ft3o—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 25,1982
HARRISBURG - Penn
sylvania’s three regions reported
six days suitable for fieldwork for
the week ending Sept. 19, ac
cording to the Pennsylvnaia Crop
Reporting Service.
Field Activities for the week
included harvesting apples,
grapes, peaches, potatoes,
tomatoes, tobacco and corn silage;
plowing; planting wheat and
barley; and making hay.
Topsoil moisture in Penn
sylvania was rated short by 82
percent of farm reporters and
adequate by 18 percent. ,
By the end of the week, 56 per
cent of the corn was dented and 17
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Farmers report six days suitable for fieldwork
percent was mature compared
with last year’s average of 55
percent dented and 32 percent
mature. The five-year average is
57 percent dented and 21 percent
mature. Com silage was 42 percent
harvested compared with 31
percent harvested at this time last
year.
Statewide, 56 percent of the
potatoes were harvested compared
with 51 percent last year. In the
northern region 51 percent was
harvested, in the central region 54
percent was harvested, and in the
southern region 83 percent of the
potato crop was harvested.
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The Commonwealth’s tobacco
crop was 78 percent harvested
compared with 88 percent har
vested at this time last year.
By the end of the week 46 percent
of the barley crop was planted
compared with 31 percent last
year. In the north 56 percent was
planted, in the central region 33
percent was planed, and in the
south 35 percent was planted.
Wheat was 30 percent planted
compared with 22 percent at this
tune last year. In the north 36
percent was planted, in the central
region 22 percent was planted, and
in the south 26 percent of the wheat
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Statewide, fall plowing was 71
percent complete compared with
last year’s average of 55 percent
complete. The five-year average is
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Third crop alfalfa was 73 percent
harvested compared with 78
percent last year. In the north 65
percent was harvested, 70 percent
m the central region, and 89 per
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central region 39 percent, and in
the south 35 percent was har
vested.
By the end of week harvest of
second clover-timothy was vir
tually complete, about a week
ahead of last year.
The quality of hay made during
the week was rated good by 54
percent of farm reporters, fair by
39 percent and poor by seven
percent. The amount of feed ob
tained from pastures was rated
below average by 62 percent of our
reporters, average by 34 percent
and above average by four per
cent.
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