The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-26
:? QUESTIONS
OF THE WEEK

Here are the questions asked
most frequently by Virginia farmers
during the past week, as reported
by county agricultural agents. Staff
members OF the VPI Agricultural
Extension Service and or Expert
ment Station supply the answers
OWL farm prices ever return to
100 per cent of parity?
ALL political states and mani
pulation Notwithstanding. the only
years farm prices reached and-or
I topped 100 per cent parity snice the
! l9l0-l9l4 base was established were
| l9l6-l9l9 and l942-52-war years.
for the most part. so draw your own
conclusions. advise agricultural eco
nomistS.
GLOW can assure that my
wheat will be inSect-free when
sell it out of storage?
A-You can keep insect infesta-
items to minimum by providing
good storage. and fumigating the
wheat when you put it in storage
Check periodcally-about once a
month-to be sure insect activity
has not started up again
O. Should l hold my corn for
higher prices. or sell it now at mar
ket price?
Aft you have good storage
available at a reasonable cost. it
| likely will pay to hold your corn.
However. prices aren't expected to
go up enough to warrant building
J storages or paying very much to
have the corn stored
Q-What has caused the slump in
cattle prices this year?
A-Unusually heavy marketing
in the spring and summer. How
ever. the cattle market is strength
enine now
What effect will the drouth il
eTXas. Oklahoma, etc, have OF
cattle prices for the next one tC
three years?
A-Cattle numbers will likely be
| below normal in that area, which
will have stimulating effect or
prices in the rest of the country
Q.-Can sudan grass-sorphum mix
ture be used for silage after it has
been damaged by frost? What is
/ a safe waiting period?
Anew growth that occurs in
| either sudan grass OF sorghum after
a frost is etremely high in prussic
acid content, and is very dangerous
to Craze However, if the sudan OF
sorghum is ready to cut at the time
frost or freeze occurs. you can
cut It during the first day following
/ the frcst and use il for silage or
hay II you cut later than the first
day following the frost, you will run
some risk in feeding the silage.
G How should I handle frost-bit-
ten hurley tobacco?
A-Separate t h f frost-b te n
leaves frCm the good leaves and
market them separately. II the to-
( bacco is severely frost bitten. it
may be necessary to discard it. If
YOU mix the injured leaves with
the good leaves. you will get a
! poor price on the market
o. do not have a satisfactory
stand of ladino clover with my OF
chard grass. Should l pillow 1t up?
A-You can reseed the ladino
clover without destroying your grass
sod. II can be re-eStabllshed quickly
and at Il low cost in comparison to
completely fenoVatlng the pasture
Be sure your soil has a PHI betwe IN
60 and IS. Provide plenty OF plant
food. Seed around pounds of certi-
tied ladino clover per acre early in
The spring In the coastal plants
/ southern and middle pi f d m II t.
seeding can be made as soon after
February as weather permits. In
northern piedmont and west of the
Blue Ridge seed around March |.
Craze the reSeeded area rotation
ally OF cut it closely until June to
give the young clover seedlings a
| chance to grow