RESEARCH
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moisture at 65 percent. The
com with no starter or Asset
yielded 19.9 tons per acre.
The com with starter and
Asset averaged 19.2 tons per
acre. With six paired replica
tions, there were no significant,
statistical differences between
the two treatments. The appli
cation of starter fertilizer plus
Asset did not increase yield in
this trial.
The Dennis and Douglas
Smith farm is located north of
Martinsburg, Blair County.
The Smiths apply 9,000 gal
lons per acre of dairy manure
per year to the six-acre field
mapped as a Hublersburg cher
ty silt loam soil. Soil test levels
in this field were in the exces-
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**Ken Kreager Farm, Schuylkill Haven, PA**
Eastland E 624 165.7 bu/A @ 15.5% moisture
14.7 bu over plot average
**Richard Penney Farm, Liverpool, PA**
Eastland E 624 170.6 bu/A @ 15.5% moisture
10.0 bu over plot average
**Landis Weaver Farm, Quarryville, PA**
Eastland E 624 167.8 bu/A @ 15.5% moisture
13.1 bu over plot average
**Hershey School Plot, Hershey, PA**
Eastland E 624 172.3 bu/A @ 15.5% moisture
27.6 bu over plot average
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sive range for fertility. Pho
sphorus was at 388 pounds per
acre and potassium was at 459
pounds per acre. This trial was
simply 150 pounds per acre of
9-43-10 starter versus more.
The Smiths planted on
5/4/96 with a soil temperature
of 58°F. Site evaluations on
6/11/96 showed the com with
starter was noticeably greener.
By 6/25/96, when the PSNT
test was taken, visual differ
ences were no longer evident.
The nitrogen level was high
requiring no additional nitro
gen. Average height of the com
on 8/8/96 was 91.7 inches with
only an inch difference
between the two treatments.
The population counts were
19,747 for the com with starter
10.0 bu over the mean
and 21,606 without.
The com was harvested for
grain on 11/23/96. The average
moisture level in the field was
19.7 percent. At yields
adjusted to a standard moisture
of 15.5 percent, the com with
starter yielded 167.1 bushels
and the com without starter
yielded 171.1 bushels. This
trail also showed that the star
ter fertilizer provided no yield
benefit.
The Harold and Bernard
Bailey farm is located south of
Martinsburg, Blair County.
Bailey applies 3,500 gallons
per acre of dairy manure to the
6.5-acre strip mapped as a
Hublersburg cherty silt loam
soil. Soil test levels of the
phosphorus were 288 pounds
per acre and 271 pounds per
acre for potassium. These
levels are both in the high
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range of soil fertility. The Bail
eys utilize ACA at planting.
The use of ACA and starter
versus, starter without ACA,
versus nothing were compared
at this site. The starter fertilizer
was 10 gallons per acre of
10-34-0. Aztec was used to
control com rootworm.
The com was planted on
5/23/96 using no-till and 30
inch rows. The soil tempera
ture was 64°F. Early visual dif
ferences between the plots
were very evident. The strips
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