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Strongly Acid Soil Must Be Limed For Corn, Harold Miller
Strongly Acid Soil Must Be Limed For Corn, Harold Miller
Agronomy Notes
The necessity of liming strongly acid soils that will be planted in corn is well illustrated in a demonstration conducted by Harold Vaught, Area Extension Agent in Adair County.
A field that was well fertilized with nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium produced low corn yields in 1966. Analysis of a soil sample from the field showed that it was strongly acid soil. (Similar conditions have been reported by many farmers throughout the state in recent years.) Since this field was to be planted in corn again in 1967, a liming demonstration was planned .
Breeding Tobacco Varieties, Paul D. Legg
Breeding Tobacco Varieties, Paul D. Legg
Agronomy Notes
The principal objectives in breeding tobacco are yield, field and handling characteristics, disease resistance, and quality. Of these objectives, major emphasis has been placed on breeding disease-resistant varieties. Resistant varieties have provided one of the most effective means of combating many of the pathogens that attack the tobacco plant. However, the transfer of genes for disease resistance into susceptible varieties has been accompanied in many cases by other characteristics which are undesirable. It is often a difficult task to combine acceptable type, yield, and quality with desired factors for disease resistance into a single variety.
Use Of Wild Species In Developing Varieties, Glenn B. Collins
Use Of Wild Species In Developing Varieties, Glenn B. Collins
Agronomy Notes
The familiar plant known as tobacco has the more technical name of Nicotiana tabacum L. It belongs to a family of plants called the Solanaceae or Nightshade family. This family includes many familiar species besides tobacco: tomato, potato, bitter sweet, horse-nettle, ground-cherry, jimsonweed, henbane, and petunia, to mention only a few. In addition to these more distant relatives of tobacco, there are approximately 65 Nicotiana species. Morphologically, the Nicotiana species are very diverse, ranging from those resembling tobacco to the extreme types that look more like cabbage. The species are widespread geographically, with a particularly large concentration in South and …
Marketing Burley Tobacco, Ira E. Massie
Marketing Burley Tobacco, Ira E. Massie
Agronomy Notes
When your tobacco has been stripped, sort it (on the farm) into its respective groups. Sort in daylight or under fluorescent lighting, never by yellow (muzda) electric or lantern light.
After the sticks of tobacco have been carefully sorted and checked, they should be packed on the truck in the following order: first, the sticks of the lowest quality, then the flyings, then the next quality, etc. Next load the high quality lugs. The leaf is then loaded, beginning with that of the highest quality and then in the order of quality to the lowest.
Fertilizing No-Tillage Corn And Soybeans, George D. Corder
Fertilizing No-Tillage Corn And Soybeans, George D. Corder
Agronomy Notes
Planting corn and soybeans in sod (commonly referred to as "no-tillage" planting) is increasing in parts of Kentucky, and interest in this practice in other parts of the state is growing.
One question is often asked: 'What is the best method of liming and fertilizing no-tillage corn and soybeans?"
Since no-tillage planting is a comparatively new practice, only a limited amount of research on methods of fertilization has been done. However, research designed to find out how well plants can recover phosphorus and potassium applied on the surface of the soil will be started by the Department of Agronomy at …
Using Birdsfoot Trefoil In Kentucky Pastures, W. C. Templeton Jr., C. F. Buck, D. W. Wattenbarger
Using Birdsfoot Trefoil In Kentucky Pastures, W. C. Templeton Jr., C. F. Buck, D. W. Wattenbarger
Agronomy Notes
Birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus L.) is an excellent pasture legume in the Corn Belt and in northeast United states . It has usually been considered too poorly adapted to Kentucky to merit trial by the farmers. Observations and grazing results in Woodford county during the last 14 years, however, indicate that this view is no longer valid.
A grazing trial was established in 1954, with birdsfoot trefoil and Kentucky bluegrass as one of three mixtures used. Trefoil was seeded alone in the spring, and an excellent stand was obtained. Bluegrass was drilled in the established trefoil in September 1954. There …
Certified Seed Of Kenblue Kentucky Bluegrass Seed Available, Department Of Agronomy, College Of Agriculture, University Of Kentucky
Certified Seed Of Kenblue Kentucky Bluegrass Seed Available, Department Of Agronomy, College Of Agriculture, University Of Kentucky
Agronomy Notes
A limited quantity of certified seed of Kenblue, a new variety of Kentucky bluegrass, will be available this fall. Kenblue was developed last year and officially released July 31, 1967 by the University of Kentucky and the USDA-ARS.
Kenblue is more insect- and disease-resistant than any of the other named varieties of bluegrass . Its adaptability to Kentucky conditions is also much higher, because Kenblue was developed from seed taken from 12 farms in seven Central Kentucky counties where bluegrass is normally grown for seed purposes . In each case, fields from which the seed was taken had been in …
1967 Recommended Small Grains-Planting Dates, Varieties, And Description, V. C. Finkner, S. H. Phillips
1967 Recommended Small Grains-Planting Dates, Varieties, And Description, V. C. Finkner, S. H. Phillips
Agronomy Notes
Wheat
Planting Dates - - - September 15 to October 20
Varieties - - - - - Benhur, Knox 62, Monon, Red Coat
Barley
Planting Dates - - - September 15 to October 20
Varieties - - -- - Barsoy, Datyon, Harrison, Kenbar, Will
Oats (Fall varieties)
Planting Dates - - - August 20 to October 1
Varieties - - - - - Dubois and Nor line
Barsoy-A New Winter Barley, V. C. Finkner, S. H. Phillips
Barsoy-A New Winter Barley, V. C. Finkner, S. H. Phillips
Agronomy Notes
The early maturity of Barsoy winter barley will fill a gap in the maturity dates of the barley varieties presently recommended. Double cropping of small grain and wheat has grown to the extent that 30,000 to 40,000 acres in Kentucky grow two crops each year. This practice will continue to develop and become more important on grain farms. The early maturity characteristic of Barsoy will allow an earlier planting of soybeans than will other barley varieties.
Apply Fertilizer And Limestone This Fall, George D. Corder
Apply Fertilizer And Limestone This Fall, George D. Corder
Agronomy Notes
As farmers push towards more economical crop production, fertilizer and limestone use will increase. If Kentucky farmers continue to help feed the world, the rate of increase will accelerate during the next decade .
Comparison Of Recommended Wheat Varieties, S. H. Phillips
Comparison Of Recommended Wheat Varieties, S. H. Phillips
Agronomy Notes
No abstract provided.
What's Wrong With The Red Clover This Year?, Warren C. Thompson, Norman L. Taylor
What's Wrong With The Red Clover This Year?, Warren C. Thompson, Norman L. Taylor
Agronomy Notes
Red clover looks sick in a lot of fields this year. "Why?" is one of the most often asked questions here in the department.
First, we must not overlook the effect of the early growth followed by the hard freezes in March. This unusual condition started a chain reaction that made the insects and diseases more important in reducing stands. The early start, followed by the freeze, caused unseasonable maturity or false dormancy. Thus, many stands stopped growing at 6" to 10" heighths. Many stands were thinned and some killed by this freeze.
Where the first harvest has already been …
Make Good Hay From Perennial Grasses, George D. Corder
Make Good Hay From Perennial Grasses, George D. Corder
Agronomy Notes
Good quality hay can be made from the perennial grasses if they are fertilized properly and mowed while in the boat stage.
The alfalfa weevil has reduced yields of alfalfa in Kentucky to the point where some farmers will be short of hay , Many of these fields have a good stand of grass . Some of the hay shortage can be eased by applying nitrogen fertilizers on these fields.
Notice Of Release Of Custer Soybean, J. F. Shane, S. H. Phillips
Notice Of Release Of Custer Soybean, J. F. Shane, S. H. Phillips
Agronomy Notes
The Crops Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, and the cooperators listed above announce the release of a new phytophthora and cyst nematode-resistant soybean variety named Custer. Custer is the second cyst nematode-resistant variety to be released. It is earlier than the previously released variety Pickett.
New Bluegrass Variety Kenblue, Robert C. Buckner, Paul B. Burrus Jr.
New Bluegrass Variety Kenblue, Robert C. Buckner, Paul B. Burrus Jr.
Agronomy Notes
The production of certified seed of Kenblue, a new Kentucky-grown bluegrass, may start this fall. It will be the first time a Kentucky-grown bluegrass of what the scientists call "known origin" is available to farmers and home owners.
It will be much more desirable for Kentucky use than the other standard varieties such as Merion, Delta, or Newport. All of these are considered "good" varieties, but not under Kentucky conditions. These are more susceptible to diseases than the new variety, Kenblue.
Enide Recommended For Trial Use On Tobacco Beds, J. W. Herron, J. F. Freeman
Enide Recommended For Trial Use On Tobacco Beds, J. W. Herron, J. F. Freeman
Agronomy Notes
Enide 50W has now been cleared for use on tobacco beds. Treatments with Enide on tobacco beds in mid to late March. at time of seeding have given satisfactory weed control in experimental plots during the past 2 years. No injury or reduction in stand of tobacco plants was observed on plots treated at this time. Reduction in stand of plants did occur in plots treated in late fall. and there are some indications that there may be a reduction in stand from early treatments in February. To insure best results. the chemical should be applied evenly over the treated …