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A46-Lancastef ftmlng, 'Saturday; "August IS; 1987 • ■
C. Richard Neff of Neff Brothers, Inc. cut the last few
acres of his tobacco, crop near Millersvllle this week.
High temperatures took Its toil on the county’s tobac
co crop this year.
Weather Affects Tobacco Crop
(Continued from Pag* A 1)
iful. But those who planted late in
June are hurting. Some sections
got more rain than others. Rain
was real spotty. I’m just finishing
topping some of the later tobacco.
My tobacco right now is a little on
the dry side. I’ll start cutting on
Saturday,” said Rohrer.
Neff and his brother planted
14-15 acres of tobacco this year
which is about ten percent
decrease in acreage from last year.
But of the nearly IS acres only
about three acres was really hurt
badly by the weather conditions.
The portion planted early has
already yielded what Neff consid
ers a normal harvest. That planted
the latest in the season turned out
to be the poorest crop.
“This is the last we have and this
is our poorest. We planted it the
last week of May and I think it is
only 75% of what it should have
been. And we think it was the high
temperatures which really hurt it.
The other plantings we had in a
week before were not really hurt
too much. But this particular field
was just at the stage when it really
should have started to grow and the
first week of July it got hot and it
actually killed some of the new
leaves. They turned brown from
the heat,” explained Neff. “Other
than that we are going to have
some tobacco harvested that is as
good as we have ever had.
Neff said the rain which
amounted to 85/100” which fell on
his area Sunday night actually
revived the younger tobacco for a
short time. But it was not enough
to make up for the damage from
the high temperatures.
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“We had a better harvest than what
I thought we were going to have. It
looked tough when we topped it
about 2 1/2 weeks ago. Then we
got a little shower when some
other people were getting the hail
about two weeks ago and it looked
a lot better, but it was really hurt
ing there for awhile,”said Neff.
Rohrer who has consistently
won at the Lancaster County
Tobacco Show said he doesn’t
know if his tobacco will be of the
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sold to Amos Kauffman, Honey
Brook. The calf was out of an
Excellent four year old and had a
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