&—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 21,1971 Con Experts Discuss Blight While Southern Corn Leaf Blight levels are still relatively moderate, the disease could still cause serious losses to some corn growers in the Nation’s corn producing areas, a group of corn experts reported to Secretary of Agriculture Clifford M. Hardin at a Federal-State corn blight conference held Wednesday at the University of Illinois in Urbana. These experts indicated that an increase in blight intensity from present levels could ad- solo The new Solo Jet-Pak 425 1 Hand Sprayer is light weight, remarkably low priced and maintenance free. The 425 is suitable for all plant protection, perfect for private gar dens, patios, nurseries, forestry work, lawn grooming & mosquito con trol. tester A. Singer "Lancaster County’s Only Dealer Specializing In Sprayer Sales and Service” Italics. 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The conference, which in cluded corn blight experts, corn breeders, agronomists, feeding, harvesting and storage spe cialists, and representatives of farm and agribusiness organiza tions, was scheduled at the re quest of Secretary Hardin for the purpose of studying the present corn blight situation and considering possible actions that might be taken to help farmers in the event the disease should become a major threat to com supplies. Prospects for adequate sup plies of blight-resistant seed for 1972 appears to be exceedingly good at this time, the Secretary was told. Most seed producers have increased their acreage «hjs year, and while the crop is still subject to possible field damage and harvest loss, indications are that ample seed will be available to plant an acreage at least equal to this year’s crop. Farmers whose corn is seriously damaged by Southern Corn Leaf Blight this year may encounter many of the same harvesting and storage problems that occurred in 1970. 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