C4—Lancaster Fanning, Thursday, December 24,1981
Seedmen get exclusive rights to variety production
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S.
Department of Agriculture has
issued certificates of protection for
19 new seed varieties that give
their owners exclusive rights to
reproduce the varieties in the
United States for 18 years.
Thomas H. Porter, an official
with USDA’s Agricultural
Marketing Service, said the newly
protected varieties are alfalfa,
dwarf snap bean, large lima bean,
caper spurge, cotton, soybean,
common vetch and common
wheat.
Porter said certificates of
Fertilizer use hits record high
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S.
Fertilizer Comsumption reached a
record high 53.2 million tons during
fiscal 1981 that ended June 30.
That’s up 1 percent from a year
earlier and record high for the
second straight year.
Increase came despite the fact
that the top two users, and 6 of the
top 10, used less fertilizer than the
year before.
Illinois remained the top fer
tilizer user, though its total, at 4.26
million tons, was down 5 percent
from a year earlier. California
remained the No. 2 user though its'
KISTLER The Perry County
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Committee held their
annual convention for the purpose
of electing members and officers
here on December 16.
Delegates to the convention were
composed of the recently elected
committeemen who were elected
by the local farmers. They are:
Blain Community Clark W.
Bower, William E. Gray, Nevin G.
Rices. Duncannon Community - J.
Owen Ebersole, Clyde S. Gault,
Porter D. Hostetler. Green Park
Community - L. Gene Lyons,
Robert W. Weibley, Dale B. Smith.
Liverpool Community - G. Keith
Byers, James L. Wright, Jr.
Newport Community - Robert T.
Gabel, Richard H. Bratton,
Richard L. Maurer. Elliottsburg,
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protection are granted after a
review of the breeders’ records
and their claims that each new
variety is novel, uniform and
stable.
Among the newly protected
varieties are: Hy-phy alfalfa
developed by FFR Cooperatives,
West Lafayette, Ind.; Lindo
garden bean developed by Royal
Sluis, Enkhuizen, Holland; the
Dompe 95 large lima bean
developed by Ben Fish and Son,
Crows Landing, Calif., and Chico
caper spurge by Wi, hur
A. and Eva' M. Henderson, Chico,
total, at 4.17 million tons, was down
7 percent from a year earlier.
lowa held the No. 3 slot with a
4.03 million total that was up 4
percent from a year earlier. Texas
moved up to No. 4 with a 2.96
million ton total that was up 3
percent from that of 1980.
Indiana dropped to No. 3 with a
2.72 million ton total that was down
5 percent from a year earlier.
Minnesota moved up from No. 7 to
No. 6 with a 2.48 million ton total
that was up 7 percent from that of
1980.
Ohio dropped to No. 7 (from No.
Perry
Co. ASCS elects officers
Shermans Dale Community
Charles Lupfer.
At the meeting William Gamber
of Duncannon was reelected to a 3-
yeac term on the county com
mittee. Gerald Holman of
Millerstown was reelected
chairman and William Gamber,
vice chairman. Kenneth Morrow of
Blain is the third .member of the
committee. Also elected were Dale
Smith of Elliottsburg a d Richard
Bratton of Millerstown as alter-
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The Agronomy & Soils depart
ment of Auburn University’s
Agricultural Experiment Station,
Auburn, Ala., received protection
certificates for four new varieties
of common vetch: Cahaba White,
Vantage, Nova U and Vanguard.
New soybean varieties and their
developers are: GT 1380, AP 71,
and HP 3700, North American
Plant Breeders, Mission, Kan.;
0877, Pioneer Hi-Bred In
ternational, Inc., Oes Moines,
Iowa; Hartz 936 X, Jacob Hartz
Seed Co., Inc., Stuttgart, Ark.;
A 1937, Asgrow Seed Co..
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6) though its total, at 2.42 million
tons, was up 2 percent from a year
ago. Georgia held the No. 8 position
with a 2.20 million ton total that
was up 2 percent.
Florida held the No. 9 position,
though its total, at 2.08 million
tons, dropped 2 pet. and Nebraska
held the No. 10 position, though its
total, at 1.98 million tons, was off 8
percent from a year earlier.
The top 10 states used 29.3
million tons, 55 percent of the total,
down slightly from the 29.5 million
tons, 56 percent of the 1980 total.
nates to the county committee.
After the balloting was con
cluded, Gerald Holman, chairman,
presented certificates and pins for
years of service on the county and
community committees. Those
receiving the awards were Clark
Bower, 15 years; J. Owen Eber
sole, 15 years; Robert Gabel, 15
years; Dale Smith, 20 years;
Charles Lupfer, 20 years; Kenneth
Morrow, 25 years; .and William
Gamber, 30 years.
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Cotton varieties are Coker 3131,
Coker’s Pedigreed Seed Co.,
Hartsville, S.C., and Rogers LG
102, Rogers Delmted Cottonseed
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protection to developers of new
and distinctive seed-reproduced
plants ranging from farm crops to
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