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How To Buy Grass Seed
Oscar, the suburbanite, sur
veyed his newly planted front
yard—feeling content. He had
loosened the subsoil, added new
top soil, spread fertilizer, and
planted grass seed. He was sure
that his lawn would have a "car
pet-like” appearance.
But Oscar would be disappoint
ed. He hadn’t read the label on
the box of seed. To get that
"carpet-like” lawn he should
have bought seed of fine-textured
grass--the box he got contained
mostly seed of coarse kinds.
If Oscar had read the label he
would have found out what kinds
of fine and coarse grasses were
included in the blend and the per
centage by weight of each kind.
He would have also found the
percentage of weed seeds and of
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Inert matter—such as dirt, chaff,
and stones—in the blend, the per
centage of seeds of each variety
likely to germinate (produce nor
mal seedlings) and the date on
which the seeds were tested. Ge
nerally, the germination percen
tage Is considered reliable up to
six months after testing.
Such information is required
under many States laws and by
the Federal Seed Act, atruth-in
labellng law which applies to seed
sold in Interstate commerce and
Is administered by the Consumer
and Marketing Service of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
And, under a recent amend
ment to the Federal Seed Act,
grass seed labels will be re
quired to identify each kind of
seed as either fine or coarse
textured.
Price may have Influenced Os
car to buy the seed he did. Seed
of flne-textured grasses is us
ually more expensive per pound.
He may not have been aware,
however, that there are many
more seeds per pound of the flne
textured grasses than of the coar
se kinds.
For example, it takes upwards
of 7 million bentgrass seeds and
about 2 1/4 million bluegrass
seeds to make a pound of each.
It takes only 225,000 tall fescue
or ryegrass seeds to make a
pound of each.
When buying grass seed, Oscar
should have asked himself se
veral questions. What will the
lawn be used for? In what type
of climate do I live? will the
lawn be In the shade or in the
sun?
Oscar might have only wanted
to plant a fast-growing grass to
cover the back lot which the
neighborhood children use as a
multi purpose playground. He
might then not want any of the
more expensive fine grasses,
which are slow to grow, but in
stead the coarse grasses, which
are usually cheaper per pound
and faster growing. The flne
textured grasses, with the narrow
soft leaves, Include the blue
grasses, red fescue, chewlngs
fescue, and bentgrass. Most
other kinds tend to grow In
clumps, have wider leaves and
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coarser stems, and are consider
ed "coarse”.
Once Oscar has decided the
type of lawn he wants he must
then consider the climatic cond
itions of his area and the con
ditions of sun and shade his grass
will encounter.
Kentucky bluegrass, rough
bluegrass (often called by its
Latin name, Poa trivialls), red
fescue, and bentgrass, for
example, are suitable for lawns
In the northern States, while the
list of grasses suitable for lawns
In the warm regions includeber
mudagrass, carpetgrass, zoysla,
and St. Augustine grass.
Grasses that tolerate shady
areas are red fescue, rough blue
grass, and St. Augusutine grass,
while bentgrass, Kentucky blue
grass, bermudagrass and carpet
grass require more sun.
Red and chewlngs fescue and
rough bluegrass--which Is really
a flne-textured grass similar in
appearance to Kentucky blue
grass--are often mixed with Ken
tucky bluegrass for planting in
shady areas of the lawn.
Most seeds that are used for
lawn are perennial that Is they
survive from year to year. One
major exception Is annual rye
grass, which dies out after one
season.
Experts frequently recommend
a blend of various suitable kinds
and varieties of grass seeds in-
stead of a single kind because
diseases which might attack cer
tain varieties might not attack
others. Also, a blend of both
flne-textured and coarse kinds
is sometimes recommended for
a new lawn because the coarse
grass, which grows faster, would
provide ground cover until the
other grass matures. When an
already-established lawn is to
be thickened, however, only seed
of the desired kinds or varieties
should be used.
Because the proper blend of
grasses varies according to an
area, and even according to soli
within the area, experts suggest
that Oscar should have consulted
his county agricultural extension
agent, who can recommend the
best mixtures for his area and
his soil.
FARM TAX GUIDE
This year is fast coming to a
close and tax filing time is upon
us. Extension Service Economist
Cecil Smith reminds farmers that
the 1967 Farmer’s Tax Guide is
now available at the county Ex
tension agent’s office. Mr. Smith
says this is probably the best
reference material available on
farm income tax management.
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THE COVINGTON NEWS
Telephone Industry Will Grow, Provide New
Services, Says US Labor Department Report
WASHINGTON, D. C. — The
outlook for the telephone Industry
is one of widespread growth,
significant technological change,
and the introduction of many new
services.
These are major points of a new
bulletin, " Technology and Man
power in the Telephone Industry,
1965-75,” the second in a series
of technical studies conducted by
the Department of Labor to deter
mine the Impact of changing tech
nology on the nation’s manpower
needs.
Despite such labor-saving de
vices as direct dialing, cmmunl
cations satellltles, and semi-aut
omatic information service, em
ployment in the telephone indus
try is expected to increase by 11
percent during the next decade.
It is anticipated that 70 mil
lion overseas calls will be made
in 1975, half of which will go
through communications sa
tellites.
The electronic central office
will make possible many new ser
vices within the next 10 years.
For example, frequently-called
Cotton Producers
Approve Order
The USDA issued a research
and promotion order on Decem
ber 28, after more than two
thirds of cotton producers voting
in a recent referendum approved
the order.
The Consumer and Marketing
Service said final official re
sults of the referendum show the
program was approved by 68 per
cent of those voting. With
270,219 cotton producers voting,
183,853 voted in favor of the
program and 83,366 against it.
Approval by two-thirds of those
voting, or by a majority If that
majority accounted for two
thirds of the cotton represented
in the referendum, was required
before the program could be made
effective.
Final official results of the
December 5-9, 1966, refer
endum, by southeastern states,
were: Alabama, 10,893 for, 16,-
615 against; Florida, 753 for,
604 against; Georgia, 22,595 for,
4,638 against; Kentucky, 140 for,
97 against; Mississippi, 18,251
for, 7,331 against; North Caro
lina, 17,420 for, 3,151 against;
South Carolina, 11,969 for, 3,426
against; Tennessee, 6,896 for,
11,319 against; and Virginia, 935
for, 326 against. Results in
neighboring Arkansas showed
12,530 for and 3,916 against,
and in Louisiana, 8,735 for, 1,548
against.
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numbers may be reached by dial
ing 2 digits instead of 7 or 10;
incoming calls may be automati
cally transferred to another num
ber; conference calls can easily
be arranged and additional par
ties brought in after the con
ference has started; the per
son with a busy number can be
notified that another call is wait
ing; and the telephone may be used
as an alarm clock to ring at a
predesignated time or it may
serve as a timer to turn on elec-
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trical appliances.
Technological change will con
tinue to result in a greater vo
lume of telephone calls, parti
cularly long-distance and infor
mation, as well as occupational
shifts within the industry, ac
cording to the report.
The number of telephone op
erators will rise only slightly,
and the skill level required will
remain essentially the same. But,
the demand for central office
craftsmen and professional
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workers is expected to increase
rapidly.
Other manpower Implications
of the report include:
—Employment in the Industry
will rise, but not as rapidly as in
1964 and 1965, in marked con
trast to the decline from 1957
to 1963.
—The percentage of women
employed by the Industry will be
substantially unchanged.
--Layoffs are not expected to
be significant, with reductions in
force being handled by attrition
and reassignment.
—The skill requirements of the
industry will generally be higher,
with the telephone companies
providing much of the needed
training.