BB—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, October 18,1980
LANCASTER - During
the rest of 1980, supplies of
pork, broilers, and eggs will
fall short of year-earlier
levels as production cut
backs planned earlier in the
year-plus the impact of this
summer’s heat and drought
begm to take effect.
Beef production, on the
other hand, will be slightly
higher than last year.
The September 1 inventory
of hogs and pigs (m the 14
major producmg States)
showed market hog numbers
down two percent from last
year, but still 15 percent
larger than in 1978.
Farrowmgs during June-
August and farrowing in
tentions for September-
November were both down
10 percent, implying that
pork production in the first
half of 1981 will fall sub
stantially below year-ago
levels.
Farm commodity prices
have been rising much fast er
than input prices in recent
months, thus improving
farm income prospects for
1980 relative to earlier ex
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flies three or four days out of
the week which gives him
two or three days to work on
the farm.
“Sometimes I get out of
phase if rains put me behind
schedule on the farm,”
Leonard said. “When I get
behind the 8 ball, I
sometimes work around the
clock to catch up with my
neighbors.”
Along with the field crops,
Leonard also raises
registered Aberdeen Angus
cattle. His herd presently
consists of 70 cows, two
bulls, and about 90 head of
young stock from the past
two years.
One of Leonard’s goals is
to upgarde his cow/calf
program.
“I’d like to be well known
in the Angus circles for my
breeding stock. I hope to get
the show barn at the
Eisenhower Farm set up like
it was when General
Eisenhower kept his show
cattle ready for the public to
view.”
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pectations. The index of
prices received by farmers
gained 12 percent from June
to September, while the
index of prices paid rose only
three percent.
Despite this improvement,
prices paid by farmers were
up 12 percent from a year
ago in September, while
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Leonard is continuing to
carry out Eisenhower’s
wishes that the farms be
better through conservation
and good management.
Leonard, along with
technicians from the local
USDA Soil Conservation
Service office, established
most of the strip cropping
systems on the land, re
established waterways, and
installed 4000 feet of
drainage tile.
When Leonard was asked
if after eight years ex
perience in the farming
business he would do it all
over again, his reply was:
“Definitely. I enjoy far
ming as much as I do flying.
I feel I have the best of two
worlds.
“My only regret is that I
didn’t keep a day to day
diary so that when I retire I
can write a book, ”
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meat, poultry output expected
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Corn, which is in release
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absolute drop in farmer
owned reserves, while oats,
which are in call status, have
shown the largest per
centage drop.
Barley is the only feed
grain for winch net
movement has been into the
reserve. Wheat has been
moving into the reserve in
recent weeks, although at a
slow pace.
Retail food prices, as
measured by the Consumer
Price Index, increased 1.5
percent in August-the
largest monthly rise since
February 1979. The major
contributors to the August
increase were poultry, pork,
care
producing tomatoes until
autumn frost puts an end to
their efforts. As the fust
killing frost date ap
proaches, you’ll need to
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If an unexpected frost
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peratures are likely to range
between 32 and 50 degrees
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4 to 5 days after such tem
peratures occur to prevent
damage by chilling.
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from green tomatoes. Pack
green tomatoes one or two
layers deep in shallow boxes
or trays for ripening. Mature
green tomatoes reach an
eating-ripe stage at 65 to 70
degrees F. in about 14 days.
If you want to slow down
ripening, hold the tomatoes
at 55 degrees so that mature
green tomatoes will ripen in
about 25 to 28 days. Check
tomatoes every 7 to 10 days
to separate the ones showing
red from those still green.
And, of course,' always
remove the decayed ones.
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