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 <i Rolner pioduet Insecticide tieatmcnt isn’t the
Penn State University. in a iool- only way to contiol Hie pioblcm,
worn brochuie. ncommends U, Kieidei continued Taking coin
dong with the following Phoi.de out one yeai also conliols the
(Thimct). Das.mil Dvfonato, and bug. be said
Diazmon A bioelnue explaining p c >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.
Trading Stamps
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Earl Kreider (left) shows normal corn, while son Melvin shows bent stalk "arid pf'
root system of rootworm damaged corn.
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