Times-Advocate, 1980-10-01, Page 18A POLITICIAN PLOWING — Ken )uncan guides his team as Ernie Talbot of Stanley
township takes a turn at plowing at Saturday's Huron plowing match held on the Bill
Morley farm in Usborne township. T-A photo
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Pas. 4A Times-AdV9c9.4. goober 1r 1980 Huron farm and home news
Sheep management course planned a# Centralia; soil test time here
Sheep are becoming in-
ereasingly popular as a
commercial livestock en-
terprise. Centfalia College of
Agricultural Technology is
offering a 10 session Sheep
Management Program at
which guest lecturers will
discuss such topics as
reproduction, feeding,
housing, health, etc,
The course begins October
14 with evening sessions at
7:30 p.m. Funding of the
course is through Canada
Employment and
Immigration Commission
and there is no charge for the.
course.
Applicants for the course
must have aOrine. experience
or commitment to the sheep
industry. Application forms
are available from Centralia
College or your local
Agricultural Office,
Soil test your fields now
Now is the time to
systematically test your
fields. With increasing costs
of fertilizer, it just does not
pay to guess. You could be
wasting hundreds of dollars
on excessive fertilizer use, or
the wrong analysis for top.
production.
- Soil boxes and information
sheets are available at the.
Agricultural office, Clinton.
Take the samples now when
the soil is. relatively dry and
before freeze-up,
Don Pullen,
Agricultural Representat-
ive,
Plan-don't lust let it happen
One day this past month, I
mentioned to my wife, Sally,
"You should plan your day if
you want to get the most of it-
don't just let it happen", She
answered something about
that being a good idea-tell it
to our two young boys.
Sometimes when I talk to
you about your cropping
problem I have the idea that
your cropping strategy just
happens- it's not well
planned or recorded. Now I
don't want to be critical
because we both know you
grow good crops. In fact,
Huron and Perth have very
enviable crop yield records
compared to the rest of the
Province. Still, we are
reaching a state of
technology where that little
corn hybrid booklet in your
pocket is not good enough,
Look at your sow and milk
records. Where do you keep
them? Not in the corn hybrid
book.And certainly not in
your head. All the in-
formation is recorded so that
you can " plan ahead. The
same is needed for crops. All
that I am asking is that you
keep the same amount of
records per dollar invested
in crops as you keep per
dollar invested in livestock.
Somebody convinced you
to keep good records on your
livestock-they said it would
make you money . You
started and. they do make
YOU money. Crop records
will make you money too.
Rootworm control strategy
The reason that I mention
good records is connected
with planning rootworm
control. I can predict now
that rootworm will be a
serious insect problem next
year, It may cost us over $20
M, in lost corn yields and
insecticide cost. You have to
start to plan now on how to
reduce, your loss to this in-
sect. To reduce damage,
rotate crops or use in-
secticides on continuous
corn. But these insecticides
break down between ap-
plication time and when they
are ,needed. Therefore, to
combat this, you can plant
your first corn on land that
didn't have corn last year,
There will be no rootworm
there. Plant your last corn on
fields that have the worst
rootworm problem this year.
This ensures more active
insecticide available when
the eggs hatch,
Furadan affects eggs laid
I have just received some
correspondence from Bernie
Smith of C.D.A. from
Harrow. His research in-
dicates that corn treated
with Furadan one year has
very high egg populations
the next year. Higher
populations than untreated
corn, Higher populations
than corn treated with some
of the other insecticides. He
has no idea of the im-
plications of this finding.
This treatment may be at-
tracting adults to these
fields.
It may be inducing adults
in that field to lay more eggs.
Or it may be controlling
natural predators of the
rootworm. This fact does not
change Furadan's ability to
control rootworm larvae. We
need more research to find
out which of these is the
answer.
Suppose it is the first.
Furdan attracts adults to
corn fields. This would mean
if you treated a field the last
year it was in corn with
Furdan, you could attract
adults to that field. Then you
effectively reduce the
rootworm numbers on your
farm, Because next year you
wouldn't plant corn on that
field. Those eggs would
hatch and the larvae would
die without corn,
As I mentioned; this is all
speculative and needs more
research, However,. it gives
you an idea of the type of
things you can plan with
good crop records, This type
of approach can't just
happen,
Planned weed control
Crop planning would also
help to control bindweed. If
you planted the field that had
the worst bindweed last, you
have a better chance on
controlling bindweed.
Bindweed seems to come
into flower within the same
week whether corn is planted
May 1 or May 20.
However, corn planted
May 20 will probably silk 10
to 14 days after corn planted
May 1st. By planning your
* planting, you can effectively
increase the number of days
that you can spray bindweed
in any one field.
Now, you have to decide
whether a certain field has
worse bindweed or rootworm
problem. Again you need
records to make that
desicion,
Even first year corn is Lodging
We have had numerous
inquiries as to why some
first year corn is lodging,
Fields appear to have severe
rootworm damage even
though there was no corn
there last year. The answer
is connected to our rainfall
this year.
Root development is.
directly related to moisture
availability. When we have
lots of rain, plants will
produce numerous roots
'near the surface.. When
moisture is limited, a plant
responds by sending its roots.
deeper into the soil to get
moisture, This year Most.
corn fields have developed
the bulk of their roots near
the soil surface (because of
the time and quantities of
rainfall).
The September rain soaks
the top 2.4 inches of soil. This
area contains the bulk of the
corn roots this year, When
this area is soaked,. it is
impossible for the plant to
remain standing, because
wet soil is softer than dry soil
and thus plants standing in
wet soil fall over easier.
HarvAtrcs
many
ornearlier
This
corn
fields are going down. Corn
Borer, rootworm, poor root
systems are allowing this
corn to lodge. Mould is
starting to develop on some
of this corn. I suggest that
you harvest lodged corn
earlier than normal. All of
these problems will get
worse. It will cost you more
to dry but you should harvest
more,
And when you are ordering
hybrids for next year, make
sure you order hybrids that
will mature on time. Maybe
even order some corn that
require 100 Heat Units less
than what your farm is rated
for.
Pat Lynch,
Soils & Crops Specialist
for Perth & Huron Counties.
TRUCKLOAD
NOTICE
TO BEAN GROWERS
The fast increasing number of bean knives we
receive for hammering, make it ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY that we get the knives in fall or winter.
Why not bring them in right after you finish pull-
ing this year. All knives that are in before January
1st, 1981 will be done at present prices.
Winthrop Iron
Ph. 527-1970 evenings
5 miles north of Seaforth
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PLOW INSTRUCTIONS — Howard Pym gets plowing instruc-
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held at Bill Morley's farm in Usborne township. Looking on is
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