—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 14, 1967 16 Research On Narrow Corn Rows Show Promise; Not Whole Answer Narrow corn rows aren’t the whole story, but they do show promise of pushing corn yields a little higher. Narrow rows were tested at several locations during the long, hot. dry summer of 1966 The re sults were similar to those reported m other areas, ac cording to Dr. William Mit chell, extension agronomist at the University of Delaware. Row widths, plant popula tion and corn hybrids are all closely related. A change in population or hybrid brings about a change in response to row widths For example, one hybrid pro duced 66 bushels per acre with 16 000 plants in 40-mch rows. The same hybrid produced 46 bushels per acre with 20,000 plants and 38 bushels with 24,- 000 plants, all in 40-inch lows Under the same change in population conditions, with the same low width, another hy bnd pioduced 68 bushels with 16,000 plants, 66 with 20,000 and 69 with 24.000 Obviously, one hybnd fell off badly as the population was inci eased while the other changed its produc tion very little When iow widths were changed to 30 inch, the first hybud pioduced 81, 87 and 65 bushels pei acre with the same population variation The second hybrid pioduced 89, 87 • Holstein Assn. (Continued from Page 4) ]nc. as a fieldman-sales rep resentative Following an orientation and tiaining period, Blodgett’s ap pointment to the Holstein staff became effective December 1 While a student at Delaware Valley College, Blodgett was an officer of the Dairy Society and chan man of the school’s Agncultural Day program He also played varsity football dining foui seasons As an un dergiaduate he competed in intercollegiate dairy judging contests as a membei of the Delaware Valley team Roy L Simpson becomes a lull time classifiei following a jeai s seivice in paittime capacity Simpson has extensive dany faun management expenenee and has paiticipated m dairy cattle judging activities foi seccial yeais Puoi to his full time appointment, he undei weni field tiaining and gamed piactical expenenee in the con duct ol tjpe classiiication pio gi ams A giaduate of Cornell Uni veisity, Simpson was a member of the dairy cattle judging team Othei undeigiaduate ac tivities included assistant ehan manship of the student live stock show and woik as a stu dent employee at the Cornell dany bain His daily pioject woik earned Simpson a mem beiship on the New Yoik state 4-H judging team and he later became state champion Hol stein boy He has been on the New Yoik PDCA judges list since 1959 Simpson was foimerly en gaged in dany laim opeiation and was a local farm store managei toi Agway, Inc The Holstein Association’s tvpe classilicalion field stall no« numbeis 11 men The in ciease in the classiheis icflects the giowth and populauty of this sci vice and the additional woik loice needed to conduct the impioved piogiam In 1967, the Association will inaugurate its Descnptive Type Classifica tion piogiam to furnish bieed eis and herd owneis with more complete information about their cattle’s physical traits and characteristics. and 81 bushels per acre under the same population conditions. Narrow rows, in themselves, are not the answer, according to Mitchell. However, combin ed with the right plant popula tion and hybrid variety, they can give a real boost to corn yields, Mitchell believes. Delaware tests were conduct ed under record drought con ditions, yet highly significant increases in production were obtained with the right hybrid population-row width combina tion. Mitchell adds that farmers considering 30-inch rows should not overlook the full season hybrids In Delaware tests, he says, they responded to nar iow rows and high populations even better than short, early maturing hybrids. PENB Launches National Egg Month Campaign As National Egg Month gets underway in January, George A Rabmoff, National Chair man for the campaign, urged all segments of the industry to “join forces in a mighty ef fort to boost sales of eggs" Rabmoff, president of Dairy Fresh Products Company, Los Angeles, appealed to the whole egg industry to get behind the promotion, and cited the pro gram already launched by the Poultry and Egg National Board “PENB is cooperating with state and regional organiza tions on many fronts. A new egg-mobile has been made available for nse in stores in all areas cooperating with this promotion Photo recipe re leases featuring omelets for all occasions have been sent to newspaper food editors throughout the country, repre senting a net circulation of 102 million,” he said He is chairman of the PENB promo tion program committee Rabmoff pointed out that January Egg Month leads into PENB’s Wintei Piomotion Pio gram, which is stressing eggs for omelets for every occasion A consumei infoimation and education piogram is being staited that will ieach 500 ra dio stations with weekly tran scriptions A newspapei food page column for 1,000 week lies will be on its way in Jan uaiy for use in March “Let us all get behind this promotion, edueaFion, merchan dising and public relations pro giam Sure, the industiy will produce moie eggs in 1967 than in 1966, continuing a trend of many years But in 1967, there might well be more eggs consumed per capita than in 1966 Theie will be no alann for the industry And, the consumei will be hap pv Let’s make January usher in the best year yet for the egg industry, Rabmoff said Jo Lynn Boykin, of Jackson Mississippi is the 1967 Mass National Egg Month Across the countiy, special events, such as egg breakfasts, gov ernors' pioclamations, and egg displays have been planned One of these is the National Egg Month Luncheon on Jan uary 10 in Chicago, being put on in cooperation with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the Illinois Poultry Industry Council, and PENB. Area Dairymen Named Progressive Breeders Two Lancaster County Hol stein breeders have qualified for the Progressive Breeders’ Award, the Holstein-Friesian Association of America an nounced this week. John E. Kreider, 523 Wil low Rd., Lancaster, received the award for the fifth time, while Robert H. Kauffman, Elizabethtown Rl, earned the honor for the first time. According to the associa tion, this is the highest rec ognition obtainable to a breed er of registered Holstein cat tle. It has been accorded to only 653 breeders, including 73 in Pennsylvania. To qualify for the Progres sive Breeders’ Award, a dairy herd must meet strict require ments in all phases of dairy cattle breeding and manage ment, including production, type improvement, herd health and the development of home bred animals. To fight for the light, you must know first what is right. # «* it*. X J ■ )V w ~ *‘S ’ W - - * .