Questions of The Week Q—Whdt can 1 plant now for hay this year? A—It is too late to plant many hay crops, but there's still time to seed sweet sudan and pearl millet for summer grazing and hay, Q—When and how often should tobacco plants be treated to control blue mold? What materials are recommended? A—Treat twice eacli week and after heavy rains with ferbam or /.ineb. Start treatments when the plants are about the size of a dime Q—IT w much and what analysis of fertilizer should I use on pea nuts'’ A—It will depend on many con dition;- The first thing you should do is have a soil test run. Fertilize [according to results. Generally, recommendations are for 400 to 60i pounds per acre of 0-10-20. Q If it rains soon after spraying alfalfa for the weevil, will I have to spray again9 A -Check the fields three or foui days after the rain. If most taround 7.5 per cent of the insects are dead it won't be necessary to treat again However, if there is still a great deal of weevil activity, you may have to treat again. Q At what stage do you spray alfalfa to control the weevil? A—When most of the plant tops ; how -orne feeding injury. Use hep tachlor. tenee and surface type. Jesse Green, Central Virginia area supervisor, and Max Timberlake teacher of vocational agriculture at Powhatan High School, are making contest arrangements.

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