—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 19, 1963 16 Slow Down When Planting, Corn Expert Panel Says A panel of corn growing experts agreed Monday that one of the tactois most ser iously limiting corn yields in Lancaster Count} is exces sne speed at planting time. Speaking at a ie\iew meet ing ot the 15162 corn giowing contest sponsoied by the New Holland Young Farnieis As sociation in the agnculture loom ot Gaiden Spot High School Glen Yodei, crop specialist fiom the Harns huig office ot the Penna Faun Buieau advised the coiiiig faimeis to dine no taster than tom miles pei houi with the com plante” His suggestion w.is backed up bv the othei membeis ot the panel, Floyd lines, seed ■dn isiou ot Lancaster County Faim Bmeau Cooperative '.Manhemi, Haiold Mengle, seed dmsion ot the Yoik- Lancastei district of Eastern States Faimeis E\change Vernon Fianichouser, fiom the New Holland branch of Eastein States, and Willis Rohier of the P L Rohier and Brothei seed companv in Smoketown The committee was also in agieement that before long the use of soil insecticides Mill be as common a practice as the use of insecticides on loiage ciops now - Both these practices will help to increase the plant population in a corn field Minch the panel thought was lagging behind research pi oof ot higher \ lelds Mith higher population Citing examples of lom yields on low plant popula tions in the New Holland contest the expeits said they Here’s BIG News from your. 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Brubaker 350 S( i .n-bnrft Pike, Lane, liitil/, H. 1). 3 l*h. lame - . 31)7-5170 thought most county farmers could plant corn thicker and increase yields In answer to a question, Mengle said he thought lt> - 000 plants per acre is 100 high as a general leeomnien dation, but that there are ceitam varieties that could he planted that thick. He said 22,000 stalks per acre is not too high for silage coi n 1 In making a recommenda tion foi silage ■varieties, Men gle said that generally the best husking com on a cei tam faun would also he the best vanetv to plant for sil age A louiig fanner asked if single ciosses aie a “coming thing” 01 it the\ have been pioied out of date Rohier said that a farmer can ex pect a little better neld fiom single ciosses if conditions aie favoiable but under ad teise conditions, the normal 4-wav hjbnd will probablv FARM BUREAU EGG CYCLE FEEDING INCREASED POULTRY PROFITS! 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The panel agreed that good yields can be maintained in a continuous corn system it plant food is returned to the soil “You will probanly need twice the lime on continuous corn that you would use in a rotation system ”, Yoder said The committee suggested that farmers use a combina tion of hybrid numbers and not “put all your eggs in one basket” lines suggested that the following factois be con sideied when choosing a var iety maturity date (he sug gested, the longest season com that would matuie would probably give the high est yields), yield potential, stalk and root stiength, dis ease and insect resistance, population tolerance, standa bihty, and method of harvest Winner of the corn grow ing contest was Rov Mentzei, New Holland R 2, who pio duced 134 62 bushels per acre with DeKalb 640 Mentzer plowed down six tons of beef manure on a one year old is a proven plan for Qualified FIELDMEN are anxious to serve and assist you in designing a PROFITABLE POULTRY FEEDING PROGRAM. £. CO Ui BUR®- 1 clover sod and added 400 pounds of 16-48-0 fertilizer, pounds of 16-4 S-0 fertilizer. The average ear weight was .48 pound and moisture at harvest time was 30.21 per cent His' cost of production was $ 67 per bushel Weder, by the ollowmg-Mervin WeiU er, 129 59 bu ; Hark Yoder, Othei high fields were made 129 59 bu , Mark Yoder, 120 9 6 bu , Victor G-lick, 120 34 bu , Carl Weaver, 116 IS bu. There were 20 members in the contest sup enised by R Gene Daugher ty, teacher of vocational agri culture. • Soil Conservation (Continued from Page 1) public officials that farmers who irrigate have been partlv i esponsible for the lower wat er flow i,Ue m county sti earns The board of soil consei \ationists called on farmeis to “vigoiously protect the light to use unlimited sufface water for irrigation ” Dnectors pointed out that farmers who use conserva tion practices on then farms letain more moisture which generally reduces the amount of irrigation needed A meeting is planned for April when township supervi- For Prompt, Courteous Service, In Bags or Bulk, Call . . . Lancaster 394-0541 New Holland 354-2146 sors' -will "be invited to meet 'with the directors of the dis -tnct. Amos Funk, chairman of the board said, “We be lieve we can show the super vises how they can save money on road maintenance by encouraging more farmer* to install conservation plans on their farms ” Final details of the meeting will be an nounced at a later date. The district also authorized Millersville State -College’s industrial arts department to produce a portable model ■farm showing proper soil and water conservation methods for educational purposes. Thirteen tree specie seed lings are now available from the Pennsylvania Game Com mission for planting by con servation groups They may be oidered from the commis sion’s Reading office until Feh 15 Directors approved new farmer cooperators re questing fiee conservation, plans for then farms. They were • Mervm L Landis; 8475 Oregon Pk , 70 acres; Phares S Hurst. Narvon Rl, 50 ac res; Jacob S Burkholder, Denver R 2, 100 acres, and Eli \V. Martin, New Holland Manheim 665-2466 Quarryville STerling 6-2126 four
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