—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 9,1971
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Md. Extension Men Advise on
The following summarj of the
pi esent Southern Corn Blight
situation and what to do about
it over the Winter was presented
b\ the University of Maryland
Cooperative Extension Service
but may have local interest:
Seed corn produced by old
fashioned detasseling methods
will receive prime attention
fiom com groweis laying in
seed supplies for the 1971 crop,
both m Maryland and through
out the U S
Chief demand will come from
those faimeis who suffered low
e. -than-expseted yields fiom ser
ious infections of the Southern
corn leaf blight this year, ac
coiding to Dr Leslie 0 Weavei,
Extension plant pathologist at
the University of Maryland
Both he and Dr V. Allan
Bandel, Extension agronomy
specialist at Maryland, advise
faimers to examine the bag
tags when buying seed corn for
next year
Adults Can Nourish>, Stop
Child's Desire to Learn
Each year our country loses
hundreds of potentially bright
children because of intellectual
starvation, according to James
E Van Horn, extension family'
life specialist, at Pennsylvania,
State University.
Although heredity may deter
mine the level of a child’s in
tellectual ability, it’s the en
vironment and adults in it that
determine if he uses his capa-j
bilities.
Most children seem to be'
born with a joy for learning
and a strong sense of accom- 1
phshment Adults can nourish
or starve this joy, reminds Van
Horn. I
Picking up a bit of yarn can
bring delight to a baby, and the
mother who can say “pretty” as
she looks at his treasure is help
ing her child in learning to ex- 1
plore the new and gain inner
satisfaction ,
Given an opportunity to ex
plore, children will learn. Their
questions are real and need ans
wers, simple one They don’t
need a lecture When they want
more information, they’ll ask
another question.
The ability to stick to a task
over a reasonable period of
time is a key to wholesome m
tellectual achievement, says
Van Horn Young children aie
said to have short attention
spans This may be true when
one demands that a child pay
attention But if he is involved
in a self-du eeted or self-control
ed situation, he may woik for
an indefinite period of time
Children need tangible re
waids for good peiformance
when they are learning Parents
can help older children to
recognize the pleasure of using
their full power and to know
the satisfaction that comes with
success, Van Horn adds
Production Repoi t
A special pi eduction testing
repoi t fi o m the Holstein-
Fnesian Association of Ameuca
shows that Sandytop Apollo Pat
6899426, a two-year-old cow
owned by Nathan E Stoltzfus,
Gap, produced 16,482 pounds of
milk and 568 pounds of butter
fat in 365 days
Longest Highway
Longest fedeial highway in
the United States is U S Route
6 which winds from Provmce
tcwm, Mass, at the oulei tip of
Cape Cod, to near Long Beach
m southein California It winds
its way thiough 14 states for
3,517 miles
Most seed companies will be
utilizing a voluntary plan for
identifying seed corn according
to its method of production
or source of cytoplasm and
thereby identifying its probable
resistance to the Southern corn
leaf blight
Seed from foundation stock
detasseled in the conventional
manner will be designated by an
“N” for “normal ” This corn is
considered resistant to blight.
Corn produced from nonde
tasseled Texas male sterile lines
will be identified with a “T” on
the label Such corn is suscep
tible to Helminthosporium may
dis, the scientific name for
Southern corn leaf blight
Blends identified by a “B,” will
contain a mixture of blight
resistant “N” seed and blight
suseeptible “T” seed
Due to excessive cost from
the large number of sprayings
required, field spraying with
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fungicides during the giowmg
season is not consideied gener
ally feasible for conti oiling the
Southern corn leaf blight Fur
thermoie, it is very likely that
the blight-causing fungus spores
will over-winter under typical
Maryland conditions, Dr Ban
del pointed out in a recent let
ter to county Extension specia
lists
Planting resistant -hybrids ap
pears to be the only effective
way of combating the disease
Unfortunately, a sufficient sup
ply of resistant (N) seed will
not be available in 1971 Some
blends (B) of resistant and sus
ceptible hybrids will be sold in
Maryland Non-resistant hy
brids and blends should be
planted as early as possible (but
not eailier than normally rec
ommended) to minimize dam
age should the blight arrive late
in the season
Dr Bandel also recommends
these procedures for corn grow
ers in his recent information
letter:
Chop your stalks this fall
and disk them in Do a careful,
clean job of plowing in the
spring to make sure that all
residue is turned under
Plant more than one vane-
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since hybuds lines vaiy con
sidei ably m then resistance to
leaf blight
Consider othei cioppmg
alternatives, such as forage
sorghums instead of corn for
silage Gram soighum 01 soy
beans as partial replacement foi
corn are also possibilities But
be sure there is a good market
for any substitute you might
select
Ask your county Exten
sion agricultural agent for 111-
foimation on varieties of corn
which showed resistance or sus-
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ceptibility in your area during
the 1.970 growing season But
resistance to the Southern corn
leaf blight in 1970 does not
guarantee that the variety will
perform similarly in 1971
, The agronomist
cautioned farmers to avoid th‘e
temocation- of planting F 2, or
second-generation seed corn,
even if it came from blight-re
sistant parent stock Such corn
may not be adapted to yoiir
area. It is not in itself a hybrid
and does not possess the hy
brid vigor of its parents, he
pointed out.
INC.
Materials:
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