C2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 8,1983 1984 MARION, la. Secretary of Agriculture John R. Block has announced a 10 percent acreage reduction for “acreage con servation reserve purposes” for the 1984 feed grain program. Program signup period will be Jan. 16 - Feb. 24, the same us for the 1984 wheat program. “I am referring to the 1984 program as an acreage con servation reserve to give special emphasis to the administration’s objective,” Block said. “We want to encourage farmers to place their more erosive land into Sale Reports The Royal ’B3 Sale was held October 1 by the Royal Charolais Co., at their farm in Greensburg, Pa. It was a good sale and a large crowd attended. There were 52 lots sold to 33 buyers from 15 states and 5 Canadian Provinces. The total of the sale was $165,925 with an average of $3191. The polled bulls averaged $7625, the cows averaged $4296, the bred heifers averaged $2563 and the open heifers averaged $l3lO. The top priced bull, RCCRoyal Powerhouse 3838 sold a half interest to a group in Canada for $lB,OOO. The top priced female, RCC Royal Temptress 3027, bred to RCC Royal Constructor was sold for $12,600 to Retherford Ranch, Prescott, Arizona. Her heifer calf, born March 6, 1983 sold for $7OOO to Grassy Forks Farm, Catawba, N. Carolina. The top teed heifer sold for $10,300 (RCC Royal Heiress 3823) to Roger Chabot, Mont magny, Quebec Province, Canada. The sale manager was Buzz Garey. XXX’ A 2-day Auction of fine antiques was held September 30 and Oc tober 1 by Mrs. Ruth Moxley, 601 Priestford Rd., Churchville, Maryland. The sale was well attended. The 55 Com memorative Colt pistols averaged $435 and ranged from 1964 to 1970. Other prices in cluded: J.D. 4030 tractor $10,700, Woods 10’ mower $1725, big Victorian Shelf $2OOO, 48” S roll-top desk $1725, marble top sideboard $950, big hand-carved rocker $l6OO, Victorian bed w/90” headboard & vanity $2700, marble top pedestal table $l3OO, 3 pc. cherry Chippendale bedroom suite w/canopy $l7OO, 5 pcs. Victorian livingroom set $2300, Victorian side chairs $l5O to $3OO each, 2 pc. Victorian suite $975, Federal Empire sofa $625, low cherry china closet $835, blue glaze earthenware jug $525, and 3 gal. jog $l5O. Auctioneers were Norman E. Hunter and feed grain program stresses conservation ” _ established, one for corn and protected from wind and water conservation uses while continuing Regular Commodity Credit sorg hum and the other for barley erosion throughout the year, to balance supply and demand Corporation price support loan and floats -Offsetting and cross com duringl9B4. The current payment- purchase rates, per bushel, will -The 1984 acreage base will be in pliance will not apply to the 1984 in-kind program accomplished be: com, |2.55; sorghum, $2.42; the average of the acreage planted program, this, and our goal in 1984 is to en- barley, $2.08; oats, $1.31; rye, cons idered planted to feed --No advance deficiency courage a continuation of this very $2.17. grains in 1982 and 1983. payments, important conservation practice.” -Land designated for acreage -Haying will not be permitted on Block said participation in the conservation reserve use must the conservation use acreage. 1984 program is a way in which devoted to row crops or However, the acreage may be farmers can control over-supply small grains in two of the last three grazed except during the six situations similar to what they years except for a summer fallow principal growing months, have just faced. “It will also farm In the case of summer -As in the 1983 program, waxy provide a degree of insurance for fallow acreage conservation com will be included, but not farmers against price fluctuation reserve use acreage must be land popcorn or sweet corn, and adverse weather conditions,” that would planted to -Malting barley will not be Block said. “The point is, it is not grains or row crops in 1954 in exempted from the program, always in the farmer’s best in- the absence of the 1984 feed grain terest to plant fence row to fence program. 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Other 1984 feed grain program provisions include: -To be eligible for price support benefits, a producer must agree to limit com, sorghum, oats and barley acreage planted for harvest to not more than 90 percent of the farm’s feed grain base and devote to an acreage conservation reserve an acreage of eligible cropland equal to 11.11 percent of the 1984 planted acreage. As under the 1983 program, two bases will be GOOD’S STORE At the Country Mart RD2. East Earl Route 23 - Just East ol Blue Ball 717-354-4026 HERR’S REPAIR SHOP RD2 BoillS Ptlmyri, PA 717-83M5A9 HNCER. SILAGE INOCULANT MAKES GOOD SILAGE EVEN BETTER Compare the Stoltzf us Woodwork Calf Hutch Lifting Hook Simple, efficient tor easy handling One Sheet eyebolt end pin Rear Vent (Option's Galvanized (Option! \ Metal Hoof 1 ' ' Sturdy *xl con»tructlon Treated skids exterior Berks County: Maryland: JOE RUTH LEROY HILDEBRAN rd *4133 Fleetwood. 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