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THE POST, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1939
FARMERS THANKFUL FOR RISING PRICES AND ABUNDANT CROP
His Victory In Contest With Nature
Means Fatter Purses For Many Folks
Smoke Over Pittsburgh, Coal Cars Creaking To The
Coast Tell The Farmer That The Goose Hangs High
By MASON GILPIN
Associate Editor, “Pennsylvania Farmer”
Banners of a thousand hues proclaimed the ending of
another growing season as October painted Pennsylvania hills
more gaudy than Joseph’s coat. And now November brings
crisp nights. Cold blasts whistle and the quail shivers in corn
shocks, while groundhogs sleep and crows hurry as past a grave-
yard. Noon silhouettes of tree and barn have shortened with
the briefer days. The jousts in corn fields have subsided.
Apples, parchment-packed and wax-protected little worlds of
cell and cider, are in storage. The backache of potato picking
is eased. The farmer has finished a season’s work.
What are the results of this annual contest with the ele-
ments; this seasonal battle with the bugs; this perennial en-
durance test of skill and mind and stamina? The life of the
tiller of the soil is as arduous,
his success as thrilling, and
more important than that
of ancient armored knight.
For on the wisdom of his
judgment, the extent of his
knowledge and skill, and on
the uncontrollable sun and
rain, depend the food and
clothing of a people. On these
things also depend the com-
fort of the farmer's family
and the prosperity of the in-
dustries which supply agricul-
ture with its needs. Not only
the farmer but all allied indus-
tries rise and fall with his for-
tunes.
Now The Goose Hangs High
When a pall of smoke hangs over
Pittsburgh and Pittston, when mile-
long trains of loaded hopper cars
creak out of the coal fields, when
autos of factory workers clog park-
ing areas, Pennsylvania farmers
know the goose hangs high. For
then their millions of customers can
each afford two eggs for breakfast,
cream in their coffee, lard in their
pie crust and roast beef for lunch.
To get these things they bid up the
price, and the man who has some-
thing to sell prospers.
The farmer has risked his capital
and given his time to grow certain
crops. And now those things he has
produced are wanted in the market
places. Many a game is won in the
last few minutes of play and the
market demand at the end of many
a year means red or black ink for
agriculture. This year it is black,
MILK RISE DECEMBER 1
ONE MORE REASON WHY
FARMERS GIVE THANKS
The local farmer’s immediate
future has been brightened
more in anticipation of the
better price he will receive for
his milk after December 1. The
income from milk effects the
Pennsylvania farmer’s economic
condition more than that from
any other farm enterprise.
A survey made recently on
79 dairy farms in four areas of
the state showed that 35 per
cent of the total cash income
in 1938 was obtained from the
sale of milk and cream. The
average dairyman had approxi-
mately $178 per cow invested
in his busines. The gross cost
of keeping a cow for one year
was $157.06. Manual labor was
estimated at 30 cents per hour.
The average cost of produc-
ing milk in the four areas
studied was $1.89 per 100
pounds. But on individual farms
the cost of production ranged
from as little as $1.16 per hun-
dred-weight to $3.40. The sum-
mary of the cost and returns
shows that the average return
per cow was $157.85, leaving
an average net profit of 79
cents per cow.
tice of turning corn into milk,
meat and wool it follows the most
effective system of marketing. A
NOW NOVEMBER BRINGS CRISP NIGHTS . . .THE
year’s joust with nature. The fields lie silent as
a split rail fence rule this autumn scene near Harvey’s Lake.
FARMER'S SEASON ENDS
Chill blasts whistle across the hardening earth. The tiller of the soil has finished another
a graveyard. Peace and (take note, Postscripter)
els, while the national average is | bushels this year was worth $19,-
27.9 bushels. [| 561,000 or 50% more than the 22,-
This year’s 19,230,000-bushel 002,000 bushel crop last year. Spuds
wheat crop was nearly a million | bring 25c¢ a bushel more than a
bushels above the ten-year average | year ago, thanks to more “folding
and is worth 2lc a bushel more | money” in pay envelopes of workers
than last year. Safe in farm bins, | this autumn.
it is a certified check for $15,000,- Apple pie for breakfast has long
000. Wheat in Pennsylvania yields! been a staple item on the Pennsyl-
about 634 bushels more per acre|vania Dutchman’s menu, but now
than the national average. Wheat |even the humble college professor,
is often a side-line, raised to pro- | the timid banker and the distracted
mote a desirable rotation and Bed lawyer can afford it, for the Penn-
to bed hens. sylvania apple crop runs over 6,000,-
000 bushels. It is a way ahead of
Hay For Horsepower >
Oats was about the same and bar- | 2°Y ¢ropP 10 recent years and places
| Pennsylvania fifth among all states
ley twice the total yield of a year].
5 in the total production of apples.
oo ig ina hors gh Priced 15c¢ a bushel under last year,
many griddles for careless cooks. | 1® crop is worth to growers 50%
Pennsylvania is the second state in more 2s n they got 5 1932. in
buckwheat production. Hay was less! coin of ‘the realm 363s rmging mn
: i three and six-tenths million dol-
than average in amount but $1.80 a | :
ton more in value. The 2,687,- lars—and a few jugs of cider.
000 hay crop if cashed and turned! With cash to meet his current
into armor plate would build a $27,- ‘needs and capital intact; with ade-
407,000 battleship, while last year a) ; l ]
similar hay-built battleship would credit; with well-built barns full of
cost the same and in addition pro- well-fed livestock; with a system of
vide $170,000 worth of gilding for | soil management based on ten gen-
quate equipment and a surplus of |
for the rise in prices comes when
ers have an abundance of things
ell.
n the beginning of 1933 farm
prices scraped the bottom, and loud
was the lament throughout the land.
There were those who said a curse
was on the people, but others la-
bored on and watched farm prices
begin a steady climb. They dou-
bled in three years, outstripping
other prices and reaching a peak
when a lesser decline set in and
of over 130 in the beginning of 1937,
extended two and a half years to
the summer of 1939, when it stop-
ped and prices soared again. They
continue on a satisfactory level.
It Took 200 Years To Learn
A bulge in prices does not make
~ Pennsylvania farmers rich, but as
the old lady who drank 25 cups of
coffee said, when asked if coffee
kept her awake, “it helps”. A good
corn crop does not make million-
aires out of our farmers. nor would
a failure bust them. With a na-
tional average yield of 41 bushels
per acre Pennsylvania is one of the
most efficient corn producing states
in the Union, and with the prac-
big wheat crop does not leave our
farmers. breathless with, astonish-
ment. In a poor year they produce
more wheat per acre than the spe-
cialized wheat growing areas do in
a good year. The same is true of
many other crops and commodi-
ties. Neither bumper crop nor dis-
appointing yield disrupt the even
tenor of the Keystone farmer's way,
for he puts his eggs in many bas-
kets through his habit of diversified
farming which he and his fore-bear-
ers have found good by 200 years
of experience.
This year's 55,191,000-bushel
corn crop, while smaller than last
year, is 5,000,000 bushels above the
ten-year average. If sold from the
farm it would bring 8c a bushel
more than last year, but since it
is sold to hens and hogs and cattle
it brings to the farmer considerable
more than the market price. This
practice of ‘selling corn is a double-
barreled defense against depression.
The manure it makes produces more
corn the following year. The aver-
age yield of corn in Pennsylvania
over a period of years is 41.5 bush-
gun turrets.
mutton. Pennsylvania is not so
important a sheep territory as Aus-
tralia, but two counties in this
state produce a million pounds a
year of the best wool grown in the
world, without apologies or excep-
Our hay, however, ! erations of” experience; with a buyer
will go into horsepower, milk and |for all he can grow within trucking
distance of his farms, and with gen-
eral business conditions favorable,
the Keystone farmer is not a candi-
date for the poorhouse. He can eat
his roast turkey and pumpkin pie
with considerable satisfaction in be-
| Pomona Grange, No. 44
| To Meet Saturday
| Pomona Grange, No. 44, will meet
|on Saturday at Mountain Grange,
Carverton. Sessions will be called
| at 10:30 and will be devoted to bus-
{ iness and reports of officers of va-
rious granges. The afternoon ses-
sion will be open to the public.
Mrs. Ira Gross, lecturer of the
| State Grange, will speak. There
will be an interesting program. At
| the evening session the Lackawanna
| degree team will confer the fifth
degree.
Five-Legged Calf
Born At Meshoppen
A five-legged calf has been born
on the farm of Albert Gilmore, Me-
shoppen. The calf, which weighed
120 pounds, was normal, except for
the extra leg, which was appended
J the rear of the body.
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COMPARATIVE YIELDS AND PRICES IN STATE
3 10-year-average
CROP 1939 (1928-1937)
Corn 56,191,000 bu. 51,087,000 bu.
Wheat 19,230,000 bu. 18,486,000 bu.
Ooats 26,590,000 bu. 25,937,000 bu.
Barley 3,245,000 bu. 1,468,000 bu.
Buckwheat 1,725,000 bu. 2,620,000 bu.
Hay 2,687,000 tons 3,004,000 tons ;
Tobacco 35,270,000 lbs, 37,923,000 Ibs. |
Potatoes 21,735,000 bu. 25,584,000 bu.
Apples 6,000,000 bu. 4,137,000 bu.
Peaches 2,618,000 bu. 1,678,000 bu.
Pears 856,000 bu. 617,000 bu.
Grapes 23,800 tons 23,020 tins ?
Southerner Seeks Moving Pictures At ;
Goss Coat Of Arms Trucksville Church | jal
Mrs. Berkely Reed of 132 West| A three-reel moving picture, +
Chestnut Street, Asheville, N. C.,
has asked The Post to help her in
her search for a copy of the Goss|
family coat of arms. Mrs. Reed
also is interested in information
about the LaBar and Kunkle fami-
lies. She is a niece of Anna ‘E.
Kunkle, whose history of the Kun-
kle family was published in The
Post last year.
Doctor Bags Bobcat
Dr. Malcolm J. Borthwick of
Shavertown bagged a 45-pound
bobcat, one of the largest shot in
this region in recent years, while
hunting near Forkston, on South
Mountain last week,
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Noxen Hunter Shot
Clifford Mansfield, 17, Noxen,
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his gun went off accidentally while
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