12—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 23, 1962 • Redcoat (From Page 1) Pen noli ib still planted on moie acres than any other vanetv. but mostly because seed slock of Redcoat was not .available in laige enough quantities, Pieitei believes He said while di\ weathei will cut yields ol all wheats this jeai Redcoat will show up well in coinpanson to othoi •\aneties because it is extieme- K winter haidv and lesistant to disease While Redcoat has some le sistaiue to smut, it is in aieas ot bad mst and mildew in festations that it ieall\ pioies its woi th In some plantings tins seat stands ol Seneca and Thome lost KM) pel cent ol then leaies to disease while Redcoat had /eio leat loss in adioinnig plots Tins chaiactenstic is one of the lactois in the high yields pioduced In the eanete in ex pel nneiital plots and field acieages last yeat Pteitei now has 79 eiosses with Redcoat under test at the Hnneisitj in an attempt to impune the yanety luithei. Xew Spi ing Oat Pteitei hinted that two new small giains mav be aiailahle toi planting dm mg the 1963 seeding season One is a beaidless stiaiu ot Hudson bailey and the othei an ex peiimental spnng oat which has not yet been given a name In tne yield check plots aCiOss the state the new’ stiain-ol oats pioduced an a\erage ot 64 2 bushels of giain and 3 9 tons ot stiaw with no lodging in any ot the tne plots In check plots at the fne locations Gaiy made ,)i i bush els ot giain and 3 2 tons of stiaw Clinton 59 had 48 1 bushels and 2 S tons of stiaw The expei imental aanety had an ayeiage height of 41 inches Gary stood 43 inches tall and had 13 per cent lodging Clinton 59 stood 41 inches high and 2G per cent ot the stalks lodged Pfeitei said Russell, a Can adian yanety distributed by some seedsmen in the state had yields ot 58 4 bushels of giain and 3 4 tons of straw pei acie It stood 42 inches tall and had 20 per cent lod- Sing While Russell had been tert populai PEeiter said Penn State could not lerommend jt because it has been on test onh one teai Thiee tears ot testing bate gone into the nett e\pei nnental tanett. 4-H Dairy Club Demonstration Is Featured A donation of $lOO was ■voted to be used toward the education of a boy or girl in Equadoi at the Monday night meeting of the County 4-H Ayishne - Jeisev - Brown Swiss club The gioup voted the do nation liom the treasury in an effort to help spread good will among the vouth around the woild One ot the club kadeis Milton Brubaker, of Lint/ HI has a relative in missioiunv -voik in Kquador Club mombeis hearing ot the mod toi education among the vouih of the c rui ii 11 >- plan to sot up the tund f’hai lotto \\ etdler daughtei of \l l - A. CUde Kieulei of Quail wille K 1 was elected the dubs repr> sontative in the coutitv Po-lure Queen con- Beardless Barley Pfeifer called Hudson “the best agronomic barley with a name’’ and said the beardless Hudson is similar in all re spects except for the awns. Awnless Hudson, similar in appearance to Wong, was pio diued In ladiation of noimal Hudson seed The radiation killed one of the genes earn ing the beaid cliaiactei istic without haling auj aftect on am other traits. While the beardless barlev (actualh it has “awnlets” a, does Wong) has not been 10- leased bi the UimeisiK- Pfeifei indicated Ins depait ment would piobabh ask foi its iclease tins w intei if tests now in piogiess contiim their e\pec t.,tions G\ei 100 taimeis and seed men inspected w intei oat>, wintei wheat and bailee and spung oats plots on the le search faim dm in? the attei noon On the Held da\ pio giam m addition to Pfeitei weie Uedfoid F. Coon, ie seaich entomologist, and Haiold G Mai shall, plan in eeder in charge of the vmtei oats progiam. S-OSOC-; MILLER & BUSHONG, INC., ROHRERSTOWN, PA. Ph. EX 392-2145 % s rfftrr A NEW SPRING OAT at the Southeastern Pennsylvania Field Research lai oratory near Landisville, is being examined by plant breeder Robert P Pfeifei left, and Elmer Pifer, extension agronomist, both from the Pennsylvania Stat University The new oat, not yet named, looks better than anything else m tb test plots at five locations in the state, Pfeifer told Lancaster County farmei and seedsmen at small grains field day at the farm on Tuesday. L F. Phot DAIRYMEN Is Your Pasture depleted or going down in quality? You can maintain a steady milk flow without sacrificing your cows’ body weight and condition by feeding. "FINEST SERVICE ANYWHERE" * STOCK «.S\A S **.4* s f s f A vv f , ' V V* ' V ** ' X s * * GREEN PASTURES 16% DAIRY PELLETS (a high energy quality feed) It will give you more milk per feed dollar spent. ***** £&S 1 > v>
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