HARRISBURG Showers and
thunderstorms across the state
during the week ending August 10
limited farm field work activities
to four days, according to the
Pennsylvania Crop Reporting
Service.
Field activities for the week
included harvesting vegetables,
apples, peaches and small grains;
digging early potatoes, making
hay, baling straw, spraying
potatoes, topping tobacco, clipping
pastures, and plowing.
The harvesting of .sweet com,
snapbeans, cantaloupes,
potatoes, cucumbers and tomatoes
also continues throughout the
state. The apple and peach harvest
continues in Pennsylvania with
some brown rot reported in
southern orchards. All three
regions reported some problems
with tomato fungal diseases.
The potato harvest in the state is
reported slightly ahead of last year
with 13 percent of the crop har
vested The southern, central and
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BOUMATIC
DAIRY HERD MANAGEMENT
PRODUCERS MEETING
To Be Held at LEOLA FAMILY RESTAURANT
FRIDAY, AUGUST 21 r 10:00 A.M.
Dr. Richard Card - Subject Vet looking at small and large herd
problems on nutrition, breeding, calving and mastitis
control.
John Keihm - Subject: Computerized and Herd management of
the cow 1.D., used for milk production, calving, breeding,
mastitis control, heat detection. Recently approved by
FCC:
Dennis Milheim - Subject: What the advantages of black flush;
as a mastitis management control will do for you on your
present milking herd and system.
McCarthy - Herdsman for Turkey Hill Dairy - Subject-
Successful techniques-with their backflush system for
controlling mastitis in their herd of over 500 milking
cows, w/60 lb. plus average.
Bill
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After 6 P.M.- Call:
Ray Shenk - 717-626-1152 Vic Leninger - 717-653-1378
MervinNissley- 717-872-4565 Gary Walton - 215-593-6966
Rick Thompson - 717-627-1530
State’s fieldwork continues to progress
northern areas reported potatoes
16, 14 and five percent harvested,
respectively. Heavy infestations of
Colorado potato beetles and potato
leaf hoppers were reported in the
areas.
Topsoil moisture in the state was
judged mostly adequate with some
short and surplus areas reported.
The north rated moisture supplies
86 percent adequate and 14 percent
short, the central region rated
topsoil moisture 79 percent
adequate, 14 percent short and
seven percent surplus, and the
south rated topsoil moisture 77
percent adequate and 23 percent
short.
Pennsylvania’s 1981 corn crop is
58 percent silked and 22 percent in
the dough stage In the north, 50
percent of the crop was reported
silked and 27 percent in the dough
stage. The central region com 60
percent silked and 18 percent in the
dough stage, while the south
reported 62 percent'silked and 22
percent in the dough stage.
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The barley harvest is virtually
complete throughout Penn
sylvania, about a week behind last
year.
Although the weather was less
than ideal, the wheat harvest in
Pennsylvania was reported as 91
percent complete, about the same
as last year at this time. The
southern and central region far
mers report harvest virtually
complete while northern growers
report the crop 78 percent har
vested. There were again scat
tered reports of decreased yields
due to wheat scab and powdery
mildew. ’
The oat crop in the state is 67
percent harvested, slightly behind
last year. Southern growers report
oat harvest virtually complete,
while central area growers report
the harvest 74 percent complete
and northern growers report the
harvest 45 percent complete. Good
yields are reported despite some
lodging.
Fall plowing was reported at five
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percent complete statewide,
compared to 12 percent complete
at this time last year. The
southern, central and northern
regions reported fall plowing to be
eight, seven and one percent
complete, respectively.
Statewide second cutting alfalfa
harvest was reported to be 71
percent complete, compared to 76
percent last year at this time. The
harvest is virtually complete in the
south while central and northern
regions report the harvest 75 and
57 percent complete, respectively.
The third cutting of alfalfa is 15
percent harvested, statewide,
compared to 20 percent last year.
Clover-timothy stands in Penn
sylvania are 44 percent harvested,
DON'T LET PROGRESS
PASS YOU BY
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We’ll be showing you such progressive equipment as:
A. MANURE EQUIPMENT
1. Tankers
2. Injectors (New item)
3. Manure Pumps
a. Lagoon
b. Trailer
c. 3 pt. hitch
d. Super Pump (high speed without pro
peller New Item)
e. Hydraulic Piston Transfer (New Item)
f. Stationary
B. BEDDING CHOPPERS (Also available
through an extensive dealer network)
1. Electric Motor 4. PTO Powered Unit
2. Gas Engine (New Item)
3. Battery 5. Self Propelled Unit
(New Item)
C. SILAGE CARTS (New Items)
1.35 bu.
2.50 bu.
3.75 bu.
So don’t let progress pass you by. Watch for our full
page ad next week. And see all these progressive
machines at Ag Progress Days. If you can’t make it to
Ag Progress Days or want immediate information or a
demonstration on your farm, contact US Farm
Systems of Pennsylvania, 3053 Barren Road, Oxford,
PA 19363. Or phone: (301) 398-2948.
(WE'LL BE DEMONSTRATING A HUGE 43 FT. LONG LAGOON
SLURRY BRUTE MANURE PUMP AT EVERGREEN FARM
LOCATED 3 MILES WEST OF AG PROGRESS DAYS ON ROUTE
45. DEMONSTRATIONS BOTH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
EVENING. DONXLET THIS DEMONSTRATION PASS YOU BY.)
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Because manure handling and
bedding chores cost you dollars
and many hours of labor, you’ll
want to see all these advanced
designed machines from US
Farm Systems of Pennsylvania
at Ag Progress Days.
about the same as last year. The
northern, central and southern
regions report clover-timothy
stands 38, 43 and 55 percent har
vested, respectively.
Hay made during the week was
rated mostly fair to good quality
statewide. Feed from pasture was
rated mostly average to below
average for the state. The south
rated pastures 58 percent average,
* 33 percent below average mid nine
percent above average. The
central region rated pastures 62
percent average, 23 percent below
average, and 16 percent above
average. The north rated pastures
65 percent average, 25 percent
above average and ten percent
below average.