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PLAINDEALEB - FRIDAY, MARCH 28.1980 Planting New Trees (Town and Country Tips by Dave Plocher) (by David G. Plocher, Ex- t e n s i o n A d v i s e r , A g r i c u l t u r e , M c H e n r y County) • "• •» Transplanting new trees will be Successful if done during the right season of the year. Since you can buy trees, bare root or balled, plus other ways, it is also i m p o r t a n t • t o k n o w t h e correct procedure to follow when planting them. Thdse topics and other relating to p l a n t i n g o r t r a n s p l a n t i n g trees will be discussed oh April 7, Monday at the E x t e n s i o n o f f i c e . I t i s i m ­ portant to register in ad­ vance for the program which will begin at 7:30 p.m. Call 338-3737 or write P.O. Box 431. CONGRATULATION SHEEP PRODl'CERS-The McHenry county Lamb and Wool producers had .their first annual meeting last w e e k e n d . T h e y a c ­ complished a great deal in their first year. They were at the County fair promoting wool products and spon­ soring judging and showing events. At the MCC Spring Green program last year about 1,000 people tasted lamb stew and were able to touch the live sheep on d i s p l a y . N u m e r o u s educational events were sponsored by the producers including the Woolie Notes newsletter and a recent tour. This should be a good year for the producers. The new officers elected include Bob H a m m o n d , H a r v a r d , President; Bob Schoenbeck, Hebron, Vice-President; Ferol Tomlimson, McHenry was re-elected as secretary treasurer. New on the board are Jerry Gratz, Harvard; Dale Blackburn of Hebron and Julie Hahn of Ridgefield. R E S O U R C E C O N ­ SERVATION ACT R.C.A. - As you may have heard, the US,D A. is seeking com­ ments from the public on s e v e n p r o p o s a l s f o r changing the nation's soil conservation programs. There have been some questions as to how this relates to the 208 clean water plan. First, the 208 clean water plan was developed by the Illinois E.P.A. This was mandated from section 208 of the 1972 Federal Water P o l l u t i o n C o n t r o l a c t amendments. Second, locally elected people are carrying out the 208 plan. The local Soil and Water Conservation district will be formalizing specific guidelines for soil erosion and sediment control over the next two years. But a number of state and federal agencies are to be working on implementing this 208 plan Third, the R.C.A. was enacted in 1977 by Congress to provide legislation that would direct the Secretary of Agriculture to appraise soil and water resources in our nation; develop programs to further conservation; report in 1980 on conservation and protection activities; and finally to do it all over in 1985. HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS HAZARDS-1 wasn't aware of the hazard these systems hold until recently. Many hydraulic systems on farm e q u i p m e n t d e v e l o p pressures up to 2,000 pounds per square inch. This is three times the pressure needed for oil to penetrate the skin. T h i s h a z a r d c a l l s f o r precautions. To locate a suspected leak, hold a piece of cardboard next to the hose so escaping oil will strike the cardboard rather than your hand. Search for leaks with a magnifying glass and never touch a suspected leak. If oil penetrates the skin, see a doctor immediately because infection can easily set in. Replace all defective hydraulic lines, fittings and seals. Before loosening c o n n e c t i o n s o r f i t t i n g s release all line pressure. Lower the equipment to the ground or to its transport state. One way to do this is to turn off the engine and move all hydraulic controls back and forth a few times. Refer to the owner's manual for maintenance procedures. Be sure to change oil and filters at proper intervals to keep dust, moisture and air out of the hydraulic oil system. CORN CHECKOFF-The unofficial results of the corn checkoff voting at this time were as follows: McHenry county farmers voted 54 for the checkoff and 40 against it. Also elected to the Checkoff board from our area was William Mullins, Route 7, Shabbona, 11/ S O L I D S E E D SOYBEANS-While sblid seeding soybeans become popular, precautions must be taken. Researchers have found that uncontrolled weeds can easily cause a greater loss than the solid seeding will cause a gain. Select fields with a history of being clean. Apply her­ bicide combinations for best chemical results. Use only the best application methods. Finally annuals have a lot of competition from the close growing soybeans but a perennial weed problem in the field will yield disaster. SHORT SEASON CORN-- If you want to plant corn hybrids of different maturities to spread your risk and workload, dont' go overboard. Rich Johnson, University of Illinois agronomist, ad­ vises farmers that they should plant the majority of their acreage to mid- and full-season hybrids. Only 15 to 25 percent should be slated for early-season corn, he said. Longer season corn yields more because it uses a longer portion of the growing s e a s o n t o d e v e l o p . T h a t means it produces more dry matter, which generally results in more grain. But be sure that full-season corn must be planted early for best results. When choosing corn varieties, study variety tests. That is the best way to make a choice. There are tests conducted by private companies and by the University of Illinois staff as veil as local farmers. Base your selection of a corn hybrid on more than one set of experiments or tests though. Yields differ dramatically from one environment to another. GARDEN TALK-Pruning raspberries, planting early vegetables and a discussion on broadleaf evergreens are the upcoming garden talk topics. Garden talk is aired on WGN, channel 9 at 6:15 a.m. (day varies) and WTVO, channel 17, on Thursday at 7:25 a.m. FARM CORPORATION- What is a corporation? Why incorporate? What is the process of incorporation? These are three of many farm corporation questions answered in a set of materials I just received. A corporation may be valuable to your farming operation and it may not. Check with me about using the materials I have to make an informed decision. AGRICULTURE-On one acre of land, a farmer might grow enough wheat to fur­ nish an average family with bread for 10 years. One bushel of wheat~€0 pounds- provides about 42 pounds of flour, enough for about 50 loaves of bread. In some wheat-growing states, a farmer may average more than 40 bushels per acre in a good year. 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These rules, though simple, can help you to powerfully effect changes in your life once you take the time to learn them. In understanding behavior there are two technical terms one must know. These a r e : r e i n f o r c e m e n t a n d punishment. Both rein­ forcement and punishment are events which follow a p a r t i c u l a r b e h a v i o r a n d which lead to that behavior either increasing or decreasing. A reinforcement is something like a reward. When a behavior is rein­ forced, it •increases in- frequency; when it is punished, it decreases. Some examples will help make this clear. A wife spends all day cooking dinner for her husband. He comes home and tells her how much he enjoyed din­ ner, gives her a kiss and tells her what a great wife she is. Her cooking behavior has been reinforced and is therefore, likely to continue. In another family down the street, the wife cooks the same dinner. Instead of compliments, the husband complains about the dinner and tells her that the house looks dirty. Guess what will happen to the quality of the second wife's meals? At this point you may be saying, well this is obvious. You don't have to go to school and get a Ph.D to figure that out. Yet, often we take each other's behavior for granted as something that's just expected and so fail to reinforce it. I bet you can all think of countless examples in your own lives where you may have felt unappreciated or defeated, after working so hard to do something well. In reverse, we often un­ thinkingly reinforce others' behavior without knowing it. The primary way this is done is through attention - a very powerful reiriforcer or reward. For example, two children are sitting in a room. One sits quietly playing while the other screams and throws his toys around. In such a situation, a well intentioned mother may scold the noisy child while c o m p l e t e l y i g n o r i n g t h e quiet child. In such cases where a child gets more attention for being bad than he does for being good, his behavior becomes rein­ forced and increases. In this example it may indeed occur that the quiet, well behaved child may become noisy in order to get the powerful reward of attention. Attention is simply at­ tention. It is neither good nor bad in the child's eyes. To the child, attention is always a reward or reinforcer. In more cases than we might imagine, we are actually r e i n f o r c i n g u n w a n t e d behavior in other people and u n f o r t u n a t e l y t h i s c a n happen most frequently with children, Next week we will talk further about how we can exert more influence over our behavior and others by u s i n g r e i n f o r c e m e n t - rewards and punishment. 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Over the past two years, the number of solar installations in Illinois has more than doubled, currently standing at over 1,000 systems. Solar energy is being used to heat residences, factories, s c h o o l s , m u n i c i p a l b u i l d i n g s , c h u r c h e s , museums, swimming pools and veterinary clinics. Farms are using solar energy to heat livestock buildings and machine sheds and to dry crops. Through the directory listings, energy consumers can contact experienced solar businesses for design, installation and repair of solar systems. No quality rankings or judgments are made in the directory; however, there is a section that should help consumers choose good contractors and ensure high quality. The directory is free and may be obtained by writing to the Illinois Institute of Natural Resources, Solar Section, 325 W. Adams street. 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