Maryland
Editor’s note: Despite
assurances from many
that all U. S. corn should be of the
N type which is resistant to
Southern corn blight by next
year, debate will certainly
continue on the blight and the
lessons to be gained from it, as
well on what actuaUy happened
during the past two years. This is
one such appraisal from the
Maryland Extension Service.
It’s all over but the harvesting
in Maryland agriculture’s 1971
bout with Race T and other forms
of Southern corn leaf blight.
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Extension Service Looks at Blight and Future
plicators have moved into states
farther north, and the time for
.realistically assessing next
year’s prospects is at hand.
Latest information from Ex
tension agronomists and plant
pathologists at the University of
Maryland indicates these salient
points through me haze of spore
dust sure to envelop many corn
fields at harvest time.
Some small hybrid seed
corn companies which gambled
everything on Texas male-sterile
com in the hope that spores from
last year’s infestation would not
overwinter face economic ruin or
loss of prestige. Their gloomy
prospect is shared by most
Maryland farmers who planted T
com.
Planting blends of T and N
corn proved to be a mistake in
most cases. The T corn in such
fields is already dried out and
needs immediate harvesting,
while N corn in the same fields is
still mostly green.
Some farmers who pur
chased what they were led to
believe was blight-resistant N
seed now find fields completely
brown, a dead giveaway that it
was really nonresistant T seed.
Fields of T corn with five
applications of spray were saved
from blight. But current market
prices for corn make the cost of
this much spraying not
economically feasible.
Damage from corn borers
and Northern corn leaf blight,
although not as serious in yield
reduction potential, have com
pounded the Southern corn leaf
blight harvest problem. Northern
com leaf blight was especially
noticeable in central Maryland.
This fungus-borne disease at
tacks both T and some varieties
of N. or normal cytoplasm corn.
Contrary to expectations,
there was more blight-resistant N
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seed com available for late
plantings man mere was early in
the season. This fact, coupled
.with early August rains which
came too late for some drouth
stricken early-planted corn,
makes late-planted fields
generally look very promising.
Joseph L,. , Newcomer,
University of Maryland Ex
tension agronomist, speculated
that the late-season N seed com
which showed up in Maryland
came partly from South America
but largely from left-over dealer
warehouse stocks in me South
where commercial hybrid seed
companies, by general
Grange Plans for Large Turnout at Convention
With over one- third of a 60,000
total membership located within
easy driving distance, the
Pennsylvania State Grange may
register an all-time high at
tendance at its 99m annual
convention in Somerset, October
25 to 28, A. Wayne Readinger,
master, recently.
Masters and their spouses from
the 621 subordinate granges in 65
of the 67 counties will serve as
official delegates. Attending with
them will be men and women
guests, including fellow subor
dinate officers, officials from the
state's 56 pomona districts, state
officers and committees, junior
members, convention speakers,
representatives of various
supporting agencies and
organizations within the com
munity, and key figures from
kindred farm and other related
groups.
Readinger said attendance at
recent state meetings has
averaged near 2,000. He ex
pressed confidence - this year's
roll may equal or exceed the best
previous mark.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 25,1971 —
agreement, had concentrated
their N seed lots at me beginning
of me 1971 planting season. '
Newcomer commented mat me
South American flint com ap
pears to have done much better
man most professional observers
expected. One farmer in Howard
County alone planted 30 acres of
such it was doing well
at last report. <One question
remains to be resolved in me seed
trade, noted Dr. Omar D.
Morgan, corn blight liaison of
ficer at the University of
Maryland. That is whether the N,
T and B designations for seed
corn will be continued next year.
Many delegations will travel
from distant points by bus
although large numbers will be
commuting from their homes
daily by private automobile, he
indicated.
Glen Handwork, Somerset
RDS, county pomona master and
general chairman of
arrangements, said all leading
hostleries, mostly motels, will be
booked to capacity although he
expected housing facilities will be
adequate.
Dining facilities, he admitted
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At least one large hybrid seed
corn company has already
Publicly announced it will sell
nothing but N seed for 1972
nlandngs.
“It appears that this is the
proper direction; Southern corn
leaf blight is here to stay, and
we’ll have to learn to live with
it,” agreed his co-worker. Dr.
Leslie 0., Weaver, state plant
pathologist.
Dr. Weaver speculated that the
Middle Atlantic region, including
Maryland, may well turn out to
be the area with most severe
damage from Southern corn leaf
blight in 1971.
may oe taxed, but special
arrangements were going ahead
for setting up kitchens in chur
, ches to take care of the overflow.
These plans were in answer to
one motel operator who, when
told the size of the expected
crowds, asked seriously, ‘will
they bring their own food?’
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