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EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKFLY, GA.. THURS.. JULY 28, 1966
NEWS
The County Agent:
By JUDSON COOPER
Early County Arent
PREPARING TO
DIG PEANUTS
Adequate preparation before
digging is essential to insure
maximum efficiency in peanut
harvesting. Digging should fol
low the same general ficld pat
tern as planting, cultivation and
spraying. This aids in precision
by allowing machinery to operate
on matched rows.
Begin preparation to dig by
mowing vines with a sharp ro
tary mower, Mower blades must
be sharp to cut vines without
pulling pods off in the soil. Mow
er shoud rotate at high speed
to insure a clean cut at all times.
For bunch peanuts, adjust
blade height to remove about
1/3 of top foliage. Runner pea
nuts mat to the ground and %
of the foliage may be safely re
moved by careful mowing. A
clean cut is even more impor
tant in runners as pods are more
easily stripped from the vines,
Excessive foliage removal may
be bazardous and will in most
cases impare shaking and com
bining efficiency. Inspect plants
carefully and attempt to remove
vine growth on the basis of total
foliage, not vine height alone.
The ideal situation is to remove
enovugh leaf and stem mass to
reduce load on combine yet leave
enough mass to cushion the picker
action.
Vines may be coultered before
.or after mowing. Coultering is
necessary where vines interlock
and may greatly improve digging
efficiency. Do not allow vine
clippings to become dry and
tough before coultering. Coulter
ing should be done not more
than 3 days before or one day
after mowing. Use a sharp coul
ter large enough to mount ob
stacles easily. Where vines are
rank additional weight added to
the cultivator frame may improve
penetration and insure a clean
cut,
The grower should take spe
cial field conditions into consid
eration before coultering. Ex
treme premature defoliation due
to legf_sgqty or red spider may
make mowing unadvisable, Check
vine - growth carefully while
.mowing to insure that digging and
shaking efficiency are not being
reduced.
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for weed control won't use it
because they are afraid it may
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les and many ornamentals are
sensitive to 2,4-D. But 2,4-D can
be used safely by following cer
tain precautions, as follows:
Spray when wind velocities are
low.
Keep the boom low, so that
the edges of the spray pattern
just overlap.
Use the amine form of 2,4. D,
which does not vaporize into the
air.
Keep your sprayer pressure be
tween 30-40 pounds per square
inch,
Spray drift increases as spray
€r pressure increases, causes
the formation of small water
droplets which float easily in
light winds. For example, water
droplets of fog size, if dropped
from a ten foot height in a three
mph wind, could drift three
miles, But a droplet of mist size
under the same conditions will
drift only 409 feet.
Time your application to be
made when the prevailing wind
is blowing‘ away from sensitive
crops.
And leave a border area un
sprayed to avoid drift onto rows
of adjacent sensitive crops.
2, 4-D can be safely used if the
operator is careful to observe
these precautions in herbicide
application.
Silage Quality
The main item that determines
silage quality is the feeding val
ue of the crop ensiled.
There is an important differen
ce between plants such as corn
and grasses. The bulk of corn’s
feeding value comes from the
grain, while other crops such as
millet or small grains, the feed
ing value comes from the leaves
and stems of the plants.
In making silage, this is im
portant because the larger the
amount of stem that is ensiled,
the earher touage must be cut to
insure high feeding values.
So you can see that with grass
foliage the crop must be cut
early to insure maximum amounts
of leaves and stems.
In grass silage, too, the more
heads included, the lower the
digestibility.
So you run into a problem
when you try to figure just when
is the best time for harvest,
The proper stage, then, for
harvest becomes a compromise
between yi:=ld and quality.
Pecan Weevils
Pecan weevils could make an
appearance on your place this
time of year,
If they attack the pecan trees
vefore the snells harden this
month or next. they will cause
the punctured nuts to drop.
Damage after the shell harden
destroys the nuts and causes the
shucks to cling to the shells,
Early varieties ol pecans are
most commoaly infested.
Your contiui measure for wee
vils should start when six wee
vils can be jarred from the
branches of any one tree.
So be on the look-out for pe
can weevils,
Winter Kill of Coastal Bermuda
Now at top-dressing time you
are well aware of the need for
nitrogen by Coastal Bermuda.
However, I would like to re
mind you about the phosphorus
and potassium requirements of
Coastal Bermuda.
Why should you be alarmed
about this neglect?
High nitrogen rates of Coastal
Bermuda without adequate rates
of potassium and phosphorus can
cause severe winter kill of Coas
tal Bermuda. This is especially
true of potassium.
You certainly don’t want this to
happen. So make your plans to
have a well balanced fertilization
program for the Coastal Bermuda
on your place.
Remember, it takes more than
nitrogen to keep that Coastal
producing well.
Total Grass Control
Are there areas around your
house, where you do not want
grass, but grass continues to
grow?
There is a herbicide that you
can use that will give you total
grass control.
Dalapon can be used for com
plete control of all grasses and
for preventing grass growth in
dis icult-to-mow areas.
Grass growth will be controlled
for six to eight weeks under
fences, curbs, sidewalks, utility
cutlets, the bases of trees, drive
way, borders, and similar areas.
ASCS
County Office Manager
By WARREN CV.EVELAND
1966 FEED GRAIN PROGRAM
PAYMENTS TO BE MADE
Growers who have participated
in the 1966 feed grain program
will begin getting final program
payments soon J. W. Miller,
Chairman, Agricultural Stabiliza
tion and Conservation County
Committee, said today. The pay
ments will cover both diversion
and price-support payments.
Growers had the opportunity to
request that half the estimated
diversion payment be made in
advance at signup time in the
spring, and where this was done
the payment now available rep
resents the balance of the diver
sion payment due and all of the
price-support payment earned un-
der the program,
In total, thesc payments are
estimated at about $700,000.00 for
the expected 600 county parti
cipants in the 1966 program. The
payments will raise returns from
the 1966 teed grain crops sub
stantially. Farmers participating
by diverting acrcage under the
program are also eligible for
loans on their entire 1966 crops
of corn, barley, and grain sor
ghum.
The diversion payment for
shifting part of the farm's feed
grain base to a conserving use
does not apply to the first 20-
p:recent diversion except of farms
with small bases. The price-sup
port payments are earned on the
projected production from the
acreage scheduled for planting up
to 50 percent of the farm’'s total
feed grain base for the farm; or
one or more of the feed grains—
corn, grain sorghum, or barley—
could be planted on the acreage,
or soybeans could be planted in
lieu of feed grain. These price
support payments are assured
no matier what disposition is
made of the crop.
The chairman said there should
be no delay in the prompt receipt
of the payment where the divert
ed-acreage and program provis
ions have been met. The pay
ment will be made after the ap
plication form is completed and
signed,
Farmers were also reminded
by the Chairman that, even
though program payments are to
be made in the near future, the
approved conserving practices
are expected to be carried out
on designated diverted acreage
throughout the remainder of the
year.
News ltems From
Early County
Foreystry Unit
By PRESTON T. FULMER,
Management Forester
Many people are still confus
ed about the difference between
a unit and cord of wood, Still
others do not realize that there
is a difference which can be very
important financially in a tim
ber sale.
A unit is a “long cord”, and it
contains one hundred sixty cubic
feet. A standard cord contains
one hundred twenty eight cubic
feet. These figures are based on
stacks of wood five feet by four
feet eight (160 cubic feet) per
unit and four feet by four by
eight ' (128 cubic' feet) per stan
dard cord. i
If you are going to sell pulp
wood, it is most important to de
termine before the sale if the
buyer is talking about cords or
units, which are two entirely
different things. The unit actually
contains one and one-third cords:
thus, timber selling at six dol
lars per cord should be valued
at eight dollars per unit.
For the protection of both
buyer and sellcr, a written con
tract is essential to clarify a
mong other things, whether the
sale 1s on the cord or unit basis.
A drunk was sitting at a bar
busily seribbling on some papcr,
The bartender was curious and
asked what he was doing.
“Well, itsh like thish,” said the
lush, “My wife ish on a diet and
she tol' me she'sh losing four
pounds a week. She did weight 168
and if my figures are correct,
I'll be rid of her completely in
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Soybeans ar: looking pener
and better as a good cash erop
for Georgia tarmers, an agrono
mist of the University of Geor
gia Cooperative Extension Serv
ice said this, wecek.
Soybeans will have a price
support of $2.50 per bushel, and
unlike most other price-support
ed crops. do not have acreage
controls. “Actually,” according
to the agronomist, James E.
Jackson, “‘the current demand is
greater than the supply and good
future markets are assured at
‘prices probably-in excess of sup
vort prices.”
Many Georgia farmers have al
ready discovered the possibili
ties of the crop, he continued,
and are making average yields
of 35 bushels or more on large
tracts of land. High yields make
for profitable production.
Even small acreages can be
profitably devoted to soybeans,
however, Mr, Jackson said. The
‘erop can be almost completely
mechanized with inexpensive
farm equipment, making a lot
of labor unnecessary.
One such producer, S. V. Bow
ers, Sr., of Hart County, has
demonstrated this fact to his
neighbors, the agronomist point
ed out. Last year Mr. Bowers
grew 12 acres of soybeans and
produced an averagt yield; of 36.3
bushels per acre. His production.
(Armyworm, too!)
TDE —the outstanding wormkiller that is so success
ful against bollworms, hornworms and cutworms—
even resistant varieties—in cotten and tobacco, has
now received USDA registration for control of Gran
ulate Cutworm and Fall Armyworm on peanuts!
TDE is a variation of DDT that is even more potent
than DDT yet is less toxic to humans and animals.
And it can be applied up to 21 days before harvest!
Now for the first season, you can get this same worm
killing power for your peanuts. Ask your dealer for
a formulation that includes TDE and protect your
peanut profits.
\Arcadlan
an Arcadian insecticide product. Be sure to
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costs were low enough that he
made a good profit on the beans.
According to County Agent Ed
Page, Mr. Bowers grew the
Bragg variety and planted them
in mid-May, using 50 pounds of
seed per acre in 36-inch rows.'
He double-inoculated the seed
before planting.
Since soybeans are a legume,
they need ample amounts of pot
ash and lime to make top yields,
the agronomist said. Mr. Bow
ers met this need by applying 300
pounds of a 5-10-15 fertilizer per
acre to the crop. Soil tests show
ed that the field did not need
additional lime,
Mr. Bowers says that proper
management is the secret to
having good returns from soy
beans,