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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1963-05-01, Page 543 e art ry Q. n; t. • WE�DNIOSDAY, MAY ' 1st, '1983 4 '1']EiE LUCKNOVI ": SENTINEL, LUCKNOW.. ONTARIO PAGEFIVL; �. mucir_u..��r.STOCNER SALE AY6thH, Axl- 1:30 p,m. Accommodation for 500 Illeqd Lucknow C�mmunity Sales Barn ROBERT MacINTOSH Phone Ripley • 1:64-r-11, or .Lucknow. 5289912: By JOHN BRADSHAW ;.KNOW YOUR .SOIL' The !best advice 'I Can give any home gardener,.,•par.t'i'cularly ;i.hose, who, are .new, to.• this .won-. • derfu1, hobby .•of :gardening, [is to get to know their g,arderi, soil; If you've been trying to garden ,for ome- time, without too tiuch . success, the advice that. I•'m .going to.'pass 'along to - ..day is: usua!hy the; answer' ';f'or', most..•.difficulties , and. troubles. .! • 'In getting•to. knov our'. soil, I •think we have to ask . dui-‘' selves this question - ,what :does.• soil mean .to you? If' I,' were to ask .a. nun—her :. off.': people . this , question, their answers would he v'Jal thing „which requires. care soil 'are aCtually pieces . 'of rock eroded : down from' the:. mOun- tains over inanY,. '!Of years., They are, Only the med.- 4i.12.in in , which. w,43-. grow plants' and don't .haVe 'Ifoo much' effect the .Millicins of :bacteria „,that.... exiii.'between the 'particles. that eally ;determine how , well 2.a .are Very large in • comparison. Coniiiaring. their size! you, could Say. that those in the ' Sandy soils 'were :th.e size of tWo. t boulder' Whereas---those--in ,the Clay °would' be .abont as big AS. ,•A garden I think yOu can. readily see, why the cl,vater tietles' in •the sandy soils. By the -parti•Cles •of Clay. soil jam. closely together' 'and se). thiS type .ot. spit poorly drained,: .! ed: in the saMe :way. 'Before ,planting. yon .dig' in plenty of ,htimuS and. fertilizer., In sandy 'soils" the . ',humus acts ...as ! a sponge ro hang on td the soil mOisture .and prev'ents the mois- ture : from draining . away ' too it binds the' irrialler particlea together to font .larger one;s. and it openS.' Up` the Soil. so that the and: eaSiIy reach: .the rooti. , of ,u5 .are all satisfactory; meter - fats !procesSed from Sewage, peat lie can or "cannot build with I success.. To the average heine-1 .owner,. It's an. unmanageable mixture of elay,• .sticks, Stobes,i .and so an, on, whiCh grass sill:A grow, Weeds thrive to .perfeetion: . '.113e realized that the earth in •whkh •'we plant ers, shrubs and trees is a‘ SO SERVICE FOR TOO. QUALITY, ATLAS BATTERIES AT " REASONABLE PRICES! , Repairs .to. All .Makes 'of Cars and Traaors 3 Licensed Mechanics Wheel Alignirnent and Balancing Ashfield,Native Died. in. -Alberta. Word ihas. been received ,here of thedeath of IPinlay MacKen— zie, who passed' away at Edmon- ton, . Alberta on Thursday, April 18th. He' was a son of—Duncan Mc 'Kenzie and Annie .'McDonald of Concession ' i ,, ,Ashfield; . • The . ,farm is now owned 'by Dave I. Johnston... • Mr. MacKenzie . is survived !by his wife, two sons Kenneth and., Donald . and ,two .daughters, Jean and "Kathleen, all of Alberta • He is also -surv"vved• by a fibro .ther •Donald !McKenzie of..Al- berta and a sister, Mrs. J. Agnew. (Rebecca) 'of Kirkland Lake, He was Ppredecease,d. by 'a Ibra ther, Kenneth MacKenzie and .,a sister, .Mrs. Isabel McMillan of Long Beach, California. KINGSBRIDGE ,(Too Late For 'Last Week) ReV..Father Ralph. O'Loughlin, nadine .1Kenny 'of Detroit spent '•the Week end here. ,Father O'Loughlin leaving in: 'a few weeks time tor MimiCh; Ger- ering of, ;friends...at' the. borne '14.Mndis'asY.Beeliaetrzliieneg,:Ke-enatf,..of Tor - Moore of -.AlgOnae, 'Nfich•• Spent the week •e,nd with Mrs,: O'Neil and Michael. • . .!COn•gratulations:: tO Mr. and Mrs. John Van Roy on: the birth of .a daughter in GoderiCh Miss B011ity Johnston Of M'it-• chell-.spent, the past week with Mr. and' 1VIrs.'.DeSmond• &Don- • and ,fainily. spent 'the ' Easter week end in Torontd.• trOit spent the week, end here. Mr. Kerry Hogan of. .I.tondon SPent the %week 'end with his parents .Mr. 'and.',IVIrs., Con, Ho::, Aliee Dalton, .Miss ,Mary .L61.1 Drennan of London, Mr. Maurice• Dalton of Hamilton., dpn spent. :the week end , their twines. • Miss .Frances Dalton .has been Ka•thleprilitterry, and Cletus and Easter Sunday With RaY's Jossie Cleary and familY.: of ustine spent •Sunday !Mr. Goderich Spent Sunday wip-i.igt. and Mrs.. Clayton Leddy, Jirn-• Ole and • .Jeane returned home with ..thern. after , spending the eral took place Menday: rnoSs,•'Well rotted 'barnyard man., are • dr comperst. ,' In average garden soils the .h•urri•Us. s!hotticl be applied at the .tate of 8i1C tO eight bushels 'per hundred square feet'. Where the soils are Poor, ten. to' tvVelve..bushels iper* hundred ;square feet will...not Joh,fi 'was mit with the ...boys one evening, and before he real- ized 'it the morning. of the next. :day dawned, !He 'hesitated to call home, ibut finally hit upop an 'He fang his. house. When wife ansWered the phone *the . shoute& "Don't pay the .ransorn, 'honey, r 6 old • age -if they weren't 'Workieg .so hard to provide for it. THE BEAVER is one of the Most industrious of animals.' lie toils with loving care on the construction of. a home for la family. Beaieri mate.for life, and their homes ore built with.an eye to permanent use... When a man builds or buys a home, he, too, likes to bid that it is permanent For if is at home that the family develoPs roots • and friendships. Safeguarding the home for the family is but one • of Sun Life's many services for the security and protection • . 0 yourself and Mote you ioite, Let me ten you about these services. M. Kmahan SUN LIFE ASSURANCt COMPANY OF CANADA. Photo,Ontario .Dept. of Health. Large empty trunks are attractive hiding placls:,,fOr youngsters, and can turn into suffocation traps, too. , rin eaning Matthew B. DymOnd, MD, CM. 'Ontario Minister 'of Health Nearly everYotte tackles a major Cleatilip programme at liothe in the' Spring; and this , chore can present a '.'few hazards.. 'to. witch . :Removing storin windows from second and ,third storeys, for ex-. ,der, ,suie footiog and 'a good sense of balance. Don't attempt it th;ne fOr you it you' are. douht-. ftd, Of year ahilitY to do it safely, ing too far•froria the ladder lead to. serious,. ofteri fatal 'falls. ' The Ontario ,Safety League re._ veals an interesting faet from sta- tistics in this regard. The Majority • haps ate. nOn, probably because: they are less. inclined te admit inability to do. a. job than women, ando.ao go‘ ahead and attenintIt against. their better judgement. - ',Where there are .children in the hotise;,„storage ef winter 'clothing can present Iwo hazard's,. Moth- ' balls are Poisonous if eaten, and children will faste them if they are,aVailahle. I:orge empty trunks tinA stilteases are attractive hid-. ing places tO youngsters, and "run turn into •stiffocation traPs too, 'Parents should keep an eye On .bOth these factors While storing clething away for the season. Aiv tight storage Cheats should be , becoMing trapped. inside. Thin plastic film, Still a 'suffo- cation hazard, is more likely tO come into the houie in quantity, at this `thiie 'of the year, proted- ing drylcicaned ''clothing: As al- ways, these bagi should, be tied. in 'tight ,,l(nots and. dikearded mediately, ,and `safely,' . to keelig. Spring. cleaning, With all the. heaiy lifting, to be dene, presents hazards to adulta too, Storm Win- ' .trunks strain.tuany backs in !this, , yearly ehOre; mainly because pea- ta lift. The cardinal rule ,is te, ruakeuse of your Strongest muscles, both legs and arms, rather than .letting ull the weiglitjull on the back mescles Where:411os( injuries occur: Men should never lift more than half their -Own weight, and • women !lever More than twenty- .. five poiiiids. to, avoid strain to, Your.. Ontario Deps,rtment ot Health 'offers these rules in Ate hope' that' spring7cleanert', will lit* attitude, and coMplete them With. nut accident or injury. , 22/4/63 Any questiont tat the tborh or the Department of nealth in this field, or suggested topies.qor these edluttinsi should be tent to the • , "Director of Information and Publicity), Ofitatio Departnzent of Health, Queen's Park, Toronto.