—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 3. 1975 64 Pennsylvania Master Corn Growers Working Hard For Increased Yields Com is one of tiic most outstanding crops in the Keystone State. The farmer has many obstacles to contend with from early Call Your HUSKEE-BILT MAN! Huskee Gives You More! • Full 6x6* Poles • American made steel or aluminum' Spacious Doors Factory Assembled Trui Top grade lumber throughout Have heights to 19' Also Ask About Our.. BWBONMBVT BUILDING A Ttalva Cantar controtod anvkoomont bulling mu* haavtar hMßhtar anlmala, radgcad tabor and taad coats and afcnoat no manor* handtata Of odor. Th*y pay tor Ih smash aa In no Mm*! YOUR HUSKEE-BILT MAN Is Mervin Miller NEW 3 HAS ONE EQUIPMENT COMPANY 717—354-4241 COME SEE IT spring to harvest time when he looks his field of corn over and says a Job well done. First, he must prepare the soil for planting, whether it /« • \ JP isspsL RD2, Keener Road, Lititz, Penna. Phone 626-5204 “Dolt All” 780 EAST MAIN STREET NEW HOLLAND, PA 17557 be conventional or no-tlll. He wants a top yielding crop so he must consider fer tilization. (A soil test should be taken here to ascertain the proper fertilization needed). Next, he must consider the proper seed he will need. Seed adapted to his climate and soil. Then he must plant the corn. This is more important than most people think. He must use the proper planter. He must consider the proper population which will give him the most production on his farm so planter setting is a must. Then, weeds do grow if left to their own initiative; so a weed control method must be used. Proper herbicides plus just good common sense in applying the herbicide so it will kill the undesirable | weed. Weeds and com just do not grow together. If left alone, weeds will take over and com will take a back seat and poor production will result. We have many insects which just love com plants. They live first and poor production would result if left to their own destructive habits; so the farmer must use an insecticide which will control them. Moisture is another im portant factor, for without proper moisture at the proper time, no crop will result. Heat units - it takes so much heat in a given time to grow ears and mature the corn, so sunshine is a major ingredient to supply the heat units. From the above you can see that many factors enter in the the production of corn from the last frost in the spring to the first killing frost in the fall, when corn should be matured and ready for harvest. Since this major Penn- 1200 A sylvania crop is important as a major feed producing crop for both human and livestock maintenance, a number of farmers, and in cooperation with the Extension Depart ment of the Pennsylvania State University and allied industry, some years ago formed the Pennsylvania Master Corn Growers Association, Inc. The Association’s ob jectives are: 1. To sponsor an annual State Com Growers Con ference. 2. To keep its membership abreast of latest develop ments in all segments of com production, storage and utilization via a newsletter and special reports as needed. 3. To sponsor or cosponsor such other state, regional or local activities as its board of directors may deem ad visable. 4. To encourage correlation of research and com production activities of the Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment Station and the Penn sylvania Agricultural Ex tension service and those of agricultural Industries for the betterment of agriculture in Pennsylvania. At present the Penn sylvania Master Corn Growers Association is sponsoring the Pennsylvania Five Acre Corn Growers Club. The Directors of the organization consist of n‘ne elected Board members: three farmers, three educators or scientists and three from agricultural industry. The present officers are: president - George Rum baugh, Dayton, farmer; vice president • Ivan Kauffman, Landisville; secretary treasurer • Walter C. Johnson, sales represen tative, Julian; executive secretary - Joseph McGahen, Pennsylvania State Extension Dept. Farm directors are: Charles Hess, DaUastown, Clarence Keener, Manheim, and George Rumbaugh, Dayton. Directors from industry are: Kenneth Hopkins, Gettysburg, Ivan Kauffman, Landisville, and John Weidman, Mount Joy. Educators on the board are: Harold Bock, Lycoming County, Harold Lockhoff, Huntingdon County, and William King, Armstrong County. The five acre com growing program is open to every com grower in the state of Pennsylvania who grows at least five acres of corn. Entering the progrsm is simple. Contact your County Agent; he will supply you with the necessary details. He will also help you to become a participant in this club. The Extension Department will help you to work out a cost record program which will give you the cost figure or growing that five acres. You, do not have to be a member of the Pennsylvania Master Corn Growing Association to enter the Five Acre Club. But a mem bership in this association will keep you supplied with the latest results of the five acre club; plus such other information which we hope to be able to give you as our association grows. We solicit your mem bership. The dues are $2.00 per year for individuals. For Trade and supporting organizations dues are $lO.OO per year. Send all applications to The Pennsylvania Master Com Growers Association, R.D. 1, Julian, Pa. 16844. TRY A CLASSIFIED AD!
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