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. Hints On Forage _ Crop Production —

: By AVID K. SMITH ce errr eld Crop Specials : = o ae P.E.I- Dept.Of Agriculture

__ Although the following points | analyzed in a couple. of weeks, |grass 400-500 pounds of 10-10- 10, . have béen mentioned before dur-| The objective~of any pasture per acre should be applied in| Ing the'last couple of months in program is to provide good (mid June followed: by a igh | -this column, and on Agriculture |quality grass for the. grazing Nitrogen high Potash fertilizer 66 on radio they are being re- |herd throughout the season. This such as 15-5-15 at 300:500 pounds peated as réminders. For furth- means fertilizing $t ‘different \per ‘acre im early . August. If er information, scripts of radio |times in the summer to get the there is 20 to 30 per cent legum- programs are available and/desired growth of: grass. {es in the pasture usé a low nitro- items used in newspapers can | EARLY PASTURE ' |gen fertilizer such as 5-20-20 at also be obtained ‘by contacting} “Part of the pasture area 500-700 pounds per acre in mid -this department. should be fertilized early to. pro- a and, apply av emenare PASTURE c. |vide- grazing first thifg in. thd | Mrogen as required to main- pt en Eee TS way to: spring. The early pasture should ‘#in. production’’. determine.—_fertility needs for ¢ fertilized early in the ‘spring LEGUME PASTURE , ‘ -any-crop: Samples are best tak- |With 400-500 pounds pér acre of | “‘If you have a legume pasturé en in the fall, but the laboratory |6!2-12 if it is a grass- legume 59 per cent or more legume facilities are available any time |Pasture or with. 400-500 pounds |yse 0-20-20 fertilizer at 400- 600 __._! of year_If samples_are_sent_in |Per_acre of 10-10-10 if itis pounds per.acre in the spring or | during’ a rush season (spring) |8"ass pasture. ¥ jearly June followed by Muriate “~there is likely to’be considerab- |MAIN PASTURE _ ‘of Potash—at-100-200 pounds per le delay. Otherwise they-can-be' ‘If the main pasture area is acre in late August.”’

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With pasture fertility the main

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liké an other crop pasture needs

fertilizer. to produce; (2). nitrog- |

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| “Fertilize, cut tm June, fertll- ize, cut in August and then

help -it-to prepare for the long,

cold wnter ahead.” SEEDLING FERTILIZA¥I

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nitrogen will be Sup)

‘timothy hay. wil require 100v

costs for four-to-five . ier le- gume-grass mixture such brome alfalfa or alfalfa timothy would therefore -not-include—nit- rogen fertilizer and -would be 1. approximately $20. .

CUTTING DATES |

tant effect on the quality of for-|titity that would ensure a crop.|_% age produced. ‘‘Quality of hay |jt is fa se to expect that forage that is left standing in the fie d ‘after-the latter part-of-June-de-| njant-food“when-it-is-well-known- carly. or—late—cutting—of.._hay. geriorates rapidly. Hay —or- sil-

e inte June may be from 70 to per cent. digestible.

grass which’ will tend to-crowd, In the eedling year the. most | out 4egumes; (3) most plants; important elenient is phosphor- |. need a large amount of phosph-| us. The young seedling has a | orus in the seeding ear and (4) | very limited root: system and | legumes need a large amount of |has avery limited area of soil ~ potash from year to year to/from which to draw plant food. produce and survive. | Phosphorus wil help the plant | - to develop a vigorous root sys- a FERTILIZATION oe fem-as_well as pronivting ‘good ay crops. Bel Byer" | ordwth. For grass seedlings. ni- age_in—yield—less_than_one~— 7, :9y ig important, It~~may | half what they could produce : |

, /sometirfies be necessary to sup pany Became of the lack of .{ply small amounts of nitrogen to ,

: ve a jaifalfa “Seedlings, as *well~untily— ee anh oe ‘they’ begin to fix their own ni. inuch as has-been removed by pe the crop less that which is sup- ALFALFA SEEDLING oe plied ror, the native fertility of To determine. the — fettility | the soil. This ‘native fertility is \needs for seedng out, a soi test rapidly deplete- wine at _ should be taken/ in- the fall: How- | grown without fertilization and ever, the following is a general the.-native fertility is very low ‘fertility. program - which could in the soil. api - Pig Neg .be used for seeding out alfalfa. fields presently used for hay.” | 1, Four hundred pounds per |. “By conservative estimates # acre 6-12-12 pls oe ndred four a bay or wi one ee | pour superphorphals per acre pourids of nitrogen; - pound: Tet weeding tine: ae phamphora and 2». Powe it i. 2. Thirty paunda ; commercial potassium. In Ifal- | borax per“acre at the . time ol fa or other legumes much of the | seeding.. :

en V plied by the "3"In early “fall” one hundred bacteria in the roots of the pounds per acre muriate of po- plants.” e : |tash shoud be applied to help

“A four to five tom’ crop- Of |hoost.crop ‘growth and strength. | jen the plants against winter kill. ~

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pounds of 15-5-15 fertilizer cost- |

. Fertilization |SEED MIXTURES | Bee a When planning and buying | }seed for.pasture and hay fields | this spring keep in mind’ the fol- lowing.points.. All crops need ‘adequate iplant food— limestone, fertilizer, jorganic . matter.. No 9ne would consider putting in an acre~ of | potatoes without putting on fer-

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‘or grain ‘will produce without|or late pasture, and - whether

+that potatoes won't yield-without-;Then- prepare_a— mixture that

will give you the desired re-

harvested — during —mid- sults. For example—

|fertitizer and cattle won't pro- 80 | duce without feed. *

2. Plant Number 1 seed. In- stead of buying a-common mix- ture suchas the 70:15:15 — mix- ture of timothy, Red Clover, and Alsike, buy single varieties, and have them custom mixed or do

PASTURE MIXTURES . Pasture — Try Orchard Grass for well-drained, early pasture. Hercules or ‘Frode are the rec- ommended varieties. This grass can be seeded in a mixture at about 4 pounds per acre. How- ever; if you don’t plan to man- age it well, don’t sow it. -Birdsfoot Trefoil is. worth.

Early cutting, m addition to. removing the first cut while. quality is still good, also per-. mits the second cut to start. growing before the soil mois-. | ture supply becomes limiting. it. yourself. Number 1 seed. will during Juy and August. - ensure fewer. weed seeds and A brief summary of the hay. jetter germination. fertility @rogram should a simple mixtures._De-

-hood—(when- iced-—cake—only.|.

. the secret of sparking new en-

jcide what‘you want the mixture SL

Bored? You don’t, - have to be

trying on areas to be used for. late pasture or on poorly drained areas. When using trefoil remember—it doesn’t stand competition so should be

“7 og tte tee eg eg vigor Satie jn --ge di d-in-a very. sim le ‘tmix-_| sonogy born Sore Eos We Trade \-ture. For late pasture a mix- (when 'even a piece of iced ‘cake ~* Furniture ture of Drummond timothy at

4 Ibs. per acre and 4 pounds _|-per.acre of Viking Birdsfoot Trefoil is recommended.

Be sure to innoculate- trefoil if

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you want a good stand. A double application ’ of innoculant,. costs very.little’ and_may-_mean__the difference. between a good stand and a crop failure; Rese For yery wet areas in a pas- ture Reed Canary Grass is very wworthwhile.In fields with-excep- ‘Itionally poor drainage one- half the timothy generally used could be replaced by Reed Canary Grass. ae wR tescnenbara dinero HAY MIXTURES xe When planning your hay crop,

“(seed -several different mixtures

with varying ‘maturity dates so ‘that cutting can be carried out over a period of time and all the to do— whether early,. medium hay .crop doesn’t mature at one time. Different varieties of Tim- othy;--for-- example; - mature -at- different dates. Drummond is late, Climax is medium and the No. 1 seed timothy (Commer- cial). is .earliést—— = Brome and Alfalfa provide a late maturing mixture which al- lows it to be cut at a time when maximum feed value can be ob- tained.

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uring and could be used. for grass silage or very early cut

y. “Plan to fertilize hay early in the spring, take an e crop, then fertilize again and get a second crop. Crops of 4-6 tons of hay are possible with good fer- tility and management.

When seeding out also remem-

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Bell Telephone Dividend Up

phone Co. of Canada has announced_an- eight --—cent—in- crease in its quarterly dividend. The conipany said in a state- mept following a meeting of its of directors that a divi- dend of 63 cents per share was payable to-shareholders of--rec- ord on June 15, 1966. The firm said it expects that

low one inch in depth will not germinate so seed placement. is important too. The problem with loose’ seeding—is* that mois- ture cannot move up the rough the soil to the developing seed. As a result it will start to ger-

__iminate—with_a-little-bit—-of—sur--

face moisture_and then as the soil dries off, soon after seeding, the seed simply dries out and dies. Soxto avoid this prepare a -—Apply lime, fertilizer and, manure as ret ded. Anf- mals and humans can’t live with food, neither can plants. «—Use recommended grass — legume mixtures. -:

—Innoculate legume seed.

—Apply gaod management to the forage stand. - |

For further information con- tact David Smith, P.E.I. De-

000, Charlottetown.

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future dividend payments would

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dividend rate of $2.50 per share.

dends at.-the annual rate of -20 ‘per share since’ the fourth

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Bell President. Marcel. Vin- cent, said the company had to improve its cortipetitive position in. the Canadian market. ees NEED MORE. CAPITAL

The company statement said Bell will have to continue ‘to

debt and equity, at the rate of $100,000,000 to $150;000,000 a year from external sources,

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