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October-November,1984 65

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The work

days were actually fun for the large cleanup crew from

West Muskingum

Chapter

who

volunteered time

and

hard

work

exchange

for

some good

recreation.

Chapter Camp Cleaners

Several

FFA members,

alumni

and

theadvisors

from

theWest

Muskingum FFA

ChapterinZanesville, Ohio, par- ticipated ina two-day cleanup of

Ohio

FFA Camp Muskingum.

Chapter

members

assisted the

camp

staff in several projects that included cutting,splittingandstackingfivecords of firewood; planting 1,000 white pine seedlings,constructingpicnic tables,re-

moving

dead

and damaged

trees, land- scaping

and numerous

other projects.

The

eveningofthefirst

day was

spent fishing,

swimming

andavolleyball

game

against the

camp

staff.

The members

reallyenjoyedthemselves and provided the

camp

staffplenty ofhelptoget the

camp

ready for the several hundred

FFA members

attending the six

camp

sessions. (Pat Lichtner, Reporter)* ^• ^•

Learning on the Land

The Oak

Harbor, Ohio, Chapterre- portsonthefarmingoperations oftheir

new

school land laboratory.

Beforethelandwasreadyforplanting, thefarm was tiled by a drainage

com-

pany.

The

tiling procedure started

on

June6and was completed

on

June 27.

The

backhalfofthefarmwastiledwith clay^tile,thecenterofthefarm

was

tiled with plastic tile

and

the front 4'/3 acres near the

woods was

tiled on 20-foot centers and has regulation stations to regulate the

amount

ofwaterleftinthe tile which will act as an underground irrigation systemcalled irridrain.

On

June 25,the back portion ofthe school land laboratorywasplantedwith the tractorpurchased bythe

Oak Harbor

FFA

anda graindrill.

The

beansplanted onthispartofthefarm wereWashington

V

and AgriPro350.Thesevarietieswere blendedinthedrillfor planting.

On

this portion ofthe field, the herbicide plot which is sponsored by

Monsanto

located. Lasso

and Dual

plotsfor

com-

parison are

on

this part ofthe school farm.

Also planted

on

June25 wereno-till

beansandconventionaltillplantedVoris 295 soybeans. This willallow the

FFA

members

towatchthe differencebetween

no-till

and

conventional ^till plantings duringthe

summer and

fall.

On

June 26, Carl Miller

worked

some

chemicals for herbicide or

weed

control. This four-acreplotwill bedif- ferent

from

the rest ofthe fieldsince it

was

sprayed as pre-emergence after planting.

The weed

control can be watchedbythe

two

plots.

After the soil incorporation of the herbicide,theplanterpurchased bythe

Oak Harbor Young

Farmers began to plantbeans in 30-inch rows beside the 14-inch rows. After planting nearly six acres, they doubled back in the

same

rowssplittingthe difference

and making

15-inchrowsfor

row

spacingvariables.

Allofthisplanting

was done

with Voris 295 seed.

The

planting rate ofthe 30-

inch rows

was

pounds

of seed per acre,

and when

doubled back

was

144

pounds

of seed per acre. Beside these rows,the graindrill

was

used in7-inch rows with the Voris seed.

The FFA members

willbeableto seethe different

row

spacingswiththe

same

seedandwill

checkthe yieldsattheend ofthe year.

The

balance oftheplantingforJune 26

was

drilledwith Keller seed andthis

completed the center portion of the laboratory.

The

finalpart oftheland laboratory

was

ontheirridrained land.

On

this4'/:

acres the chapter put in

some

variety plotswith Voris285,Bin

Run

Williams 79,

Asgrow

3127, Williams 79, Beeson 80,Vickery,

Wellman

335

and Wellman

245. This plot area will be used to see

what

the late planting will

do

to the varieties in the test.

When

harvested thesevarieties willbeseparatelyharvested withyieldcheckstakenas tothe profit- abilityofeachvarietyonstressconditions

and

late plantings.

The

chapter

would

like to express thanks to the people that contributed time, labor, machinery, supplies, and helpedto gettheschoolfarmstarted.

A

specialthanksgoestotheSoilConserva- tion Office for theirhelp

and

guidancein designingthetilingsystem.(Gary

Cham-

bers, Reporter) • • •

On With The Show

Cass

County

Voc-Tec

FFA,

Harrison-

ville, Missouri, recently received $150

from

area pork producers to assist in building

show

panelsfor the localNorth Park

show

barn.

Ten

panels were built

FFA members

Toni Chafin.

Mike Wray

and Matt Wray.

The

North Park

show

barnhasbeena part ofthe chapter's

BOAC

project for severalyears

and

theyhaveassistedwith the planning

and

building ofthe arena and barn. Chapter funds also went to purchasethreemetalgates for the

show

barnforthis

show

season.

(Doug

Roth.

Reporter) • • •

Team Talents

InJunetheKuna,Idaho,

FFA mem-

bers traveled to thestatejudgingcontests heldattheUniversity of Idaho.

The

first nightwasspentat

Wallowa

Lake where the

Kuna

Chapter had a Softball

game and

picnicscheduled withtheMeridian Chapter.

The game

wascancelledbecause ofthe weather, but the picnic

was

^still

held.

After the chapter arrived at the uni- versityandsincethecontestsdidn'tstart until the next day, the

members

spent time touringthe university.

(Contimiedon Page6H)

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