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straw varieties, you can really
pour the fertilizer to it for high
yields. “Also, to insure top yields,
Yocum suggested planting as early
as possible, from March 22 to April
10.
“When you seed early, the plants
move along to maturity before the
hot weather hits it This gives the
oats more of a chance to get the
carbohydrates up into the seed
head. To achieve early planting
dates, Yocum said, fall plowing is
needed so the seedbed can be
worked, dry out and be planted in a
three-day period to avoid seasonal
ram showers delaying the process.
An alternative to fall plowing, he
said, could be no-till.
In tests at the research farm,
Yocum compared the yields of
eight varieties of oats The fields
received 600 pounds of 10-10-10
fertilizer, an increase in previous
recommendations of 200 pounds for
medium f ertihty soils
The results of the 1978-1980 study
revealed top yields came with a
new variety called Ogle, which
produced 118 6 bushels per acre
Two other top yielding varieties
included Lang, at 110 3 bu/A and
Larry, with 110 0 bu/A Other
variety yields included Otee, 97 1
bu/A; Noble, 102 3 bu/A, Astro,
105.4 bu/A; Dal, 101 2 bu/A, and
Garry, 103 7 bu/A
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Yocum told the group he's
hopeful research will find a seed
treatment for barley that will
overcome it’s tremendous disease
problem since the small gram
lends so well to a double cropping
program. In tests done at the
research farm, Yocum said he
didn’t get the yield he should have
due to disease Maury yielded
84.2 bushels per acre last summer,
with Pennrad yielding 70 7 bu/A
and Barsoy yielding 66.1 bu/A
In the winter wheat field, Yocum
announced two varieties will be
taken out of next year’s Agronomy
Guide Abe and Redcoat. An
exciting variety added to this
year’s Agronomy Guide, said
Yocum, is Potomac which has
good lodging resistance and total
mildew resistance In yield tests,
this variety produced 81 5 bushels
per acre
Two other promising wheal
varieties which will be added to the
Agronomy Guide in 1982 are
Roland, developed in Illinois, with
a top yield of 95 2 buM and ex
cellent lodging resistance, and
Titan, developed in Ohio, with a
yield of 83 2 bu/A and very good
lodging resistance
A special variety, called Double
Crop, has been developed
specifically for its namesake
Although its yields were only 63 3
bushels per acre, this double-
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cropping variety matures one provided suggestions on their
week earlier than Hart, concluded control.
Yocum Lynn Hoffman, Penn State's
The grain farmers heard from superintendent at the Rock Springs
James Haldeman, York County Research Farm, told the farmers
Agricultural Agent, next He there are “new wrinkles” in crop
presented a slide senes on com- rotations. He stated some of the
mon weeds in Pennsylvania and present day weed problems in
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1974-
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15,000
12,500
10,000
7,500
5,000
2,500
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monocultures are the result oi
farmers moving away from
diverse crop rotations
Rotating crops, he said, builds
soil nutrients, spreads the
economic risk, aids in weed con-
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