Most of you are using the mailing boxes to send in specimens; however, a few samples 

 are still being sent in envelopes. These tend to get crinkled. DO NOT put whole 

 plants in plastic bags, as they tend to get moldy and stinky and hard to handle as 

 well as to identify. Shake roots free of soil and wrap them in a moist paper towel 

 or moist tissue. You can put a plastic bag around the roots, but not the whole plant. 



Most of you can identify the common weeds, so we usually get the tougher ones. Please 

 send as much of the plant as possible- -including roots, leaves, stems, and preferably 

 flowers or seed heads, too. Most identification guides are based on floral character- 

 istics, so it is very helpful if you can include the flowers or seed heads, especially 

 for grasses and the uncommon broadleaf weeds. 



1973 AGRONOMY FIELD TOURS 



Date 



Location Time (CDT) 



. Ewing 1 1:00 p.m. 



. Brownstown 8:30 a.m. until noon 



. Urbana (Agronomy Day) . . .7:30 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. 



. DeKalb 8:30 a.m. until noon 



. Carbondale 2 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.; 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. 4 



. Belleville 3 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.; 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. 4 



. Dixon Springs 10:00 a.m. 



. Ewing 1:00 p.m. 



. Hartsburg 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. 



. Kewanee 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. 



. Aledo 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. 



. Carthage . . .6:00 p.m. 



. Brownstown 8:30 a.m. until noon 



. Toledo 6:00 p.m. 



. DeKalb 8:30 a.m. until noon 



. Dixon 1:00 p.m. 



. Elwood 1:00 p.m. 



June. 



July. 



August. 



15. 

 21. 

 29. 



,24. 

 26. 



, 9. 

 24. 

 28. 

 29. 

 30. 

 31. 



September 



, 6. 



7. 



11. 



12. 



13. 



^-Demonstration Field operated by Agricultural Extension Advisers in the Ewing area. 

 2 Operated cooperatively by Southern Illinois University and the University of Illinois 

 at Urbana- Champaign. 

 3 0perated by Southern Illinois University. 

 4 Two separate starting times (same program) . 



MACHINERY 



FUEL SHORTAGES FOR SPRING TILLAGE AND PLANTING 



Reports from fuel suppliers indicate that there will be a fuel shortage this spring. 

 The severity of the shortage for farmers depends on several factors --including the 

 weather, Mississippi River traffic, the extent of fuel hoarding, and tillage opera- 

 tions. 



Because of the wet spring, farmers will be operating their equipment "around the clock" 

 as soon as possible, in order to get their corn and soybeans planted. The later the 

 crops are planted, the greater the probability for lower yields. For example, agronomists 



