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Show Page 5 Basin Farm And Garden Utah Farmer Honored For Corn Plot Test Steve Flint, Utah field The way it used to be Scott Lawn And "Garden Fertilizer All 10OFF List Price serious liability in windy representative for sections. In evaluating Germain's Seeds, a stalk quality both Magleby and Germains research technicians were interested in broken stalks;, stalks that lodging leanorfalland indisease century old western seed firm, this past week presented a plaque to Marvin Magleby. in honor of his proficiency in conducting a corn test plot at his farm near organisms such as . Elsinore in Sevier Diplodia, Gibberella, Fusarium and County. one Week only Porter Walton Garden 58 Gone Images Of Farming Life -- Abov a peaceM view of an olcl New England bam. Below, haymaldn& one of the earliest methods devised by man to utilize grasslands My, using an antique hsytoadcr. Today, hay Is stM an important source of nutrition tor By snapper selfpropelled 75 ft. and 50 ft. Hexogen water hose One week Only 10 off Kohls Hardware & Lumber cany ; S7 the Jacobsen and Snapper line of lawnmower. Come In and sec us for prices. stand-abilit- y. KOHL'S "G-46- 37 g lawn- IDOWCT 'A thick, solid rind. top variety last season Magleby concluded, was Funk's which yielded 3254 tons "minimizes stalk breakper acre compared to the age during stress Utah state average of 19 conditions and. improves over-a- ll tons per acre. It is at harvest "In addition to its time that standability is high yield record, most critical as lodging Magleby reported, impedes harvesting and is also characterized by fast may sacrifice valuable seedling growth, strong grain content. roots and stalks, tall, leaves and large girthy ears. "The purpose of this corn test plot, Magleby explained, Was to evaluate and select the top performing varieties related to local growing conditions. Our test plot Thatcher with each purchase of during periods of drought and during the winter. Magleby has cooperated with Germaines for the past two years in the test plot program. The upright-growin- seed packet ft bulb IN DUCHESNE ImMMMIflMIMMIMMIMMMMMNNMMIMMB Rhizoctonia Root Rot is unaffected by Herbicides . included both new varieties and established varieties which serve as a comparison check. The agronomic traits AG-TRONI- Since losses due to Plant pathologist rhizoctonia root rot in EarlG. Ruppel.genetic-sugarbee- ts - have been ist Richard J. Hecker, increasing in recent and plant physiologist years, USDA scientists Edward E. Schweizer conducted a three-yeto determine of could be responsible for at least part of the increase. They found no effect. Other scientists have ar examjned two pre-stu- dy two y gence and three herbicides commonly used on sugarbeet fields to control weeds. All were used at manufacturers' recommended plant of th individual entries are evaluated by a rating system ranging from I for perfect to 9 for poor. reported increased damage to other crops rates. Top performance averages a score of from 2 to due to herbicide use. 3; a scoring of 8 or 9 would be considered a total failure. The silage varieties in our test plots. lay-b- TRACTOR DRIVEN C GENERATORS When the power goes out. your tractor and tractor driven generator team up to give you the most economical and reliable stand-bpower available today. The money you save during just one crippling power outage can more than pay (or your the ic y Generator. Choose permanent installation, or make your generator as portable as your tractor earner or with the optional truee-pom- i trailer two-whe- el SERIES WATTS 9000-2700- 0 revolving armature design with dynamically balanced armature. Two-pol- e Machined and hardened helical gear drive, running in oil for smooth power transfer and longer life. PTO input at 540 rum requires as little as two horsepower per 1000 watts ot load. Each unit is performance tested auory anj shipped ready for use at the Contonpg6 Magleby explained, 'were evaluated for yield, leafiness, grain content, ear height and stalk quality. 'Leafiness is especially significant in a silage variety. ' this farmer believes, "because it contributes to both palatability and yield. We evaluated this trait for total leafiness, leaf width and color. 'High grain content. Magleby continued. Ts becoming increasingly important in determin- ing the value ofa variety for silage because this part of the plant contributes significantly to nutritional value. Ear height also plays an important role on final yield. Ears produced high on the stalks makes the plants top heavy, a potentially Our tilling list is already starting to grow! If you need your j or garden tilled. yard ' to perfection, call us TODAY! J. EVANS 789-026- 2 2807 S. Vernal Ave. MODEL 1400 1000 WATTS Mtlirf CVdl JlM Run! r. ENGINE DRIVEN MODELS AVAILABLE 1250 TO 6000 WATTS Rig Electronic And Boiler 1992 South 1500 East Vernal, Utah 789-38- 93 |
