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>• FROM THE FARM | Soybeans that were frosted or frozen may have decreased germination vigor compared to sound soybean seed, says George Young, McHenry County Extension adviser for the University of Illinois. Young suggests that all McHenry county farms that are considering saving soybeans for seed take germination tests before making their final decision. There are two types of germination tests, warm and cold, explains Young. For frosted or frozen soybeans, the appropriate test to use is the cold one, he says. There is no difference in the results if sound seed is used, but if soybeans are frosted or frozen, there may be a large dif­ ference. This is due to decreased seed vigor. Young suggests farmers take a screening cold germination test in late November or early December and retest them again in late winter. Farmers can have their seed tested at private laboratories, the state laboratory, or conduct the test themselves. The address for the State Laboratory is Feed and Seed Laboratory, 531 East Sangamon Avenue, Springfield, Illinois 62706. There is no charge for the first five sam­ ples; it costs $2 for germination test and $2 for purity test for each sample above the basic five. Size of sample needed for the state laboratory is 3 pints. Be sure to request cold ger­ mination test. For farmers wishing to conduct the test themselves, following are the materials needed and steps used: 1. Soil taken from a field where soybeans and-or com have been grown for several years. Mix about 50-50 with sand. 2. Plastic (or wooden) box with a lid about 2'* to 3" deep. The box needs to be large enough to hold the 5Q to 100 seeds you intend to plant. There should be a little space separating the seeds. 3. Place a layer of the soil- sand mixture in the box, put in seeds and cover with an inch or Todaj/s Heolth Nen/s . Published by the American Medical Association Mobility has always been a (act of American life. To the great majority- ,o.t Americans, moving has been more often associated with "getting ahead" than with "getting away." Some 40 million Americans move every year. That figure rep­ resents 20 percent of the popula­ tion and includes 12 million fami­ lies. When the 1970 census was taken, 47 percent of the people had been at their present address fewer than five years. According to a Bureau of La­ bor Statistics study, the husband's decision to take a job, look for work, or make a job transfer leads the list of reasons for mov­ ing. While many women have "jobs," the number with "car­ eers" involving frequent moves still is statistically small. Even as the husband makes the decision, the wife and children must adjust. When a family moves, it actually may grow closer, as family members come to depend more on each other than on their attachment to their community or house. "But family members may ..•©me to expect so much of each other that the family circuit gets overloaded," warns Robert Seid- enberg, M.D., a Syracuse, New York psychiatrist and author of Corporate Wives, Corporate Casualties? The fact is that moving often shatters the fshell which people so carefully construct around themselves. Moreover, when peo­ ple move, they lose themselves, •or at least that part of themselves -- in most people it is an unex­ pectedly large part -- which de­ pends on "place" for a sense of itself. Psychologist Dale Harris, of Pennsylvania State University, suggests today's family can les­ sen the strain of moving by constructing symbols of security. They can invent such family prac­ tices as regular celebrations of mile-stones in their children's maturation, like birthdays or graduations, and they can place special emphasis on such things as Christmas-tree ornaments -- carefully preserved from year to year. Thus fortified, today's mov­ ers can make for themselves a place they can call "home." "It's time to recognize that suc­ cessful persons, achieving per­ sons suffer acutely from a move," says Dr. Seidenberg. "Persons who have built a strong reputa­ tion, particularly in the social or political areas -- nontransfer­ able assets -- have the most to lose." A move is never made without personal costs. Loneliness, de­ pression, crying, and sleepless­ ness vary from one person to an­ other in frequency of occurrence in the different phases of the moving process. Dr. Seidenberg believes the wife's frustrations are usually the greatest: Her idenUty seems to be lost in the packing and unpacking. Children in the family often feel shoved aside and ignored by un­ derstandably preoccupied par­ ents. The expert view is that the ages 3 to 5 and 14 to 16 are the most stressful periods for moves. In the case of adolescents, Dr. Seidenberg believes that the teen­ ager who rebels at a move may be healthier than one who pas­ sively abandons friends and school. Finally, to the 40 million Americans who will move this year: Never mind the china -- pack your emotions with care. W A N T MOKt INFORMATION? Write Today's Health Magazine CF. 535 North Dearborn Street Chicago, I l l inois 60610 d fatter front kofita Wind bags Inflate: to puff or blow up like a bubble or a balloon; to swell with gas or air. Result: inflation. President Gerald Ford says inflation is our Number 1 problem. Nearly everyone knew it already. Many fires feed inflation, and I'm not smart enough to spell them all out. But I am smart enough to pin­ point one cause of inflation, which is moral in nature. And that's filling something with nothing, like hot air in a balloon 'til it bursts. Speaking bluntly, it's demanding more and more pay for less and less work. For when more man-hours are required to produce fewer materials and services, prices inevitably go up. "Be sure to take all your sick days," is how one elementary printipal advised her teachers at the opening of school, "for I don't bother to check up on you." Now don't get me wrong. I'm not down on teachers, most of whom are conscientious. But when any teacher calls in sick and then goes Christmas shop­ ping, that means extra tax dollars for a substitute. So many high officials have dipped into the public treasury to enrich themselves that I guess it's normal for average citizens to conclude, "I'll get mine while the getting's good." "He's just a wind bag" is how we describe anyone who talks constantly about himself. But there's another kind of wind bag loose in our society, and he's much more dangerous. And that's the fellow who blows the balloon of inflation bigger and bigger by expecting something for little or nothing. So that's why I say inflation, in part, is a moral problem. And that's why government financiers can't solve the problem alone. I t .J . Hust ings i* t 'd i lor of The I l l inois Bapt is t in Springfield TOM HUEMANN 385-3093 RENT WATER CONDITIONERS so of the soil-sand mixture. 4. Moisten the soil. You need enough moisture to hold for 10 days but not too much. 5. Put the lid on the box and hold at 50 degrees F. for 10 days. 6. At the end of 10 days remove the lid and hold at 78 degrees F. for 4 days. 7. At the end of the 4 days of warm temperature, count and emerged seedlings. Any seed with a test of 75 percent or below should probably be looked on with suspicion. If the emerged seedlings are very uniform in height you may also be concerned about the vigor of the sample. Proper combine adjustment is the key to putting soybeans in the grain tank rather than on the ground, says George Young, University of Illinois Extension adviser in McHenry county. Use the operator's manual as a guide, and thoroughly repair, lubricate and adjust your combine. The most important item to check is the separator speed, says Young. Each combine has one particular shaft as the starting point for checking operating speed. Some machines use the cylinder beater cross shaft, while others use the primary countershaft speed as the starting point. If the separator is not running at the proper speed when the engine control lever is in the maximum speed position, adjustment is needed. If you are not certain of the procedure for adjusting engine speed, have the work done by your local dealer. A small deviation from the correct engine speed can upset the operation of the cleaning and separating units. If this hap­ pens, you will find it impossible to get soybeans clean and keep losses to a minimum. There are a number of other adjustments you should make on your combine, continues Young. In addition to cylinder speed, check the cylinder - concave clearance, sieve settings, and fan adjustment for cleaning. The header of your combine should also be in good repair and adjustment. Pick-up reel speed should be 50 percent faster than ground speed for minimum gathering losses. A 42-inch reel should rotate at about 12 rpm for each 1 mph of forward speed. The reel will shatter beans excessively if it turns too fast, and too many stalks may be dropped or recut if it turns too slowly. Drying Soybeans Harvesting wet soybeans may reduce'harvest losses, but it makes them unable to withstand long periods of storage, says Young. Beans should be dried to 13 - percent moisture or less for storage periods up to 6 months and to 11 percent for longer storage periods. Soybeans intended for use as seed should be carefully dried to preserve germination, says Young. Germination is reduced to less than 50 percent at drying air temperatures above 130 degrees F., while seed-coat cracks will develop at relative humidities below 40 percent. Young also cautions that frosted soybeans may already have lost germination and he suggests checking this before saving them for seed. Low - temperature or natural - air drying works well for drying soybeans. Airflow rates of 1 to 2 c.f.m. per bushel and sufficient heat to raise the air temperature from 3 degrees F. to 5 degrees F. can be expected to dry soybeans in less than three weeks with a minimum of seed - coat cracking. The exact amount of time required will vary with initial moisture content of the soybeans and the weather conditions. At relative humidities of 50 to 70 percent, soybeans will dry to 11- to 13-percent moisture content. Final moisture content will depend upon the average relative humidity during the drying period. The drying fan should be operated continuously, except when freezing temperatures last more than 24 hours, says Young. If temperatures drop below freezing, operate the fan until the temperature of the air coming out of the beans is below freezing (about 12 hours); then shut it off until the outside air temperature rises above freezing. Some reduction in germination can be expected if the moisture content remains above 15 percent for more than a month at temperatures below 60 degrees F. At temperatures above 60 degrees F. the ter­ mination can be impaired in a shorter period of time. Young says high - tempera­ ture drying should be limited to situations where seed - coat cracking and germination are important. Air at temperatures of 100 to 190 degrees F. is passed through the soybeans in a bath or continuous - flow driver until the beans reach the desired moisture content. Beans should not get hotter than 160 degrees F. to prevent a reduction in oil content. The beans are then cooled and placed into storage. It was necessary4o prepare this newsletter before the last USDA crop report was released, states" L.H. Simerl, E x t e n s i o n e c o n o m i s t , A g r i c u l t u r a l M a r k e t i n g , University of Illinois, in his Illinois Farm and Food Outlook Newsletter. No doubt, that report provided surprises for many persons. Those reading the report should keep two or three things in mind. First, the report was based in large part on the judgement of thousands of farmers providing opinions to the Crop Reporting Service at the first of October. Second, the great range of crop con­ ditions at that time made it • very difficult for farmers to accurately estimate crop yields. Third, many of the reports were completed and mailed before the frosts and freezes of early October. The outlook for prices of both corn and soybeans has become more uncertain that it was a few weeks ago. Both crops appear to have shrunk con­ siderably, and a tighter supply will create greater price fluctuations. The sizes of the crops are far more uncertain than in most years at this time. It will be Nov. 8 before there can be a reliable estimate of yields. By that time, we hope, farmers will have harvested a large part of their corn and soybeans. Also, the Crop Reporting board will have harvested and weighed the yields from hundreds of check plots in farmers' fields, plots that were SECTION 2-PAGE 5-PLAINDEALER-WEDNESDAY, NOV. U, IVT4 scientifically selected last winter before any crops were planted. This is a relatively new method of estimating state and national yields. K a r m e r s ' m a r k e t i n g schedules are another un­ certainty. We expect farmers to hold their crops tighter than usual. We are Void that many farmers do not want more taxable income before Jan. 1. Furthermore, farmers--Are unusually bullish in short-crop years. The future demand for corn and soybean meal is another big question. The production of hogs and chickens is being cut sharply. There are more cattle available for feeding than ever before, but cattle feeders are reluctant to boy cattle far fcedlots. iftrtmtsnUal reductions will alao be made in the amount of grain used to milk and eggs. The foreign demand for grain and soybeans is quite un­ certain, too. Crop estimates have been lowered for Russia, China (PRC), and India. of the cuts in supply are countered by reductions In the amount being used for animal feed. Finally, there is the throat of government restrictions on exports of corn, soybeans, and related products. The possibility of such controls will help keep the markets fluc­ tuating until a new and larger grop is assured. AWAY THEY GO... 1ft Mt realty a (omtel of Merrill Island National Wildlife Befage tiny loggerhead and frees turtle hatchings en the I Kennedy Space Center, fk Kggs were iMMHi h and incubated el refuge haailenartsri as protection fmn Sera. 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