—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 14, 1967
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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.
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]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.
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When used with the mats,
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of sawdust was used per stall
daily. About half of this was
placed on the back half of Ihe
mat and the rest in the gutter.
This amount of sawdust re
duced manure stains consider
ably.
CLoninger says 10 cows used
the rawer mat-sawdust bed
ding for four years. An addi
tional 70 cows have been On
mats for IS months. Stalls
were wide enough and long
enough where the animals were
bedded, he reports. He _ ques
tions, 1 however,- whether rubber
niiats would reduce injuries
caused by stalls that are'too
narrow or too short, or both.
After four year’s use, the
mats were still in very good
condition. They showed only
slight signs of wear, Cloninger
states. A cost comparison will
be made between the rubber
mats and the sawdust alter iO
years, the length of guarantee
on the mats. The latter are
five-eights inches thick and re
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The tests are part of a broad
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