Milton Farmer
Wins Corn Contest
Gerald Shoop, Rl, Milton,
Pennsylvania, is the 1974
National Corn Yield Contest
non-lnigated champion in
his state. He used TXSII9
from Trojan to produce
178.16 bu-acre.
The National Corn Yield
Contest is sponsored an*
nually by the National Corn
Growers Association, Boone,
lowa. The 1974 contest had
over 1,270 entries from 44
states. Keep in mind that
“contest fields” have to be at
least 25 acres. And despite
the adversities pf the 1974
crop season, NCGA reports
29 entries in the irrigated
division and four in the non*
irrigated division produced
yields over 200 bu.-acre.
Shoop, essentially a first*
year Trojan customer (he
had tried a couple bags two
years ago), has entered the
National Com Yield Contest
every year since 1969, but
came no closer than second
place until this year.
He farms 1,000 acres in
Northumberland County in
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In addition to 900 acres of
corn grown annually, the
Shoops keep busy with 30,000
laying hens and annually
produce 120,000 starter
pullets.
About half of Shoop’s corn
acreage is no-till - the other
half in conventional tillage.
He plants rye as a cover crop
on the no-till portion.
Seedbed preparation on
the contest field involved
conventional tillage - spring
plowing, two trips with a
mulch harrow, and then
planting. Com was planted
April 23 in 38” rows at 23,000
plants per acre. It was
harvested December 11.
Plant population then was
22,000 ppa. Moisture was 24
EA.
LB.
Penna.
Livestock
Increasing
Pennsylvania farmers had
600.000 hogs and pigs on hand
as of June 1,1979 • up 18,000
head or three percent from a
year earlier, according to
the Pennsylvania Crop
Reporting Service.
Breeding stock numbered
84.000 - unchanged from a
percent.
Fertility on the 27-acre
contest field included actual
nutrients of 200 N, 100 P, 130 K
broadcast before plowing in
the spring. Shoop then ap
plied 100 Ibs.-acre 10-30-10 in
the row with the planter.
Weed control was ac
complished with 1 qt. Aatrex
and 1 qt. Lasso. Field was
not cultivated. Insecticide
used was Aldrin 20G at 5 Ibs
acre, planter applied.
Topography of the field is
described as slignuy rolling.
Soil type is sandy loam.
Shoop and wife Charlotte
have four children; Susan 16,
Scott 15. Jeff 13, and Vicki 10.
He is chairman of the poultry
committee, Pennsylvania
Farmers Association, and a
Farm Bureau affiliate at the
national level. In addition,
the Shoops are active in
many community and
church organizations.
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year earlier. Market hogs at
516.000 were up four percent.
The spring (December-
May) pig crop for 1975 at
485.000 pigs from 63,000 sows
was four percent greater
than the 1974 spring crop.
Pigs per litter averaged 7.7
compared with 7.8 the
previous spring.
Pennsylvania producers
intend to have 57,000 sows
and gilts farrow from June
through November, 1975.
This would be a 12 percent
increase over farrowings
last fall.
Nationally, hogs and pigs
on farms June 1, 1975 are
estimated at 48.2 million, 19
percent below a year earlier
and 20 percent below June 1,
1973. This is the lowest June 1
number since this series of
estimates began in 1964.
The number kept for
breeding at 7.4 million is
down 17 percent from a year
ago and 18 percent less than
two years earlier. Market
hogs and pigs at 40.8 million
are down 19 percent from
June 1, 1974 and 20 percent
less than June 1, 1973.
At 35.3 million, the U.S. pig
crop from December, 1974
through May, 1975 was down
22 percent from a year ago,
and down 24 percent from
two years earlier. This is the
lowest December-May pig
crop since 1935.
The 4.9 million sows
farrowed during this period
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was 23 percent below the
same period a year earlier.
Average litter size during
December, 1974 - May, 1975
was 7.15 pigs compared with
7.07 pigs a year ago.
Hog producers in the U.S
intend to farrow 4.7 million
sows during June-
November, 1975, down 13
percent from that period last
year and 19 percent below
1973.
Coping With a
Child’s Independence
For many children the
beginning of the school years
is also the beginning of
putting aside babyish habits
such as being entirely
dependent on parents. This
exciting time of feeling self
important and independent
may, for a time, make a
child guard his new ex
periences as something
private and precious. James
Van Horn, Extension family
life specialist at The Penn
sylvania State University,
says the child may resent
your questioning and
curiosity and try to keep his
new life apart from you. But
this is normal. Before long,
your child will want to share
with you his experiences and
achievements. He’ll proudly
bring his work home and tell
you about new things he’s
learned. Praise his efforts
with the same enthusiasm he
shows and go easy on
criticism.
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