For Crists, Hybrid
(Continued from Pago i) yield. For the ear com machine
acre, you’re doing something harvest regular harvest size,
right,” John said. John Crist used Docbler’s 75 X
For the 1994 shelled grain with a plant population of
class, David Crist used Doe- 24,323 and a yield of 240.47
bier’s 62XP for a plant popula- bushels per acre.
tion of 24,860 per acre with a
yield of 223.4 bushels per acre.
For the ear com class hand
harvest, Marie Crist used Doe
bler’s 73 XP for a plant popula
tion of 24,635 plants per acre
and a 224.8 bushel per acre
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well for them in early plantin/
in past seasons.
“ Wc all have our own favo
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sidedressing of liquid nitran
was knifed in, immediately fol
lowed by cultivation with a rye
grass application.
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