HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-09-12, Page 41Bruce County
farm report
Ministry of Agriculture
and Food,
10 Jackson Street,
Walkerton, Ont. NOG 2V0
FARM TRUCKING REVIEW
There will be a meeting to
discuss the trucking of farm
products and supplies in the
Walkerton Town Hall on
Wednesday, September
26th at 8.30 p.m.
Farmers, •truckers or any
other interested persons
wishing to discuss this issue
• and any problems they may
have related to the transpor-
tation of agricultural prod-
uce or farm supplies are
invited to attend.
• this is a part of a study of
the truck, service to agricul-
• ture which is being conduct-
ed by Everett Biggs and
Associates of the Ontario
Government.
THE- VALUE OF
STANDING CORN
•We get _questions every
fall about the value of
standing corn for silage. -The
standard answer is Vs the
value.of hay or the equivalent
of 6.5 bushels of grain corn
per ton.
An allowance for harvest-
ing should be subtracted
from the determined value of
the crop. A 100 bushel corn
crop should produce 15 tons
of silage.
M. R. BOLTON,
Agricultural Representative
JR: FARMER LEADERSIHP
CAMP.
Five. Bruce County, young
'people recently returned
from the annual Jr. Farmers'
Leadership Course at Iron."
dale:, They are Bevin Ireland,
a Provincial Director. from
Teeswater; Ken Craig, Club
President and County Vice:
President; Susan Hedley,
Club Vice President; Mary
Eadie and Clark Aitken. The
latter four are members of
the Ripley Club.
They have experienced a
physically and mentally tir-
ing week learning and prac-
..tieing the skills of strong and
effective leadership. My
wish is that local organiza-
tions will utilize the leader-
ship talents of these Jr.
Farmers for the • betterment
of our community.
COLIN REESOR,
Assoc. Ag. Rep,
•
KILL TWITCH NOW!
If you have any fields that
are loaded with twitch you
should • consider spraying
them for twitchgrass, now!
There are three herbicides
that can be used in the fall to
control twitchgrass.' Two of
these products - Cytrol and
Roundup - can be used this
fall and grain planted next
spring. The other i Atrazine
and following its use corn has
to be grown.
To work, both Cytrol and
Roundup have to be applied
to actively growing twitch -
grass that has atleast 3 - 4
leaves. After application the
land should not be worked
for • 10 - 14 days. Both
herbicides can be used until
• a killing frost occurs.
This past two years there
have been problems control-
ling twitchgrass in corn with
a single application of 5 lbs.
of .Atrazine. To improve.. the
• control you should use a split
application - 2¼ lbs. of Atra-
zine this fall, followed by
plowing at least 1Q - 14 days
later and 2% lbs. with oil
• next spring. This split appli-
cation: will give excellent
control but corn has to be
growkin the field at least two
years following treatment.
No matter whatherbicide
you.use, do it now and have
clean fields next year.
• . • •
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Crop and Soils Specialist
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Lucknow Sondes!, Wedneudaw, Septum*, 19, 1919—hg. 13
Sometimes you reap
a lot more than you sow.
If quackgrass is showing
up in your harvest,. use
Roundup® before you fall plow.
You didn't plant it. But
that,quackgrass.came up
anyhow, choking your crop
• and taking a bite out of
your potential yield.
• Jamming up the
works at .harvest
tirne.
Doti't let it happen
again next year. Get the
jump on quackgrass, right
after harvest. But not by plow-
ing. Plowing just breaks up
the weeds, leaving under-
ground root networks ready to send
up• new shoots in the ijspring.
This year, before you TfaiI plow, let
quackgrass regrow until most of
- the weeds are at least eight
inches high (the three or four
leaf stage of. growth).
Then, anytime
• before the first Weed killing
frost, apply Roundup®
herbicide by Monsanto.
Roundup quickly translocates
• • throughout the treated weeds,
• destroying them— root networks
and all. Just five days after using
Roundup, you can plow as usual.
(Note: If you prefer to apply
• Roundup in he spring, don't plow
- the fields this fall).
•Stop quackgrass before
• it attacks next year's crop.
With a pott-harvest application
of Rounduri before you plow.
•
There's never
• been a herbicide
like this before.
ALWAYS READ AND FOLLOW THE LABEL DIRECTIONS FOR ROUNDUP.
Roundup* is a tegistered trademark of Monsanto Co.
RCN 4/79 )Monsanto Company 1979
Monsanto
Monsanto Canada Inc.
Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg, Vaneguver
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