B2—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, January 17,1981 200-bushel yield leads com club plots BYCURTHARLER FARM SHOW - Top yields in both the ear corn and shelled gram class m the 1980 corn club awards program were made in relatively poor soil. A 200 bushel yield of ear com topped all entries in the five-acre corn club awards program. Eugene Graham, R 1 Evans City, made 200.8 bushels of Pioneer 3591, to lead all growers m the corn contest. Graham made the yield in a Class 111 Gilpin soil by applying massive fer tilization and planting close. His final fertilizer applied was 339-121-98 He planted 29,700 plants per acre Graham was one of several farmers honored at the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Master Corn Growers on Monday at Farm Show Second place in the ear corn class went to Ray Diebold, R 3 Altoona The Blair County farmer used DeKaib XL-55a to make 187 3 bushels. Close behind was Lan caster County’s James E. Kettering, R 7 Manheim. He planted Pioneer 3184 at 25,600 plants per acre to make a yield of 185 6 bushels. Yields in shelled grain generally were lower than in the ear com class this year. First place yield in shelled grain was made by brothers David and Richard Martin, R 1 Volant. They painted Pioneer 3747 m a Class IV Ravena soil Martins, too, went heavy with the fertilizer. Total State Representative Noah Wenger, left, presents trophy lamp to David Martin, R 1 Volant, who topped the shelled grain corn division with a yield of 180 bushels. Third place went to Peter Skopic, R 1 Hunlack Creek. Not present was second place finisher Harold Ealy. fertilizer applied was 239- 234-223 They squeezed nearly 24,900 plants per acre in 38 inch rows. Second place in shelled gram went to Harold Ealy, R 2 Sharpsville. He planted P-A-G 397 in a Canfield Class IV soil, at a typical stand population of 20,345 to make a yield of 173.3 bushels. Third place went to Peter Skopic, R 1 Hunlack Creek. He planted Muncy Chief 776 and made 172 8 bushels per acre Of course, those who can make big yields consistently can prove their program is no fluke In the three-year ear corn class, Earl Gordon, R 1 McConnellsburg, had a three year average of 186.5 bushels The average in cludes one year’s yield of over 208 bushels Gordon stuck with Pioneer hybrids, using 3184 the past two years of the three In the shelled gram class, Gerald Shoop, R 1 Milton took top three year average with 171 4 bushels Shoop used DeKaib the first >ear and two Yield Warranty lines in the past two years to made his high three-year average. For the first tune there was an award presented for the Pennsylvania Youth Corn Club. This year’s winner was Lynn Pettit. She made 133.6 bushels to the acre on her Greene County plot The hand checked figure, and the machine harvested figure of 129.1 bushels per acre, confirm the accuracy of the testing. PCNNSYIVANIA ACRICUtIURC ■ m. HL JL WEUE MOWING BCTTCR Crops made on poor soils Ear corn champions were given their awards by State Representative Noah Wenger. From left they are: Eugene Graham, R 1 Evans City, first with 200 Lancaster County’s Janies E. Kettering, center, R 7 Manheim, produced 185.6 bushels to finish third in the ear corn class. Noah Wenger, left, made the presentation while County Agent Arnold Lueck, right, looked on. Lynn’s cost to grow a bushel of corn was $2.51. She follows the tradition of women winning corn con tests. The first state corn contest also was won by a young lady from western Pennsylvania. Awards were presented by Lancaster County State Scott Shoop, right, accepted the three-year average shell grain award for his father, Gerald, R 1 Milton. Kenneth Gordon, RI McConnelisburg, accepted the ear com three year award for his son, Earl. Making the presentation was State Representative Noah Wenger, left. bushels; Ray Diebold, R 3 Altoona, second; and James E. Kettering, R 7 Manheim, third. In the youth division Lynn Pettit, Holbrook, Greene County, took first place with a yield of 133.6 bushels. Making the presentation is State Representative Noah Wenger. Representative Noah There were a total of 270 Wenger Penn State entries in the 1980 five acre Agronomist Joseph com club. Average yield for McGahen computed the all entries was 129.6 bushels yields. per acre.
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