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up inspection schedules and I get them in the mail so this
P work can be accomplishedear|
ly in September.
| Seventy 4-H members have , indicated they will participate ' in their annual picnic to be , held Wednesday of this week 1 at Deere Point in Warren Court ty.
Blue Boy Wheat appears to be the nearest breakthrough to that 100 bushels per acre yield I’ve heard of. Actually, I’d guess this kind of yield in wheat would be a more phenominal performance than man running a mile in less than 4 minutes. BUT one agro-l
nomist told me it had made 90 j bushels per acre in North Caro-1 lina. Buddy Carpenter says I
he scraped up enough money j to seed 1/2 acre la st fall from! which he harvested 35bushels! .this season.
It has a short stiff stalk that will tolerate high levels of fertility; up to 100 lbs.; of N. per acre. The Virginia Crop Improvement Association's Foundation Seed Farm at Amelia is growing it, however, it is doubtful farmers can get any seed from there this fall. A letter of inquiry by your scribe did result in1 getting a list of North Carolina 1 growers from Extension Seed Specialist, Bob Harrison. Anyone interested let us know. Blue Boy's most serious ifault is low test weight,
j Reed is another variety that looks good "for this area. It is !a sister selection of Redcoat |and therefore compares favorably with Redcoat except it [does have better milling ^characteristics. Reed will be javailable at V.C.LA.'s * seed [farm at Amelia.
At the suggestion of Mrs. j George Davis we tabbed John|son grassasa "TyphoidMary” [Last Friday Maurice O’BanInon was referring to it as iL.B.J. grass. Regardless of i what this weed pest is called
jwe are glad, and sorry, to learn of its being in places other than our original discovery site. The first to report was Mrs. James Bennett, a ■ patch on a farm adjoining their place. Next Garfield Burkec showed me some around his 1 dad’s store in Woodville - also, j said he felt there was some * on the Pauze Place. Then on ; Thursday of last week a visit ‘ with Arthur Miller resulted in ‘ seeing a field full of the dad- 1 blamed stuff. Ug! a
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