Prescription tillage (Continued from Page C2O) spacing of tne disk blades of the front disk gang The herbicide-treated surface soil seemed to roll in behind these blades all the wav to the bototm of the trench made by the blade cutting through the soil Since heavy disks may cut from six to eight inches deep, the her bicide was incorporated in a spiked pattern from six to eight inches Annual grass control was poor but nutsedge control was very good The herbicide was too uneven and too deep for good annual grass control, but her bicides which diffuse through the soil will get the deep-germmatmg nutsedge tubers Herbicides such as Dual or Lasso which are not volatile, probably would not work with this kind of incorporation After heavy disking: Lely Roterra: The Eoterra in corporated Sutan+ three to four NORTHAMPTON FARM BUREAO CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION TATAMY, PA ★ : FEED, SEED CHEMICALS ♦ ♦★ • ♦ ♦ LIME AND FERTILIZER ♦ ♦ CUSTOM APPLICATION ♦ : ★ ♦ t TEXACO PETROLEUM PRODUCTS X ★ SIMPLICITY LAWN & GARDEN EQUIPMENT : EASTON 215-258-2871 ♦ ASK YOURSELF -ffllHEl? HAVE PARIS 8 SERVICE? ffiRR’S DOES! THE COMPLETE SYSTEM BUILDING SWINE & CALF CASTLE * AO STAR _L . Having Problems Raising Swine or Calves? Let Us Show You a Castle r ||) IF4MBERR eowMsm.iMC. * jMiwr |uft> f |Bff 979 lOvW* * muMttmti,?**-. inches deep Because the soil surface was very rough following a heavy disking as compared to a olowed and disked surface, the herbicide was incorporated much deeper. Still, annual weed control was excellent and nutsedge control was poor Apparently the herbicide was till not incorporated deep enough to get the nutsedge Heavy disk. Incorporation with a heavv disk following a heavj disk was the same as when following a chisel plow very uneven and deep Annual grass control was poor but nutsedge control was excellent Slightly better annual SOW CASTLE As Low As *l5OO Per Head with or without self contained pit SERVING THE INDUSTRY OVER TWENTY YEARS grass control was obtained when the heavy disk was allowed to penetrate to about four inches deep rather than allowing it to go to its full dept However this resulted in less vellow nutsedge control What’s the ‘best’ system 1 ' The best tool for incorporating herbicides where both shallow germinating annual grasses and deep-germinating nutsedge are a problem was the cultimulcher on plowed ground, smoothed by tandem disking The tandem disk was almost equal to the cultimulcher on plowed ground, and was the best tool for incorporation when used after a chisel plow or heavy disk TO EM HERR IE SUPPLY.. DIRECTION! FARM A HOI /_ 301 asaw atw \ wiuow srnn! wutvmito** ★ CM HERR PARMA HOME SUPPLY HEX/ m wi C AM *» QUAMTVIUf 1 MILE SOUTH Ol IP WILLOW STREET Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 11-, 1981—C21 Although annual grass control was not as good as that obtained with a Roterra and nutsedge control was not as good as with a heavv disk, the tandem disk was the one incorporation tool that did a reasonably good job on both nutsedge and annual grasses, regardless of the primary tillage tool used Where only shallow-germinating annual grasses are a problem, the Roterra was equal to the tandem disk on smoothed, plowed ground The Roterra was best following a chisel plow or heavy disk When only nutsedge was a problem incorporation with a heav\ disk was the best The heavy disk should be allowed to penetrate as deep as it will go One additional thought that might improve the weed control from a PPI herbicide is the amount of herbicide used per acre If incorporating at a shallow depth for annual weed control, a lower rate may be used since the herbicide is left in a concentrated layer close to the soil surface If the herbicide must be in corporated deeplv for nutsedge or York Holstein in bull stud test LANCASTER A young Holstein bull, -Sunnybend Flint stone Mars-ET, bred by Thomas A. 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ZOOK President rhizome johnsongrass cotnrol, the highest recommended rates should probably be used since the her bicide is going to be mixed through more soil and the concentration will be diluted When deep incorporation is necessary to control nutsedge and johnsongrass, but shallow in corporation is also needed for annual weed control, it may be possible to incorporate the her bicide at two depths This can be accomplished if the sprayer is mounted on the disk heavy disk, farmers can disk twice ' and apply one-half of the herbicide each trip The herbicide will be applied to a rough soil surface and incorporated deeper on the first trip the second application will be made to a much smoother surface and incorporated more shallowly The same result may be ac complished by overlapping the disk half way on successive trips across the field The disking depth does not need to be changed between trips to get this herbicide layering effect four year wait, during which his progeny will be evaluated, a decision will be made as to whether or not he enters into regular semen production Sunnybend Flmtstone Mars-ET is the result of a specially planned meeting between the highly regarded Lime-Hollow Elevation Mars, +sl63, +1,653M and +32BF and Sunnybend Trinket Gold Star. 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