Several methods can be used to apply insecti
cides but the two that are most popular during
late spring are broadcast spray and either spray
or granule application over the com row at plant
ing time. A starter fertilizer containing insecti
cide used to be popular but the fast changeover
from split boot to offset fertilizer applicators has
made mis method obsolete.
Aldrin and heptachlor are the materials most
often recommended for the control of most soil
insects. Rates to apply will vary from state to
state, depending on local situations. Some ento
mologists will recommend a rate for, say, root
worms that will be satisfactory, but this applica
tion won’t be enough to control white or black
grubs. Other entomologists will recommend a
rate that will usually be high enough to handle
what they call the soil insect “complex.”
In exceptional cases even higher rates must
be used where poor control was achieved the pre
vious year. Check with your county agent and
pesticide suppliers to find out the rate that has
been determined best in your area.
Here's a situation that many farmers face when they do
not use a pre-emerge spray or granules. If most of these
weeds were broadleaf types, then 2,4-D would do an ex
cellent job of cleaning the field. Unfortunately in this case
the bulk of the infestation is grass. As a result, yields will
puffer since it will be impossible to clean up the rows.
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lasts longer—without replac
ing, and my 26 year old fence
proves it,"
—says Wm. J. Robertson,
Forest, Indiana Fanner |R
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Custom sprayers are using
high clearance rigs in most
areas. This doesn't mean
that you should wait until
corn gets too tall for con
ventional sprayers before
using 2,4-D. But if corn
reaches 12 inches or more
in height before you get to
spray, always use drops. ij
Notice the strip of grass
and weeds in the middle
behind the sprayer. Poor
cultivator adjustment is the
cause of this and it often ,
happens if fields get a little
soddy before cultivation.
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Here's what everyone <
hopes for when they use a
pre-emerge chemical. This
was accomplished by a
broadcast application of Si
mazine. This material, at a
two pound per acre rate,
has shown up exceptionally
well on clay soils not too
high in organic matter. A
sister product, Atrazine,
will be one of the most
popular pre-emerge chem- -
icals used on corn this year.
It is slightly more soluble ,
than Simazine and seems 1
to give slightly better re
sults on heavier soils.
KING CORN’S 1960 TRIUMPH
All-Time Record Yield After A Late Spring Season
•All yields were made on Selected S»Acre DeKalb Contest Plots.
4,352,164,000 BUSHELS!
Corn's remarkable 1960 performance
guarantees its continuing tenure as
the "King" of America's field crops.
Never before so many bushels—and
after excessive Spring rains caused
many planting delays. But America's
corn crop came through with a
spectacular 4,352,668,000 bushel
harvest, (USDA estimate). No greater
tribute to farm progress than this—a
magnificent production record made by
America's farmers. On this page are
reported some of the excellent records*
made by DeKalb Corn growers competing
in the 1960 National Selected 5-Acre
DeKalb Corn Growing Contest.
119.30 BU.* DEKALB CONTEST AVERAGE
That's a great average—any year.
And, when you consider 1960's
unfavorable planting start, such a
yield average* is tremendous.
Remember, too, that this 119.30 DeKalb
bushel average* was made by 4454
contestants, producing under wide
variations of soil, management and
weather of 27 states and Canada.
WINNER FROM BLUE GRASS STATE
Kentuckian Charles Werline is the 1960
National DeKalb Champion with a yield
of 217.76 bu. per acre*. He farms 240
acres in Lewis County, far Northeast
in the State. He drilled DeKalb 805 in
40 inch rows May 20; planting DeKalb
for the 20th consecutive year!
A HALF-BUSHEL* DIFFERENCE
Across the Ohio River at Washington
C. H. in the Buckeye State. James R.
Pierson harvested 217.29 bushels* to
become National Reserve 1960 DeKalb
Champ in the Contest—only .47 bushels*
behind the winner! He drilled two
DeKalb varieties on his 735 acre hog,
cattle, sheep farm. Third honors go to
Wm. Carney, Dansville, New York, on
his yield of 206.17 bushels*.
One-fifth of a bushel per acre*
separates third and fourth places:
D. W. Tarter, Linden, Indiana,
harvested 204.46 bushels per acre* and
A. B. A T. Pitcher, Fort Collins,
Colorado, made 204.25 bushels* on
irrigated land—only 1/5 of a bushel*
less! Consistent, high DeKalb yields!
CHAMPIONSHIP
For 21 consecutive years, more than
two decades, more farmers have planted
DeKalb than any other corn. That's
the championship endorsement corn
growers give DeKalb. They know it
yields; they choose i£ over all
others, year after year.
THE REASON-RESEARCH
DeKalb "yield-power" is based on
research—more research than backs any
other corn. The power to yield—and
to yield big—is bred into every
DeKalb variety. Depend on DeKalb.
It's truly a corn of champions.
DEKALB AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION, INC., DEKALB, ILLINOIS
Commercial Producers and Distributors of DeKalb Seed Com, DeKalb Chlr end DeKali Hybrid Sorghum
"DEKALB" it a Brand Nam*. Th* numoer ia a Vanaty OaaignaLon