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- Last week’s one-day rain and
scattered showers since then have
failed to aid stunted com in south
eastern Pennsylvania and many
farmers are chopping damaged
crops for silage, the state Depart
ment of Agriculture reported
Wednesday.
The department also said that
the formal request for drought aid
from Berks County has been
received in Harrisburg, but that no
action can be taken until the state
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ing is scheduled for sometime the
week of Sept, 16.
- A limited number of registered
fall boars are to be offered at the
bred gilt sale to be held Feb. 22 by
the newly formed Lancaster Coun
ty Swine Producers Assn.
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in a meeting held Thursday night at
the Farm Bureau Cooperative
decided that 10 good registered fall
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- Basic studies are helping pin
point location of blackhead para
sites in turkeys. This should lead to
timing of drugs to knock out the
organisms when they are most
vulnerable.
Much of the USDA work on this
costly and serious disease is being
carried on with a harmless strain of
the blackhead parasite. Use of this
strain has helped researchers to
turn up other new and useful
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are obscure when the disease is
severe.
- Rats have been shown to be
carriers of atrophic rhinitis- a seri
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 5, 1987-A3l
called “crooked snout,” the U.S. USDA had previously indicated
Department of Agriculture says, that cats and rabbits were carriers
Findings by scientists outside of atrophis rhinitis.
FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 30, 1987
FAIR WEEK FOR FIELDWORK: Four days were rated suit
able for fieldwork. The major activities for the week were: harvest
ing oats, hay, haylage, grass silage, com silage, fruit, potatoes and
other vegetables; fall plowing; seeding alfalfa; early planting of
wheat and barley; clipping pastures; machinery maintenance and
caring for livestock.
SOIL MOISTURE: Topsoil moisture supplies were rated short
by 58 percent of our reporters, adequate by 32 percent and surplus
by 10 percent. In the northern region, 42 percent rated moisture sup
plies short, 33 percent adequate, and 25 percent surplus. In the cen
tral region, 61 percent rated soil moisture supplies short and 39
rated it adequate. Southern region reporters rated'supplies as 80 per
cent short and 20 percent adequate.
CORN: By week’s end, the com acreage was estimated by our
reporters as being 13 percent in the silk stage, 41 percent in the
dough stage, 39 percent dented, and 7 percent mature. This com
pared to 13 percent in the silk stage, 52 percent in the dough stage,
30 percent in the dent stage, and 5 percent mature in 1986. The five
year average was 19 percent silk, 52 percent dough, 27 dented and 2
percent mature. The com crop’s condition was rated 3 percent very
poor, 11 percent poor, 23 percent fair, 36 percent good, and 27 per
cent excellent The harvest of com silage progressed to 15 percent
complete compared to 13 percent in 1986 and 7 percent for the five
year average.
SOYBEANS: Across the Commonwealth, soybean condition
was rated 2 percent very poor, 6 percent poor, 28 percent fair, 37
percent good and 27 percent excellent.
OATS: The state’s oat crop harvest was virtually complete,
about the same as last year. A few fields remained to be harvested in
the northern region.
POTATOES: The potato acreage is estimated to be 33 percent
harvested compared to 45 percent harvested at this time last year.
TOBACCO: Southern region reporters estimated 50 percent of
the tobacco was harvested, about the same as last year’s progress.
FRUIT: Harvest of apples was estimated to be 28 percent com
plete which compares to 29 percent last year. The peach crop was
79 percent picked, 2 points behind last year’s progress.
FALL PLANTING; Our reporters estimate that 10 percent of
the wheat has been planted for harvest next year compared to 5 per
cent last year. Barley planting progressed to 8 percent complete,
about the same as in 1986.
FALL PLOWING: Across the state, fall plowing was reported
to be 33 percent complete, the same as last year.
HAY AND PASTURE: The second cutting of alfalfa was 95
percent complete, a year ago it was virtually complete. The third
cutting of alfalfa was 55 percent complete compared to 71 percent
last year. The fourth cutting of alfalfa was 15 percent complete
compared to 13 percent a year ago. The second cutting of clover
timothy was 80 percent harvested, 5 points behind last year’s
harvest The quality of hay made during the week was rated good by
35 percent of our reporters, fair by 52 percent, and poor by 13 per
cent. The amount of feed being obtained from pastures was rated
above average by 9 percent, average by 29 percent, and below aver
age by 62 percent of our respondents.
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