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Agronomy and Crop Sciences

Corn

1968

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Fertilizer-Insecticide Mixtures On Corn, R. A. Scheibner, George D. Corder Apr 1968

Fertilizer-Insecticide Mixtures On Corn, R. A. Scheibner, George D. Corder

Agronomy Notes

Soil fertility and insects are major factors that affect corn yields. The proper kinds and amounts of fertilizers and insecticides when used properly will make corn production more economical on fields where either or both are needed.


Nitrogen Rates And Population Studies On Corn, S. H. Phillips Mar 1968

Nitrogen Rates And Population Studies On Corn, S. H. Phillips

Agronomy Notes

John Watts and C. E. Wyatt, Extension Agronomists in the Purchase Area, have conducted nitrogen rates and population studies on corn for several years. The following data relative to these variables are reported from the 1967 tests.


Response Of Corn To Broadcast Applications Of Zinc, Harold F. Miller Jan 1968

Response Of Corn To Broadcast Applications Of Zinc, Harold F. Miller

Agronomy Notes

Where zinc deficiency in corn occurs on Kentucky soils it has been corrected by applying 3 to 6 pounds of elemental zinc per acre in the row at planting time. In some areas of the state, corn planters with row fertilizer attachments are not generally used, raising the question as to library the amount of zinc required when broadcast applications are made.

Through the cooperation of Clarence Mitchell, Area Extension Specialist, a field was located where the 1966 corn crop showed zinc deficiency. Since the field was to be planted in corn (Connecticut 860) in 1967, a field trial with …