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W. M. Buescher
Will Serve As
Crop Clinic M. C.
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W. M. Buescher
Walter M. Buescher, master
of ceremonies for the 1969 crop
clinic presentation, was named
manager of customer promotion
services department in Allis-
Chalmers farm equipment divi
sion in 1966.
He had been assistant to the
division’s manager of merchan
dising since 1963.
He joined the firm in 1935
at its plant in La Porte, Ind.
Later he was a district repre
sentative, and, in 1944, named
assistant manager of Allis-Chal
mers branch in Toledo. Walt
moved to the Milwaukee home
office as manager of salestrain
ing in 1954.
Four years later he became
assistant to the general sales
manager for the division.
A native of Bremen, Ind., he
was graduated from Valparaiso
university. He now lives in
Brookfield, Wis.
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January 16, 1969
9:30 A. M. At The
American Legion Hall
Blakely, Georgia
200 bushel corn
an exciting goal
for top farmers
A decade ago, 100 bu. per acre corn crops stirred
plenty of talk in the hot stove league. Now, it's
200 bushel crops that have the farmers talking!
Who is willing to scoff at the possibility of 300 bu.
corn crops on sizeable acreages before long?
Today's top growers are already pre-occupied
with actually growing 200 bu. crops. That's a 200
bu. corn crop on the cover of this book. It's part
of 700 acres of corn that Raymond Wilken, of
Petersburg, Illinois planted in 20" rows last year.
"The first 12 acres we combined seemed heavier
than any corn I'd ever seen," Wilken reports. "We
were busy adjusting our new continuous flow dry
er. We were dumbfounded when the yield for
those 12 acres turned out to be 208 bu. — at 11 %
moisture!"
If you aim for 200 bushels, you had better be
prepared to accept either success or failure,"
agronomist Sam Aldrich cautions. "You are gambl
ing a lot with the weather. When you win, you
win big!"
Two fundamental keys to producing 200 bushel
corn crops are making the best use of light and of
available water. Light utilization can be improved
by planting early and at optimum plant popula
tions. Narrow rows have proven to make better
use of light, nutrients, and water than wide rows.
Aim to have your hybrids silking near the long
est days of the year. In the central Corn Belt, corn
that silks by July 1 has nearly 30 hours more sun
light than corn that silks July 15.
Early planted corn has a deeper root system by
mid-summer. An extra foot of root depth means
another 2 inches of available water if the subsoil
has been recharged with moisture.
Well-fed corn crops make better use of available
water. Dense root systems go deeper and expose
a larger root surface area to the soil. Increased
fertility in lowa test plots caused corn to pull water
out of the soil to a depth of 7 feet.
Unfertilized corn got its water from less than 5
ft. of soil. With the soil containing about 2 in. of
available water per foot, fertilized corn got an extra
4 in. of water and out-yielded unfertilized corn by
45 bu. per acre.
Big com crops have big appetites. For 200 bushel
yields you almost have to have an excess of avail
able nitrogen throughout the season, according to
Aldrich. Following a good legume, or with an ap
plication of 10 tons of manure per acre, 150 to 200
lbs. of nitrogen are recommended.
Corn following corn or soybeans needs 200 to
275 lbs. of nitrogen. The higher rates may not be
the most profitable, but may add a few bushels
toward your 200-bu. goal. Split applications are
advisable.
You'll need to use full-season single cross hy
brids that are high yielding and stand well as popu
lations of 28,000 to 32,000 when shooting for 200
bushels. Those who have produced 200 bushel
crops before agree that a harvest population of
26,000 to 28,000 or more is needed to realize such
high yields.
When going all-out for the big yields, it is man
datory that you remove all conditions of stress
possible so the corn can produce to its uppermost
limits. That means plenty to eat, plenty to drink,
— no weeds underfoot siphoning off nutrients.
Once you've produced a 200 bu. corn crop, you'd
better be prepared to harvest and handle it!
A crop this heavy is very susceptible to lodging,
because the stalks are slender from thick planting.
Stresses have been much tougher on these plants,
leading to increased stalk rot.
Think seriously about combining as soon as the
grain gets down to 28% moisture. Crops that have
been heavily fertilized are often slow in drying
down. By waiting for the plant to mature, you run
a risk of bad weather setting in. The grain reaches
physiological maturity at about 30% moisture.
Can your harvesting, hauling, and drying equip
ment handle a 200 bu. corn crop efficiently? If you
are earnestly planning a 200 bu. crop, then better
get geared to handle it, in case you get it!
HEAR SUCCESSFUL FARMERS’
REPORTS ON THEIR
1968 CROPPING PRACTICES