New quackgrass control program outlined
ST. LOUIS, Mo. A newly Monsanto Company spokesman,
authorized recommendation by The new recommendation,
Monsanto allows livestock explains Paul Sprankle, weed
producers to apply Roundup specialist with Monsanto, cuts the
herbicide at the rate of 1 CU rrent 2 quart/acre rate to 1
quart/acre on sod acres infested quart/acre. At the new low rate,
with quackgrass. TTus use cuts the following a three-step
cost of treating this tough con t ro i program, producers will
perennial in half, according to
ABS promotes Smith
DeFOREST, Wise. Paul D.
Miller, Vice President Sire
Development for American
Breeders Service has announced
the appointment of Richard G.
Smith as Manager of Young Sire
Development for that firm.
Smith assumes his new position
after ten year’s experience in
managing the Genetic Mating
Service Program (GMS) for ABS.
Smith is a graduate of Delaware
Valley College, Doylestown, where
he received his Bachelor of Science
degree in Dairy Science. After
graduation he entered lowa State
University and earned a Masters
Degree in Animal Science with
course work in Animal Breeding,
Dairy Nutrition and Ag
Economics. He joined ABS in
March 1974.
In his new assignment Smith will
be responsible for the acquisition
of young dairy bulls for ABS and
for the supervision of ABS
Regional Sire Analysts.
2 field days planned
KEEDYSVILLE, Md. - The
University of Maryland will
sponsor two agricultural field days
for farmers in Western Maryland
Aug. 29 and 30.
Sponsored by the university’s
Agricultural Experiment Station
and Cooperative Extension Ser
vice, the field day will be held at
the Western Maryland Research
and Education Center, on
Keedysville Rd-, near Keedysville,
Md.
“Field days are an opportunity
for the university’s research and
community outreach components
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two- daughters live near
Waunakee, Wise.
to show the public what we are
doing to help the Maryland farmer
and improve agriculture,” said Dr.
W. Lamar Harris, director of the
university’s Agricultural Ex
periment Station (UMAES).
The first of the two days will
feature horticultural research,
primarily with fruit crops. The
second of the two days will feature
agronomic or field crops. Both
days will feature equipment
demonstrations.
The field days are free and open
to the public. Each day’s activities
begin at 8:30 a.m.
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receive excellent cofllrol of
quackgrass, while improving the
palatability and quality of their
forage, he points out.
“The new recommendation has
been made possible by recent
advances in low rate technology
(LRT),” Sprankle explains. “This
concept involves a reduction in
water volumes, slight equipment
modifications and the addition of a
non-ionic surfactant.”
Roundup should be applied in 5 to
10 gallons/acre of water carrier,
and through low-volume spray tips
such as flat fan nozzles, which
provide thorough spray
distribution, he notes. “We
recommend these nozzles be
spaced at 20 to 30 inch spacings,
and angled slightly backward.
Also, boom height should be
oriented to maintain a 30 to 50
percent overlap during spraying.”
Sprankle notes that the sur- -
factant should be added at the rate
of 2 to 4 quarts/100 gallons of spray
solution. “The 2 quart rate should
be used for surfactant containing
greater than 50 percent active
ingredient, and the 4 quart rate
used when surfactant has less than
50 percent active ingredient,” the
weed specialist advises.
Roundup can be applied either
prior to spring planting or
following the cutting of alfalfa or
other forage crops in the fall. For
optimum results with fall treat
ment, timing of cutting, herbicide
application and tillage is crucial,
Sprankle emphasizes.
As the first step for optimum
control, producers should take off
their alfalfa or legume in mid to
late August. “This leaves adequate
time for quackgrass to re-emerge
and attain proper growth for
treatment with Roundup,”
Sprankle says. “Treatment is
typically made in late September
or early October when the weed is
actively growing and 8 to 12 inches
tall.”
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Next the Roundup application
should be made using LRT ap
plication methods, the weed
specialist suggests. LRT will
ensitre proper distribution and
retention of the herbicide.
Finally, a deep tillage,
preferably with a moldboard plow,
should follow a few weeks after
Roundup treatment, but before
winter freezes, Sprinkle notes.
“There should be no tillage for the
first three days following spraying.
Then a single deep tillage pass will
help prepare a mellow seedbed for
planting the next season.”
Unlike other herbicides which
can close planting options,
Roundup has no residual soil ac
tivity, affording farmers
Pipeline pulsator reported
Spectra International, of Norwalk, Ct, introduces an
electric pulsator and stall cock specially designed for the
rapid coupling and decoupling necessary in stanchion barn
pipeline systems. By modifying its standard pulsator and stall
cock (interchangeable with Bou-Matic or Westfalia) Spectra
has made a pulsator connection which is smoother and faster
than the traditional prong insert connections of pulsators
such as the Bou-Matic or Surge type.
The usual plug-in prongs on this pulsator have been
replaced with round steel pads. Clips on the sides of the stall
cock make positive electrical contact with these steel nodes.
The connection grounds every time. The band on stall cock
lends a solid base and will not loosen or twist. It is always in
position for straight on coupling. Spectra's pipeline pulsator
can be converted to a standard pulsator by substituting a
different bottom section. '
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maximum cropping flexibility, the
weed specialist adds.
With this approach, livestock
producers can enjoy excellent
control of quackgrass at an af
fordable cost, Sprankle insists.
“Roundup has long been
recognized as one of the most ef
fective herbicides to control
quackgrass on sod acres,” he
concludes. “The new recom
mendation enhances the cost
effectiveness of the herbicide by
widening the areas of use for the 1
quart/acre rate.”