The Lincoln Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • Page 26

Down on the Farm: Hybrid Corn Miracle Animi ti, tiSt UNrOLW SUNDAY AND STAB 7-B Might Ignore Value Bf PHIL HOLMAN Wrttar) Hundredi of high ichool age tnd down endless of tall Nebraska com thif summer pulling tassels off aome rows and leaving them on others. It was hard work, dirty work but got them out for a But how many of the young thought to wonder Just why they were out the; were pulling those tassels? THE 8TOBT of hybrid com Is Interesting and one which shows the progress made in the last 50 years in agriculture. It all began with experiments! on inherited plant using corn as the medium, back; at the turn of the century. In-! vestigations proved-that inbreeding, followed by crossing some of Junior Dairy Workers Show 658 Animals PHILADELPHIA. Two new vaccines against hog cholera may mark the beginning of the end of that serious disease in the DETASSELEBS group of young de- tasselers smile as the morning work is done and chow time nears.

They are (from left): Back Reveillac of Louisville, John Janecek of Springfield; Don Albert, Marvin Wade and Doyle Kastning of Weeping Water; tniddle Jerry Partridge, Terry Jones, Marcella Heil and Lucille Isaac of Louisville, Harriet Mead of Fremont, Mary Ann Scholting of Springfield, Jeanette Schoeppner of Louisville, Karen Timmerman and Jeanette Satterfield of Springfield and Harlow man of Louisville; Schroeder of Omaha and Wesley Boldan, Gilbert Anson, Don Janecek, Arlo Nielsen and Paul Boldan of Springfield. (Staff Photos) Journal says. One was At seven district dairy shows Dodge Laboratories, of Fort 658 dairy animals were exhibited Dodge, and uses a live by junior dairymen. 74 purple, 227 cholera virus, weakened by pa.ss- iblue, 242 red, and 115 white rib- ing through rabbits. Ibons were awarded.

The largest The second rabbit-produced show was at Seward, where vaccine will be scam by animals were paraded before Earl Laboratories, PearLJliver, Phillips of Kansas State college, N. Y. It is a one-shot Manhattan, who Judged all the not u.sed with serum, the Journal 1 said. Lederle reports it gives rapid, i The Junior herds exhibited at lasting immunity, based on tests; I the district shows are a direct re- with 10,000 hogs I flection on the way the Junior, ------------------------j are developing their own At all the shows 17 Junior were exhibited. When the herds were Judged, milk and jbutterfat records were submitted on the cow in production.

The producing cows In the Junior herds had some very cred- liable records. For example, one cow as a two-year-old produced Begins in Month Co-Op Marketing by Milk o. the Lincoln milk. product, colleitiveiy through a ed Giant Foxtail Great Menace To Grain Belt Ky IlM FHA Recounts Five Years of Farm Service WASHINGTON. (INS).

The 16.600 pounds of milk home administration has borhood, once started. According to John Kolb of Omaha, manager of the lowa-Ne- braska Non-Stock Milk a.ssociation, 440 or 82 percent of the 515 grade A milk farmers in the 19-county area, have signed to ioin the Lincoln mildshed associatiotu Signature of 8u percent of tha producers was required to maka a new gra.ss which grows to agreement effective, seven feet tall, a fast-prowling KOLB SAID that collectiva black sheep of the vegetable king- selling to Lincoln dairy proces- dom which is marauding sors and distributors is expected grain belt. begin in the next 30 days. He Field reports show It is menac- association is ing corn, soybeans, and other negotiating with Lincoln dis- legume crops here and there in a who would buy their band from western Indiana, across association, central Illinois, northern Missouri, counterpart In the two- and into Kansas. The pest, giant mllkshed.

the pro- foxtail spreads rapidly in a neigh- association will act as ft and 561 pounds of butterfat. An- just celebrated its fifth anni- 496 pounds of butterfat. The showing and fitting contests were hotly conte.sted and the inbred lines of com, increased the total corn yield. Prior to this time, and for many years after, before the short and for which suitable hy- commercial use of hybrid comlbrids have been slow in develop- corn was rapid. Official figures in the state is 30 bushels indicate that from 1933 to 1951 acre, a gain of five bushels for the numerous state and the percent of total acres planted acre over open pollinated com.

I out-of-state seed companies, to hybrid com in Nebraska rose At the market fivf bushels of On the Steckley farm at Weep- from .03 percent to 95 percent. com at $1.50 per bushel comes ing Water and in numerous co- Dr. Kiesselbach said that the to $7.50. Therefore, take the, operating com Belds last 5 percent still using subtract the $1.30 planting throughout the area, hybrid seed, poIlta.t«d corn are iltuatcd ta'cort and it leave, the farmer com the western part of the state I profit increase of $6.20 per niiThi where the seeson is TO PRODUCE hybrid eeed existed st all the shows. The other cow had three records, one versary and a look at the record of which made as a two-year-old shows that nearly 160.000 farm was 1.1,6.50 pounds of milk and families are presently using the farm operating loans.

Agriculture department officials marked the occasion by citing the record of providing Holl, Milford, nratricc Hiatina. IWalHct. F.mannurl. North BtMd. Avery.

Norfolk. Carlaon. Stratlon. Ilauf. Torriniton, Wyo.

firand Frauen. Grand latand. became extensive, farmers continued to pick and plant their and lue open pollinated varieties. They got fair com crops but characteristics were highly variable in respect .0 maturity time, disease and strength of stalks. ACCORDING TO Dr.

Theodore Kiesselbach, professor of agronomy at the University of Nebraska, Interest in the use of hybrid com on farms was accellerated in 1917 when a double cross of four Inbred com strains was made. This is the method used commercially today. This method, when inbred lines and single cross strains used as parents oroperly complement each other, is found to increase com yield 20 percent over open pollinated com, said Kiesselbach. PERHAPS you are wondering Just what hybrid com is. compare hybrid com and a mule are more similar than you think.

F. D. Ritchie of the U.S.D.A. says: mule is the first-generation hybrid between the mare and the ass and partakes of the best qualities of both parents. It does not reproduce, but must be produced anew year.

com hybrid is the first- generation hybrid between two atrains of com. Its value is for seed in the production of a crop of commercial com. This com will grow, but cannot be used for seed without a loss in yield in the succeeding generations. like the mule, the com hybrid must be produced anew each I i DR. KIESSELBACH said that for a time this inadvisability of the farmer picking and planting the seed from his own crop ment.

JUST WHAT docs hybrid com mean to the farmer? It means increased yield, stronger lodge- IF A ACKE farm is planted I corn, the following steps are fol- credlt and on-farm guidance needed by family farm operators to round out their farm programs, iipprove soil, strengthen their hold on the land, and reach a better living standard. In the five years over 600,000 production loans were made to family-type farmers and there to hybrid com, then the profit will be boosted $372 by using the hybrid com rather than open pollinated com. lowed: Twa slnfle eroaa pareat aeed stalks are planted in alternate in an isolated field. On the same basis, the farmer! fenwle raws are of the shows: who raises 60 bushels per leaving the male hybrid to Norman Ron. fini; pollinate them.

iSrlvan TMar. Rravrr C'roaUnt. wconS; Joan agents, leaders and have been about 16,000 loans to parents all deserve a word of commendation for conducting such a series of good shows. Showmanship and purple-ribbon of the The ears fron the female com aw slowed down the adoption of hybrid corn use for some farmers. TTiere was a tendency to mistrust the system of not picking their own I resistant stalks and more money He pointed out that by picking Boh Ebm.

Bra- Seed vrr Cromina; Janrt Fnrr. Rwa; Joan llar- l.lncotn¡ Rodnry Knot. I.incoln. Trrry Knill. Roca: Carolyn I.4it.

Lincoln; Jane McKenzie. Milford; Jerry MacKenzte. Milford: Eddie Mnormeier. Roca: Mary flelm buy, develop or enlarge farms, as well as more than 9,100 loans to build or repair fajrm housm or other farm buildings. Officials say demand for these loans is increasing daily.

A farmer who 'wants a loan must prove the desire and ability to improve his operation. Veterans receive loan preference. In addition to its other activities the agriculture department agency plants provide the hybrid for the next years use. AIT WEEPING WATCR, oc KmnHh MVvii' manager Marion Stone Neitnn. 'uncoin; 1 has operated the insured mort- My.

Nnrman Roll. Milford; Dri -1 helped more than 6,000 farmers Trjar. Beaver Croaaini: Sylraa TcMr. tO date, aver romiu. on the menu next USewmeeaMsi Ronald collective bargaining agency in with the group of Lln- nnni i.

milk-buyers and distributora. ODDLY it is related Offices are to be set up in Lin- conduct the as foxtail millet, meadow foxtail, business and green and yellow foxtail, and, Althmigh there have been several previous efforts to organiaV' the mllkshed, none has been tuc- bessful before. In each previoua case, the indifference of Lincastar county producers had been a stumbling block. LINCOLN DAIRY distribuUxrs are reported to have been on tha sidelines during the organizatioa period. In several of the recent years, including last year, Lincoln dairiaa have offered producers fint; Jolm Faton.

ridetl, llayn. Blue Rprinn. third Pwvtt-RNAwa AwarAit John Fazon. Odrll; Virtil Jurarna. Hutli Stein.

Odell: Itemke Vlinah. Odell: Vllnah. Odell; Arley Walda, PeWItt: Mat Walda. DeWitt: Willa Walda. DeWili; Helen Yount.

Beatrice. iiiMiiM. Beatrice. I month? Here Is what agriculture aecofid: sunley department experts predict: Two food items lead the plentiful list: Tender, to such milder weeds as pigeon grass. It differs from them in size and in its low-drooping heads and its haiiyr instead of smooth leaves.

First recorded trace of giant foxtail in this country was hi 1932 when seeds from it were found in some millet Imported from China. It has spread remarkably in tha last five years. This wily foe germinatM Its seeds any time from spring to fall. That means It can take over a stubble field after small grains are harvested, choking out any legumes which may have been intended as cash or cover crop. SEEDS OP the giant foxtoil spread from an infested field to clean territory with contaminated crop seed, or by hitching a ride young chicken and processed ot by fruit iulcM I way of manure spread as fertilizer from cattle which have been fed fruit Juices.

The experts expect cabbage and beets to be two of the most abundant fresh vegetables. Markets in many places will have large supplies of good-quality potatoes and sweet corn. cow HOT, HARD drink of water is mighty refreshing be! tween rows of corn for Oliver Mayfield, Alvo high school football coach and supervisor for his detasseling group, and Margaret Meyer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G.

N. Meyer of Wabash. Margaret, Wabash high school freshman, has worked on a detasseling for two J195 pvmicu UUW UMKV UJF and planting the'hybrid seed, 1 Profit. say that one bushel will derive ten bushels per acre increase and twice this HARD AT Holt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Chris Holt of Louisville, starts detas- seling a long row of corn on the Eugene Bundy farm south of Ashlaild. MMwywMAtoi RnMnne Nanh Brnd. firyt; Kenneth. MMnmon. Mead, tac- ondi Betty Ripficrle.

Bennintton. thrrd. PvplfRlbawi Awweat Don Beck. Betty Kipperte. Bennlntlon; Kenneth Kmken.

Mead: Bnaannc Fmmanuel. North Btnd; Joan Finneaan, North Bend: Delbert Merritt. Elkhomi DamI Schneckloth. DIaIr; Manren ScbuH. Amea; Lorn Tiram.

So. Omaha. NtMfMk akPWSMMMpt Billy Averr. Norfolk, firtt; Alvina Robinaon. OainoiMI, aecond: Leo Tliiclc.

Columbus, third. AwwAai Kevin Clatoirarf. Howells. Beverly Hamel. St.

Edward: pam HeractabKk. South Sloin City; Donna Jean HinU, Madlaon: Carolina Nan. Buntoa: Al- viaa Robinaon, Osmond. McCook HhawainnMlp! Joyce Carlson. Stratton, first; Hubert Burtis.

Imperial, accond; Mike Simon. Holbrook, third. Pwpla-Ribknn A Joyce Carlaan. iKratton: Junior ukkie. Stratton: Adelhert Leavitt, North Platte; Roland Leavitt.

North Blatte: Robert Morse. Arapahoe; Doris Wil- coi. McCoofc. Mlitkttt Richard Hauf. Torrintinn.

first; Robert Crabb, Lodacpolc, aec- ond; Waller Iverson. Alliance, third. pMwla-Rlkken Awnrist Raymond Crabb. IxjdMpolc: Russell Crsbb, Lodnepole; Pally Lcibel. Alliance Grand Island ShawHandiU; Glen Frauen.

Grand Island, flral; Donald Bluhm. Deaver Crnastna, Donald Fauen. Grand Island, third. SALINA Kas fUP) Dr Awnrdsi ikuwes vcntcd for three ycars in succes- ponald FYauen. Glen Frauen.

nlS OWn prCaching, be eliminated but Inaine IlMsart. Delores Meier. Ruben With OR UnUSUal twist. Jnnzen passes off much of his work to fouf helpers, Effle Joe Screwball, Karl Kraut and Soft Water Diet Good For Bossy PLYMOUTH, Wis. named Sethje Della Fobes nearly doubled her milk production after drinking soft W.

J. Van Allen, her owner, said that on hard water Sethje Della used to average 7,846 quarts of milk a year. Aher being put on soft water, she produced 14,218 quarts of milk in a time. Preaching Aided by Ventriloquism infested grain or hay. Cattle also like to eat it in pasture and birds like the more method of spreading which are difficult to prevent.

Yet, disastrous as it is, crop scientists have found no effective single means for controlling giant foxtail. The chemical 2, 4-D kills it while aeeda arc germinating, but also kills soybeans and other crops so special care must be taken in applying tha potent weed-kiUer. It be used at all with soybeans, and with com tha spraying must taka place below the leavM. BEST DEFENSES crop men have developed so far are; Use of clean seed, clean harvesting equipment. and 2, 4i-D as a gence spray.

Seed scientists say If producticm of giant foxtail Med can be pre- premiums for extra volume of fall production in order to stimulate additional milk during the ly low production period. In of this organization of tha anociation, tpokesmaa of Lincoln dairlM have said it la that fall premium taiy- ments will be initiated by the mUk THE association will attempt to contrect prices for producers irv the Lincoln milk died which will be tied to tha rlce flutuations of the Chicago utter market prices, Kolb said. The prices paid in the Chicago market by condensoriea and prices paid for butter end powdered milk will be used as a base, ha explained. RRUBBN WAONRR. of Waltott, Lancaster county representative the lowa-Nebraska association, the advantage of tiie consolidation will be stabUization of prices, perhaps at a somewhat higher level than at praaant Lincoln milk riied fnoducera will continue to sell In tha Lincoln area, ha said, but in tiia event of a shortiwe outside the Lincoln araa, the aiiociation will also sell In arees outside the Idneoln mUlt ahed Up to the in-Ment, 1 ices in the Lincoln milk eve depended on local auppip and demand.

Tha moduears in ma Omaha area have been selling collectively for emne tfane end generally get better pricM, Wagner said. Deer Has Sympathizers BUFFALO N.Y. (UP). Hun-lNellie Lou Miller. They are areas of children booed as dols, depent upon Jan- ham C.

Sullivan, SPCA skill as a ventriloquist for tendent, carried out his job. While their words of gospel, the youngsters watched, Sullivan 1 children listen, the story second generation This increased profit reflects girls were employed by the one only about 85 as high as hybrid corn plants about state in revenues and company it! This prosperity. You can say, Dr.i The number has dropped now wir tn thL rtf nnen nollinated at continued, that hy- that the end of the sea.son is at back to that of open pollinated brid swd producers, including hand. Stone said, and the work- much that at the oeak of the sum to destroy a 125-pound is so impressed upon their minds o.rt jumped through a-that they never forget detasseling, 340 boys and schoolroom window. corn.

Once farmers found they could increase their com yield by us-120 percent increased yield per ing hybrid seed, the changeover! acre from using the hybrid. Cur- from open pollinated to hybrid rently, the average hybrid yield companies, render ers echoed him, I to the farmer, themselves no gravy is and the country as a whole. FENCE POSTS and FENCINS MATERIAL REPLACE WORN OUT FENCES BEFORE HARVEST TIME creosote posts, guaranteed for 25 years. 3" 90c Sturdy galvanized wire fencing, re-lnforced at cross bars for added years of service. Decorative steel fencing for farm yard or garden.

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Two pollinator and six aeed rows are used and tassels have to be pulled out of the seed rows before the silks come out. If de- tasseling is late, the hybrid virility is lost. So the work goes on, rain or shine. THE NEBRASKA Crop Improvement association is constantly working on better hybrid strains for the farmers of the state. When the University of Ne-, braska experiment station de- velops a new crop variety, small 1T1CXIC3I1 JLiHIfOz lots are distributed to growers gr 1 tkt 1 for seed production.

IJ DS Jratrol IMeCd These growers are controlled by law and the crops inspected rigidly to maintain the superiority of the seed. This is called seed certification. Seed growing companies, such as Pioneer, and others, are busy the growing and processing hybrid corn to the benefit of thei WASHINGTON. (NANA). Mexican farm labor coming into the states to help with harvests will require 1,000 additional border patrolmen.

That is what the officials have told yggj. congress in asking for an additional $4 million in funds. farmermer. FUTURE for better FARMERS hybrids. can look Greater Daytime Driving Safer DETROIT.

(UP), Driving at night is more than three times as disease resistant strains, stronger dangerous as driving in the day- and more virile crops are seen time. Safety experts say 60 per- for the future, according to Dr. Kiesselbach. The producing and selling of 16 a.m. cent of all fatal accidents happen between the hours of 6 p.m.

and CORN COSS ANO PISCES OF COBS Vv UAvr MCCkl cniiun TOPS for CROPS HAVE BEEN POUND IN OLD MEXICO YEARS OUX THIS IS THE OUiEST trace OP CORN EVER FOUND! And If yoa want an np-to-the-minato modem hybrid, then piek one of the most popular hybrids ever planted any- iriiere. Pick Steckley Hybrida-they do the Job better. Backed ap with the most extensivo breeding Mrogram In the western United States. SnCKUY HYBRID CORN ttmmtm. explained.

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