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IN GOES THE SEED AND STARTER FERTILIZER as associate county
a «ent Arnold G. Lueck, left, and farmer Richard 801 l prepare to plant one of
the 24 commercial corn varieties being tested here as part of a new, six-county
variety study by the Penn State University Extension Service. L. F. Photo
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jnitted four hybrids of its
choice. These will be hand
harvested and evaluated for
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In the six-county corn vari
ety ~ test,' of which about
three-fourths are single cross
hybrids, the crop will be
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planted and harvested by ma
chine, as it would normally
be treated on most farms.
The plant population will be
about 19,000 per acre, Lueck
said Two rows each of twen
ty-four commercial varieties
were planted /at once with
Boll’s two-row planter, with
the rows measuring approxi
mately 750 feet in length.
The companies and their
respective varieties are- Ag
way—Boo, 876 X; Doebler—
-66X, 77X; Eastland 812,
600 X, Funk—G-4697, G-4601;
Asgrow—ASC 95; Beachly-
Hardy—4ooX, 600 X; DeKalb—
XL 362, 640, Muncy Chief—
-770X, 880 X; Northrup King—
PX 616, PX 674; Pfister—SX
29, 399, Pioneer—323, 3306;
Todd—92A, 928 Pennsylvania
820 is being used as a check.
According to farmer Rich
ard 8011, who assisted Lueck
in planting the plot, they
plowed down 800 pounds of
20-10-10 fertilizer, and used
250 pounds of starter fertiliz
er with a 10-24-12 analysis in
the planter The soil, a deep,
silt loam, was treated for in
sects by spraying two quarts
of chlordane per acre, 801 l
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