Smyrna times., 1963-06-27

BE YOUR OWN CORN DOC
TOR. This is the best time
of year to look at plants and
see shortages of food elements.
Our Extension Service on the
second floor of the Dover post
office has a leaflet to pinpoint
the trouble" signs on corn.
The things to look for are
pictured In color.
A healthy well fed plant has
a rich dark green color. Phos-
phate shortage shows up as a
reddish purpling of the leaves.
Potash deficiency will fire and
dry the tips and edges of the
leaves. The nitrogen hunger
sign is a yellowing that starts
at the DIP and moves back along
the middle of the leaf. A short
age of magnesium will cause
whitish strips along the veins.
Besides these, one can learn
to recognize the signs of drought
(rolling of leaf, diseases, In
sects, and chemical injury.
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FARM CHEMICALS, es-
sential as they are, will oc-
casionally backfire If improp-
erly used. This is especially
true of some of the selective
weed killers.
l have just looked at a IS
acre field of tomatoes which
caught some IA D air drift.
The mans neighbor had used
the chemical as a preemer-
gence spray for soybeans and
the wind carried some of the
spray material onto the toma-
toes. The signs are unmistak-
able. The tips of the leaves are
curled and twisted. The bios
SONS set seedless fruit.
Another farmer called our
office to say that his corn
seemed to be twisted by IA
D spray. The chemical seems
to bother corn only at very
young stage, or when 1t gets
into the whorl or growing Tip.
1t is still a fine material to
control broad leaved weeds.
The safest way to put "a D
on corn Is with drop nozzles
between the rows along the boom
of the sprayer. The corn should
be at least 10 inches tall for
a post-emergence spray.
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HERE is ANOTHER RE-
MINDER about the Dairy Tour
to Kent County. Maryland set
for Tuesday. July End. We will
meet at 1000 Am. In Chester
town at the Washington College
campus sign.
Plan to bring your family and
a picnic lunch for a day of
dairy farms.
We're going to Bloomfield
Farms first instead of Ed Fry's
as announced lastweek. Bloom
field is milking 500 cows on
one farm, and they have some
unusual buildings.
Our office will have some
marked maps and a time sche-
dule for those who plan to go.
Everyone is welcome, but we
believe the trip will be of most
interest to dairy farmers. Call
736-l448 for details.
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WHETHER THE HOG DRINKS
OR EATS his food evidently is
not nearly the matter of con-
Germ to the hog as 1t has been
to some of his owners in re-
cent years.
Hog producers, always look
ing for ways to increase feed
efficiency, have become In
creasingly interested In the po-
tential value of liquid feeding.
Since the advent of large hog
operations, this country's pro-
ducers have gone from the old
slop feeding to mechanical dry
feeding. Of course, there is
still limited amount of liquid
feeding being done.
Research at North Carolina
State College indicates there
may be very little to gain from
making a switch either way. One
form of feed seems to have no
advantage over the other.
DR.. A. ]. Clawson, associate
professor at North Carolina
State College, conducted ex-
periments with dry VS.. liquid
feeding under both self-fed and
handled conditions.
The most significant finding
of this research is that, under
the conditions used, results
from liquid VS.. dry feeding are
amazingly similar almost to the
point of duplication.
For instance, under limited
feeding using five pounds of feed
per day on dry and liquid fed
groups and three pounds on
others, average daily weight
gains we're practically identical
In all cases.
The five-pound dry fed group
gained l.27 pounds per day.
The SMYRNA TimaS