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Few Pennsylvania Farmers Use Certified Seed Wheat
A 1961 Penn State survey in Central Pennsylvania finds most farmers sow home grown seed and only 14 percent of seed lots came from commercial dealers. Of dealer seed, 10 of 21 lots were certified. The Pennell variety led with about half the acreage, Seneca and Thorne followed.
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Harold T Campbell
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