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At a sales conference held recently in San Diego, Cal., by
the Poultry Division of DeKalb Agßesearch, Inc., Frank
Baber, of Lancaster, won the coveted John R. Nelson Award
for the highest total volume sales during the 1983-84 fiscal
year.
Bob Gohn, manager of DeKalb’s York Hatchery received a
special award for outstanding accomplishment during the Al
outbreak in Pennsylvania.
The conference was attended by some 50 DeKalb
production, sales, service and staff employees and their
families.
In photo, Baber, left, accepts Nelson Award from man for
whom it was named - John R. (Jack) Nelson, vice president,
Animal Sciences Div., DeKalb Agßesearch, Inc.
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Soil-mapping helps crop mgt.
DEKALB, IL. Soil mapping
should assist in making sound
management decisions concerning
soil fertility, weed control, tillage
practices, cropping sequences, and
variety selection. Detailed maps
custom made to individual farm
operations can prove extremely
valuable to both the grower and
crop service personnel.
Areas of soil fertility need to be
mapped to scale. Soil sampling and
testing should be done according to'
these maps. Fields are generally
farmed as uniform units. Soil types
and past management practices
are not uniform.
Personalized maps constantly
reinforce these differences, For
example, a grower wanting to use
a new herbicide on a field needs to
check every soil in that field to see
if application rate guidelines can
be met. If crop service personnel
are asked to assist in the decision,
the map can quickly familiarize
them with the field. This will
usually result m a better recom
mendation.
To start the mapping project, a
trip to the local Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
Service (ASCS) office is helpful.
The ASCS can provide aerial
photographs of the entire farm
operation. This map shows the
perimeters of the field, the
acreages, and other details such as
creeks, ditches, shelter belts, and
other location details.
While these maps are very good,
an expanded scale is helpful. For
example, an ASCS mapped quarter
section may be 4 inches by 4 in-
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ches. Expanding this perimeter to
6 inches will allow for more details.
Tools needed to get started are
white unlined paper, a§2 pencil, a
straight edge ruler, and probably
an eraser. A quarter section per
map makes a good sizes unit, but
almost any size can be used
depending on the detail desired.
The perimeter of the farm should
be outlined with a dark solid line
Next the building sites and all
other permanent details should be
drawn to scale with lighter solid
lines. Now permanent fences
should be drawn. Broken lines with
dots work well for this.
This is a good general map.
Make photocopies for use in
recording variety locations,
cropping history, weed in
festations, and many other useful
details.
Some help from the local SCS
office and some knowledge of the
farm history comes next. Most
areas of the nation have been
mapped by soil types. County
maps are available through the
SCS and the land grant colleges.
This information needs to be
transferred to the general, ex
panded scale map. Dashed lines
work well for this.
Now think about the cropping
history. Where have the alfalfa and
pastures been? Were any fences
removed in the past 20 years’
Differences in fertilizer, lime or
manure applications, and
irrigation water need con
sideration. Differences in soil color
and elevation indicate different
soil types. These need to be
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mapped if missed on the SCS map.
Finally, those locations on the
farm that for some unknown
reason just never produce as well
should be mapped.
A workable labeling system will
complete the project. Most any
numbering system will work as
long as each soil type gets a dif
ferent number and farms can be
added in future years. Labeling
each farm with numbers and each
soil types with letters work well.
For example, the home quarter
could be Farm 1, with the old hog
pasture Soil A, This could be
simply labeled IA. The next farm
could be numbered 2 with soils A
through H.
Maps should be stored in a three
hole binder. Soil tests should be
taken and numbered following
your map. Using this system will
result in a useful, organized
system of fertility management.
What surprises most people is how
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