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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1982-04-07, Page 39v.asiv 0.. 4 20 -ThsFarrnEdklon,WeekofAprll7,192 Proper calibration ensures crop spraying is effective Many thousands of dollars are spent each year by farmers to control pests in the field. Proper calibration of equipment and application accuracy insure that the money spent on pesticides achieves the desired effect. Sprayer calibration and use was discussed at the Crop Pest Control course at cCAT. by Milton Dietz, Sea. forth, who has been selling spraying, equipment, pestic- ides, and safety equipment for fifteen years. • "Before spraying always • remember that a sprayer is a team of matched components and that everything must be in good 'condition for the sprayer to work accurately," said Dietz. He outlined the procedures which should be followed to. prepare your sprayer. Clean, test, repair and check all components and wash out the tank. Replace worn or damaged hoses and check the screens. Fill the tank with water and turn on the pump, flush the boom checking for leaks from the sprayer and boom. Run the pressure up and down. Check if all the nozzles are spraying the same am- ount. Nozzles may be worn and should be replaced. Grease the universal joints and tandem axles if required. To calibrate the sprayer measure off 150 feet, 45 metres and fill the sprayer with clean water. Select the speed and pressure that you will be using under field conditions. Have another person hold the calibrition bottle under one nozzle as you pass the first marker, and remove it as you pass the second marker. The Application rate can be read from the scale on the bottle. If the liquidlevel is off the scale use a test run of 75 ft. 22.5 metres and multiply the results by two. Repeat the test run to verify the results.. Accurate pressure is critic- al when spraying. A good, easy to read gauge makes pressure, adjustments and reading 'easier while in the field. Boom height is important also to achieve the proper Turn to page 22* • New Huron 4-11 club will teach goatkeeping •Do goats eat old' tin cans? Can they leap tall buildings at a single bound?. What does goat's milk taste like? As leaders of Huron Coun- ty's newest 4-H agricultural club, a goat club, Tony and Fran McQuail, , R. R. 1 Lucknow, are prepared to answer those questions and any others that come up. They hope to interest 15 to 20 young peOple (between, the ' ages of 12 and 19 as of • January 1, PM) in goat keeping. •• The county wide club will meet in the centrally located • Clinton OMAF office once a month on Saturdays. The Or- ganizational meeting is' scheduled for April 3 at 10 a.m.• One meeting during the summer will include a picnic lunch and a tour of two or three goat herds. Parents • Will be a welcome addition on the tour. All joining the club will be expected to either raise a kid or care for a mature milking doe. "We want to make it as open as possible," Fran ex- plained. "Some households may prefer a milking doe to a kid." . • • Club members will learn • about breed characteristics, selection, feeding, housing, • management, breeding and kidding, with demonstra- tions of hoof trimming, tatto- oing and dehorning. They will keep a record of feed • rations and cost, and man- agement techniques. Showing is not .the major emphasis, but there will be an Achievement Day, • Fran promised. FARMING WHERE PROGRESS BEGINS AND the future is in your hands planting the seed of tomormw " ''11-11pewoler Truck Centre Res. 524-7379 •• Airport Road Bus. 524-6210' 1 • 0 1 1 1 1 1,011." ...... IV% alii.41k-016,0110 • • The McQuails have kept Saanen •goats since 1974. They use the milk from their small herd for themselves, to nourish orphan lambs and to fatten their pigs. The pigs thrive on the milk, . gain I rapidly, and have no prob- lemwith scouring, Tony said. "Fran introduced me to goats before we were mar- ried," Tony laughed. He confesses eight years of close association with goats has turned a prejudice based on lack of knowledge into a keen appreciation of the intellig- ent, interesting animals. The two leaders of the Huron County 4-H goat club have one goal: to show the club members that raising a goat is fun. 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