AGRICULTURE ?
The cure for all catalog junkies |
Definition of a seed catalog junkie :
"Catalog junkies come from all
walk* of life. The disorder strike*
without regard to sex, age, race or
religion. A serious attack may
manifest Itself In the ordering and
purchase of enough seeds to cover
Rhode Island. Most severe In winter,
it can become violently feverish ss
weather worsens.
"There is no cure but spring."
"Gardens for All,"
January 1964
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BEYOND THE
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Jean Winn low
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But Seriously, Folks
? *Cut back dead stems on
? chrysanthemums. Divide any
. clumps over three years old.
iASCS
offers
guidelines
to farmers
(Editor's Note: The following
excerpts are from the Agricultural
Stabilisation and Conservation
Service. For more information
contact Thomas L. Riddick, County
Executive Director at 426-5802. )
Feed Growers Should Study
Benefits of 1984 Program
Participation ? Growers should
study these programs and think of
the program as insurance against
highly possible low prices on this
year's production.
We have received fair prices for
the 1983 crop, but this was due to
drought conditions across the nation
and farmers heavily participating in
the voluntary program, taking out of
production thousand of acres.
With fence row to fence row
plantings and normal weather
conditions, we could be faced with
very low prices this year.
Putting ten percent of your feed
grain base in the 1984 acreage
conservation program is a small
premium for the price and income
protection you get from the feed
grain program.
Sign-up is currently underway and
will continue through February 24.
In addition to the reduction in
iriaks, I think it is safe to say that corn
;producers who participate in the
program can expect to make more
money per acre than non
participants.
In fact, if the national average
.price for corn received by the
farmers is $2.75, the farmers who
participates in the program should
realise about 128.00 more per acre on
his planted acreage than the non
'participant from target price
guarantee alone.
Farmers who enroll in the
program, leave out ten percent of his
feaae and plant no more than 90
percent of his feed grain base is
Eligible for the target price of $3.03
for corn and $2.88 for grain sorghum.
! They are also eligible for price
support loans through our office.
County loan rate should be
approximately $2.80 per bushel.
These loans can be for grain stored
on the farm or in an approved
government warehouse.
! Settlement can be made on the loan
by the producer repaying the loan or
by delivering the commodity to the
government.
- I strongly urge fanners to take a
look at these programs, the benefits
can be a lot more than meets the eye.
I The program sign-up period closes
February 24.
{. Report Changes in Farming
Operations for 1984 ? Farmers and
landowners are asked to please
report changes in ownership or farm
opeators for 19M as soon as possible.
IMS Peanut Production ? The
production from >753.8 acres
harvested was 8,105,181 pounds for a
county average of SMS pounds per
?ere.
1 Purchases of Agriculture _ind by
Foreign Investors ? Foreign
Investors shall file with the County
ASCS office, serving the county in
which the land is physically located,
a report to show acquistkw of
agricultural land within M days of
Pencvrttion.
?Fertilise pecan trees. Use four
pounds 10-10-10 for every Inch of
trunk diameter.
?Get lawn mower blades
sharpened. Check edges of hoes,
trowels, grass clippers and hone if
necessary. No groaning, you were
supposed to do it last fall,
remember?
Great bargains in garden books
may be obtained from Pinetree
Garden Seeds, New Gloucester,
Maine, 04280. Write for the free
catalog, which also fetures seed
packets with less at substantial
savings. This is a boon for intensive
space gardeners.
A proper selection of peach
varieties can extend your ripening
season, says Wood Uprchurch at
State. For May and June plant
"Candor," "Pekin" and
"Redhaven." July brings in
"Windblo," "Redskin" and "Georgia
Belle." Later ripeners include
"Elberta" and "Emery."
Remember: clingstones are for
eating fresh and pickling. Semi
clingstones and free-stones are used
for canning and eating fresh.
Two good fruit catalogs are Stark
Broa., Louisiana, Mo. 63353 and
Bountiful Ridge Nurseries, Princes*
Anne, Md. 21835.
Another tid-bit to remember is that
yellow flesh varieties contain more
vitamin A than white-flesh varieties.
?Plant, per year, per person:
beets, Vi packet; broccoli, 15 plants;
cauliflower, 25 plants, kale, ounce,
kohlrabi, V4 ounce; leaf lettuce, <A
packet; mustard, ounce.
New introductions for aforesaid
veggies are "Red Ace" beet from
Henry Field, early maturing, good
for southern gardens. "Packman"
broccoli from Nichols Garden
Nursery and J. W. Jung has
superior flavor and may be direct
seeded.
"Blue Knight" kale from Twilley is
ten inches high, very prolific in
autumn and early winter. Vermonst
Seed introduces two new loose-leaf
lettuces ? "Red Fire," an intense
red and "Green Wave," which may
or may not be intense green or
intense anything.
If you don't have addresses for
these catalogs, let me know. I've got
a list you wouldn't believe.
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