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Extension Comments (By George J. Young, Extension Adviser, Agriculture, McHenry County, University of Illinois) Rules For Fall Nitrogen Application , When corn harvest nears completion and tillage gets underway, McHenry county farmers may want to consider applying nitrogen this fall. Corn yield studies show that fall-applied nitrogen can be less effective than nitrogen applied in the spring. However, applying nitrogen in the Fall can reduce field work during the critical planting season. When nitrogen is applied in the Fall, losses can be held to a minimum by carefully considering soil conditions and field slopes. To minimize nutrient loss, I recommend the following guidelines: -Apply nitrogen in the ammonium form. It is held on the soil particles, while nitrate isn't. Thus, ammonium is less subject to loss by leaching or denitrification. -Apply ammonium forms when the soil temperature at the four- inch level drops below 50 degrees F. Coller temperatures slow Ithe action of soil micro-organisms which convert ammonium to nitrate and thus increase the likelihood of loss. -Avoid fall nitrogen applications on sandy soils because they are subject to rapid water movement. This situation increases the chances of leaching. -Avoid fall application on poorly drained soils. Denitrification may result when these soils become water-saturated in the spring after ammonium has converted to nitrate. -Consider adding N-Serve to ammonium forms of nitrogen to inhibit the ammonium form from converting to the nitrate form. Advantages Of Fall Fertilization Advantages of Fall application of phosphorus and potassium usually outweigh the disadvantages. They can be applied as soon as present crops are harvested. Fields are usually drier in the fall. Compaction is less, and any that does occur will usually be corrected during the winter by freezing and thawing and wetting and drying. Wet soils may make it impossible to apply fertilizer in the spring before planting. And since early planting usually favors high yields, it is not wise to delay planting to apply fertilizer. When fields are fall-plowed, application prior to plowing results in a more thorough mix of the fertilizer and soil. One disadvantage of fall-applied phosphorus and potassium is potential loss. Fertilizer can wash off sloping soils when the surface is smooth and hard-especially when soils are frozen. However, this is not a major factor if the material is incorporated with fall tillage. Regardless of when fertilizer is applied, I recommend using soil tests as the basis for determining application rates of phosphorus and potassium. Soil tests will also indicate whether or not lime is needed. Lime should be considered an integral part of any fertility program as acid soils will result in pom- plant growth and reduce fertilizer use efficiency. Protect Your Soil From Winter Wind Erosion Leaving your cropland unprotected during the winter months may result in wind erosion and soil loss. By using good fall soil management, you can reduce the chances that winds will carry away your valuable land. Keep these points in mind: (1) Protect your soil with a vegetative cover by delaying plowing until spring, by using a chisel plow or by using another form of reduced tillage. A chisel plow leaves about 75 percent of the crop residue on the soil surface to protect the soil from the wind. No Fall tillage is also an effective erosion control practice - especially where soybeans were harvested. Soybeans loosen the soil, and fields where soybeans have been harvested are subject to severe wind erosion if stubble is plowed or disked in the fall. The soil-loosening effect of soybeans makes planting row crop6 easy after only light tillage. (2) If you must plow this fall, plow only nearly level fields where com grew this year and leave a rough soil surface to help trap drifting soil. Leaving corn stalks sticking through the soil surface will also help reduce soil blowing. Fall-plowed fields with more than a three-percent slope are also subject to water erosion. (3) Windbreaks across the wind's path will also cut wind speed and help control erosion. It's too late to establish a windbreak now, but you can use the same principle to help control wind erosion this winter. Leave an unplowed 15 to 20-feet wide strip in every 100 to 120 feet you plow this fall. The unplowed area - especially if it's covered with plant residue - will help trap drifting soil. from HISTORY'S SCRAPBOOK DATES AND EVENTS FROM YESTERYEARS October 29, 1929-Pandemonium reigns on the New York Stock Exchange as prices virtually collapse and the great Depression was underway. October 30, 1938-Orson Welles popular actor, causes a national panic when he produces a radio dramatization of H.G. Wells' "The War of the Worlds" over the Columbia Broadcasting System. October 31,1864-Nevada is admitted as the nation's 36th state. November 1, 1950-Two Puerto Rican nationalists try to force their entrance into Blair House, Washington, D.C.. to assassinate President Harry Truman. November 2, 1889-North and South Dakota are admitted into the Union. November 3, 1896-ldaho grants full suffrage to women by popular vote. November 4, 1842-Abraham Lincoln, 33, is married to Mary Todd. 23, in Springfield. Illinois. . • '• ' V Ballet Brings Forth Big Segment Of Spanish (by Father William O. Hanner, rector emeritus of Holy Comforter church, Episcopal, Kenilworth- Father Hanner, who has contributed to the Plaindealer columns for some time, moved to Florida recently with his wife, Rose). Tampa, Fl., is far famed for having one of the largest percent of Spanish speaking people of any good sized town in the country. This group and its influence date frorrrthe days of hand rolled cigars. Quantities were manufactured. The trade isn't as large as it once was but Tampa and cigar rolling are still friends. This Spanish speaking population brings cultural and business blessings to the Tampa Bay area. There is a section in Tampa called Ybor City, that abounds in fine Spanish restaurants and shops. What the changing times will do to it is anyone's guess. Our friends, the Atkinsons, from Miami Lakes, had us out to dinner at one of the quality places in Ybor City. The restaurant was still good but not crowded as in decades past. It is not surprising that in Tampa you find a Spanish speaking theatre group. They put on popular and classic plays. Early in October they went all out and were hosts, in Tampa, of the National Festival Ballet of Spain. The program of twenty-one dances by a company of forty was presented at the McKay auditorium on the University of Tampa's campus. When I tell you the auditorium seats up­ ward of 3,000 people and that it was jammed full you will un­ derstand there was a real treat for those of Spanish descent. They turned out. Somehow we were given seats in the patrons' section, the best in the house All around us we heard Spanish spoken. These people had come to see the Ballet and the dances of home. They were electrified and so were we. There was, however, no orchestra. The Ballet did its dancing to "canned music" which for our ears was too loud. The program's critics in the papers, or at least one of them, said the same things in the papers next day. The dances are vigorous, stirring, stamping, whirling renditions with sharp and 'snappy-movement like a well drilled military team, which indeed they were. The strength, emphasis, exactness, speed of movement were exhilarating. The response of the audience was complete. They were with the performers in every step and pas, breaking forth in tumultuous applause. The ballet company is only 2 years old. They were on their debut tour of the United States. With what polish and life the company performed is better judged by the Latin audience than I. They rose from their seats crying 'bis; or its Spanish equivalent. They yelled their approval, clapped and roared, the men rising from their seats (women too) and shaking their fists aloft in high approbation. The St. Petersburg Times opined that the audience was 'electrified'. I suppose that is a good word for they were describing a house held in spell by arched backs, the click and deck of heels and castanets. "EARLY-BIRD" DISCOUNT SAVE 20% ON ALL CHRISTMAS CARDS DURING OCTOBER ONLY ^ Choose from the AREA'S LARGEST SELECTION • NU ART • DEER CREST • MASTERPIECE STUDIOS • CENTURY • GRANT -13 BIG ALBUMS - FAST SERVICE ON ALL ORDERS -- The Holiday Season Is Just Around the Corner ORDER NOW...AND SAVE! -0PEN- 9-5 DAILY - SATURDAY- 9-1:30 3909 W. MAIN ST. / 385-7600 the clapping of hands combined with heady movement that filled your entire attention with rapid time and rhythm. The costuming was rich and varied. It spoke of Spain, of a colorful life and land, of a national exuberance, of a history of doing this sort of ballet with perfection and exotic trimmings. The com­ pany was young. Heavens! A man or woman out of their twenties would have been wrecks, ragged from the tempo. The staging was wonderful-I mean in the old sense of won­ derful before over usage pauperized it of its tone of awe before something well nigh perfect. Filmy drops were hung on strips, with drop behind alternate drop in depth, so that a dancer appeared to materialize on the stage from nowhere as he or she passed forward or back through the layers of filmy chiffon. There were things that could have been improved. The dancers were left unlighted when they came on stage to acknowledge the ovation when they stepped forward they were in shadow at the front of the stage so that you never saw their faces well. A small but good orchestra would have run that overly loud canned music off into the wings. Just think of j SERVICE NEWS | Royce Taylor Participates In "Bonded Item" Marine Corporal Royce D. Taylor, son of Mr and Mrs. Howard H. Kopp of 1411 May street, and Marine Corporal Glen E. Stach, son of Edward T Stach of 4208 W. South street, and Mrs. Janice Blank of 1605 N Riverside drive, all of McHenry, participated in exercise "Bonded Item" in the North Sea. They are serving as a member of Regimental Lan­ ding Team 8, which is a com­ ponent of the 4th Marine Amphibious brigade. They were among 11,000 Marines, soldiers, and Navy corpsmen, from the U.S., a huge audience, seeing a fine ballet from their spiritual homeland to the over raucousness of a giant jukebox. But it was a Tampa, Fl., affair, it was a Spanish treat I was sorry when I had to leave at 10:15 but the next day was Sunday. I had a service of Holy communion 30 miles from my bed at 8 a.m. That is what comes of trying to retire from your live's work and remain useful at the same time. Denmark and the Federal Republic of Germany, who recently took part in the coordinated amphibious, land and air exercise The primary objective oT the exercise was to evaluate and enhance the Allied capabilities for amphibious support for Northern Western Europe. Participating units evaluated increased standardization of doctrines, equipment ahd armaments among NATO forces, plus command and control procedures for coor­ dinated action by NATO sea. land and air forces. "Bonded Item" was con ducted jointly by the com manders of the Atlantic Striking fleet and allied Baltic Approaches forces. It is one of a /series of operations, conducted each fall from Norway to Turkey, designed to provide unified and coordinated training of national and NATO forces within the Allied Europe Command. Both 1974 graduates of McHenry Community high school, Taylor joined the Marine corps in August, 1974, and Stach in April of the same year O.T. Wade's^., whose father is O.T. Wade, "Sr*, of 4912 Fountain lane, McHenry, has been promoted to master sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. Sergeant Wade, an operating room technician, is assigned at Grissom AFB, In., with a unit of the Strategic Air command. The sergeant attended Gordon Technical high school, Chicago. SECTION 2 - PAGE 1 - PLAINDEALER-WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27,1576 Use Jumper- Cables Safely Improper use of battery cables to start a stalled vehicle can cause the battery to ex­ plode, injure the motorist and damage the vehicle, says George Young, University of Illinois Extension adviser in McHenry county. Volatile hydrogen gas produced by the battery can be touched off by sparks from the jumper cables. Acid produced by the battery can burn and in some cases blind a motorist who used cables incorrectly Young makes the following suggestions for safely using battery cables: -Make sure the dead battery is not frozen. Frozen batteries can explode. Be sure the bat­ tery used to start the dead battery is the same voltage -Turn off all lights, radio and battery-operated accessories and be sure the two vehicles are not touching -Remove all vent caps from both batteries and cover the vent holes with a cloth to lessen the chance of explosion and prevent the battery acid from spraying. -Connect one of the two jumper cables to the positive terminal of the booster battery Attach the other end of the same cable to the positive terminal of the dead battery. Then connect one end of the second cable to the negative terminal of the booster battery. Connect the other end of this cable to a ground connection. The bumper, frame or alter­ nator mounting bracket on the stalled vehicle are good ground connections. Do not attach this cable to the negative terminal of the dead battery and do not allow the clamps on one jumper cable to touch the other. - Avoid leaning over the battery when placing the cable clamps on the terminals. -Start the engine of the vehicle with the booster battery before attempting to start the stalled vehicle. -Once the stalled vehicle is running, remove the cables from the ground connection on the stalled vehicle first. Courthouse Squares © * THE MAN WHO FORGETS HOW TO LAUGH, FORGETS HOW TO LIVE. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES ON SALE ITEMS SALE BEER NOT ICED NO SALES TO MINORS CELEBRATING OUR E WINES AND LIQUORS OCT. 27 to NOV. 2 4610 W. RTE. 120, McHENRY, ILLINOIS ANMMSARY --FOUR GREAT YEARS IN OUR NEW COMPLETE-LINE BUILDING-- M . m -- J NUMBER ONE! F WTO-LAY IPOTATO CHIPS TWIN PACK REGULAR RUFFLES OR 9 OZ. BAG SKOL VODKA Hi GALLON AMERICA'S FAVORITE SEAGRAMS SEVEN CROWN £ jM| JI Q FIFTH ® 8.5 OZ. 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