide into smaller districts. Should the measure pass, it remains to be seen whether many rural districts could justify such a move either financially or in light of educational quality. Over 3 million seedlings planted for game cover „ _ Engineers for planting. The Game Commission Species distributed m also released 55, eluded scotch pine, white seedlings to the Penn- p in6j Austrian pme, mugho sylvama Bureau of Forestry S pnice, hemlock, to improve wildlife habitat wfflow> bltte rsweet, black on State Forest Lan . . i ocust) autumn olive, Additional seedlings w flowering dogwood, silky also provided to dogwood, Amur Allegheny National honeysuckle, chestnut, and the Army Corps Asiatic crabapple, sawtooth Penn- release level in the Min neapolis market area, Williams said. Another problem for old reserve barley has been the exaggerated influence of higher priced malting barley over feed barley in the calculation of the com modity’s market prices, Williams said. Here’s why you should attend rabbit conference UNIVERSITY PARK - The mother rabbit is one answer to high energy cost and inflation of price above actual value of items pur chased, according to Penn State’s Herbert Jordan. One 10 pound adult doe rabbit, if well managed, can produce 100 pounds of young, fresh, dressed oven-ready fryer rabbit each year. No fossil fuel energy is needed to heat young rabbits and only a fraction of a cent per pound of rabbit is needed for an electric light in the rabbit warren or barn. Low cost roughage feed can be used for efficient rabbit meat production. This is because poultry and hogs need fiber content below 7 per cent while rabbits do well on 10 to 20 per cent fiber in the ration. The mother rabbit can produce 10 times her live body weight m oven-ready young fryer rabbit in one year whereas other species require two to seven years to Eastern (Continued from Page Al) the Sj racuse office admits to knowing what issues will be discussed. A spokeman for Eastern said the resolution com mittee has not met yet and won’t be meeting until Monday, the day before the delegate body meets. The Tuesday session should prove interesting and will take a lot of close at tention from delegates to produce 10 times the mother’s live body weight in oven-ready meat. Thus we see the rabbit has a tune advantage. The rabbit also has a space advantage m that it can be kept m a cage with 20 to 40 square inches of floor space per pound of live rabbit. The rabbit also has an advantage in energy con version in that the rabbit milk is about one third solids and nourishes the growth of young rabbits at a faster rate than nearly all other species of animal. The resatihty of the rabbit in the market is multiple m that the animal mass is quickly developed and the rabbit has value as a lovable pet, sensitive research model, laboratory animal, meat animal, and pelts now sell in ladies coats and jackets. To leam more, mark your calendar and come to the third annual Rabbit Con ference at Penn State oak, bristly locust and privet. Seedlings produced at the nursery are provided free of charge by the Game Com mission, and planting and maintenance for the benefit of wildlife are ususally provided by thousands of interested sportsmen and landowners. MR. FARMER! S 5 For More Profitable Crops Use £ m Alpine Liquid Plant Food ALPINE Alpine contains pure food grade nutrients for faster & higher availability than conventional fertilizers. Alpine offers ease of handling, low cost and can be applied directly on plants for quick absorption or directly on seeds without burning of leaves or damage to roots. Alpine contains a PH of 7.0 plus many minor trace elements, Alpine will not freeze, rust, corrode or settle out. MAY BASE PRICE $2.70 a gal. of 9-18-9 delivered. VOLUME DISCOUNTS UP TO 20* A GAL. Pennsylvania Distributors HAROLD WOLF GARY REPLO6LE JIM LANDIS R-D #1 RD.480X264 RDI Centre Hall, PA 16828 Bedford, PA 15522 East Greenville, PA 18041 814-364-1349 814-847-2851 215-679-2682 CLYDE BARTHOLOMEW DICK WILSON Orangeville, PA 17859 Stewartstown. PA 17363 717-784-1779 717-993-6101 annual meeting keep up with the proposed agenda. Eastern has allowed 15 minutes for the presentation of amendments to the by laws, and the action needed on the proposed amend ments. Becoming a little more generous with their time, slightly less than an hour is alloted for the report of the resolutions committee, and the necessary actioif on their work. After an almost two hour University, June 20 and 21, 1980. Registration in formation is available by phoning 814/865-9547 or by writing to Agricultural Conference Coordinator, 409 J.O. Keller Building, University Park, PA 16802. lunch, the delgate meeting will come back into session, accepting resolutions from the floor for 45 minutes, followed by half an hour’s general discussion. The resolution and decision making processes will be tabled for 24 hours. In the ensuing time period. Eastern members will hear committee and officer reports on Wednesday morning, climaxing with the annual report in the af ternoon. Arden Tewksbury, retiring president of the Co-op will address the group at the morning session. It will be a hectic two days for most of the members, and their senses and un derstanding will have to be sharp, not wrapped up with the evening’s entertainment and awards ceremony ex citement. Members won’t be able to daydream or doze—there’s too much milk and money at stake.
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