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Show Wednesday, May 31, 1995 Hews and views from your county agent Fertilize for a successful garden this year etables are usually in adequate supply in our soils. WHEN IS IT NEEDED? Cool ByJefFBanks Juab County Agent weather reduces the nutrient Properly grown vegetables quire high levels of minerals and re- water. They grow rap- idly and produce their edible portion in 25-10- 4-- days. 0 We appreciate vegetables because they are tender uptake of elements, especially phosphorus and potassium. This means there should be adequate supplies of soluble plant food readily available so the young plant will produce early, rapid growth for maximum yields. The first 6 weeks is critical JeJfBanks and crisp or have succulent fruits of various kinds. Plants grown under stress, lacking water and fertility are not as productive nor as desirable to the palate. WHAT DOES MY SOIL CONTAIN? .Most native soils in our area contain rather high levels of potassium. Phosphorus content varies but availability is often low. After lawns, trees and gardens are indiscriminately fertilized for a few years, one or both of these elements may be excessively high. Factors such as soil alkalinity, temperature, organic matter content and microbial activity will influence whether they elements are available to plants when they need them. Nitrogen is readily leached from soil and must be applied each year for high yields. WHAT SHOULD I ADD? Plants require nitrogen in largest quantities. Phosphorus and potassium are vital for leaf, stem and root development, but smaller amounts are needed. All substances sold as fertilizers must have a guaranteed analysis. This analysis is expressed as a percent plant food content. For example, a fertilizer contains 16 nitrogen, 16 phosphate and 8 potash. Minor elements used by veg 16-16- -8 for phosphorus and potassium uptake. Nitrogen may be supplied later in the season. Adding the other two elements later does little good since as the soil warms they are available insufficient quantities. BAND APPLICATION. A small quantity of soluble nutrients at planting time into which roots of young plants can grow will encourage early vigorous growth. Make a trench 3 inches deep' with the comer of a hoe. Use 13 to cup of a fertilizer such as per 10 ft. Row. Form the seed furrow at the proper depth for the vegetable approximately 2 inches above and 2 inches to the side of the fertilizer. Dont permit the seeds to contact the fertilizer. Weeds between the rows wont be encouraged so much with banded fertilizer. supply 10 lbs. Of ammonium sulfate per 1,000 sq. Ft. for each 1 inch depth of sawdust, leaves, ' V '' :; straw, etc.- $ " DURING DRESSING SIDE THE SEASON. About a month after planting, supplemental ni-- ; trogen may be required as shown by plants pale green or yellow color. This may be supplied by cup ammonium sulfate, 13 cup ammonium nitrate, or 14 cup urea per 10 ft. Of row. Repeat this application if corn, pole beans, or other long season crops show a need. Nitrogen will leach' from well drained, sandy . readily . . Page 13 Nephi, Utah Wqt, -- soils. Apply one-hathese amounts on a more frequent lf schedule. Tomatoes may produce an excess of foliage and a shortage of ripe tomatoes if they receive too much extra nitrogen. Simply scatter the fertilizer near the plants before a sprinkler irrigation. You dont need to dig it ini With flood irrigation, place the fertilizer along the fiirrow near the shoulder before turning in the water. For more information about using fertilizers, contact the Extension Office. Farriers ontach pesticides JUNE IS TURKEY MONTH Gov. Michael O. Leavitt, seated, samples from a Norbest turkey deli platter with, front left, Cary Peterson, secretary, Utah Department of Agriculture; Steven, R. Jensen, Norbest president; and Sen. Leonard Blackham, member of the board of directors, Moroni Feed Company, Moroni. June is Farmers should not rely on Calibrations will be more accutheir old tractors tachometer to rate if the surface conditions are tell them the speed they should the same as the field to be be traveling when spraying pes- sprayed. Driving in the gear you ticides. If they do, they are prob-- j wish to spray in, and with the A public-intereorganization ably applying their pesticides throttle set at spraying speed, aiming to lower the of course measure and the drive the improperly, says a Utah State consumers has Americans given University agriculture educator. number of seconds it takes to go of turkey reason to smile . Many applicators get hung up 176 feet. The sweep second hand Earlier this the Center on precise measurement of on your watch will do. Then di- for Science in spring, InterPtiblic the nozzle flow,, but overlook mea- vide the number of seconds to est ranked the nutritional value surement of ground speed, says drive 176 feet by 2. Then divide of 14 of Americas most popular Darwin Jolley, USU Extension that number into 60. The answer restaurant and deli sandwiches farm machinery ; specialist. is ground speed in miles per hour. and turkey breast with mustard For example, it takes 24 secwhole-wheProper ground speed is essential bread was rated onds to drive 176 feet. Twenty-fou- r on for even and accurate distribuchoice such selecover the top divided by 2 is 12. Sixty dition. tuna as tions salad, vegetarian, BROADCAST APPLICATION. Most older tractors dont have vided by 12 is 5. You are driving chicken and salad, salad, egg This method is less efficient, but speedometers. The ones that do 5 miles per hour. If it takes 30 cheese. grilled faster to apply than banded fer- have needle gauges are unreli- seconds to drive 176 feet, 30 did The tilizer. Weeds between the rows able or incapable of the precise vided by 2 is 15. Sixty divided by center Washington, considered turkey breast 15 is 4 or 4 miles per hour, will receive just as much as the measurement most modem pesbecause of be bite better to a ticides and application rates re- f The 176 feet may be marked by the sandwichs content of only garden plants! stakes driven in the ground, rags Just prior to planting, uni- quire, he says. 370 calories, six grams of fat, and 2 lbs. Of a While newer tractors with tied on a fence, marks painted on 2 formly spread grams saturated fat. onboard radar guns and digital p corral or anything thats easy complete fertilizer such as By comparison, an tracon to spot as you drive by a per 1,000 sq. Ft. and work into instrumentation are ideal, they tuna-sala- d sandwich with extra tor, he in Utah calories and 43 grams of fat.' ; ' The recommended maximum daily intake of fat is 65 grams, says the public interest group. Utah Governor Michael O. Leavitt has declared June Turkey Lovers Month in the state. During a proclamation-signin- g ceremony April 19 at the Capitol in Salt Lake City, the governor recognized turkeys contribution to a nutritional, diet, as well as to the economic well being of the state. Leavitt further called Norbest a significant contributor to the g of Utahs agriculture which it has been since industry its inception in 1930. According to research conducted by the NPD Group, another consumer research organization, sandwiches account for 44 to of all turkey consumphave found was percent mayonnaise 883 calories and 56 grams of tion. Turkey has also grown in fat or almost as much fat as popularity since it has been ofst fat-inta- ke 16-16- -8 at ed D.C.-base- 10-1- 16-16- -8 well-bein- ce the soil surface by raking or Phosphorous should be placed deeply enough to contact moist soil so as to be available to plant roots. It remains wherever placed in the soil. If youve added a lot of organic matter for soil improvement, youll also need to roto-tillin- g. are usually used for other farm the spraying to older tractors, he says. For those who use their older tractors for spraying, Jolley suggests using this simple formula for accu' says. chores, leaving three McDonalds Quarter fered in smaller cuts, fully Pounders. Without extra mayon- cooked, and as an alternative for naise, the counts dipped to 716 barbecue outings. rately determining 'griouhej speed. Repin bv marking off 176 feet. JUNE BRINGS WEDDINGS, Is It Also Time To Schedule Your ; w Yearly Mammogram? of BREAST CANCER is curable. REMEMBER THE ABCS OF BREAST HEALTH CARE: Annual mammography Breast selfexamination Clinical exam yearly central vallay medical WtaOSOQ: SCCO center 549 North 400 East, Nephi, Utah Call 623-124- Dedicated Hunter Program in State Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) officials have unveiled the new Dedicated Hunter One in nine women will develop BREAST CANCER in their lifetime. With EARLY DETECTION and prompt treatment, 90 2 Program. The unique program, first proposed to the Board of Big Game Control last winter by organized Utah sportsmen, will provide big game hunters who enroll with far more hunting op- portunity than the average hunter. In turn, Dedicated Hunters will pay a fee, complete DWR courses in hunter ethics and basic wildlife management annually and volunteer at least eight hours a year to conservation or. wildlife management service projects designated by the DWR. Hunters who cannot perform the eight hours of volunteer service each year may buy out of the requirement by paying an additional annual fee. We think this new program will encourage hunter ethics and really get Utah hunters more involved in wildlife management throughout the state, says DWR Director Bob Valentine. and Friday. 9 a.m. Includes everything but the wife and kids. 5555 North Maple, Orem, Utah YARD SALE Thursday its all gone. i - t (te!a$3.56 fez c? to 25 6 YARD SALE SIGNS Under the program, hunters this year will pay a fee of $125 to enroll in a hour class in ethics and wildlife management, taught jointly by hunter education instructors and wildlife biologists. Upon completion, theyll get a certificate of registration in the program and a hunter handbook. Then theyll buy a general season deer tag for $30 this year only. For the next two years, they'll automatically receive a deer tag for the same region. In 1996 and thereafter, new hunters entering the program will pay just one fee and their deer tags will be sent to them automatically. Dedicated hunters may hunt in all three general seasons (rifle, archery and muzzleloader); they wont have to choose a season like other hunters. They may harvest two deer over a three year period, during which they may participate in up to nine separate deer hunting seasons. Developers of the program wanted to emphatwo-and-a-h- alf size hunter opportunity and Ycrd Sctes... to well-balanc- mid-Jun- e (S5 Produce 82 South 100 West, Levan, Utah IN BRIGHT COLORS ONLY quality of experience rather that simply harvest. The Utah Dedicated Hunter program will be limited to 10,000 participants. Both residents and nonresidents may participate. Classes will begin in and continue until that figure is reached. 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