—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 11, 1977 18 Volunteer problem this year By DIETER KRIEG SPRING CITY, Pa. - Volunteer com is a real problem this year, according to Chester County Extension Agent Glenn Shirk who headed a corn twilight meeting near here oil Wednesday evening. It’s due to some o£ the severe winds and rains which came through southeastern Pennsylvania last Fall. Fields of com were wrecked, with oftentimes just a few stalks left standing. It was too much of a problem for even the best of today’s modern corn pickers to tackle. Those farmers who waited a bit to plant their com this year appear to have less of a volunteer com problem than those who didn’t. About the best way to overcome the dilemma is to let it come up, and then work the field just prior to planting. Those who bad their fields planted before volunteer corn germinated are now faced with either living with it or doing some sort of cultivating. 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Aside from volunteer com, the meeting also focused on weed and emergence problems. An estimated 40 farmers were present for the 90 minute meeting. Penn State’s Joe McGahen, crops scientist, spoke briefly on corn emergence, herbicides, weed control, and soil insecticides.. The discussion on com emergence problems was of particular interest since it was a situation with which most growers could identify this year. The combination of prolonged drought and some cool weeks in May caused com to stay beneath - the surface. Pond meeting slated YORK—Keeping the algae and weeds out of ponds will be the topic for a Pond Weed Management meeting sponsored by the York County Agricultural Extension Service on Wednesday, June 15 at 7:30 p.m. The meeting will be at the Production Credit Building. 3301 West Market St., York. Dr. Robert Wingard, wildlife resource specialist and Dr. Terry Rader, aquatic biology specialist X Mirers* FEATURING: corn a Crusting of the soil eventually locked it into the soil, making it impossible for emergence to take place. A number of farmers had to replant their fields due to their germinated com dying beneath the hard and dry crust, says Shirk. The experimental plots near here will be observed throughout the season, with' the final goal being a comparison of gross income of early season com versus late season varieties. Shirk says the comparison will be made according to corn prices quoted at the time of harvest. Farmers who are interested in seeing the plots, which cover six acres, may from the Pennsylvania State University will be in York County to present the program for the meeting. An engineering marvel of its day, PennDOT’s George Westingbouse Memorial Bridge carrying Route 30 over Turtle Creek, Allegheny County, is still going strong. It was built between 1930-32. 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