—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March. 12, 1977
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Maryland
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. -
With semi - drought con
ditions prevailing at many
locations on the Eastern
Shore of Maryland during
the 1976 growing season,
members of the Baltimore
County Corn Club have
captured the first 12 platings
in the official state com yield
contest.
They kept the Maryland
corn - growing championship
west of the Chesapeake Bay
for the second consecutive
year and the third time in the
last six years.
Also for the second con
secutive year, the winning
state com yield was acheive
under no - tillage cultural
methods. Five of the top
seven yields in 1976 were
attained by no - till farmers.
Current state champion is
the farming operation of
Cbilcoat and Peters, Inc., in
north central Baltimore
county.
This partnership had a
near • record contest yield of
205.37 bushels of com per
acre. The partners are
Harry M. Chilcoat and
William A. Peters. Both have
Spades addresses.
Their farming operation is
spread over several
locations in the county,
totaling nearly 1600 acres.
' About 1100 acres are planted
to com each year, 400 acres
to small grain, and 100 acres
in soybeans.
The official state contest is
conducted each year as a
part of the corn im
provement program of the
Cooperative Extension
Service of the University of
Maryland at College Park
and Princess Anne. Yield
measurements are super
vised by county Extension
agricultural agents, and
awards to state winners are
presented by the Maryland
Crop Improvement
Association.
Chilcoat and Peters
achieved their 1976 state
winning yield with Trojan
TXS - 114 hybrid. They
planted their corn in sod on
May 5, using 30-inch rows.
Their estimated stand was
23,400 plants per acre.
Soil pH was 6.1, and fer
tilizer was broadcaist prior to
planting. The nitrogen
phosphorus - potassium ratio
was 150-100-120. Herbicides
used for weed control in
cluded paraquat, atrazine
(AAtrex), simazine
(Banvel). They used car
bofuran (Furadan) and
chlordane to control soil
insects.
According to the 1976
summary, planting dates for
the top 12 contestants inthe
Baltimore County Corn Club
ranged from April 17 to May
22, and row widths' ranged
from 30 to 40 inches.
However the five top no -till
contestants all used 30-inch
rows.
Plant populations ranged
from 18,300 to 23,500 plants
per acre. Most test weights
among the top 12 ap
proximated 52 pounds per
bushel. Five different hybrid
companies were represented
in this same group, and no
one variety was used by
more than two contestants.
Average contest yield for
the top dozen com fanners in
Baltimore county for 1976
was 187.04 bushels per acre.
By comparison, across the
state line in adjacent York
County, Pa., only one cm-
com yield crown
205.37 bu./acre
ry
county) receives a congratulatory handshake from
Dr. James R. Miller, agronomy department
chairman at the University of Maryland in College
Park. Chilcoat is a partner in Chilcoat and Peters,
Inc., an Upper Bay farming operation which won
the official 1976 state corn growing championship
with a near-record yield of 205.37 bushels per acre.
Chilcoat was honored last month during the annual
meeting of the Maryland Crop Improvement
Association on the University of Maryland campus
at College Park.
testant in that county’s of- average of Baltimore
ficial contest exceeded the coun ty s top 12.
10th ANNUAL
WEST VIRGINIA PERFORMANCE TESTED
BULL SALE
MASCa 24,19T7
EACH BULL SOLD WILL HAVE COMPLETE PERFORMANCE RECORDS
- Calfhood Performance • Weaning weight & Herd Comparison Ratio
- 140-Day Feed Test Performance
- Life time Performance - Weight per-day-of-age, 365-day weight, & scan-o-gram
measurement
Only bulls that are structurally sound and meet the sale requirements for test
gain & weight per-day-of-age will sell.
FOR CATALOG AND INFORMATION WRITE OR PHONE:
B. W. WAMSLEY, JR. BILL HALL
Agricultural Sciences Bldg. Livestock Section Chief
West Virginia University Reymann Memorial Farm w.Va. Dept, of Agrl
Morgantown, WV 26506 Wardensville, WV 26151 Charleston, WV 25305
Phone 1304] 293-3392 Phone 1304] 174-3561 phone |3O4J 344-2210
CO SPONSORS: WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY. WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
AND THE WEST VIRGINIA BEEF CATTLE PERFORMANCE TESTING PROGRAM.
11:00 A.M.
Three partners in the Trenton Mill
Farms operation at Upperco
(Baltimore county) receive
congratulations and a certificate from
representatives of the University of
Maryland's Cooperative Extension
Service for consistent high yields with
both corn and soybeans. Shown are
(left to right): G. Richard Curran of
Westminster, county Extension
agricultural agent in Baltimore
county; partners John P. (“Pete")
125 Angus. 53 Polled Hereford. 4 Hereford. 5 Charolais.
28 Simmental Cross, 2 Red Angus, 1 Maine Anjou Cross,
1 Chianina Cross, and 1 Marchigiana Cross
ANGUS SIRES REPRESENTED POLLED HEREFORD SIRES
Wye, Emulous, Craigit, Colossal, XWJ Victor, T Victor,
Marshall A othors. Lampßght, Bonny* others.
CHAROLAIS SIRES SIMMENTAL SIRES
A NUMBER OF IMPORTED FRENCH SIRES Toni. Parislen, Sultan
ARE REPRESENTED. * others.
LEROY STEVENS
220 BULLS CONSIGNED
Test records avenges 112 day progress report for ell 220 butls'are:
Ave. Daily Test Gain 3.21 lbs. Weight Per Day Of Age 2.7 C lbs.
ißeymann Memorial Farm
Col. Morris Fannon, Pennington Gap. VA.
Col. John Spiker, Weston, W. VA.
Devereux of Upperco. W. Clarence
Mielke of Upperco. and Charles R.
Mielke of Hampstead; and Joseph L
Newcomer of Brinklow (Montgomery
county), Extension agronomist at the
University of Maryland in College
Park. The Trenton Mills group placed
first in the official 1974 Maryland and
Mid-Atlantic soybean yield contests;
first in the 1975 state corn yield
contest, and third in the 1976 state
. corn yield contest
lensvil
rw. va.
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