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DECEMBER 9, IS-71
Blight
Resistant
Corn for 1972
The seed problems corn
growers faced last winter
have faded In the face of a
good 1971 crop and an all
out effort by seed companies
to produce blight-resistant
hybrids.
There will be a plentiful
supply of seed of blight
resistant hybrids for plant
ing in 1972. These hybrids
are adapted to local growing
conditions.
This is part of the opti
mistic seed corn outlook
compiled from a survey of
four major suppliers of
North Carolina seed
Coker Pedigreed Seed Co.,
Pioneer Corn Co., McNair
Seed Co., and Watson Seed
Farms.
Surveyed by Gene
Sullivan, extention seed spe
cialist at North Carolina
State University, the four
suppliers indicated that only
100 percent hand-detasseled
adapted hybrids will be sold.
They do not plan to offer
for sale any blends of T
cytoplasm and N cytoplasm
types. T cytoplasm is dir
ectly related to blight sus
ceptibility and N cytoplasm
to blight resistance.
The seed companies also
say they will not offer for
sale flint or flint-dent types.
These less desirable types,
along with second generation
and open pollinated seed,
were pressed into use this
year due to the shortage of
blight resistant, adapted
hybrids.
Although farmers should
easily find plentiful supplies
of the kinds of seed they
want, prices will probably
be higher than they were
prior to the 1970 blight
epidemic. Most of this
change in price will be due
to the cost of having to
hand-detassel the N cyto
plasm seed fields.
Based on survey infor
mation, prices of double
cross hybrids will range
from $15.40 for grades for
use in plateless planters to
s2l per 50-pound unit for
medium flat grades.
Single-cross hybrids
will be priced in a range of
$24.40 to $32 per unit.
Special hybrids will be
$17.40 to $26 per unit.
NCSU Specialist Sullivar.
pointed out that growers who
have plateless planters
should be able to realize a
considerable savings in seed
costs by using the so-called
“economy” grades or un
graded seed. These may
“go fast” so booking sup
plies ahead is recommend
ed.
Sullivan explained that
seed companies and univer
sity researchers throughout
the country are searching
for an acceptable new source
of male sterility to replace
the Tor Texas source. The
T is being discarded in the
production of commercial
seed because of its relation
ship to southern corn leaf
blight susceptibility. If a
new source of sterility is
adopted, hand-detasseling
can again be reduced and,
theoretically, so can the
price of seed corn.
Home Trash
Compacter
Meets More
Approval
RALEIGH —The home
trash compacter is two
years old now and appears
to be here to stay.
The compacter didn’t
take off so quickly as other
new home appliances—part
ly because of a relatively
high pricetag and partly be
cause many homemakers
just didn’t see a need for it.
But the focus on trash
as an environmental polluter
has changed many opinions
as to its need.
The trash masher re
duces the bulk of trash to
one-fourth its original size,
explain extension home
management specialists,
North Carolina State Univ
sity. This means it takes
up less space both in the
home and at the disposal
site.
Many communities are
now requiring that trash be
left at the curb for pick
up, and homemakers find
the compacted trash is less
trouble to out.
Six appliance manu
facturers now offer trash
compacters as part of their
line, and a seventh will in
troduce a model next year.
In addition some large mail
order chains offer their own
models. Some other manu
facturers of housewares and
hardware also have their
models. So there are many
styles to choose from.
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