Short water supply predicted for West WASHINGTON, D.C. - One of the lightest snowpacks ever recorded on the West’s mountain watersheds probably will result in a short supply of water in some states of the region this summer. That was the gist of a forecast issued jointly by the U.S. Depart ment of Agriculture and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce. “Many water users in the West will face critical supply problems unless there is a lot of rain throughout the summer,” said Norman A. Berg, chief of USDA’s Soil Conservation Service. Surveys carried out the first of April, when snowpack in the West normally reaches its maximum depth, revealed little change from conditions prevailing the first of March, said Berg. Berg said the forecast is brighter for users in areas served by reservoirs. “Water storage is normal or /SJ TO SERVE YOU BETTER vdma' _ F ~ m kirnm" LANCASTER. 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New Mexico: March snows in creased snowpack on the Rio Grande watershed. Runoff still will be well below normal. Oregon: Snowpack in the Cascades is the lowest on record. Snowpack in the easier part of the •’♦ate is about 50 percent of normal, Plans for tailgate market rolling in York Co. AIRVILLE A grassroots movement to start a Farmer’s Tailgate Market is being con sidered m southern York County. Up to 30 farm trucks, marketing anything produced at their farms, could be accommodated at Dairyland Square, located bet ween Dallastown and Red Lion. MATERIALS FOR BLENDING OR DIRECT APPLICATION... 46% 33Vz% 30% UREA (GRANULAR) AMMONIUM NITRATE NITROGEN SOLUTION OIAMMONIUM PHOSPHATE TRIPLE SUPERPHOSPHATE MURIATE OF POTASH GRANULAR ZINC BORATE (GRANULAR) MICRONUTRIENT MIX SULFUR (GRANULAR) 46% 60% 22% 32% 90% Hare a haw the Banvat earty lay by program works 1 Apply your pre-emergence herbicide to control grasses 2 Apply Banvel before corn is more than 5 inches when broadleaves are germinating before weeds haue robbed significant amounts of moisture or nutrients from your crop Banvel and runoff will be well below normal. Utah: A series of March storms slightly unproved the snowpack. Runoff will be well below normal. Washington: Snowpack im proved in the northern section and remained poor in the southern section. Reservoir storage is adequate to supplement poor runoff. Wyoming: Snowpack statewide is about one-half of normal and the lowest on record. Runoff will be much below normal. Reservoir Items that might be sold could 7:30 p.m, Wednesday evening, range from fresh produce, to May 6, at the Lower Chanceford freshly-processed fruit juices, Township Building, south of the home-baked goods or a variety of Lower Chanceford School, on roadside market-type food items. Route 74. Extension personnel are looking Organizers hope that, if there is into applicable health regulations, enough interest m a tailgate A brainstorming meeting for market, an organizational interested growers is scheduled for structure, with by-laws for operation, can be structured within the next few weeks and be ready to begin sales operations by the summer produce harvest season. TWO LOCATIONS IN SO. MD. JAMES H. McKENNY Sales Representative CHARLOTTE HALL 301-884-4604 301-932-6527 UPPER MARLBORO Rear of Three M Farm Supply 301-627-8700 tTI /Ftrtffizersl Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 2,1981—C37 storage is above normal. The final snow survey of the current season will be made this week. 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