Weather Delays Wheat Harvest Across Pennsylvania State
Wet humid conditions slowed farm work statewide with fields too wet for corn cultivation and wheat combining. Barley harvest hampered in North Central areas and haying hindered in South and Central regions. First cuttings lingered in northern tier, while temperatures ran 2 to 6 degrees below normal and weekly rainfall topped recent records.
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Pennsylvania
State Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service
Adams-Franklin County
Luzerne
Potter County
Farmers May Net $13.3 Billion This Year
The report details that farm net income in early 1958 climbed to about 133 billion dollars annually, 22 percent above 1957, with cash receipts up 11 percent and prices about 8 percent higher. It notes delayed sales of crops like corn and cotton due to bad weather and compares 1957 losses to prior years.
Potato Leafhoppers Threat to Forage in Chester County
County agent Robert A Powers says leafhoppers pose the main threat to alfalfa and other forage crops this season in Chester County. Warm weather may boost populations. apply preventative spray before injury, using three pints of Methosychlor per acre when new growth is four to six inches tall.
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Chester County
Robert A Powers
Holstein Breeders Field Day Planned at LeRoy Andrews Farm
The LeRoy K Andrews farm near Lancaster hosts the Holstein Breeders Field Day on August 1 with William Cunningham as judge at 10 am. Awards cover men and women and junior divisions. noon picnic with ice cream and milk. Miss Rose Mary Andrews will perform organ music. Arthur T McGonigle goalkeeper gubernatorial candidate will speak in afternoon with Senator Edward Kessler introducing him. all dairy cattle enthusiasts invited.
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LeRoy K. Andrews
Lancaster
Hildebrands Hotel
Elliot’s Corner
Brubaker
Paul G Longenecker
Richard Landis
Melvin Peifer
William Cunningham
State Holstein Association
LeRoy Andrews
McGonigle
Rose Mary Andrews
Arthur T. McGonigle
Pennsylvania
Edward Kessler
Arthur Nesbitt
Cunningham
Lancaster County
Smith
Farm rate slips below 1956 average
The farm rate declined to a level lower than the $1,894 average set in 1956, signaling a retreat from earlier high figures. The article notes a softening trend in agricultural pricing compared with the prior benchmark.
Pennsylvania tobacco acreage and yield outlook for 1958
The Crop Reporting Service estimates 29 000 acres planted in Pennsylvania with a predicted yield of 1 650 pounds per acre and total 1958 production around 47 850 000 pounds, about 16 percent above 1957 mainly due to favorable soil moisture and weather. National projections show 1 689 million pounds, the second smallest since 1943, with cigar filler output at 532 million pounds.
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Pennsylvania
State Crop Reporting Service
United States
Connecticut Valley
Wisconsin
Crop Reporting Board
Lancaster County
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Ne Usda
Agricultural Marketing Service
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