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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1963
Page
5
Walter and his father, farming since 1940, run a diversified operation with corn, wheat, rye, and sorghum on hillside fields and 18,000 poultry birds in cages and pens. They use a lagoon for manure, liquid it spread on fields, and rely on low labor costs to keep the program viable.
Harrisburg announces that 2 068 acres of Redcoat have been certified as seed wheat, making it the dominant variety in Pennsylvania. Other varieties include Pennell with 1 269 acres and Dual with 417 acres. total certified seed wheat acreage reaches 4 068, a rise from last year. Yield per acre peaks at 593 bushels, with an average of 399, and certified seed harvests 66 bushels maximum and 43.7 bushels average for baled seed.
Harrisburg Pennsylvania dairy report shows 850000 cows in milk herds at end of August, the lowest since 1939, but first eight months yield 5792 pounds per cow, 6 percent above 1962, hinting at potential annual production reaching 8500 pounds. August production 689 pounds per cow, up 5 percent from 1961, with August state total 578 million pounds, 3 percent above last year. Grain feeding up 149 pounds per cow compared with 1962.
Suavely Garber and Son lead pages listing herd owners with over 50 pound butterfat averages. The table names Carl L Martin J M Frey Vincent Hoover and others including Royer Smoker Lapp Groff and Stoltzfus among top producers.
An industrial relations expert from the National Livestock and Meat Board tours major cities and fairs demonstrating feeder calf sales. The event opens at 1 00 a.m. with a guided yard tour of thousands of feeder cattle, followed by a 1 00 p.m. sale in the small animal barn featuring Fancy, Choice, Good and Medium aged yearlings and purebred sires. October is National Livestock Terminal Markets Month.
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