DATE:     8/14/96
CONTACT:  Dr. Jay Chapin, (803) 284-3343
          Dr. Larry Olson, (803) 284-3343
          Dr. John Mueller, (803) 284-3343
WRITER:   Tom Lollis, (803) 284-3343

Clemson To Hold 4-in-1
Field Day at Edisto REC

     BLACKVILLE -- Clemson University has scheduled a four-in-one 
field day for farmers and cattlemen Sept. 12 at Edisto Research
and Education Center in Barnwell County.
     "This is a statewide field day. Any producer who wants to
keep up with the latest in peanuts, beef cattle, cotton or
soybeans should be here that Thursday," said Jay Chapin, Clemson
Extension entomologist and field day co-coordinator.
     Registration for morning sessions will be from 9:30 to 10
a.m. Then producers can take their pick of a two-hour tour of
peanut plots or a session on calf pre-conditioning.
     Lunch and registration for afternoon sessions are set from
noon to 1 p.m. Experts will touch quickly on a new soybean
release from Clemson University's breeding program and a
pre-season briefing on wheat varieties and new herbicide
strategies for wheat.
     Then, from 1:30 to 3:30 two tours will be offered -- one a 
combination of cotton and soybeans and the other for soybeans
only.
     The peanut tour will include presentations on controlling 
lesser cornstalk borer, soil insecticide/fungicide combinations,
herbicide trials and new varieties, including Sunoleic peanuts,
a line high in oleic acid, which gives the peanut longer shelf
life.
     The cotton/soybean combination tour will cover the following 
topics: control of lance nematode in cotton; Pix; Bt cotton
results and armyworm; Roundup-ready soybeans; use of Staple on
cotton; soybean varieties for lance nematode fields; and
varieties for root-knot nematode fields.
     The soybean-only tour will look at varieties for lance
nematode fields, insect control, Roundup-ready soybeans, a
tillage demonstration and variety development.
     For more information, contact field day coordinators Jay
Chapin, John Mueller or Larry Olson at (803) 284-3343.
     Edisto REC, one of four off-campus facilities of the S.C. 
Agricultural Experiment Station, is three miles west of
Blackville on U.S. Highway 78.
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