4 - The Perkins Journal, Thursday, March 8,
By Lester Smith county xtension Director
Wheat, Feed Grair
Program Still Alive
Wheat and Feed Grain Pro-
grams are still in effect even
'though there has been some
drastic changes that farmers
should become acquainted with
as it will definitely affect their
"1973 income. \
~, Prior news radio and tele=
vision releases no doubt have
mlsl~d many farmers to the
~alnt they interpreted the re°
se to mean all farm pro-
• grams were cancelled or reduc-
ed to the point there was no
advantage in participation. This
.... ~Imply is not true, said Dewey
Ford, Payne County ASCS Coun-
ty Director.
The wheat and feed grain
program has been changed to fit
present conditions due to a se-
vere winter nationwide that ne-
cessitated the large usage of li-
vestock feed. This has resulted
in shortage of food and feed
StUff that has been reflected in
a part of the increased cost of
food items especially at the
_meat cot~ter.
Farmers who have wheat al-
:lotments and feed grain bases
should contact their County
• ASCS Office ~o~ learn the ad-
• vantages available ,to them.
Ford commented that any wheat,
feed grain farmer could easily
comply with the program; how-
"-ever. they must sign up at the
ASC~ office before March 16,
t973.
Ford said, some of the op-
tions in the new program are:
1. Participation with or with-
out set aside acreage; 2. Pro-
vision for payments for addit-
ional set aside acreage; 3. Hay-
Ing or grazing set aside acreage
at a reduced payment; 4. A wide
range of substitute crops to
protect history.
There are so many options
and they apply to each farm tn
a different manner dependingon
each individual farming plan.
For this reason it is essential
that each farmer contact the
county office to determine how
the program will apply to his
individual situation,
This program has been said
to be tallormade for cattlemen
who possess wheat and feed
grain bases because he can
participate in the payment in
program and still market his
wheat crop through livestock
under the graze-out provision.
Remember the time you spend
in the management phase of
your operation is usually the
most profitable.
Need Roughage
Producing Cows
If limiting hay fed per cow to
10 to 15 pounds daily, increase
grain enough to provide ade-
quate energy for milk product-
ion. Onepound high energy grain
mix will replace energy in about
l 2/3 pounds of hay.
With roughage supplies ra-
pidly being used up, many dairy-
men are limiting the amount of
hay fed to dairy cows. But a
cow in milk needs enough rough-
age for digestion and mainten-
For All Your
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shovels-hoes
hoses-rakes-shrub
trimmer-electric and
manual hedge trimmer
spades,-grass edger
sprinkler-nosals
COME IN CHECK
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ITEMS THAT
'OU MAY
1973
ance of a normal butterfat test.
A cow needs 1 to 1 1/9. pounds
hay or hay equivalent per 100
Pounds body weight to maintain
a normal milk fat test.
Hay equivalent refers to suc-
culent forage such as silage
converted to a similar amount
of dry hay. A 1,000 pound cow
would need 10 to 15 pounds hay
or hay equivalent each day.
Plant Small Fruits
This Month Or Next
Grapes, blackberries, dew-
berries and strawberries are
better adapted to Oklahoma con-
ditions than tree fruits.
Grapes and blackberries are
adapted to a wide range of con-
dltions. Since they bloom late,
they usually escape spring
frosts.
When choosing grape variet-
ies, determine what you wilI
do with the fruit. Where space
is limited, one or two plants
of each type will usually be suf-
ficient.
The white seedless dessert
grapes include Hemred and In-
terlaken. These appear to he
winter hardy in central and
southern Oklahoma most year.
The Hemrod ripens in ~Iuly
and Interlaken in August.
The Beacon variety is per-
haps the best producer of jel-
ly grapes. Buffalo and Fredonia
are also good jelly and juice
grapes. When the Beacon var-
iety is fully ripened, the gra-
pes will drop off unless har-
vested.
Since each family can get a
stale and federal license free to
make up to 100 gallons of wine,
the French hybrid wine gra-
pers are of considerable in-
terest.
Perhaps the best blue-black
varieites would include SV 18-
315 and SV-7053. Of the white
wine grapes, SV 12-375, SV 5276
and S-9110 make excellent wine.
An excellent dessert grape is
S-.9110. The grape is sweet. The
skin is tender and does not slip.
And the berry usually contains
one seed,
Of the blackberry varieties,
Lawton seems to be one of the
better producers. It is adapted
to most sections of the state.
In northern Oklahoma, this var-
iety has suffered winter injury
under extreme weather condit-
ions. Other erect growing var-
ieties that have done well in-
clude Raven, Dewblack and Bra-
vos.
Lucretia is a bramble need-
ing a trellis. This plant is very
productive and a dependable
producer if you care for the
plants as recommended.
Strawberries are well adap-
ted to home garden conditions
if the soil is not too fertile
and not more than six inches to
clay type subsoil. The soil must
be well drained. Since straw-
berries have short roots, it's
hard for them to survive on
deep, sandy soil.
Blakemore, Tennesee Beau-
ty or Pocahontas would be the
best varieties. A feW plants of
each variety would furnish fresh
berries over about a three week
period.
Most years, strawberry
plants will need irrigation.
Transplant all small fruits in
February or March and give
them extra attention during the
first growing season should the
summer be dry.
These plants do not produce
any appreciable quantity of fruit
the first year since the flower
buds are developed the year
before.
Insect and disease controls
are less difficult on small
fruits than for tree fruits. But
you must do needed pruning on
blackberries~ dewberries and
grapes.
There are hundreds of them at
Fort Knox in Kentucky. There
are at least that many at Fort
Sill in Oklahoma and probably
more at Fort Benning in Geor-
gia. And they all have at least
one thing in common: they are
being paid by the US Army to
learn how to be radio meCh-
anics.
While thousands of their as-
sociates are finding the doors
closed to civilian jobs because
of a lack of experience, or are
paying local unions a substan-
tial portion of their salary to
work as apprentices, these
young men are earning $30q.20
per month while the Army gives
them the best professional in-
struction available anywhere.
They are also provided with
free room and board, complete
medical and dental care and a
chance to choose where they
want to work.
Young men who enlist for
work as radio mechanics in
Today's Army are sent to Knox,
Sill or Benning to learn how to
install, operate and maintain
communications equipment us-
~l In the field. The Army em-
ploys a t~hands-on" approach
which permits young men to
work with transmitters, receiv-
ers, FM radio equipment and
AM and SSB radio equipment
only weeks after they enter the
service.
Once they complete their ad-
vanced individual training, they
travel to the installation they
selected prior to enlistment.
This may include any of those in
the Continental United States,
Hawaii, Alaska, Germany or
Korea.
In the field, Army radio
mechanics are responsible for
transmitting and receiving ra-
clio communications on FM, AM,
and single band radio equip-
ment. Besides operating elect-
tonic communications equip-
ment, they are also expected to
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