TILLAGE CLINIC

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- "Hands on demonstrations on how to convert conventional planters for use in reduced and no-tillage will be offered during tillage planter clinics to be held at Cape Girardeau and Dexter.

The local session will be held March 22, at Elmer Eftink's Garage on Route K, west of Cape Girardeau, from 8:30 to 11 a.m. The Dexter session will be held from 1 to 3:30 p.m. at Elmer Seyer's Implement Dealer at Dexter.

Elbert Dickey and Paul Jasa, University of Nebraska Engineers will present the programs.

"Many producers feel that conservation tillage requires the purchase of new `no-till' equipment," said Gerald Bryan, University of Missouri Agronomist in Cape County. "These clinics will point out how to convert most conventional planters to work in no-till with proper adjustments and slight modifications.

There is not fee for the meetings, which are sponsored by the Soil Conservation Service, UM Extension, and the SEMO No-Till Club.