Md. tobacco auctions to begin UPPER MARLBORO, Md. The 1981 auction season for Maryland Type-32 tobacco will make history two ways when it opens on Tuesday, March 31st-it will be opening earlier than ever and it will feature, for the first time on a regular basis, sales of untied tobacco, according to the Maryland State Tobacco Authority of the Maryland Department of Agriculture Untied tobacco sales, utilized on tobacco markets in other states, have long been seen by some as a means of reducing the high man hours per acre labor factor in Maryland tobacco production by eliminating the traditional tying of tobacco leaves mto hands” during the stripping process The over-achievers YAM MAR OSESEL TP ffTim Rt 501, l‘/2 Miles South of Schaefferstown, PA ■ " ma ■ Phone 717-949-6817 Open Mon Fn BtoB Wed Bto 12 Sat *tos HO PA. Mandoy, Thursday, Fridoy 'HI 9:30 • Tuasday, Wadnasday, Saturday 'HI 4:00 (717) 665-2407 on the farm The new method would allow farmers to place their graded tobacco in loose piles which would then go to market in baskets, or on sheets The 1981 auction season, for the eight Maryland sale floors, will last seven weeks concluding on Thursday, May 14. Sales will be held Monday through Thursday each week with the ex ception of opening week No sales will be held on Monday, April 20 because of the Easter Holiday Traditionally, tobacco auctions in Maryland have opened in mid-April and run until about the first of June. To be sold is the 1980 Maryland tobacco crop which is estimated to total 'ou re up to your bumper bolts in snow with ;es to go its comforting to know you have 'anmar compact diesel tractor to plow your th to freedom MARTIN HARDWARE & EQUIPMENT CO. GENERATORS EMERGENCY STANDBY POWER FOR THE HOMEOWNER Run Your Furnace, Freezer, Refrigerator, Lights, TV 231 million pounds, up somewhat from the “blue mold” plagued short crop of 22 million pounds m 1979. Generally, condition of the 1980 crop is described as good” with a high proportion being ‘light” due to the dry growing conditions experienced last year. In an effort to inform HARRISBURG - Penn sylvania farmers produced less corn for gram, corn silage, soybeans, hay and potatoes in 1980 than in 1979, according to the Penn sylvania Crop Reporting limply attach a bucket or blade to any of our , 15,19 24 and 33 HP over-achievers and get lady to make the snow fly BUY NOW AT OLD PRICES! • Waiver of Payments And Interest Til March 1,1981 SALE *329.00 List *465.00 State output mr 1 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 24,1981—C21 March 61 growers of the details in volved in untied tobacco sales, a special meeting, hosted by the five Southern Maryland Farm Bureau chapters, will be held Monday, January 26, at 7.30 p.m. at the Izaak Walton League building in Hughesville, Charles County gram drops Service. Pennsylvania tobacco production increased in 1980. Based on acreage utilization and production data, 1980 production of corn for gram in Pennsylvania totaled 96,000,000 bushels, down 20 percent. All hay, at 4,182,000 tons, was down three percent, as was com silage at 6,275,000 tons. Soybean production in Pennsylvania was down 20 percent at 2,524,000 bushels, while white potatoes, at 4,180,000 cwt were down 30 percent. Pennsylvania tobacco production, at 22,750,000 pounds was up 29 percent. National quantities produced and percent changes from 1979 are as follows Corn gram produced, 6.65 billion bushels, down 16 percent; all hay produced, 131.1 million tons, down 11 percent; soybeans produced, 1 82 billion bushels, down 20 percent, and all tobacco produced, 1.77 billion pounds, was up 16 percent SAL! *399.00 List *545.00 Sheep to Shawl Bechtel ville; and Ginny Leber, Camp Hill will be splitting 5150 the purchase price of the shawl given by Heim to his wife, Sadie Two more Lebanon County bidders held out for the fourth and fifth place shawls both bringing $l2O for Washington Spinners, a team from western Penn sylvania, and Weavers Guild and Sheer Madness, a team from Maryland Not to be outdone, Secretary of Agriculture Penrose Hallowed lumped The second place team and the team with the fastest finishing time was the Lancaster Niddy- Noddies. Pictured from left are Barbara Lynch, Pequea; Connie Rannel, Hershey; David Eckman, Lancaster; Phyllis Robinson, Lancaster; and Dotty Lewis, Lancaster. WE SERVICE SALE ON STOCK ITEMS ONLY (Continued trom Page C2O) into the bidding on the sixth place shawl, woven by the Bucks-Mbntgomery County Wool Pool team Holding out until the end, Hallowell had the final bid at $l2O. Ob viously pleased with the shawl, Hallowell exlaimed, “It’s the least I could do for my home county team,” as he tried it on for size Other teams competing included. Montrose Spin ners, Ridley Creek Craft Guild/South; Ridley Creek Crafts Guild; and Romney Rovers. SALE *499.00 SALE ENDS JAN. 31 St List *655.00
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