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—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 15, 1972
Dr. Russell Larson, right, dean of the Penn State
University College of Agriculture, was among many hun
dreds of thousands of visitors at the Pennsylvania Farm
Show this week. With him is Merle Miller, Carlisle, a
member of the Farm Show Commission.
Quarryville Man Wins One-Acre Corn Contest
Second highest yields in corn
contest history, as well as second
highest profits per acre, were
achieved during 1971 in the One
\crc Corn Contest of Penn
svlvania, it was announced
Wednesday night at the Farm
Show corn growers banquet
Hay Awards
Dale L Bamer took a class first
pn/c in the hay awards at the
Farm Show He had the best first
cutting ol grass
Danial A Brubaker, Ephrata
KDI, was second in mixed hay
with more than 50 per cent
legumes
This record was attained by
Roy Brubaker, Quarryville RD2
He produced 237 bushels of
shelled corn per acre at a profit of
$lB3 per acre
Brothers from Grove City RDI,
Mercer County, were co
champions in growing medium to /
full-season hybrids Steven
Paxton and Joe Paxton produced
200 and 199 bushels of shelled
corn per acre, respectively
Steven’s profit per acre was $127
w hilc Joe achieved $125 profit per
acre
Hale 11 Bessell, Elwood City
KDI, Lawrence County, placed
I irst m growing short to medium
This is how it looked in the large arena at the farm show during open class beef competition Wednesday.
Corn Awards Won by Local Farmers
Local farmers took many top
spots on the open class corn
competition at the Farm Show
this week
Winners by class included 10
Far Hybrid Dent Horace L
Prange, Cochranville, first,'
Donald S Boshnaugle, Columbia
RDI, second, and D B
Brubaker, Ephrata RDI, third
10 Ear Open Pollinated Dent or
Flint Daniel A Brubaker,
Ephrata RDI, first, Donald
Mace, Spring Grove, York
'ounty, second, and Clyde
Brubaker, 2418 Harrisburg Pike,
Lancaster, third
30 Ear Hybrid Dent D B
Brubaker, iirst, Daniel A
Brubaker, second, and Eugene
Brubaker, Lebaonon RD, third
State-wide 30 Ear Open
J olhnated Dent or Flint Daniel
\ Brubaker, Ephrata RDI, first,
Eugene Brubaker, Lebanon RD,
.econd, and Clyde Brubaker,
.ancaster, third
10 Ear Single-Cross Hybrid
)onald S Boshnaugle, Columbia
IDI, first, Daniel A Brubaker,
econd, and Clyde Brubaker,
bird
30 Ear Single-Cross Hybrid
) B Brubaker, first, B Russell
auder, Manheim RD3, second,
and Daniel A Brubaker, third.
Statewide 10 Ear Popcorn
Jeffrey Carl, Hanover, York
County, first, Donald Nace,
Spring Grove RD3, York County,
second, and Daniel A Brubaker,
third.
season hybrids Bessell produced
165 bushels per acre with a profit
of $llO per acre
Open to all farm youth under 21
years of age, the One Acre Corn
Contest is sponsored annually by
the Pennsylvania Crop In
provement Association
Financial assistance is provided
by seed corn producers Yield
checks are hand harvested
Among other high producers of
long season hybrids were Wayne
E Kreider, Quarryville RDI,
with 211 bushels and $152 profit
per acre, Darlene Rohrbaugh,
Seven Valleys RD2, 174 bushels
and $123 profit per acre, William
F Hershey, Quarryville RD2, 176
4-H Hybrid Dent Kerry
Boyd, Ephrata RDI, first,
Douglas Rohrer, 1623 Book Road,
Lancaster, second, Steven Ney,.
Marietta RDI, fourth, and Jere
Swarr, Manheim RD2, fifth
Vocational (FFA) Hybrid Dent
Dalvin Krug, Hcllam RD2,
York County, first, Joseph
5-Acre Corn Winners Named
Two corn growers who
produced the highest yields in the
machine and hand harvest
divisions of the 1971 Penn
sylvania Five-Acre Corn Club
were honored Wednesday night
at the 56th Farm Show corn
banquet
Winner of the shelled grain
harvested class was William D.
McCullough, Sharpsville, RD2,
Mercer County, with an average
yield ol 195 bushels per acre.
Champion in the ear corn
harvested class was Walter
Miller, New Castle RDS,
Lawrence County, with an
average yield of 177 bushels.
There were 153 corn growers
entered in the 1971 contest,
reports Joseph H McGahen,
Penn State Extension
agronomist, who presented the
awards. Sponsors of the
program are the Cooperative
Extension Service and Penn
sylvania Crop Improvement
Association
bushels and $lO9 profit per acre,
and Mark Jacoby, Spring Grove
RDI, 164 bushels and $97 profit
per acre
Among the highest producers
of medium to full-season hybrid
were Marilyn Depew, Mif-
Best Mushrooms
Lawrence Wood, Oxford RD2,
Chester County, exhibited the
best display of white fancy
mushrooms, and Richard K.
King, of Nottingham RD2,
Chester County, showed the best
exhibit of white button
mushrooms at the Farm Show
this week
Almoney, Wrightsville RDI,
York County, third; Carl
Gcrlach, Columbia RD2, fourth,
Dave Gerlach, Columbia RD2,
tilth, Larry Flmchbaugh, Hellam
KDI2, York County, sixth; Amos
N Sauder, Manheim RDI,
seventh, and Wayne Kreider,
Quarryville RDI, ninth.
McCullough, machine harvest
champion, established a plant
population of 18,914 per acre,
planted his corn on May 15 and
harvest on October 28.
He applied 112 pounds of
nitrogen, 128 pounds of
phosphorus, 64 pounds of
potassium plus one ton of manure
per acre Row width was 38 in
ches and distance between plants
was 8 6 inches.
Miller, who planed his winning
crop on May 4 and harvested on
November 4, applied 65 pounds of
nitrogen, 105 pounds of
phosphorus, and 105 pounds of
potassium in addition to 10 tons of
manure per acre. Plant
population was 21,107 per acre,
row width was 32 inches, and
distance between plants was 9.3
inches.
Average yield for the 153
growers was 128.6 bushels per
acre. Average grain moisture
was calculated at 25.9 per cent,
and plant population averaged
18,435 per acre.
Ihntown RDI, 182 bushels and
$147 profit per acre,; William
Crea, New Wilmington RD2, 169
bushels and $ll5 profit per acre;
and Robert’ Streams, Blairville
RD2, 170 bushels and $ll3 profit
per acre
Highest producers of short to
medium season hybrids included
Philip J Dean, New Castle RD6,
158 bushels and $B3 profit per
acre, Clifford E McDanel, New
Castle RD4, 135 bushels and $BB
profit per acre; Michael A.
Behrer, Spruce Creek, 140
bushels and $49 profit per acre,
and Harry Lewis Smith,
Reynoldsville RD2, 125 bushels
and $63 profit per acre