A 36—Lancaster Famine, Saturday, June 21,1980
Harvest season
opens with barley
BROWNSTOWN - If the
opening of the combining
season this week in early
barley is any indication, this
year’s overall harvest
should be more bountiful
than the past few.
But while the small grams
are generally reported in
good condition and barley
yields are higher, later crops
will depend on the weather
leading up to then- harvest.
Emery Hoover, custom
combiner of R 1 Leola,
moved into some Barsoy
barley along Rt. 772 between
Brownstown and Leola
earlier this week. It marked
the opening of his harvesting
season.
“This is the best crop
we’ve had in the past four
years,” according to David
Martin, R 1 Bird-m-Hand,
owner of the crop.
How local farmland
values rose
LANCASTER During the 12 months from February 1,
1979 to February 1, 1980, U.S. farmland values have in
creased an average of 14 percent, according to recently
released USDA statistics. However, continued tight credit
and moderate interest rates are expected to moderate
price increases during 1980.
Farm real estate values more than doubled in 12 states
between 1975 and 1980.
These states were Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, lowa,
Missouri, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota,
Delaware, Maryland, and Colorado.
Since 1975 farm real estate values have increased by an
annual average of 14 percent for the 12-month period
ending in February, ranging from a low of 9 percent for
the year ending February 1978 to 17 percent for the year
ending February 1977.
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“The yield is running
about 85 bushels to the acre.
“We were surprised but
most of it was standing real
well. In spite of all the wind
and heavy ram, there were
only a few spots where it
lodged.”
Martin has some Pennrad
barley, which looks equally
good, and should be ready
for cutting during the
coming week.
“Our wheat is coming
along, too, and should be
ready within the next couple
of weeks,” Martin added.
While most of his com was
at least knee-high, there is
quite a bit of com a lot
smaller due to ram-delayed
planting.
Eighty-bushel barley
yields are about double
many of the amounts taken
from fields last year. The
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Harvesting panorama, present and future, is foreground contains corn crop that’s better than
depicted in fields located between Brownstown knee-high and a strip of wheat in between, which
and Leola, Lancaster County. While combine should be ready within a couple of weeks,
moves through some barley in the background, the
majority of wheat in the area
is better than it was at this
stage last year, too.
While a good bit of late
planted corn is behind
schedule, it won’t take long
for it to catch up if a sizable
spell of hot humid weather
moves in.
Tobacco and soybeans are
also lagging at this point, but
a change in the weather
could also boost them along
Transplanting conditions
were not ideal this year for
tobacco. Many growers got
their plants into the fields
during a period of hot dry
winds and low humidity.
Many leaves were killed off,
leaving only the heart of the
plant. With the following cool
weather, the heart of the
plant hasn’t made much
progress toward new
growth.—DA
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from combine auger into grain cart. Yield was running about 85 bushels to the
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