Hoffman transferred
CHAMBERSBURG - David T.
Hoffman, Soil Conservation
Technician with the Franklin
County Soil Conservation Service,
will be transferring to Nanticoke
on Jan. 23 to fill the opening at the
Luzerne County office.
Hoffman has worked in Franklin
County for the past five years with
SCS and assisting the Conservation
District on conservation problems.
Hoffman said that he will still be
We can afford to make this offer because we
have confidence in the superiority of our forages.
Plant them. See for yourself why Stanford forages
are preferred by dairymen and stock growers
throughout the Northeast.
Complete this coupon and submit with the signed dealer
receipt (or a photo copy) by June 30,1984 to Stanford Seed,
P 0 Box 366, Buffalo, NY 14240. Your Stanford jacket will be
shipped to your address without charge Allow 4 weeks for
delivery
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working in the agriculture field but
also will be assisting with strip
mine reclamation and resource
conservation development (flood
control) projects in Luzerne
County.
While in Franklin County Hoff
man worked with many lan
downers and local government
officials with erosion and con
servation problems. He also
worked with some somes on
conservation education and land
judging contests.
There has not been a
replacement named at the present
time, according to Hoffman, but a
new soil conservationist will be
coming in early January. Hoffman
also commented that John Akers,
District Conservationist and
supervisor for the county, still will
continue to work closely with the
Buy K) bags of Stanford Forage Seed
...and the Jackets on us
Buy a total of 10 bags of Stanford Medistan Brand
Alfalfa, Timstan 1 or 2 Brand, Timothy, Peak Brand
Trefoil, or Tristan Clover in any combination, and
we’ll give you our quilted, winter-weight jacket
absolutely free.
Performance without compromise
STATE
Potato yield down
HARRISBURG - Penn
sylvania’s 1983 potato production is
estimated at 4,300,000 hun
dredweight (cwt.), a 25 percent
decrease from the production in
1982, according to the Penn
sylvania Crop and Livestock
Reporting Service. Acreage
harvested is estimated at 21,500
acres compared with 23,500 acres
county landowners as in the past
years.
Hoffman was also active in the
community as a member of the
Fayetteville Volunteer Fire
Department and was the Am
bulance Sergeant for 1983 for them.
Hoffman has been a firefighter
since coming in Chambersburg in
1979 from Altoona.
Stanford forages are bred specifically for maximum
performance under the varied and demanding
growing conditions of the Northeast. A wide selec
tion of varieties and mixtures of clover, alfalfa,
timothy and trefoil allows you to choose the forage
that meets your requirements for disease resis
tance and winter-hardiness—without compromis
ing yield.
See your local Stanford dealer for all your seed -
requirements.
tty Stanford Forages now-and the Stanford
jacket is yours free.
SEED PURCHASED FROM
DATE PURCHASED
NUMBER OF BAGS PURCHASED (must total 10)
MEDISTAN BRAND ALFALFA i
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 31,1983—A15
harvested in 1982. Average yield of
200 cwt. per acre is 45 cwt. below
last year’s average yield.
Total potato stocks stored in
Pennsylvania on December 1,1983
totaled 3,400,000 cwt., 26 percent
less than a year ago. Of this
amount, 1,380,000 cwt. was stored
in processor’s facilities. This
represents 41 percent of total
stocks.
Stocks are defined as the
quantity remaining in storage for
all purposes and uses, including
shrinkage and waste and other
losses that occur after the date of
each report. Stocks may also in
clude potatoes produced in other
states and potatoes already sold.
Sales of fall potatoes for all pur
poses generally account for about
TRISTAN CLOVER
PEAK BRAND TREFOIL
TIMSTAN 1 BRAND TIMOTHY
TIMSTAN 2 BRAND TIMOTHY Stanford
90 percent of the total fall
production. Shrinkage, loss and
home use account for the
remaining ten percent.
Production of fall potatoes in the
United States is estimated at 288
cwt., down six percent from last
year and three percent below two
years ago. Harvested area totaled
1.06 million acres, down three
percent from last year but frac
tionally above 1981. The average
yield of 272 cwt. per acre fell 11
cwt. from last year’s level and nine
cwt. below 1981.
December 1, 1983 United States
potato stocks totaled an estimated
187 million cwt. for the 15 states in
the stocks program. This is down
nine percent from last year and
three percent below 1981. Of the
total stocks in the 11 objective yield
states, 72 percent were russets, 24
percent whites, and four percent
reds.
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