Lancaster farming., December 11, 1965, Image 14

1961... 100 BU. PER ACRE IN
AN AVERAGE YEAR
1964 ... 124 BU. PER ACRE
DESPITE DROUTH AND HEAT
Walter and Leon Von Stein, of
Bondurant, lowa, in some ways could
have picked a better year to go after a
yield increase. They’d been edging their
yields upwards since the late ’so’s, but
in spring, 1964, thought they’d take a
20 bushel step. They added 2,500 more
plants per acre and increased fertilizer
to 120 lbs. of N, 90 lbs. of phosphate,
and 65 lbs. of potash per acre. Using all
High Capacity Funk’s-G, they harvested
an extra 24 bushels per acre from 150
acres, a bonus of '3,6oobushels, and in
only a fair corn year.