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HERNLEY’S FARM EQUIPMENT, INC.
Elizabethtown, Pa. 717-367-8867
B. EQUIPMENT, INC.
Wayneaboro, Pa. 717-762-3193
ZIMMERMAN’S FARM SERVICE, Inc.
1/2 MHe West off Rt. 501 On School Rd., Bethel, Pa.
717-933-4114
AgriPro, and through halping with
making test plots available for
developing hybrid varieties, Roh
rer Bros, stays on top of what is
being offered and how it
compares.
Through established and conti
nuing communication with
farmer-customers, Rohrer Bros, is
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CONCLUSION. during our Demonstration Days, going on right now.
able to represent them better in
development and availability of
varieties that will perform best
Last week, Wayne B. Knerr.
was on hand to help the Pan Seeds
crew harvest trial varieties and col
lect data.
Phil Bartlett assistant breeder
for Pan Seeds Inc., drove an old,
customized two-row combine with
specialized compartments for
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Get on over to your GLEANER * dealer now for a chance
that doesn’t come along very often: a shot at putting a
GLEANER through its paces. The Natural Harvester is the
only combine in the business that feeds your crop, from
header to spreader, with no damaging twists and turns
And the only time you can experience it in action is
weighing and testing com mois
ture. The combine is kept locally
and h«s been used for yean to
harvest Lancaster County test plots
for yield and performance data.
Bartlett said he is an assistant
breeder for the company and has
been working with the company
for IS years, based out of Brook
ston, Indiana. Along with him was
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Quakertown, Pa. 215*536-7523
Naw Tripoli, Pa. 215-767-7611
Olay. Pa. 215-987-6257
BHM FARM EQUIPMENT
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Routa 934,2 Milas North of Annvilla, PA
717-867-2211
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a technician, Todd DcLong, who
performed moisture and yield cal-
culations in the research combine.
The two had traveled from
Brooks ton in order to harvest the
idols, which look about four hours.
While the data they gathered is
to be compiled and compared
against other varieties, Bartlett
said that the Smoketown trial site
provided by P.L. Rohrer
Bros, provides good
data. “This is the
extreme east (of the geo
graphic area the com
pany uses to conduct
trials), but it provides
good data.”
He explained that
back in the mid-West
growing conditions are
very good and also con
sistent, whereas here
conditions are much
more diverse more
plant pests, diseases and
varying humidity and
weather.
This makes this area
very good to test hybrid
varieties because the
more and different stres
ses that varieties can be
subject to, the belter
desired traits can be
selected.
He said that the
drought and pest prob
lems of this year actual
ly can help breeders
arrive at their breeding
goals much faster, by
making it easier to nar
row down those variet
ies which can make the
cut.
Also, he said the this
area helps the company
with its marketability of
its offerings because
“What you need for Eur
ope is what you need for
here."
He said he specifical
ly is looking for high
yield, standability and
disease resistance.
They don’t work with
recoin binant-DN A
genetically altered var
ieties right now, nor are
they working with var
ieties specifically for
silage, or specifically
for higher starch
content.
According to Bartlett,
over the seven test plot
sites (35 acres total) he
has been working with,
he evaluates about 400
varieties. At the Smoke
town site, he said he had
about 2SO different
hybrids in the one-acre
test plot.
At a Mexico nursery,
the parent stock are kept
and hand germinated to
produce different variet
ies for testing next year,
and for reevaluating
those varieties that suc
ceeded in making it to a
second trial.
The goal of Pau Seeds
is to become a com
pletely indepent breeder
stressing elite inbred
stock or proprietary
hybrids.
The difference is in
who owns the rights to
parent slock. Currently,
the company has some
of its o<vn elite female
stock, while pollinating