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son to come would be brighter. If only something would tell you to feed only where no synthetic poisons are being used—In the gardens and on the lawns of your wlde-awske friends! Admittedly, the prospect for you Is rather bleak. Because of the lesser number of you we see each succeeding spring and summer, your presence has become all the dearer. Know for a fact, dear robins, you have warm friends among us humans, people who love you and fervently hope that something will come about to alter the present trend to your extinction.
Clarence Wagener
Sperryville
On Selecting
Corn Hybrids
Selecting a corn hybrid that will do the best job for a particular farm is at best a difficult and chance-taking task. J/ Research" can not be conducted-under all soils conditions nor under all Variations in management. For these reasons V. P. I. does not recommend corn hybrids. Our research stations, however, have made extensive studies on well over 100 different hybrids. The results are sound guides In making a selection, or selections, especially wben considered In light of your own particular farm production and management programs.
Hybrids, which it our research stations, have yielded above average in at least half of the tests and which are below average in percent broken plants, are as follows: Early-None .
Pioneer 345, , v A Medium - > Crib Filler 116, Crib Filler 123, DeKalb 803, Funk G-91, Funk G-96, Pioneer 300 H, Pioneer 345 A, So. States Munsee. Full-None. Late-Funk G-144, Pioneer 310, So. jStates Catawba, Thompson. 102, VPI 646, VPI 648. W. W, Lewis, Extension'Agro nomist says, "there is close to a week’s difference between each of the maturities of late, full, medium and early.*
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