—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
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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pioied out of date Rohier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
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single ciosses if conditions
aie favoiable but under ad
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outyield the single cross.
Mengle concurred, and said
the single crosses have shown
up very well in instances, hut
their behavior is'very erratic.
“They can not tolerate a
wide variation in conditions.”
he said.
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
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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
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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-
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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
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Quarryville
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