E-LancaMtM’ Farming, Saturday. August 22.1070 Rootworm Is Reported (Continued fiom 1) senous loolwoim p.oblem "If they have buss this ,\eui*" K.n 1 didn't git the attachment woik- j^ieictei said, "it will be woise * n 8 next yeai." Bux-ten is nn Stale also savs, "Rotating (he damage caused b\ the loot- c om foi one year or moie with worm, its life cvclc and how to tin j othci ciop piovides a vciy conliol the pest, including the effective method of contiol" and proper application iate of the p L >nn State indicated a senous various insecticides, can be ob- pioblem can sometimes be e\ tamed fiom tne local extension peeled in the fouith yeai of con office tinuous coin Many aica faimeis Like Rohici. the Kic.dels umc have had continuous coin foi corn groweis to cheek then ciop moie than 10 ycais, Rohier this yeai to sec if they have a noted A close-up view of typical corn stalk root system from treated part of field (left) as compared to a typical stalk from untreated area shows a much smaller and weaker root system in the untreated or rootworm-damaged area of the Kreider cornfield. The weak root system results in lower corn yields. Local Grain Prices Jump (Continued fiom Page l' vaneties can be expected to be , , „ used to the fullest extent pos lecent inciease) was the Sl kj e 0 | JlOWi no t enough of blight scaie .the resistant seed exists, hovv- Lancaster Fainung’s giaph on ever, to meet everyone’s needs, shelled corn (see page 2), show- it may take two to three yeais ing the average pi ice of shelled to develop enough seed to meet corn at Lancaster County feed the need. I mills as of Thursday, dramatic- _ | ally illustrates the impact of the The P lice lump in coin did Southern Leaf Blight scaie on dla S other § iain puces alon § corn prices with it Locally, oats did not In the past week alone, the llse - but oats 15 not a significant bid price foi shelled coin, the ciop locally price the mill will pay to the Eai coln g locall farmer, jumped an avei age of 12 .. haven . t been too good bec aus e cents, while the offered or mill of lowel cattle pnc | s -. and man selling price also climbed 12 faimeis have tuined to shellin g ce iL s . ~ „ out then eai coin The puce to the faimei lose from $l6O to $172 pei bushel The Lancastei Fanning quote during the week, a 7 5 pei cent oi $1 72 pei bushel to the faimei increase foi shelled coin should be a lea Since early July, the puce to sonable puce as of Friday the faimei had aheady climbed Landis said he feels the local from $1 44 to $1 60 puce is about $1 70 to $1 75 He Meanwhile, othei giains in the doesn’t expect this puce to use Lancaster Fanning local giam much faithei, unless fuithei le teport also showed price in po its indicate that the com reases this week ovei last week blight is more seuous than is The bid price oi puce to the now indicated faimer on eai com went fiom $39 67 per ton to $4O 66 pei ton Prices quoted foi the new com average, oats diopped one cent crop had been aiound $l3O pei from 75 to 74 cents bailey bushel, but this week the puce climbed from 96 cents to SI 04, went at least 20 cents highei 2?« n * eW o, W « eat IKCl.?aS,ed 1 K C1 .? aS , ed fl ° m The foieign or export maiket $147 to $1 51 pei bushel has been a f ac t or foieign In fuithei comments on the niai q UO te for the new ciop gram suuation, Landis said started at about $142, climbed l-he local com cop looks to §1 47 or 448 and IS now about good,” and the com ci op in many S 1 58 If the pnce ts much Other paits of the countiy still hlghel . hoW ev ei. U S com likely has not been hit bv blight will be p liced out 0 f tbe eX poit In Southern Illinois, however, mar k et the blight has caused considei able damage, possibly causing a one-third loss of the ciop Parts of central Illinois, Indiana and Make the most of tiading Ohio have been hit by blight to stamps at ledemption time, sug a lesser extent gests Haiold E Neigh, extension But overall, at this time, the consumei economics specialist blight scare seems to have been at The Pennsylvania State Um blown out of piopoition to the versity Know the value of a actual situation by speculatois book, then figuie the dollai cost who picked up the blight lepoit of the items you’ie considenng and spiead it foi a quick pi off t and compaie them with letail The blight could be moie sen- puces If you take time to save ous next yeai, but piobably will stamps then take time to learn not be an oveiwhelming factor the cash value of the books You Corn varieties exiat which aie can get the value liom the ic lesistant to the blight and these demption center. 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