Hoke Agricultural Extension News
by Willie Feathers tone. Jr., Agricultural Extension Ajrent
PROTECT YOUR STORED
GRAIN FROM INSECTS
There is probably more grain
stored on farms in Hoke County
today than ever before. And this
increase in on-farm storage is
0 followed by an increase in grain
spoilage. Most often this problem is
caused by insects.
These insects can be found
wherever there is grain. Whether
you store wheat, oats, rye, barley,
shelled corn, grain sorghum, or
soybeans, you must take steps to
preserve the quality and market
value of your stored crop.
The most cost-efficient way to
protect stored grain from infesta
tion is to treat it before storage.
There are several insecticides reco
mmended for this purpose. Some of
ther are Malathion, Dipel and
Methoxychlor.
The second application involves
Accent On
^Agriculture
Every so often we hear reports
about how fast we're running out of
farmland in this country. There's a
big lobby out there called the
National Agricultural Lands Study
that keeps telling us this all the
time.
However, University of Illinois
economics professor Julian Simon
is fed up with talk like that. In an
particle in the current American
?Spectator magazine, Simon cites
updated crop reports that find that
whereas in the 1960's there were
some 290 million acres of cropland
harvested, by the late 1970's they'd
risen to 340 million. And, he says a
conversion of some million acres of
farmland a year into urban or other
uses actually runs well below the
normal trend of land attrition.
Q We hear a lot about the dis
appearance of trees; but Simon gets
out the book to show an actual
increase in tree planting and
harvesting. Land for recreational
purposes? Not less, as we're often
told, but quite a bit more, along
with more use by city people.
Ironically, part of the increase in
cropland comes from a change in
government farm programs that in
the 50's and 60's paid farmers to
V take up to 60 million acres a year
out of production. But, a lot of
those programs are gone today. A
lot more land is back in harness.
As to why a lot of people keep
looking for a disappearing act is a
complicated matter to figure. But,
important thing to remember about
farmland going out of production is
-? that not very much of it is.
^Beaver Trapper
Sought By State
The N.C. Wildlife Resources
Commission is seeking trappers
who are willing to help landowners
who are having problems with
beavers.
"Expanding beaver populations
k have caused an increasing number
*of landowners to seek assistance in
controlling these animals," said
Grady Barnes, assistant chief of the
Wildlife Commission's Division of
Wildlife Management.
"These problem beavers should
be removed during the open trap
ping season when the fur is prime
and can be marketed. Trappers can
K play a big role in helping land
Z owners solve this problem," he
said.
If you are interested in trapping
beavers this season to assist land
owners with depredation problems,
write to the N.C. Wildlife Re
sources Commission, Beaver Trap
ping, 512 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh,
North Carolina 27611.
Include your complete address,
telephone number (including area
? code), and the counties where you
" want to trap.
Your name will be given to
landowners with beaver problems
in the counties you list.
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fiai c*n provide tha *aadlin?a
to plant six acraa. Mora than
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direct treatment of the grain itself.
This should be done when it goes
into storage. There are several ways
to accomplish this. The most
common is installation of a spray
nozzle and metering device in the
bottom of the auger. Subsequent
turning of the grain helps distribute
the insecticide throughout the
storage area. Other methods of
application include hand sprayers,
drip applicators, compressed-air
sprayers, and sprayers operated by
motor driven pumps.
Third, a "topping off" treatment
(top dressing the grain) helps
prevent insects from entering the
grain mass, or feeding on its
surface.
For maximum benefits, be sure
to apply the insecticide at the
correct rate. When treating grain
as it is stored, you must know the
capability of your auger and then
calibrate the application equip
ment to match the grain flow.
Always read the label carefully and
follow the manufacturer's direc
tions for proper calibration and
application.
When protecting stored grain,
remember the old adage: an ounce
of prevention is worth a pound of
cure. A stored-grain treatment
program which prevents insect
damage and resultant economic
loss is a wise way to protect your
valuable investment.
A stored-grain treatment pro
gram has a number of important
advantages, one of which is price.
The cost of using the product as a
preventive treatment is typically
less than a penny a bushel, or about
V* the cost of fumigation.
ROADSIDE CROPS ~ This and other fields of cotton were brightening
both flanks of N.C. 211 south of Raeford last week.
HELPING PEOPLE
TO LIVE WITH
Ellen Willis * J
Home Economics Extension Agent
Thursday, October 7, 1982, 10:00
a.m. - Area Meeting - Rockfish,
Wayside and Raeford Morning
Extension Homemaker Clubs.
Hint: You have three business days
to cancel an order of S25.00 or
more from a door-to-door salesman
if you change your mind.
CURING GOURDS
Colorful gourds can spark fall
centerpieces. And if you cure them
right, they'll last for years. So
here's something you might try. As
soon as you pick gourds, give them
a good bath. Add a disinfectant,
such as a household bleach, to the
water to get rid of mold spores.
Next, put the gourds on open
shelves in a well-ventilated area for
at least a month.
Don't let them touch each other
or sit close to a heat source. Turn
them daily. Before you use gourds,
coat them with furniture polish.
This preserves colors and help
protect against mold growth. If you
keep gourds stored in a well - venti
lated place, you can continue to use
them in fall centerpieces for years.
FRESH GRAPES
There's a lot you can do with
grapes besides eating them fresh or
using them to make a favorite
beverage.
You can use fresh grapes in fruit
salads, as an extra-special ingredi
ent in chicken salad, or in mouth ?
watering desserts, including fresh
fruit cups and scuppernong pie.
You won't have any problem
finding grapes to put into your
shopping cart right now either. In
fact, if you and your family would
like grapes for year round use, you
can make grape juice; grape jams,
jellies and preserves, or spiced
grapes.
Just think of how good these
preserves will taste winter, spring
or summer. And you can use the
raw pack method to can grapes for
later use or if you wish you can
freeze grapes for use during the
non-growing season.
No matter how you plan to use
fresh grapes, you'll want to select
quality produce. Here's what to
look for. When buying grapes --
choose firm, fresh-looking bunches
-- the kind where plump, juicy
grapes cling to stems, even when
they're shaken gently. So take a tip.
Add fresh grapes to your grocery
list soon. And plan to can or freeze
some for later use.
Hoke ASCS
The U.S. Department of Agri
culture has instituted an excess
poundage carryover program for
the 1982 crop of flue-cured to
bacco.
This will enable producers to
make arrangements with the Flue
Cured Tobacco Cooperative
Stabilization Corporation to pro
cess and store their excess pro
duction without having to carry
over unprocessed tobacco and ex
pose it to insect infestation and
quality deterioration, Secretary of
Agriculture John R. Block said.
He said the program has been
adopted because provisions of the
no-net-cost tobacco program legis
lation, enacted on July 20, 1982,
eliminated fall leasing ?- leasing
during marketing season - for
flue-cured tobacco. Prior to en
actment of this legislation, he said,
producers were allowed to lease
additional quota for their farms if
their tobacco production exceeded
110 percent of the effective farm
marketing quota.
Since this is no longer allowed,
many producers will have tobacco
In excess of 110% of their farm
quota that must be stored unpro
cessed until the next marketing
year, in absence of the carryover
program, Block said.
Block said the handling of the
processed tobacco under this carry
over program has been limited to
the producer - owned and operated
Stabilization Corporation to assure
the tobacco will be insulated from
the commercial trade channels and
will not be marketed until the
subsequent marketing year, in
compliance with the marketing
quotas.
Block said that as markets close
by belts, the Stabilization Corpo
ration will name designated de
livery points in tobacco producing
areas where producers may deliver
their carryover tobacco. The to
bacco must be weighed and graded
by an inspector of USDA's Agri
cultural Marketing Service before
being processed for storage and
later sale.
Carryover tobacco is not eligible
for penalty-free marketing or loan
until the next marketing year,
which begins on July 1, 1983.
grOWlng Ed, H?l"i c,otton " Siting an in-furrowfungicide and insecticide treatment for
7outhZ unl7 rir ^ntmL T.huJeld " SR "10 ? ?*ort distance west of the N.C. 211 intersection
oiv no h Urtr on'farm ^t is being conducted by the Agricultural Extension Service of Hoke County
giving 28 different treatments with several different chemicals.
; Restricted Pesticide
OK'd For Soybeans
The State of North Carolina has
granted a Section I~8 Crisis Ex
emption for the use of Ambiuh
insecticide to control soybean
loopers in soybeans.
Nationally, the soybean looper
creates a 10.7% economic loss to
soybean growers.
Under the Exemption, Ambush
may be used at a rate of 0.1 pound
of active ingredient per acre with a
spray volume of 5 gallons per acre
when applied by ground equipment
and 1.5 gallons when applied by
air. A maximum of two appli
cations can be made up to 21 days
before harvest.
Applications of Ambiuh should
begin after blooming when 15
percent or near 15 percent foliage
loss has occurred or when an
average of eight worms per foot of
row is present. There is a 60 day
rotation restriction.
The soybean looper has become
one of the most difficult pests to
control.However, Charles R. Nash,
product manager for Ambuah at
ICI Americas Inc., said, "The data
submitted to EPA for label
approval demonstrates Ambush's
outstanding control of the soybean
looper and many other parts. We're
happy to now provide the soybean
grower with an effective alternative
to the soybean looper's destruc
tion."
Ambush is currently registered
for application on cotton and has
been approved under Section 18's
on soybeans and a wide variety of
other crops; it has also been
granted 24(c) registrations for low
volume oil use on cotton in various
states. Full registrations are pend
ing for other crops.
1CI Americas manufactures
other products for agricultural use.
Fuailade herbicide is currently
being used under Section 18's in six
states, providing effective post
emergence control of a broad
spectrum of grasses in broadleaf
crops. ICI also markets Gram
oxone paraquat herbicide in the
U.S. Gnunoxone has been mar
keted worldwide for over 20 years.
Ectlban insecticide is currently
sold under 24(c) Special Local Need
registrations for fly control around
livestock premises. And Havoc
rodenticide is available to control
rats and mice on farms.
Ambush and Gramoxone are
restricted use pesticides.
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