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From The Book ...
•And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.* (Psalm 1:3) Imagine a stately tree on the river bank with roots that go deep beneath the source of
is anywhere and but 85% is being used. One would think these farm ers would want to know where thi6 land is and where practi cal, use it for growing corn and take the unprofitable land out of corn. This 5500 acres is among the most drought resistant soil types we have. How many times have you heard, *One more drought like we had last year and a lot more farmers will go under.* This is true if farmers continue in the same rut. Our ASCS county committee ha6 had a special cost-share practice for fencing to allow use of potentially more profit able land. In three years but some farm er has taken advantage of this help. How many of your farmers plant com at optimum popula tion levels suited to the soil types in your fields? It is obvious you are not harvesting your corn for silage at the proper stage of maturity and consequently cut ting your own throats economically.
It is also obvious you don’t plan your cropping operation to fit your seasonal farm labor load and thereby again are loosing money unnecessarily. For every day you loose in getting corn planted at the best time means better than a bushel loss in yield per acre. "If you plant the same hybrid j at two weeks intervals, what, will be the interval of maturity! dates? Yes, Mr. Farmer, I would appreciate seeing much greater evidence that you are really interested in trying to help yourselves. You can do’ this by taking advantage of opportunities to learn.
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