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and salesmen met here last
month during the annual
Seed Symposium, sponsored
by the Beechley-Hardy Seed
Company of Shiremanstown.
In progress for two full days,
the event covered more than
a dozen tours and field trips
to numerous test plots, some
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Alfalfa specialist offers selection tips
of which were located at the
Milton Hershey School
Farms, Hershey, and Penn
State University's Research
Farm near Landisville.
Taking part in the
program were such well
known agronomists as Dr.
John Baylor of Penn State,
Dr. W.C. Templeton of the
U.S. Regional Pasture
TATAMY, PA
Research Laboratory at
University Park, Dr. Joe
Graham from the Water
man-Loomis Company,
among others.
The following is from
literature made available
during the symposium. It
was written by James L.
Force, agronomist for the
Waterman-Loomis Com
pany.
Alfalfa is grown widely
over the United States and
Canada. Introductions from
around the world have been
used to adapt the crop to a
wide array of growing en
vironments. Each location of
alfalfa production requires
that specific prerequisites be
met for productive growth in
these areas.
In earlier years of alfalfa
production m the United
States, there were only a *
limited amount of alfalfa
varieties to choose from.
These were mainly “com
mons” named for the state in
which they evolved. In the
late 1930’s and early 1940’5,
Ranger and other pioneering
varieties came onto the
United States market. Since
that time, the number of
varieties has grown into the
hundreds.
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numbers of varieties has
created the problem of
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Alfalfa selection and management were among many topics of discussion at
the recent Beechley-Hardy Seed Symposium. Taking part in the meetings were,
left to right, Robert Thedinger, president of Research Seeds, St. Joseph, Mo.;
Dr. John Kugler, Waterman-Loomis Company: and Ken Beechley, president of
Beechley-Hardy Seeds, Shiremanstown.
choosing the most profitable
variety tor your area. In
choosing an alfalfa variety
for a specific area, you must
take into consideration
Winter hardiness, insect and
disease resistance, and the
cultural practices utilized
within that area.
The first item in selecting
a variety is Winter har
diness. Winter hardiness has
also been referred to as cold
resistance or the ability of
alfalfa to survive over
wintering conditions. The
greater the plant’s hardiness
or cold resistance, the less
chance of winter kill and loss
of stand. The selection of the
proper varietal hardiness for
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any area is very important.
The improper selection of an
alfalfa variety may result in
a lost crop.
The next consideration is
that of insect and disease
resistance that the
prospective variety con
tains. Multiple pest
resistance is having several
different resistances built
into a single variety to
strengthen that variety to
insure stand longevity.
Major insects that should
be considered are the
spotted alfalfa aphid, blue
alfalfa aphid and the pea
aphid
The spotted alfalfa spfnd
(Therioaphis maculata
(Buckton)) was first found
m 1954 in New Mexico and is
now in 38 states. Damage
has occured from Nebraska,
south to Texas and west to
the Pacific Ocean. The aphid
is pale yellow with 6 or more
rows of black dots along the
back. Nymphs as well as
adults suck the, juices from
the leaves and steins and are
most numerous in the lower
part of the plant and the
underside of the leaves. It
causes stunting and
yellowing of alfalfa plants
and eventually defoliation
and death. In the south
western U.S. there are 20 to
40 generations per year.
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