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Posted by Hugh MacKay on May 10, 2004 at 03:46:48 from (216.208.58.174):
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Super A . I want to ad posted by Paul in Mich on May 09, 2004 at 20:31:26:
Paul: While what you say is very true, there also been a lot of farmers and other users have done some quite bone headed actions that have given the do-gooders amunition. When I was a kid we lived along a gravel bottom river anywhere from 1' to 6' deep on average. Every farmer along that river used to tie his manure spreader to a tree with a long cable, to allow it into deep water, thus cleaning up at end of season. Must have been some fodder for do-gooders. As a young man I remember our fathers generation, who by the way were some of the first farmers to use commercial chemicals on mass. They tended to be of the opinion if a little worked a lot was better. DDT was one in question, it worked so well on barn flies, that second time out dad drowned them with it. Then there were the guys that chased atrazine resistant weeds with atrazine. Had one guy tell me of using 13 lbs of 80% to the acre. They killed what would still be the most economical weed control in corn. For 25 years I operated a 7 year rotation of 3 years corn and 4 years alfalfa. The only chemical I ever used was atrazine, and I was getting 100% kill of weeds in corn. My atrazine use was not excessive or I couldn't have grown the alfalfa. In fact I was growing more TDN per acre from alfalfa than corn. For those who don't know TDN is total digestable nutrients. Now I realize that wouldn't work with some of the crop rotations today. I also realize that no till farmers must allow the roundup treated land to turn brown. In the early days of roundup we were tilling and more common sence could have been used. People will accept new technology if it's not thrust on them too quickly. Farmers sometimes have not been the best public relations personell.
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