AlO-Lancastur Farming, Saturday, August 17,1985
NOW IS THE TIME
To Apply Lime When
Seeding Small Grain
Preparation is being made for
fall wheat and barley seeding. This
is an excellent time to apply lime.
A soil test will indicate how much
per acre, if needed. This is doubly
important if you plan to seed down
a grass-legume mixture next
spring.
Many times a clover or alfalfa
producer will wait until spring to
have lime applied to his field. This
is not the best way to obtain a good
stand. Lime needs up to six months
to react in the soil and correct the
acidity.
If soil needs lime, it should be
worked into the topsoil when the
small grain seedbed is being
prepared. Legume seedmgs are
costly; be sure the soil is between
6.8 to 7.0 pH so they have a good
chance to survive.
To Ensile Corn At
The Proper Time
Most of our com crop looks good
this year and com silage is an
important part of the feeding
program in dairy and feeder
cattle. Harvesting com silage at
the right time is very important.
I’d like to point out that more feed
nutrients will be harvested if the
Farm Calendar
Saturday, August 17
Central Pennsylvania Holstein
Championship Show, Hun
tingdon Fairgrounds, 6 p!m.
Westmoreland County Fair,
Greensburg; continues through
Aug. 24.
Sunday, August 18
Cameron County Fair, Emporium;
continues through Aug. 24.
Carbon County Fair, Lehighton;
continues through Aug. 24.
Franklin County Fair, Cham
bersburg; continues through
Aug. 24.
Fulton County Fair, Me-
Connellsburg; continues
through Aug. 24.
Somerset County Fair, Meyer
sdale; continues through Aug.
24.
Monday, August 19
Crawford County Fair, Meadville;
continues through Aug. 24.
Tuesday, August 20
Ag Progress Days, Rock Springs,
Penn State University; con
tinues through Aug. 22
Ag Progress Holstein Sale, 7:30
p.m., Grange Fairgrounds,
Centre Hall.
Northeast Pennsylvania Holstein
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By Jay Irwin
Lancaster County Agriculture Agent
Phone 717-394-6851
ear can be allowed to mature imo
the early dent stage. Silage
research reveals that com made
into silage in the silk stage will
yield only 63 percent feed
nutrients, while corn in the dent
stage should give silage with 69
percent feed nutrients.
The important thing is to allow
the ear to develop properly before
ensiling, if at all possible. Com
silage is a valuable crop; let’s
make every effort to harvest the
maximum feed nutrients.
To Apply For
Gasoline Tax Refund
I would like to remind our far
mers that applications for the
Pennsylvania Liquid Fuel Tax
Refund should be filled before
Sept. 30.
Farmers may apply for an 11-
cent per gallon refund on all liquid
fuels used in non-licensed tractors
when used off the highway for
agricultural purposes, or non
licensed power farm machinery
used for actual farm work. This
includes fuel used in all auxiliary
engines on balers, elevators and
other stationary equipment.
The liquid fuel tax is for all farm
production used between July 1,
1984 and June 30,1985.
The people who have not already
Championship Show, Whit
neyville Fairgrounds.
Blue Valley Farm Show, Bangor;
continues through Aug. 24.
Harford Fair, Harford; continues
through Aug. 24.
Hookstown Grange Fair,
Hookstown; continues through
Aug. 24.
Perry County Fair, Newport;
continues through Aug. 24.
Wednesday, August 21
Dawson Grange Fair, Dawson;
continues through Aug. 24.
Lancaster County 4-H Pig Roun
dup, Lancaster Stockyards.
ShowatBa m.,sale 1;30p.m.
Performance Tested Boar Sale, 6
p.m., Meat Animal Evaluation
Center, State College.
Thursday, August 22
Mount Nebo Grange Fair, Ohio
Township; continues through
Aug. 24.
Wye Field Day, Wye Research and
Education Center, Queenstown,
Md.
Centre County Grange Fair,
Centre Hall; continues through
Aug. 29.
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Friday, August 23
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received applications should apply
by writing: Board of Finance and
Revenue, Room 409 Finance
Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120 or
by calling 717-787-3365.
Remember, applications
received after Sept. 30 will not be
honored; they must be filed on
time. The time to do it is now.
Keep in mind - this is not money
the State is giving you - it is money
you already paid; you are just
applying to get it back. It may not
seem like much but 11 cents per
gallon on 5,000 gallons is $550.
To Fertilize
Strawberries
The new strawberry patch that
you planted this spring should be
pushing runners by this time of
year. It’s a good idea to fertilize
these new plantings during August.
A fertilizer high in nitrogen or
nitrogen only would be best.
The objective is to encourage
more runners and develop a
stronger plant. It will also increase
yields for next summer. Another
thing, weeds must be controlled at
all times to have a healthy
strawberry patch. The earlier in
the summer we can get the runner
plants to take root, the better they
will be established for next year.
First Annual Lebanon Bologna
Fest, Lebanon Fairgrounds.
Saturday, August 24
Summer Picnic, Pa. Nut Growers
Association, Nature Glen
Farm, Mount Joy, 10 a.m. Bring
one dish.
Maryland State Fair opens,
Timonium..
Monday, August 26
Indiana County Fair, Indiana;
continues through Aug. 31.
Sullivan County Fair, Forksville;
continues through Aug. 31.
Transfer Harvest Fair, Green
ville; continues through Aug.
31
West End Fair, Gilbert; continues
through Aug. 31.
Tuesday, August 27
Elizabethtown Community Fair,
Elizabethtown; continues
through Aug. 31.
Jamestown Fair, Jamestown;
continues through Aug. 31.
Wattsburg Fair, Wattsburg;
continues through Aug. 31.
Allentown Fair, Allentown; con
tinues through Sept. 2.
GOD
CAN’T LOSE
August 18,1985
Background Scripture
Joel
Devotional Reading:
J0e12:14-17; 3:14-16.
The title I selected above jars me
a bit. I find myself questioning the
theology of it. But the more I
wrestle with it, the more I am
convinced that, taking the long,
long point of view, it is quite true:
God cannot lose, although human
beings may certainly delay God’s
plan by failing to live by his will
and heed his warnings.
That, of course, is why so often
he has sent messages like the
words of Joel: “Turn to me now,
while there is time... Come with
fasting, weeping, mourning. Let
your remorse tear at your hearts
and not your garments” (2:12).
Because he is not anxious to punish
us, “Perhaps even yet he will
decide to...give you a blessing
instead of his terrible curse”
(2:14).
There, then, is one facet of our
Christian hope: if we return to
him, we can escape the doom of the
prophecies.
Rains improve crop outlook
PARK RIDGE, IL - The
American Farm Bureau
Federation has projected this
year’s corn crop at nearly 8 billion
bushels and a soybean crop in
excess of 1.8 billion bushels. The
farm organization attributes the
improved crop outlook to recent
widespread rains. The Farm
Bureau report is based on field
surveys conducted last week in
major com and soybean producing
states.
“Timely rains through most of
the corn belt and east-southeast
portions of the country will save
Wednesday, August 28
Big Knob Grange Fair, Rochester;
continues through Aug. 31.
Great Stoneboro Fair, Stoneboro;
continues through Sept. 2.
Somerset Fall Classic Sale, 7:30
p.m., Meyersdale.
Thursday, August 29
South Mountain Fair, Arendt
sville; continues through Sept.
New Jersey dairy princess contest,
Flemmgton Fairgrounds
Friday, August 30
Pa. Quarter Horse Association
Show, Farm Show Complex,
Harrisburg.
Bradford County Dairy Day, 4-H
Building, Troy Fairgrounds, 10
a.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday, August 31
Juniata County Fair, Port Royal;
continues through Sept. 7
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But there is another aspect of our
hope, too. Even if we do not turn m
time to avert the consequences of
our sms, God will eventually turn
our mourning into joy. Un
fortunately, there are times when
we learn the lesson only after we
have paid the terrible price
Although the cost of our learning is
great, it is better to pay that price
‘o learn at all.
have learned that
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even better out of the ashes of our
defeat. As Joel put it to the people
of Israel, “Then the Lord will pity
his people and be indignant for the
honor of his land” (2:18). Thus,
even in the midst ofthe suffering
we bring upon ourselves, we can
take hope in the future because we
know that it is in God’s hands
alone. So, no matter how terrible
things are now, “Let the flocks and
the herds forget their hunger; the
pastures will turn green again"
(2:22).
A NEW DAY!
On the ruins of our failures, God
builds a new day and a new world,
not just the restoration of the old
Often, when we have built poorly
(sinfully), there must be some
tearing down before God can do his
own building-up. “After I have
poured out my rams again, I will
pour out my Spirit upon all of
you!” says Joel, “And I will pour
out my Spirit even on your slaves,
men and women alike” (2:29). The
new order will be a more inclusive
human community.
God’s will, not human sins, rule
the universe-and that is why God
can’t lose.
virtually all ot the crop from
further deterioration and
ultimately, could improve yields
on those fields where the com has
not fully filled,” said Dean Brown,
commodity specialist for the
American Farm Bureau
Federation.
Survey results showed a
projected average yield of 107
bushels of com per acre from 74,75
million acres resulting in an
estimated 7.99 billion bushels. This
compares with 7.656 billion bushels
in 1984 from nearly 3 million fewer
acres.
“The corn estimate can be
considered as fairly neutral news,
not large enough to depress
market prices, but too large to
provide any strength to an already j
weak market,” said Brown in i
assessing the market outlook. ‘
“We expect soybean production p
to exceed 1.8 billion bushels, >
averaging about 29.2 bushels per !
acre, from an estimated 624
million harvested acres. Ideal
weather conditions for the next 4-6 \
weeks could push the production j
even higher, perhaps equalling the i
1984 crop of 1.86 billion bushels,” I
Brown said.
“Soybeans have benefitted more
than corn from the recent rams
The bean crop has avoided most of
the stress and damage caused by
the dry weather in North Central
lowa and Southeastern Minnesota
Whereas, relief has come too late
for much of the corn to recover m
these areas, beans are developing
additional pods and filling
satisfactorily,” Brown added.
According to Brown, the
projected soybean crop should
have a neutral impact on the
market, but he cautioned any
improvement in the crop could
produce additional weakness in the
market.
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