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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1958
Page
12
Secretary Ezra Taft Benson urges farmers to protect themselves with crop insurance or income protection. He notes growing uptake but says coverage remains a small share of all farmers. He cites past disasters and says action now can secure farming income amid losses and floods.
Secretary Benson urged farmers to place high risk croplands and limited acreages into the Conservation Reserve before the April 15 sign up date. He cited 20 years of Federal Crop Insurance paying near half a billion dollars in indemnities and urged more counties to join the cooperative plan to strengthen crop protection against disaster.
The State Department of Agriculture cautions homeowners to inspect wild cherry trees for tent caterpillars before April 1 as masses hatch and move to leaves. Sprays of 50 percent wettable DDT or 25 percent wettable malathion can control the pests for the year.
Farmers join a large co op with New York grading stations that pay by Grade A or better. The system segments eggs into six sizes and rewards high quality while penalizing poor shells and blood spots, with GLF awarding a trophy to top performers this year to the Babcock Bessies whose hens supply hatching eggs for customers.
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