f r <
Months of devastatmgly bitter,
chilling-cold winter.
Depression, economic m
stability, budget deficits.
Shadows of escalating nuclear
armament ever darkening the
horizons.
Lowest farm income since the
Great Depression and highest
unemployment since the Great
War.
And yet, struggling through the
murkiness, of modem tunes still
shines this ever-present ray of
hope.
Hope for tljose who steadfastly
clmg to the ancient promises of
Why Store Ybur
iraimnaßßOCK
REPUTABLE! DEPENDABLE!
SAFE!
Brock bins have served well on many
farms throughout the midwest Year
after year they have earned their re
putation for being dependable safe
storage These are-the best reasons
for storing your gram in a Brock
BROCK.
DISTRIBUTORS FOR: MC DRYERS. BROCK BINS,
BAZOOKA AUGERS and BUCKET ELEVATORS
’ I 1 f SYCAMORE IND PARK
L-l I ' 255 PUNE TREE DRIVE
HERSHEY EQUIPMENT uncaster, pa 17603
: r 1 I COMPANY, INC.
*■ N The Centerville Exit
tf Qmlfy Sfsftmt hr huh*/, S*r» md Gain Hnadtnf.
On being
1 a farm wife
•And other
hazards
Joyce Bupp
Spring - of rebirth - of renewal - of
Easter.
For behind the bleakness of
wind-swept hillsides of white, of
ice-crusted branches and muted
landscapes, explodes the throb
bing, vibrant brilliance of grass so
green it makes the heart sing just
to see it.
From beneath layers of brown
rotting leaves and tired crackly
weed stems push the slender tips of
daffodil foliage, soon followed by a
burst of sunshmey yellow-hke
golden corns cast across the
wayside.
And m a protected nook, one
4L
EVERY W
WEDNESDAY IS
DAIRY
AT NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLES, INC.
New Holland, PA
If you need 1 cow or a truck load, we have from
100 to 200 cows to sell every week at your price
Mostly fresh and close springing holstems
Cows from local farmers and our regular ship
pers include Marvin Eshleman, Glenn Fite, Kelly
Bowser, Bill Lang, Blam Hotter, Dale Hostetler,
H D Matz, and Jerry Miller
SALE STARTS -12:00 SHARP
Also Every Wednesday,
Hay, Straw & Ear Com Sale -12:00 Noon
All Dairy & Heifers must be
eligible for Pennsylvania Health Charts.
For arrangements for special sales or
herd dispersals at our barn or on your
farm, contact:
Abram Diffenbach, Mgr.
717-3544341
OR
A Norman Kolb
\ 717-397-5538
• BARN PAINTING
• ROOF PAINTING
• BIN PAINTING
• MASONRY & EPOXY COATING
• Sandblast preparation
Barn Painting In Lane., York, Adams,
Harford, Baltimore, Carroll & Frederick
Counties
All work is guaranteed satisfactory.
GEBHART & HUMMEL'S
Agriculture - Industrial - Commercial
P.O. Box 7
Hanover, PA 17331
Ph: 717-637-0222
Sorghum farmers to receive
LEESPORT Sorghum
producers will receive an
estimated $2OO million in
deficiency payments on their 1981
early hyacinth takes a brave peek
at April’s uncertainties, the clear
blue defying the fury of unseasonal
snows.
Thus each year, the promise is
renewed. The birth of soft baby
bunnies, the unfolding of delicate
blossoms and the stretching forth
of leaves and grass again reminds
us of the victory of the resurrec
tion, of new life over the silent
entombment of death.
So let us remember*. And let us
celebrate. Let us renew our faith,
our hope for the future m the
promise that comes with this
blessed season.
May Easter bring its joy, its
hope, its promise, to you and
yours.
Have a blessed Easter!
No corn payments necessary
‘Bl deficiency payments
crop, reports Donald Lutz,
chairman of the Berks County ASC
Committee.
There will be no 1981 crop
deficiency payments made to com
producers as the five-month
weighted average market price
was $2.43, three cents above the
target level of $2.40 per bushel.
Lutz says.
Sorghum deficiency payments
are required under the 1981 feed
gram program because the
average market price received
sorghum farmers during the first
five months of the marketing year
which for sorghum is October
through February was below the
established target price level of
$2.55 per bushel.
Under the 1981 program eligible
sorghum producers receive the
difference between the $2.55 target
level and the higher of either the
national average $2.28 loan rate or
the five-month national weighted
average market price of $2.22.
Thus, eligible sorghum producers
will be paid 27 cents per bushel for
their 1981 crop, the difference
between the loan and target levels,
the maximum possible payment
rate.
Deficiency payments will be
Grow
Rabbits. Quail.
Pheasant. Racoons.
Chickens. Turkeys.
Guinea Pigs. Any
small animal. Right
in your own
backyard!
Put a little bit of country in your
life Experience the fascination
and fun of raising small animals in
your own backyard. Natural
education for kids, profitable
hobby for adults TO get started
visit the 1100 square foot Favorite
Factory Showroom. Everything
you need for successful small
animal raising Full line of pre-
fabricated, all-metal Lifestyle
enclosures watering systems
Feeders 100 foot rolls of welded
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 10,1982—817
made to sorghum farmers who
reported their 1981 crop acreage
and filed an application for
payment with their local office of
USDA’s Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Service. These
offices also will issue payment
checks as soon as possible after
April 10, Lutz reports.
The final 1981 national program
acreage for com was revised from
the preliminary estimate of 90.1
million acres to 80.5 million. The
sorghum preliminary national
program acreage was revised
from 15.4 million acres to 14.3
million.
The national program acreage
represents the number of acres of
a crop needed to meet estimated
demand and assure desirable
carryover levels, Mr. Lutz said.
Factors associated with the
deadline m the national program
acreages were a sharp decrease in
proiected com exports and a 20
percent reduction in projected
sorghum feed use, Lutz said.
The allocation factor for com is
97 percent and for sorghum 99
percent. The allocation factor is
computed by dividing the national
program acreage for a crop by the
harvested acreage.
wire mesh Complete modular
rabbit raising systems All at
direct-to-you low prices Stop in
today and save*
Favorite Manufacturing, Inc,
114-116 Earland industrial Park,
Building #1 just East of New
Holland off Route 23 Phone
(717) 354-4586
Open weekdays: 7.30 am to 4.30 PM
Fridays: 7:30 AM to 6 00 PM
Saturdays 7:30 AM to 11:30 AM