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1990-05-23
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Wednesday, May 23, 1990 The Gazette District Agriculturist Notes by Steve Archibald Olds, Alberta District Agriculturist TOM IPO Box 250 Phone 566-4220 SHUFFLEBOARD PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONS Congratulations to Sig Kruger and Larry Wilson, recent winners of the Legion Provincial Shuffleboard Tournament held in Branch 286, Calgary, May 5 and 6. Also congratulations to Marian Kilpatrick and Donna Kruger who finished second in the Ladies competition. All four players are members of Olds Branch 105 Legion. The Legion is indeed very proud of their accomplishments. Fertilizer Decisions Every spring farmers are faced with the question of how much fertilizer should they apply to their fields. Some use the old rule of thumb, one pound of nitrogen for each bushel of grain expected at harvest; others go with a standard amount per acre based on past experience. Both of these methods will get you by but neither assures you that you have made the best choice. If your goal as a farmer is to maximize profit there is another method available to you. It starts with a soil test so you know how much nitrogen and phosphorous you have to start with. In the spring you must estimate what your crop will sell for after you harvest it. You know what the cost of your fertilizer will be and if your fertilizer test has been done by a lab that is familiar with the conditions in your area of Alberta, they should be able to give you marginal response data. (How many bushels can you expect from each additional 10 pounds of actual nitrogen). If you are dealing with a lab that only gives you a single lump sum to use you have no way to use this method. Be sure that the lab is familiar with your local conditions. A recommendation based on data from Ohio will be as worthless to you as one based on Medicine Hat data if you happen to be farming in Sundre. Now that you have the cost of fertilizer and 'the marginal yield data you apply the principle of adding inputs until marginal revenue equals marginal cost. Let's look at an example of an actual soil test from this area. The test showed that there was 20 pounds of available nitrogen in the first six inches, 12 pounds in the next six inches and four pounds in the next 12 inches for a total of 36 pounds of actual nitrogen. The expected yield increase data for barley for medium spring soil moisture conditions indicate a marginal yield increase of 6.6 bushels for the first 10 pounds of additional actual nitrogen applied. The next 10 pounds of nitrogen gives a marginal yield increase of 5.5 bushels. Each additional 10 pounds gives a yield increase of 5.0, 3.9, 3.3, 2.9, 2.5, 2.5, 2.0, 1.8. 1.0 bushels respectively. If we use urea as the source of nitrogen the cost of 10 pounds of actual nitrogen will be 2.45. If the expected price of barley is 2.15 per bushel then the first 10 pounds of nitrogen will return 14 in revenue, the next 10 pounds 12, the next 10.75, the next 8.39, the next 7.10, the next 6.24, the next 5.38, the next 5.38, the next 4.30, the next 3.87, and the last 2.15. The marginal revenue becomes less than the marginal cost with the last 10 pounds of nitrogen so the farmer would stop at 100 pounds of nitrogen. If urea remained the same price ( 2.45) but the expected price of barley was 1.15 per bushel the expected marginal revenue from each 10 pounds of additional nitrogen would be 7.59, 6.33, 5.75, 4.49, 3.83, 3.34, 2.88, 2.88, 2.30, 2.07, 1.15 respectively. In this case the most profitable level of nitrogen Aa apply is 80 pounds. Adding an additional 10 pounds would cost the farmer 15 cents in profit ( 2.45 - 2.30). To use this method it is essential to soil test. 'It-is year because of the mild winter we are finding quite a few of the tests coming back with high nitrogen levels so the amount of additional nitrogen required may be substantially reduced. Provincial Weed Survey The results of the provincial weed survey that began in 1987 and was completed in 1989 have just been released. The number one occurring weed is stink- weed. It occurred in 64.9 percent of the fields surveyed. In the fields where stinkweed occurred the number of plants per square meter ranged from a minimum 0.2 to a maximum of 1048.4. The. average density was 19.2. The top ten on the list were as follows: stinkweed, wild buckwheat, wild oats, duckweed, lamb's quarters, green foxtail, hemp-nettle. held horsetail, shepherd's purse and Russian thistle, Canada thistle ranked eleventh. The ranking for the County of Mountain View varied fromt he provincial results as follows: stinkweed, wild buckwheat, hemp- nettle, chickweed, lamb's quarters, dandelion, Canada thistle, tartary buckwheat, redroot pigweed and shepherd's purse. This ranking is baaed on the relative abundance of the weed in all fields. If the ranking is done on the basis of field frequency stinkweed is still the number one occurring weed in the county; occurring in 91.3 percent of the fields surveyed. Wild buckwheat and Canada thistle tie for second Page 11 spot, occurring in 60.8 percent of the fields. The rest sre as follows: shepherd's purse (62.1 percent), hemp-nettle (47.8 percent), dandelion (43.4 percent), redroot pigweed (43.4 percent), chickweed (39.1 percent), lamb's quarters (39.1 percent) and tartary buckwheat (39.1 percent). Quackgrass showed up in 26.1 percent of the fields surveyed in this county and toadflax in 4.3 percent. The preservation of health it a duty. Few seem conscious that there it such a thing aa physical morality. Herbert Spencer . . . Vou're Invited To Word of life Centre Postor Don Peters speaks on: Training ths Human Spirit 47 Ave I OWs Alberto TOM 1P0 Telephone (405) SSe-4041 a*s.(40S)SM-Mt(l Sunday Service 10:00 a.m. Sunday School Midweek'Kids Club AdultBlblaStudy * e The law, in its majestic equality, for bids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridge to bee in the - streets, and to steal u bread. Anatole .France, s CrainqiiebiUe * E Upcoming Tour Overnight Banff Tour G May 30-31, 1990 Highlights include: A Bus transportation, Peyto Lake, Lake Louise, Banff, sup Z per in Banff, cruise on Lake Minnewanka (weather permit E ting). 2 Days for 90.00 T per person double Kananaskis T Guest Ranch E June 2-3, 1990 Highlights include: Bus transportation, welcome reception, bar-b-g supper and C entertainment, breakfast, lunch and souvenir, sightsee ing in Kananaskis Country. 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