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Time For Lawn Seeding... • (Town & Country Tips by Dave Plocher) The last half of August is the _ time to put in your new lawn seeding. If you have not soil tested, a general fertilizer recom­ mendation is 15 to 20 pounds per 1,000 square feet of 10-10-10 or 12-12-12. After fertilizer ap­ plication till the seed bed to a depth of six inches. Once the ground is tilled, try to check the lawn grade-lower raised areas and fill in low spots.* A starter fertilizer of l to 2 pounds of actual Nitrogen. Five pounds of 30-4-4 or 7.5 pounds of 20-4-4 should now be applied. The final steps are to seed, rake lightly, roll, and water. A light watering 3 or 4 times a day for __ the first 3 to 4 weeks is generally adequate. A final thought on seeding - be sure to use the proper seed for the lawn you desire. Read the seed bag tag. It will tell you the percentage of weeds and other crop seed. Best results come when you use seed con­ taining no weeds. Also check for bent grass, red top, or annual bluegrass, all are un­ desirable. - If you have an area that is, or will be shady, use red fescue and a blend oCg&,Kentucky Bluegrass varieties. Use this mixture, 50-50 and at a rate to 4 pounds per l,000^sq0are feet. In sunny ar£as, use several varieties/of Kentucky Bluegrass bleriaed in equal parts. Seed at the rate of 1 to 3 pounds per/1,000 square feet. On steep sloping areas use a 25- 75 mixture of Perennial Ryegrass and ' Kentucky Bluegrass. Two to three pounds per 1,000 square feet is needed here. Call me if you have any lawn seeding or maintenance questions. Russian Influence on Grain Exports - A major feature of grain prices in recent months has been big export purchases that appear to be for Russian accounts according to University of Illinois Extension outlook specialist Tom Hieronymous. This has been the primary force responsible for the grain price increases we were seeing in the United States. Information about USSR production shows an approximate 20 percent decrease in production this year. This indicates imports about as largq as port capacity permits. The United States will be the primary source. Russian problems go deeper and are more fundamental than an occasional bad crop year. Total grain production this year is estimated currently at 160 to 200 million metric tons, down from 226 million in 1978. The sharp decrease is not unusual. Because of climatic conditions, the odds favor two poor crops, two good crops and one fair crop out of 5 years. The fair-to-poor crop shaping up this year is right on schedule. Meat consumption in Russia ties in with the grain situation since meat consumption is on the increase. Since their grain is more adequate for food use, they look to us for livestock grain. Meat consumption in Russia is less than 60 kilograms per capita per year. This is considerably lower than what they consider to be the nutritional normal ~ 80 to 85 kilograms. The U.S. con­ sumption level is 90 kilograms. All studies of the Soviet economy indicate a strong consumer demand for more meat of a higher quality. There are also indications from Russian scholars that the political pressure to satisfy this demand is great. Some ob­ servers of the Russian scene believe that the lack of meat is a volatile matter which could cause public protests. The successor to Mr. Brezhnev will probably have to put emphasis on more and better meat. The most serious shortage limiting meat production in, Russia is not grain, but protein supplement s\ Protein production in Russia is small and there is virtually no potential for increase. The next major intrusion of Russia into the world agricultural commodity markets may be for protein, which can only take the form of soybeans and soybean meal. Soybean Cyst Nematode - On Monday of this week we flew over McHenry county taking pictures of several soybean fields. The goal is to use the infrared pictures taken to find stress areas in soybean fields. lese stress areas will then be checked further by taking plant and soil samples from the areas. These samples will be analyzed to check for presence of soybean cyst nematodes. We hope we do not find any nematodes in this special study, but they are present to the south and north of us. These microscopic colorless worms are root feeders. They feed on the internal root structure thereby affecting plant growth. Review and Renew Farm Leases Soon - August is a good time for tenants and landlords to review and renew their farm lease agreements. Sept. 1, lis the automatic renewal date for written leases with a six-month notice period on a March 1 lease year. Sept. 1, is also the automatic renewal date for unwritten year-to-year leases on a Jan. 1, calendar year basis. Illinois law provides for a four-month minimum notice prior to the end of the current lease year to terminate oral or unwritten farm leases. If the lease year begins March 1, on an oral lease, a notice mi$p| given before Nov. 1. BuV on'a calendar year basis the four month period begins Sept. 1. Memories of springtime operating costs are still fresh and harvest time crop storage problems are readily an­ ticipated. Rising operating costs that have hit tenants harder than landlords may be one reason for reviewing the cost-sharing arrangements for the next year. This may be a good time to consider putting your 1979 lease agreement in writing. Stop by the McHenry County Cooperative Extension service and pick up a copy of each of the printed Illinois farm lease forms available. Even if you do not fill out a form and sign it, you can use the printed lease form as a checklist of items to be reviewed and decided. These forms include such items as reimbursement agreements for tenant improvements, landlord management participation to qualify for "material par­ ticipation" and ways of im­ plementing flexible cash rent payments. Increase Reproductive Performance - North Carolina researchers define optium reproductive performance as an average calving interval of 365 to 395 days with a reproductive culling rate of 10 percent less than the milking herd. It is essential to feed and manage a cow correctly during her dry period to keep her conception rate high. Mike Hutjens, University of Illinois Extension dairy specialist, offers these tips on maintaining a sound dry-cow program: -Maintain a 45 to 60 day dry period.- -Keep the cow's energy and calcium intakes moderate. Limit her total ration of dry matter intake to IV2 to 2 percent of her body weight, especially with corn-silage based rations. Avoid calcium levels over 100 grams per day. -Balance nutrient levels to meet the cow's requirements for phosphorus, trace minerals, vitamin A, vitamin D and protein. -Provide plenty of forage. 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The standard test also includes a soil acidity rating and many times diagnosis of the organic matter level* A good soil sample is about 1 pint of soil air dried. This pint is taken by taking several 6" soil cores from your garden and mixing them. Get in touch with, me for more details. European Corn Borer Scouting - University of Illinois specialists explained scouting procedures to 35 McHenry county farmers last week in two special field meetings. According to Kevin Steffy, Extension specialist, "you should be scouting now." When scouting look at 5 plants in 5 areas of a 40 acre section. If you find an average of egg mass per plant,, spraying is recommended. The egg masses are found on the leaves. They appear white or white with dark spots. They are round or circular and close inspection, the individual eggs seem to overlap like fish scales to make up the egg mass. Give me a call at 338-3737 or 4747 if you find a problem. 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