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been particularly I`€W21I`(1lI]g as to 1OCl for efforts to
(l€V€l0p “1‘€glll2lI`” pHtt€1‘US of using the Collllty zlgellli.     R-
I11 this regard the fact that favorable attitudes toward lh
the county agent 2lll(l new farm practices seem to have
followed, rather than to have preceded, "regular" use Bt FRANK B' BORR1Eb’ JR' ALJ
of the agent is pertinent. Thus the belief that the de-  
_ _ Here are capsule reports 011 research conducted dur- "· 
yelopment of favorable attitudes toward the agent w1ll ...·
_ , , _ mg the year by various departments ot the Kentucky
lead to regularly seeknng his assistance IS not sup- AgliCultur1lEX)€ri ut Statb] Ild bStdt.O]5 wi;
’ ~ . ° ' me 11*1 Sll"1l`2
ported. However, the development ot such attitudes ( I ,, Q Q ( A
nrobablr smooths the t·1sk of deyeloning ·1 1'€"Ll1'11‘ .. A
l ( 1 . , ( 1 ° ( f’ ( TRANQUILIZEBS NO HELP—\Vhen tranqmlizers _
pattern of llSlI]g the agent when other obstacles are WET dd led to the { d f N tl D k t ll 1 ri
. . . e· c. ee o ori ·1oa ·m)s on
overcome 2UI(l contributes to the persistence of the . . . . ( . ( -
. . fattening rations at the Lexington StZIt1()I1, the drugs wo
pattern, OIICC lt has bee11 established. ~ .. ,, ~
were of no benefit, regardless of whether the test
h ’ H _ N _ hb h l 9 animals were on pasture or dry lot. In fact, the no-
(C dt SU dppclgng tv elg Or 00( S' tranquilizer groups in some cases did a little better $¤~ 7,
Ionlinuer rom urge 1 . .. . .
, _ I ‘ _ _ (though not s1gn1f1cantly so) than the tranqmhzer- _
formation. However, the newcomer group part.c1pate:l qdded lots z
less in social organizations that distribute farm infor- ( l ,, Q ,, I. 4
1natio11- were less often hel wed bv the county arent . `
’ . , . . .1 , ' . . ' ( B ’ FALL ARMY\VORM ON SOBGHUM—Granulated
the AgI`IClllt\lI`21l Stabilization (»()lHlHlSSl()ll, 21ll(l the . . . -<•».
_ _ _ _ _ , insecticides used on sorghum crops to help COl1t1`()1 the
Soil Cronseryation Service. Fewer newcomers at- . _ _
. _ _ fall armyworm pest were better tha11 emulsron con- was
tended larm meetnigs, talked with agency representa- . . . . . )
, , ' . centrate forms of the insecticides. Iroblem was to _ ,
t1ves, and read b11llet1ns 2IIl(l the co1111ty agent s letters. . . . . . ,-M . , ‘
, . ( ‘ get the lllSk‘Ct.Cl(l(‘S 1nto the whorls of the plants; the \
At tl1e 1lIH(‘ of the I.)55 survey the ll(’\VC()IHGI` group . . . , , »_,_
. . . granulated forms did this better than the liquid sprays iis
was less integrated IlIlf() the ll(‘Ij§lIl)Ol'l]()()(lS and used . ‘ .
. . . _ . . , wlnch had a tendency to dry up, wash away or per-
fewer sources of farm llll()l'll12\tl()ll. 'lhe newcomer h ) )t Y t, t tl *1 1 ‘ ·
. . . ·1 s n< even e 111 o ie w ior s. r
group d1d ll()t' have a lngher educational level eve11 (1 P .
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though they were younger and thus, owing to the ad- ° ° °
V2lll(J(‘S in SCll()()lllI{.{ achieved by s11cceedi11g genera- GETTING LEGUMES INTO OLD GRASS SODS— 5
tions, might have bee11 expected to be more highly Tests by agronomists show a good way to get leg-  
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trained. f*urther, the ll(‘\VC()Il]C‘l'S were more often umes into established sods. The recommended prac- {
tenants, which suggests that community stability has tices, based on the test, are to graze or clip old sods WL
not been improved. Clearly, old residents illlll new- before renovation; apply ll€€(1€(l lime, phosphorus and AY
COIl1(‘I'S 1nore often differed in res iect to tl1e char- Jotash but NOT nitroos’11-xeu, $$00 k
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or Report of Progress ***7;
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POSTMASTER: Please retum free it ¢(_
unclaimed. See Postal Laws and Reg- _ _
ations. §