Salting away hail damaged corn for forage risks nitrate poisoning
Watch storm damaged corn for nitrate buildup in forage. Damaged plants, especially young corn, store high nitrates in stalks and leaves, mainly lower parts. Dilute silage with two thirds roughage before feeding, test samples at the extension office for $4, and harvest after field moisture reaches about 60 percent. Willis Erickson and Tom Amundson, Polk extension agents.
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Willis Erickson
Tom Amundson
Polk Extension
Government offers corn for sale in ASCS program
Farmers may buy corn from the Commodity Credit Corp at 115 percent of the 1980 county loan rate plus 54 cents a bushel, or the current market price if higher. West central Wisconsin storage sites include Amery Elevator, Durand Co-op, and Mondovi Co-op Equity with substantial inventories.
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ASCS
Commodity Credit Corp
Wisconsin
Amery
Polk County
Durand Co-op
Pepin County
Mondovi Co-op Equity
Buffalo County
Durand
Kansas City
Summer liming inWisconsin offers off season advantages
Summer liming, between July and Sept 1, reduces bottlenecks in lime supply and allows thorough mixing before seeding. Suitable for marginal legume stands, renovated pastures, or cornfields for silage, it requires higher upfront costs and timely incorporation. Roger Flashinski notes the method alongside a light unrelated science remark about an ant pulling ten times its weight.
The Dressmaker Nellie Visit From My Youth
Dorothy Harmer recalls a time in Black River Falls when a traveling dressmaker named Nellie visited every six months to sew dresses, coats, shirts, and undergarments at home. She carried scissors on a ribbon, worked by lamp light with a foot treadle machine, and stayed overnight to finish orders as Nellie transformed old garments into new pieces.
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Nellie
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Roger Flashinski
Rusk County
Keith Sommerfeld
Dunn County
Lawrence Jarrett
Hixton
Dorothy Harmer
Black River Falls
Mother
Yesteryear
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