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New Com Hybrids
To Raise Income
Two new hybirds developed after some six years of corn breeding at Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, are capable of adding over * $5,000,000 per year to Virginia’s farm income.
Dr. Clarence Genter, agronomist at the Station who developed the hybirds, says that the two hybirds, VPI 645 (recommended west of the Blue Ridge and Northern Piedmont) and, VPI 802 (recommended in eastern Virginia! yield about iO percent more than the average recommended hybird now used in tests to date. On a statewide basis, this means the average yield could be increased 4 Vi bushels.
He figures that if farmers now using recommended hybirds on some 05{)jOOO acres would switch to one ox the two new hybirds, they would harvest nearly 3,000,000 bushels more than they are now harvesting. At the current price of around $1.75 per bushelthat’s where the >$5,000,000 comes in.
Further, if farmers now using h y b i r d and open-pollinated varieties not on the recommended list, would switch to the new high-yielding hybirds, their extra gains would be nothing short of astronomical, Dr. Center says.
Although the seed supply of the new hybirds is limited this year, there should be enough by 1953 to satisfy demand. \
The amount of moniy spent annually in ’Virginia for corn breeding research-about $10,000is minute when compared to the pay-off, Dr. Center points out.
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