A34-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 27, 2000 These Corn Varieties Appeal To The Sweet Tooth UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre Co.) There are hun dreds of sweet corn varieties, and a vegetable expert in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences said gardeners should grow several types in order to find one that tickles the tas tebuds. “Sweet com offer a cornuco pia of tastes,” said Pete Ferretti, professor of vegetable crops. “You also can pick a variety Average Farm Feed Costs for Handy Reference To help fanners across the state to have handy reference of commodity input costs in their feeding operations for DHIA record sheets or to develop livestock feed cost data, here’s last week’s average costs of various ingred ients as compiled from regional reports across the state of Pennsylvania. Remember, these are averages, so you will need to adjust your figures up or down according to your location and the quality of your crop. Com, No.2y 2.59 bu., 4.64 cwt. Wheat, N 0.2 2.37 bu., 3.95 cwt. Barley, N 0.3 —1.78 bu., 3.80 cwt. Thanks to Randy & JakeWimmer, Dry Run, PA for choosing Farmer Boy Ag Systems to construct their this unit features 2 '44’xsoo’Tunnel Ventilated Broiler Houses. A Division of Ventilation A Division of (SSI) Feed Bins & Augers Please Contact Shane Weller For New Poultr 24 Hour Service 5/27/00 based on kernel color, depth of kernel, sugar content, ear size, and degree of tenderness.” Ferretti said sweet corn seeds are marked with one of three sweetness grades: su (for sugary), se (sugar enriched) and sh 2, which has the highest sugar content. He recommends choos ing varieties with either su or se grades for home gardening. (An seise grade means the variety is full sugar enhanced, but doesn’t Oats, N 0.2 —1.56 bu., 4.87 cwt. Soybeans, No.l 5.19 bu., 8.67 cwt. Ear Corn 77.79 ton, 3.89 cwt. Alfalfa Hay —131.75 ton, 6.59 cwt. Mixed Hay —125.50 ton, 6.28 cwt. Timothy Hay —136.75 ton, 6.84 cwt S Shenandoah Brooders Farmer Boy Ag Systems Inc. 410 East Lincoln Avenue, Myerstown, PA 17067 717-866-7565 • 1-800-845-3374 Contracts and Existin' have enough sugar to qualify as an sh 2 variety.) “The sh 2 varieties have the toughest kernels and are grown for shipping to off-season mar kets and for the processing in dustry,” he said. “In addition, sh 2 varieties shouldn’t be grown within at least a mile of any other com variety because cross pollination will produce an ear that tastes like field com.” Ferretti said sh 2 varieties can be grown near other com varie ties only if their maturity dates differ by at least two weeks, or if they were planted more than two weeks apart. Ferretti recommends these varieties for gardens: OVAL WATERING SYSTEMS Renovations Bufldim White • Silver Queen (su) Takes 92 days to mature. “This has been the Cadillac of sweet com for about 30 years,” Ferretti said. “It’s been popular for a long time, but we now have better varieties.” • Silver King (se/se) Takes 85 days to mature. • Argent (se) Takes 84 days to mature. • Silverado (se/se) Takes 82 days to mature. • Silver Princess (se/se) Takes 75 days to mature. Yellow • Incredible (se/se) Takes 84 days to mature. Cumberland Hi-Lo 8 & 13 Spoke Pan Feeders “The preferred feeders for easier starting of chicks" Hours Mon.-Fri. 7 to 5:30 Sat. 7:30 to Noon • Tuxedo (se/se) Takes 79 days to mature. • Sugar Buns (se/se) Takes 76 days to mature. • Bodacious (se/se) Takes 75 days to mature. • Legend (se) Takes 73 days to mature. • King Arthur (se) Takes 73 days to mature. • Delectable (se/se) Takes 84 days to mature. • Mystique (se/se) Takes 77 days to mature. • Temptation (se/se) Takes 72 days to mature. • Trinity (se/se) Takes 68 days to mature. Poultry contract provided by Setter Tasting and Better fir You, Every Time Bicolor
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