Lawn Care: Proper Mowing For Healthier Turf
Extension Horticulturist Charles Sacamano explains mowing height of two to three inches for bluegrass lawns, stressing that shorter cuts weaken roots, raise weed pressure, and should remove no more than one quarter to one third of leaf at a time. Mow when needed, not by schedule, avoid hot hours, and decide if clippings stay based on soil fertility and mulching value.
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Charles Sacamano
Selection of variety important for Missouri flood damaged crops
Flooded mid-Missouri acres challenge producers J Doyle Jones and Bradley Friesz outline timing and methods to salvage crops and boost returns. Advice covers late plantings for hay, corn variety choices, creep-feeding for calves, and soil care including clippings removal and lawn maintenance practices.
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mid-Missouri
J. Doyle Jones
Cole County
Recreation on front page: farms to forests to recreation
Howard C. Jackson of the USDA Soil Conservation Service in Columbia says outdoor recreation programs are rising in public attention and Congress interest. He notes the department now treats recreation as a primary mission, directing agencies to assist landowners, emphasize income potential from recreation, and integrate projects with watershed plans across public and private lands.
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Congress
Howard C. Jackson
Usda Soil Conservation Service
Columbia
Jackson
Soil Conservation Service
Farmers Home Administration
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Forest Service
Soil Conservatiion Service
Missouri
Soil and Water Conservation
The
Callaway
Soil and Water Conservation ‘District
New Allotments Open on Wheat and Fair Exhibits Sold Out
Sedalia Missouri State Fair space for farm machinery indoors exhibits has sold out for August 1927. Lucy Davis, superintendent of concessions, notes it is the earliest closing of books for space. Merlin Engineering Co. Ltd of Halifax England will demonstrate diesel testing among 200+ exhibitors. The fair runs nine days with concessions and exhibitors from over a dozen states and England. A 1968 wheat allotment program is announced with eligibility rules and filing deadlines for producers.
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Sedalia
Lucy Davis
Davis
Merlin Engineering Co. Ltd
Halifax
England
Planting window and varieties for sorghums and millet
If drying facilities exist sorghums may be planted up to July 1 or slightly later. Planting much after July 1 favors soybeans. Early maturing RS 610 or similar sorghum if grain used. Ensilage allows late July planting. Ax tell Ellis preferred over Atlas. Millet matures in 60 days. German Greschen foxtail outperforms prose hay millet. Millet usable for hay Sudan grass and Sudan-Sorghum hybrids seedable in July for pasture hay or silage.
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Clark
Axtell
Ellis
Atlas
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