Plant Normal
Since much of/1972’5/seed cprn
will be available in normal
cytoplasm, it might seem that the
subject of mnpial seed versus
Texas male steriles or blends is
now a dead issue.
Far from it, according to
DeKalb Ag-Research, Inc.
In spite of 1971’s massive crop,
there were numerous areas
where Race T of Southern corn
leaf blight caused substantial
yield decreases. Certain areas of
the central Corn Belt and sections
of the East and Northeast were
most affected.
Many farmers in the blight
damaged areas suffered
significant yield losses where T
cytoplasm male steriles, rather
than normal seed, had been
planted. Losses were generally
smaller when blends were used
Research Tests
Results of N-B-Tms com
parisons at the Thomasboro,
Illinois, DeKalb research farm, a
location that experienced a heavy
Southern leaf blight infestation in
1971, provided a vivid example of
the differences.
Five hybrids of varying
maturities were involved The
normal, blend and male sterile
versions of each hybrid were
grown in the same test to
determine blight effect. Blight
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(N) Corn Seed, Firm Advises
moved into the area about two to [provide themselves with a form
three weeks after pollination. (of insurance, DeKalb recom-
There was a striking yield [mends,
advantage for the normals over
the male steriles and to a lesser
extent over blends. The average
yield for the five hybrids was
180.4 bushels per acre with
normal seed. This dropped off to
165.4, or 15 bushels fewer, for the
blends and slumped to 147.9, or
32.5 bushels fewer, with the male
steriles.
One hybrid produced 174.6
bushels in the normal version,
dipped to 153.9 20.7 bushels less
—as a blend and went on down to
130.1 a 44.5 bushel drop in
the male sterile form
The N-B-Tms test results point
our that farmers affected by
blight in 1971 have some things to
keep in mind when making their
final seed selection for 1972.
If they planted the male sterile
or the blend version of a hybrid in
1971, the can, under similar
weather and blight conditions,
generally expect an increased
yeild and improved standability
from the normal form of the
hybrid in 1972.
Since it is uncertain whether
Southern corn leaf blight well be
a factor in these areas, they
should ask for normal seed, and
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What It Means
Hke First
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Off StrtAiWvj, MEMBER F.D.I.C.
Farm Family
Night Tonight
The second of two Farm and
Home family night programs will
be held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday,
January 29 at the Farm and
Home Center, Lancaster.
The Rev. Glenn M. Eshelman
will give his visual presentation
on “God’s Great Masterpiece.”
The full evening of family
entertainment will also feature
Lancaster County 4-H talent
( wmners during the past year plus
a vocal trio from a Farm
Woman’s Society.
A collection will be taken for
ilhe Farm and Home Center
mortgage reduction fund.
Changed Coat of Arms
President Harry Truman
made a change in the U.S.
coat of arms. The eagle now
not only faces to its right—
the direction of honor—but
also toward the olive
branches of peace which it
holds in its right talon.
Formerly, the eagle faced
toward the arrows in its left
talon, symbolic of war.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 29,1972
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Jay Irwin, associate Lancaster County ag agent, shows the
triangular Slow Moving Vehicle (SMV) emblem which is now
required on all vehicles on public roads which travel at
speeds less than 25 miles per hour. Irwin and other local
farm officials have been urging use of the emblems as a
means of cutting down on the numbers of highway accidents
involving farmers and their equipment and vehicles.
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