Dwarf soybeans do well GEORGETOWN, Del Dwarf soybean varieties were developed in the Midwest in response to a particular set of conditions: fertile soil, ample moisture, and yields limited by lodging. “We have a different set of growing conditions on the Delmarva peninsula,”' points out University of Delaware Agricultural Experiment Station researcher David Regehr, “But dwarf beans can play a useful role here under the right circumstances.” Regehr planted Elf soybeans at the Umversity’s Georgetown Substation in TETRAPLOID PERENNIAL RYEGRASS THE LATEST THING IN FORAGES IS GRIMALDA GRIMALDA IS THE NEW RYEGRASS EVERYONE IS TRYING EITHER STRAIGHT OR IN COMBINATION WITH LEGUMES. ORDER YOUR GRASS SEEDS NOW FROM YOUR "EASTLAND SEEDS" DEALER ....AND TRY SOME GRIMALDA TOO Eastland 1979. On those droughty soils, the beans did not grow tall enough to harvest by machine But m 1980 Regehr joined with University colleagues William Ritter and Robert Eastbum in a study of soybean water use patterns and irrigation ef fects in which they used the Elf soybean. In this case the resear chers achieved a respectable yield - 53 bushels per acre - with no special inputs other than water. Of this, one to 15 bushels per acre were lost in harvesting. In contrast, the unimgated fields yielded only 20 bushels per acre, of OR which five bushels per acre were lost in harvesting. Without sufficient water, the pods ot the dwarf soybean variety were too small and too low to the ground for efficient machine harvesting. Other Delaware and Maryland growers reported satisfaction with dwarf soybean varieties this year as long as moisture _was adequate. Edward L. Wisk, associate scientist at the Georgetown Substation, compared two dwarf varieties with a conventional variety under moderate irrigation. - Wisk compared Elf and MALM SEEDWAY, INC. SEEM SEED FARMS DIV. Emmaus, Pa. 18049 215-965-5072 on Delmarva Peninsula another dwarf release, Pixie, with the popular conventional soybean, Essex, under , controlled conditions at three different row spacmgs. At all three spacings-30 inch, 15 inch and seven inch - - Essex yielded slightly higher than Pixie, which in turn yielded higher than Elf. At the seven inch row spacmg, for instance, Essex yielded 41.9 bushels per acre to Pixie’s 40 1 and Elf’s 35.6. The Essex beans averaged 24 inches in height compared to Pixie’s 16 and Elf’s 15-mch average height According to 'Regehr, dwarf soybeans should be a Lancaster farming, Saturday, December 27,1980—89 - good choice for rotation with com in fertile, irrigated fields. They should be able to benefit from the addition of water and nutrients without excessive lodging. Regehr has only tried Elf as a full-season bean, but he Give to NORRISTOWN - A few of the best woods in terms of heating values are oak, hickory, black locust, beech, apple and ash. A more important con sideration than the species of wood-may be the amount of moisture in it, reminds Paul N. Reber, Montgomery County Agent. Before wood will bum, the water must be removed, thus using some of the fuel’s heating value to evaporate the water. When buying fuel wood, make sure to deter mine whether it is green, partially dried, or well air dried. Green wood, depending upon the spaces, will contain from 40 to 65 percept water. This doesn’t mean that you should not buy green wood, but if you do, take time to season it. For green wood freshly cut from the woods, six months to a year is usually required for thorough drying. Thorough seasoned, air dried wood still contains 20 percent water. Partially seasoned wood will vary from 25 to 5Q percent moisture depending upon the species and the length of Penn to host lime, fertilizer meeting UNIVERSITY PARK - An assessment of manure management systems, trends in fertilizer and pesticide use, and new concepts in weed control will be topics discussed at the 1981 Lime, Fertilizer, and Pesticide Conference to be held January 20-22 at Penn State. Conference registration will be held from 10 30 a m to noon on January 20 in the University’s J.O. Keller Building, points out Peter Ferretti, Extension hor ticulture specialist and University program chairman. He emphasizes that the IKE CLASSIFIED LIVESTOCK SECTION HAS BEASTLY SELECTIONS! feels it may also be useful after small grains. Planted at high populations m narrow rows under irrigation, dwarf beans can provided the grower with a decent return with far fewer inputs than com. wood time condition time it has been drying, explains Reber To air dry wood, stack it outdoors where it Is exposed to . the sun and wind, preferably in an area where it will be exposed to the prevailing winds. Fuel wood should be stacked on bedding stringers which are used to keep the wood off the ground. Split pieces should be stacked with the round side up, split faces down for best drying. Most important of a, the stack should be covered. Exposure to rain and snow interferes with the seasoning of wood. An excellent cover for a standard 4 by 4 by 8 foot cord of fuel wood can be provided by a piece of heavy gauge polyethylene sheet five feet wide by nine feet long. This is attached to a wooden frame and placed over the stack to protect the wood, yet it permits air to circulate through the stack. Sticks of wood should be placed on top of the protective sheet to keep the wind from bloyvmg the cover away, adds Reber State program is designed to be of interest to ag-industry personnel, fanners, and extension staff members in Pennsylvania and bordering states. Programs are available in Pennsylvania county extension service offices. Speakers at the three-day conference come from the Penn State College of Agriculture; Ciba-Geigy; Cornell University; Com monwealth National Bank of Lancaster; Shell Chemical Company: Maryland Department of Agriculture; Agnco Chemical Company; Agway, Inc ; and the University of Delaware I'M NOT L10N...
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