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Lawns "Melting Out (By David Plocher and Erin Hynes) 19 Recent wet weather followed by a brief dry spell has caused a gradual browning and thinning known as melting out on many lawns. The Helminthosporium fungi responsible for this disease has many symp­ toms. Check individual blades for brownish, reddish or purplish spots. These lesions increase in size, with the centers fading to a light straw color. These spots are usually surrounded by dark borders. Eventually the entire Made withers and dies. The crown and root may show a dark rot. The lesion phase of the disease is prevalent during moist, cool weather, generally during Spring and Fall. Hot, dry weather favors the crown rot phase. The peak time of disease development varies with the species of fungus present on your lawn. Although melting out is usually a cool-weather problem, it can develop during Summer. Kentucky bluegrass lawns should be cut to a 2 or 2.5 inch height, removing no more than one-fourth to one- third of the blade length at any one time. Mow into the Fall until the grass stops growing. Apply about four pounds of actual nitrogen pa* 1000 sq. ft. each year, putting on two pounds in early Spring and early Fall. You can also split the recommended amount between four applications of one pound each in Spring, early Summer, late Sum­ mer, and Fall. Using a 10-6-4 fertilizer, you'll apply 40 pounds of fertilizer per 1000 square feet each year. Lawns need water during Summer drought periods. Water every 7 to 10 days during dry weather to a depth of six inches. That's the same as applying one inch of water, which you can measure by placing a few cans in the sprinkling path. Don't water in the evening as it results in fungi growth. Helminthosporium thrives in thatch, the accumulated layer of dead clippings and other vegetative garbage that settles in the lawn. If you have more than one- quarter to one-half inch of thatch, the lawn should be dethatched with a "power rake", "vertical mower", or s i m i l a r i m p l e m e n t . Dethatch during cool weather in Spring and early- mid Fall so the turf can recover rapidly. Once the Helmin­ thosporium is established, no amount of chemicals will cure your lawn. However, modern science does give us hope. In the Spring, before the fungus moves from the leaf to the crown stage, you can apply a preventative contact fungicide. There are a dozen or so which are ef­ fective, including Zineb WP 75 percent, Thiram WP 75 percent, and Captan WP 50 percent. For a complete list as well as dosages, give me a call at the Extension office, 338-3737. Stockmen's School--The Jan. 12-15,1961 International Stockmen's school in­ formation just reached my desk last week. I am amazed at the variety of lectures, labs, and study tours. The school is for cattlemen, dairymen, horsemen, sheep and goat producers, and includes Spanish in­ terpreters. Write Box 429, Clovis, Calif. 93612 for the school details or drop by and see my copy. GFI's PROTECT--The current needed to light one 100-watt lightbulb is enough to kill 20 people. When a small amount of electricity from faulty equipment leaks to the exposed metal parts of the appliance or tool, it makes the tool as "hot" as the power line to which it is attached. When you touch both the electrically-charged tool and a ground-such as a metal cold-water pipe, a gas pipe, a damp concrete floor or bare earth-your body becomes a conductor of electricity. Fuses and circuit breakers often are not enough to protect you from a ground fault, and not all appliances have a grounded plug or one that works. But protection is available from a ground fault interrupter (GFI). GFI's crane in three types. The receptacle type can be used in (dace of typical wall receptacles. 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Cornelius explained that Illinois' 26 electoral votes all go to the one presidential candidate who has a plurality of popular votes. Illinois is a "swing state"- the Democrats and the Republicans generally divide the popular vote in half, he explained. "If Anderson, for exam­ ple, had just one more vote in Illinois than Carter or Reagan, he would get all 26 of our electoral votes," Cornelius noted. And Illinois' 26 votes make up a good share of the 270 electoral votes a candidate needs to win. On the other hand, if you're not sure who you should vote for in the presidential election, staying home from the polls may be the best thing you can do for your coutnry, he noted. "Precisely because your vote can make such a dif­ ference, the uninformed voter is dangerous. It is better to let others make the decision for you than to cast an irrational vote," Cor­ nelius said. Hie MCC instructor ex­ plained that he holds those views despite the fact that a president could be elected this year with even less than 27 percent share of the popular vote. "The answer, of course is a more informed elec­ torate," Cornelius said, "and how you make the decision of who your choice will be." "One way is to have a strong party preference. That simplifies your decision," Cornelius said. "The other, more difficult way is to read, read, read about the issues and about the candidates," he said. Cornelius noted that these are three factors which can tell you fairly accurately who the majority of the voters will be in any election. "The more education you have, the older you are and the more income you have, the more likely you are to vote," he said. People who are older and have more income have more valuable goods to protect and are concerned about what will happen to them, he said.^'That ex­ plains why there is a high voter turnout in Kurope Parties there tend to have widely divergent views and philosophies and European voters feel compelled to protect themselves against upheaval," Cornelius ex­ plained. Age is a factor in voter turnout partly because younger people have less income and less education. Even though the 26th amendment to the Con­ stitution gave the vote to 18, 19 and 20-year-olds, the turnout is still lowest for registered voters between the ages of 18 and 25, Cor­ nelius said. "They don't care as much because government doesn't affect them as much," he said. People who don't vote seem to fall into two groups, he added. "There are the people who feel uninformed and satisfied. They believe that the philosophies of the candidates are not that divergent and that they can live with any of the three," Cornelius said. a "Then there are the other non-voters who are alienated, who will be un­ satisfied with whoever wins," he said, explaining that this category includes more than 60 percent of the black electorate. "The average black feels unrepresented by any major Elect Zwick Republican Stale Representative Nov. 4,1980 party candidate," he said. It is not surprising, he adds, that government policies tend to favor the classes of people who do vote. "We elect middle class or slightly upper middle class can­ didates and the values of those classes are reflected in their policies," he said. Applying his theories to this year's election, Cor­ nelius said that voters who say they have no choice are really wrong. "Although it doesn't look as if Anderson can win, his candidacy poses an in­ teresting third alternative. Voters get to choose between Reagan's conservative views, Carter's moderate ones and Anderson's liberal views," he said. "You have the two Republicans on opposite ends of the spectrum with more similarities between Carter and Reagan than between Carter and An derson or Reagan and An derson," he said. Registered voters should spend the time between now and Nov. 4 preparing themselves to make an in telligent decision in the voting booth, Cornelius added. "It's not uncommon to feel inadequate to make the decision. Every election year our American govern ment classes at the college have a big surge in enrollment from what I beleive are people who start out feeling inadequate to choose a presidential can­ didate," he said. 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