• .4B-THE PERKINS JOURNAl, Thursday, February 15, 2001
What to expect from spring small-grain pasture
ARDMORE -- October rains less than one-third of the nitro- These recommendations apply
provided the soil moisture gen fertilizer applied in the fall iftheadditional forage produced
needed to obtain better-than- is available for: spring forage from fertilization can be sold for
expected small-grain pasture production. A spring top-dress more than the cost of fertilizer.
stands. However, therain, sleet, application of nitrogen is crucial All top-dress applications
and snow have yet to end. Ex- in maximizing forage produc- should be applied early in Feb-
/ tures limited fall forage produc- cation will not only increase for- Fertilizer prices increased con-
cess rainfall and cool tempera- tion. A nitrogen fertilizer appli- ruary.
tion and induced phosphorus age production, but also increase siderably in January. It is not un-
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deficiency symptoms in small forage quality as well. common for one pound of nitro-
grains throughout the region. "The lack of fall forage did not gen fertilizer to cost more than
Symptoms of the latter include allow much beef production30 cents per pound, depending
purpling of the lower through December," Ball said. on the source of dry-nitrogen
leaves and limited rootdevel- "However, as much as threefertilizer used.
opment, pounds of gain per day can be "Note that each pound of ni-
"A question one might haveis expected this spring if fertility trogen fertilizer applied can pro-
how will the excess soil mois- management is proper. Weather duce as much as 25 pounds of
ture indpoorfallforageproduc- predictions call for above-nor- small-grain forage in the
tion affect spring forage produc- mal temperatures through the spring," Ball said. "One hundred
tion potential?" explained Jeff spring. Therefore, an early ni- poundsofnitrogen fertilizer(30
Ball, a soil fertility and crops trogen topdress application will cents per pound) costs $30 per
specialist with The Noble Foun- allow additional days of grazing, acre and can cost an additional
dation, based in Ardmore. "For- each one of which will provide $3 per acre if custom applied.
age yields should be high this the opportunity for more beef However, this input can produce
spring. The excess rainfall has production." 2,500 more pounds of forage per
provided enough soil moisture The recommended rates for acre (100 pounds of nitrogen x
to support spring forage produc- nitrogen fertilization this spring 25 pounds of forage per pound
tion through graze-out. Stands may vary. of nitrogen applied) than natu-
that were fertilized in the fall "If you applied 100pounds of ral fertility can."
should not receive too much ni- nitrogen per acre in the fall, then Assuming it takes 10 pounds
trogen carry-over for spring for- you should top-dress with a of forage to produce one pound
age production." minimum of 60 pounds of nitro-
Small-grain forage production gen per acre," Ball said. "If you
studies performed by Wadell applied anythingless in the fall,
Altom and Jerry Rogers at the top-dress with 80to 100 pounds
Noble Foundation indicate that of nitrogen per acre."
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of beef and each pound of gain
is worth 35 cents (customary
charge for gain on small-grain
pasture), the $30-$33-dollar in-
vestment per acre for nitrogen
fertilizer can yield a gross return
of approximately $87 more per
acre than natural production:
(100 pounds of nitrogen x 25
pounds of forage per pound of
nitrogen applied = 2,500
pounds, which divided by 10
pounds = 250 pounds of beef
produced) x 35 cents per pound
of gain = $87.50. After deduct-
ing the $33 for the cost of fertil-
izer. there is $54.50 l ft to help
pay for other production costs.
"From the simple example
above, one can see the value of
nitrogen fertilization in relation
to profitability," Ball explained.
"However, it is important to
evaluate your own stocker en-
terprise to determine what nitro-
gen fertilizer rate will best meet
your forage production needs.
"If stocking is heavy, you will
need a higher rate of nitrogen to
meet the forage demand. If it's
light, then you'll need less."
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"Puebla"
The city of Puebla is considered one of Mexico's
ful. It is located east of Mexico City on the other side
capped volcanoes. Puebla is the capitol city of a state
name. In 1998, Lilia and I visited Puebla and stayed
days. We had a great location - a hotel that was ri
Puebla has two old convents: the Santa Rosa
Santa Monica Convent, both of which are now museums!
an interesting history.
Santa Rosa was a convent in colonial times, and
museum featuring traditional artwork. But they have
cells fixed up like it would have been for a nun in
This former convent is famous in Mexican cuisine.
poblano" was invented there. Mole poblano is a
can food composed of chocolate and several types of
invented by the nuns, who had to cook for a bishop
picky eater. It was hard to cook something for this
please him. Somehow the nuns hit upon mole
bishop really liked it. So a favorite Mexican dish was
there in the kitchen of Santa Rosa, which you can
how it must have been in colonial times. The g
to us that when a nun was punished, she had to eat with
tied behind her back?
The Santa Monica convent, which is now a
bizarre story to tell. This convent was ordered closed
can government in 1857, because the government
clerical turn. But the convent remained in operation as
tine convent. It was operated secretly, with nuns in it,
1935. There is a church adjoining the convent, and there'.
holes where the nuns could look through the wall and
service. (From the church side, you can't tell what
cause they are integrated into the ornamentation of
interior.) Of course, they had to have help to operate
vent, and the neighbors helped them. In 1935,
detective from Mexico City discovered the convent, o
cret door and entered. The convent was shut down by
ment and became, along with all the artwork inside
