John Yocum, superintendent of Penn State’s
research farm near Landisville, inspects some of
the tobacco grown there. He’s the only tobacco
growing specialist on the staff of the University and
also works closely with research conducted at
USDA’s Beltsvilie research station.
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can be commercially grown
in the state, and are trying to
find out when’s the best time
to spray for weeds and bugs.
Eighty varieties of tobacco
are being worked with to
study each disease.
Farmers will be a com
plete planting of the Ex
tension hybrid com trials.
This includes commercial
hybrids and open formula
hybrids developed at Penn
State. Hybrids for short,
medium, and long growing
seasons will be shown.
In addition, the com plots
will display current findings
from breeding studies and
disease control work. Fer
tility trials will be
highlighted as well as her
bicide trials. And studies of
factors affecting corn
maturity will be described.
Of interest to homeowners
will be a tour of plots devoted
to annual flowers. Dr.
Richard Craig of Penn State
will describe in particular
some of his studies of viruses
in geraniums. Variety trials
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Experiments with forage
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and different fertility levels.
Variety trials will also in
clude crownvetch, or
chardgrass, and red clover.
Soybeans, potatoes, and
tobacco will be featured in
variety trials. Dr. Nathan
Hartwig of Penn State will
describe his experiments
with herbicides on soybeans
planted conventionally and
soybeans grown with no
tillage in a double crop
following barley. Herbicide
and insect trials will also be
seen on tobacco plots.
Pennlan tobacco, new this
past Spring, will be shown.
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days. Their adventures with
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to today’s^Jimson Weed.
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