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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1981-07-15, Page 23, • , THE FORA' , THE NEW, BIGGER, BETTER F 800-SERIEMPABINES They're here. Now. They're here. ilia-biggest. most productive, energy efficient Massey's ever built — the hew MF 8501850 combines. And we've got 'em right now. titia capacity Is built right into these neck harvest hungry machines. with two important innovations: • New 12-bar concave wilts ,113* arc increases threshing area by 10%. Coupled with our exclusive hi-inertia cylinelet, it assures 1 gentle yet thorough threshing. • New 23-Inch (.59 m) Binger straw walkers add 19% greater separating area. I Larger concave crud longer straw walkers help increase overall capacity by to 15%, depending on crop and conditions. The new MasS•ey-Ferguson 860/850 combines are batter, as well as bigger. We've added a new rotary air intake cooling system to boosl cooling not been worked for_10 or 20 years. The yellow rocket is even growing in these areas. 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It is interesting to vi-see-thapthere are areas along fences and side roads which have obviously not been worked for years. Some have very important to manage. alfalfa so food reserves are at the optimum level, or suffi- ciently high, to allow rapid regrowth-after harvest. Ade-, quate fertility is a key com- ponent for rapid regrowth and food reserve production. . Written by: Mery Erb Agrico, Brucefield • Growers disagree about the best alfalfa cutting height If you have applied your annual grass herbicide and the annual grasses reach the -three leaf stage your herbicide will not kill them. N ow the best method to get rid` of them is scuffling. Don't. go deep • just shallow enough to cut them off. Even atrazine and oil will not kill annualgrasses past the 2-leaf stage. If you think you . have applied your herbicides properly and still the annual grasses arc alive you may have proso millet, Last year proso millet was found by the weed survey crews, on a number of farms in Huron and Perth Counties. h was exceptionally bad in the Sea- forth area. This weed, in its early stages looks like fostbil. However. the plant is quite hairy (leayes and stem). —Foxtail has few hairs. Proso Millet is as hairy as okd witch grass. Also, Proso Millet fias a small shiny (black to light brown( seed 'attached to the roots7.--Pull the' smallplants up and check the seed. If you have it in corn the only Way to get rid of it is by repeated scuffling. Any field with This weed should he taken out of earn as soon as poSsible. Treflan gives satisfactory control in beans. Grain seeded .down to Red Clover also seems to smother this weed. DANDELIONS AND OTHER WINTER ANNUALS For a tom., time o'c lime ss. ii that dandclions in alfalfa • mostly' shoe and not. a • ns problem.' Now the -scicatista ,It -.'flue Um 01 Vtr, iscOnsin have. lieures to prose that daft- &lions .are not a scriou• problem In a field which ad '":t-moderate dapd'elion ,It, station". there was act- ually 128 lbs. dandelions per acre and 2998 lbs. alfalfa in the first cut on May 2. The harvested dandelions tested 15.6% protein. the alfalfa was 21.6%'oand the mix was 21.0%. ,This is good news , because there is no economical her. bicide to control dandelions in alfalfa. Dandelions in a field of alfalfa is a signal that Growers sometimes argue over the recommended cut- ting height. From a physiolo: gical and morphological point of view. it is recom- mended to harvest at a low stubble height. at around one 'and hdlf to two inches. The , crownal buds or Sites of regrowth are located at or slightly below the 'soil sur- face. By cuttipg clow, to the soil surface, all of thrtop growth, which may posSess some di- sease or insects, is removed. _This hops reduce the build up Of_ such diseases or in- sects. It's just good sanita- tion to remove all of the top growth. If harvested at a height of 4 inches. regrowth will be the stand is thinning out. Dandelions do not crowd out the alfalfa. Dandelicins fill up the empty spaces. (Refer- ence: Hoard's Dairyman. May 10, 1981). This past..month we have had numerous calls about- yellow rocket, penny cress and shepherds purse. All of these weeds. as ,well as more uneven and will devel- op from auxiliary buds on the remaining stem stubble. Soluble carbohydrates or • food reserves are stored in the crown and top root of. alfalfa. It has been found that soluble carbohydrates are produced, stored and used in a cyclic manner which is accelerated by cutting. When growth begins in early spring. food reserves are depleted until the top growth is six, to eight inches and then soluble carbohy- drates are again translocated from the tops to the crown and-faproof.- , For high yielding alfalfa whero' three. four, or five cuttings are, taken (i.e. fray. haylage and for daily clopped green feed) it is er ft you checked your population • in corn, and beans. While checking the bean fields we notice a range in plant counts from 1.7 to 3.3 plants per foot. I have wondered about fertilizer this past two weeks as, well. I have heard a lot• of the cost price squeeze, this spring. I. have heard a lot about the very sensitive interest rate issue. But then I wonder if things are so bad, why are less than 20% of Ontario `farmers soil testing. . That means that 4 of your neigh- bours do not soil test. How can they ,afford not to? How can they at one time talk about the high cost of cropping and high 'interest rates and at the next time not use this service.• I can safely say that 4 of your neighbours are either losing yield be. ' cause they ace not putting on enough, or they are wasting money „by putting on too much. Even if they only reduce their fertilizer costs by .2 or $3,000.00 a year or increased their crop output by an equivalent amount it makes a difference. Maybe not a big difference any one year, but certainly over 10 years. That would amount to 520,000. to $30,000. less debt load and at' today's interest rate that's substantial. There is an old adage that states "what you make is not as important as what you spend". Some of the farmers that are now having 'close en- counters with their bank. managers• or feed comparnes may be too late to soil test and walk their fields: How- ever, its is not too late for many.others. Check and secure your investment now. SOIL TEST NO GOOD? Before you say soil testing is no good, I want you to realize a couple of things. First of all, the soil test is a guideline, not the last word. coofutnhteecrteidticwisithm thAsawt lejliti'avrileoesnt Ontario's soil test is the result of poor sampling tech- nique or poor interpretation of the results. Now there are a number of soil testing services available. In fact there are many soil test services available based on research done in the United States. For the, most part they are overpriced (by Ont- ario's standards). They can run up to S6.50/acre. Their . recommendations are based on American conditions. Our soil test is based on Ontario's growing conditions and Ont- ario's research, ' If you are not able to soil test yourself then call us and we will locate for you some- one who will soil test your farm - (approximately 35c/ acre). If you are not willing to pay for this, service. then hire ,your own kids to do it. Even if you pay them 35c an acre it is a very worthwhile invest- ment. Before they go soil testing, set down some guidelines. No sample should represent more than 20 acres, Also, make4hem take at least one sample/ acre. The more samples the better. and they can soil sample anytime. In fact. sampling while the crop is growing is ideal. This lessens the chance of sampling a fertilizer band. Again I want to re- emphasize-if your neighbour doesn't take advantage of a tool as simple as the soil test and he doesn't check the fields during' the summer time, should you seriously listen to him talk about high input costs and low yields? If he doesn't know what's going on out there -- who does? Now that I have you convinced to check and soil test .your fields you will no doubt come upon some my- sterious weeds. At a recent weed meeting, Perth County Weed Inspector Cyril Brown recounted numerous stories of small patches of weeds gradually taking over large areas. Cyril said. "If only they had of been controlled when they were a small patch." Dig up weed escapes. If it has a long perennial type of mot system there arc really only two herbicide choices. One is Kil-mor which is fairly effective op a lot of perennial broad leaf' weeds. Kil-mor can be used in grain or corn. If. Kil-mor is, not working then the only choice is Cytrol or Round-up, Both of these herbicides are total vegetation controllers. I suggest you spray these weedy spots and then bring a sample in for identification. It is more important to have them controlled than to have them identified. ICIL•MOR CONTROLS BINDWEED I checked with Al Hamill of Canada Department of Agri- culture in Harrow to find out any , last minute advice on bindweed control. He Said that according 'to Publication 75 and the Ontario Weed Committee. the best way, to control bindweed in corn is with Kit- mot. and drop pipes. This herbicide should be applied when bindweed is in bloom and at least two weeks before tasseling. This year the corn appears tn he developing faster than nOr- mat so he cautious. Al %% as a hit concerned about situ using t he lit ,h rate of Hamel to controi tindvveed it' Voir already have applied a high rate on the corn (the pint rate - .55 kg/ha) Al did not think that the bit of dicamba in Kil-mmj coupled with a high rate Of",J4rivel pre-emerge would harth the Om. He again reassured me that for some unknown reason the three chemicals in Kil-mor 2, 'dicamba and mecon- rop were doing the best job. MILKWEED CONTROL Milkweed infestations can be reduced by using Cytrol or Round-up. The milkweed should be at late bud or early bloOrn stage. The rate to use with hand sprayers' is on the label. For wick weeders most farmers are using I- part Round-up to one part water. For the roller sprayer they are using 1 part Round-up to two parts water. Pulling or hoeing milk- weeds will not kill them. Similarity don't waste a lot of time spraying the plants tha are ti to 8" high. They wi:I only grim back. Better to ,leave them alone and then go back in a couple of weeks and respray them as they get to the bud to bloom stave. BY PAT LYNCH Soils and Crops Spedidlet During the Vast two weeks I have had three experiences that have led me to wonder about Our crops. The inci- dents are in no way connect- ed.The first of these concerns the 'Soil and Crop Improvement colored bean study. There are about 20 coloured bean fields in Hur- on and Perth Counties that Chris Allcott, my summer ' - aiiistant, and I are watching. We check for insects, dis- ease, emergence, weeds etc. Last week we walked a number, of these fields. The second incident concerns a' visit with a farmer who is suffering from the low hog prices. The third incident was a plane ride on Sunday evening. Don Jack from Milverton took me for a crop inspection from the air.' All three of these incidents make , me wonder how often your neighbour ' walks his fields. (I' know you would certainly check your crops). For every 100 acres of corn he plants he has about $25,000. invested. In some cases your neighbours have made that investment and then walked away from it. Walking the bean fields, Chris and 1 found two spots of perennial smart weed and one spot of perennial ground cherry. All of which should - be eradicted now. While we were walking those fields we looked over some back fenc- es. One thing I can say is -- 'ii that's "a little bit of twitch=in-these baele-fields: than the Pope is a little bit Cathdlic and the Queen is a little bit English I saw some of your neigh- bours' crops and now I wonder about yours, I•wond- YOU'RE INVITED to. Stmtrottato "7!!' I oi age fertilizer could be the best investment in low cost feed you'll make. And the payoff 15 quality protein — as much as 1 ton from every acre! Ask about custom spreading right now.