Show A ag news in brief acreage planted and to be planted to commercial truck crops for fresh market shipment this season is the largest on government record according to reports in the agricultural situation for july but the total production will be smaller this year than last on account of the unfavorable growing conditions reserves of creamery butter butler in the nations cold storage warehouses rose pounds last month to reach pounds the bureau of agricultural economics has disclosed included in the total was butter held by the dairy products marketing asseo siaion for resale or relief and the federal surplus commodities corporation po ration and state relief agencies at the beginning of 1939 there were 1228 dairy herd improvement associations in the united states with cows on test part in this program includes includes ten associations with tested cows there are animals on test including the drys one thousand forty three of these are producing more than 40 lbs ibs of milk daily while top the 50 pound mark A new dual purpose refrigerator designed especially for the farm and of a size to hold a five gallon milk can and a lot of ice trays or space for frozen foods is reported in electricity on the farm for july the special features are the large low temperature compartment and the elimination in aaion of the condenser coil box making the entire interior available for storage peach cherry and apple crops this year are somewhat be low ow that of last frank andrews state agricultural statistician reports the peach crop is forecast at bushels compared to bushels in 1938 frost damage during april cut the cherry crop from tons in 1938 to about 2700 tons this year the present condition of apples is 13 1 3 indicated at 72 per cent compared to 75 per cent last year and an ave average rage of 67 per cent for the ten years 1938 1937 any notion that american farmers fell into an unprogressive rut luring during the depression is dispelled by the announcement of the results of personal interviews with farmers in 35 states these thes e results show that farmers are more eager to learn and to use the latest scientific farming methods than they were in the boom days of 1928 more than 53 per cent of the farmers attended meetings or demonstrations held by their county agents over 28 per cent made the long drive to their state experiment station farms and fields for up to date pointers on advanced farming an average estimated yield of 13 bushels per acre as compared with the 1938 average of 21 bushels is the outlook for wheat this year the forecast now is bushels from acres while last year were taken from acres oats are estimated at bushels which is bushels less than the bushel yield on the same acreage last year present indications of the barley crop show bushels which is bushels less than the crop harvested last year the acreage this year is greater by than it was last year ai |