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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1978-08-10, Page 16Established 1076 ocED g$ELFANP VERTICAL SIDING LINEAL OUTSIDE CORNER POST . HORIZOFITAL SIDING DRIP CAP INSIDE CORNER POST STARTER STRIP VERTICAL JOINER 77.7,/rAT,11,7,,,-Tr7r-• - 7.• 77: 7777.77r7r7rrirl ""." • 14 '-Ti- HURON EXPOSITOR AUGUST 1 t,, 1970 Perth Farm new , , , e, ,. Alfalfa' antifreeze By; Alan W. Scott . Agricultural Representative ;Potash fertilizer acts as an antifreeze to make alfalfa roots and growth buds resistant to low freezing temperatures. The' applic- ation should -be made in late August for maximum effect. Tod often fertilizer is spprreead later in the fall When it has little lietiefit for winter survivial. A soil test is a useful guide in determining whether the soil fertility' is low, medium, high, very high or excessive., There is still time to soil test hay fields, if one eats quickly. Results are usually available in two orthree weeks. The test•result is then a guide as to the proper amount of fertilizer. More and, more alfalfa growers are applying a generous application of potash. The alfalfa plant is a heavy potash feeder. It's been suggested that 60 lbs, of potash are removed from the soil for every ton of alfalfa removed from the field. Alarge part of this total will tie obtained by natural soil release. HoWever, there's still a need to apply potash fertilizer. A mix of 150 lbs. of 0-0-60 and $0., lbs. of 0-46-0 could be appropriate if no other information'iis available. This treatment is particularly important_ for fields that axe feeling the pressure of three cuts per year. Some farmers are also applying phosphorus and potash after the first cut The alfalfa Plant will winter kill badly if it's cut at the wrong time in the fall. In Perth county, this rest period lasts for three weeks before and three weeks after September 10th in the north and three• weeks before and three weeks after September 20th in • the south. Serious damage can be done by cutting, clOse to the critical date. The damage is still significant as the cutting date moves either way in the rest period from the critical date. Several factors have an, influence on the severity. of the damage:these points also explain why one Might .get away with cutting in the rest period one year and not t next. A standthat has been well fertilized will take more abuse 'than one which has- been neglected. A stand that has been allowed to come well into blossom-before each cut will have more reserves than -a stand where one or more cuttings have been taken with very little flower. Generally, we like to see 40 days between each cut. Lastly, a killing frost. that comes earlier or later than usual will have an influence.• • •. • Why do we need a September rest period? An alfalfa plant uses up its root reserves as it regrows during the three weeks after cutting.. During the, next three weeks, the xeserves.are built,up as the leafy top growth manufactures food which is carried back to the root. If a killing fiost occurs 3 or 4 weeks after cutting, then the plant goes into winter in a weakened condition. , • , We take a high risk if we ignore - the, September rest period. The recommendation is based on information from prviious years.. This information tells us when the first killing frost can normally be expected. Some years, Mother Nature will" send a frost earlier or later than , usual and upset this advice. If we cut in early September, we're guessing that the first killing frost won't come until 'mid October-. In taking this action, we're running contrary to the law of averages. It's better to delay cutting -until early October than to go ahead and take it during the rest' period. An Octolfer harvest will coincide with the first killing frost and the plant won't deplete' itself by regrowing. However, ',it's vital to, leave at least 4 to 6' inches of stubble because .reseantoh was shown that winter soil temperatures are several degrees higher under the plants that have a good-- top- Soil temperature is an important factor in winter survival. The dry weather of 1978 has upset cutting schethileS. Some second and third cuts will undoubtedly be reaching prime condition in September, This article has attempted to identify some of the theory behind the September rest period. We recommend that cutting be avoided in this period. It's generally recognized-that the yield loss the next year, is, at least, as large as the 'cut taken in the °rest period and it's also a permanent loss. Agricrew Coming to Perth An Agricrew will be available' to do contract work on Perth farms during the month of August. Two Agricrews have keen operatidg successfully in 'Oxford County during the summer months. A crew consists of a pbaject leader and four other workers. The crew. contracts with individual farmers to do clean up jobs, painting, harvesting, or 'any Work suited to a group of workers. rmers interested in hiring: an Agricrew contact-iiatVielray,—Agricrew Coordinator, Ontario-Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Box 666, Woodstock, N4S 7Z5 or phone 537-6621. • Weed Control in lawns . Weed control in lawns usually breaks By Debbie Ranney Following a lengthy discussion over whether township clerk Jane Badley shciuld still be entitled to ithings, Morris council promised her had she stayed on as the clerk of Morris Township Morris council Monday" night decided to pay $426.30 for expenses for the clerk-treasurer's purse she is talting and $1005 for mileage expensies. Mrs. Badley who was recently hired as clerk of Grey Township had' earlier been promised by Morris council that if she stayed on withthem she would be paid $7.5 a month rent, retroactive to the first of January for using her home as an office and that she would he oaid $916.30 for hours and mileage for the Association of Municipal Clerks and Treisureis of 'Ontario course that she took in London. This amount was to -make up for extra hours she had worked-in the spring on the Morris liquor vote. In addition, Mrs Badley was to:have been paid $517.50 for a typewriter, desk and chair which the township now owns, for.t other mileage and telephone bills on behalf of the township and her wages were to have been adjusted on Isldvember 1 to $5 per hour as- per a time sheet she was keeping from ,June 19. At Monday night's meeting councillors said they were willing to pay _ for Mrs. Badley's, course at Fanshawe but were uncertain as to whether they should . still have to pay for the rent- of her home as an office or the $5 an hour they were going to pay her for hours spent in the course, Councillor Ross Procter said he. had made the motion of paying per hour fel. her course when he thought Mre.Badley's intention was to stay. Badley _thought she _should stilt lie paid the rent money for using her home as an office but councillor Procter said, "It was my understanding. that When, you took the job the rent was included in the salary." Reeve Bill Elston said that when Mrs. Badley started her salary was raised eight p ,,,x, Mr. and Mrs. Francis - Hunt and Mary spent Sunday in - CollingwOod visiting the Scenic Caves and the Slide Ride, . Sandra Hunt has been visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hill, Varna and at the same time, camping in the hush on the Bayfield River with Laura Hill.. Mr. and Mrs. Neil Dolmage, Stephen, Leanne „ and Paul spent Sunday in Burlington visiting friends. 0114S ‘119 per cent over the former clerk's and another six per cent last year, r "In other words. you don't want to pay the $916," Mrs. Badley said and added that someone had to rescind the motion to pay :,:her that, money. • • Mrs, Badley said she'd like councillOrs Sam Pletch and Tott Miller to rescind their motion from a previous meeting regarding the new way she would be paid. She said that the only reason she had ' considered going to Grey was when she was told by the Anti-Inflation Board(AIB) she couldn't get $5 an hour. "Do you •not really feel you should pay someone rent for an dace in their home?" Mrs `Badley asked the councillors, Councillor Bob Grasby said"he'd say they were committed to pay her expenses to Fanshawe and Reeve .E lston said he hoped that if they paid for a course for the next.girl who became clerk he hoped she would stay on for two or three years "because this 'Costs money.", , When councillor Sam Pletch suggested that there should be a little more discussion Mrs, Badley said, "I really think it should be discussed in, front of me." of the proposed office rent she said, "I was told it was in my wages but I- didn't feel my wages were sufficient to cover that." "You applied for a job at a wage and you accepted that so you must have been -satisfied," the Reeve said. • • 'fthrtif I realized the wages being paid in other municipalities," ,,Mrs. Etadley said,. Reeve Elston said, "My honest opinion is that if -we -.hadn't sent you for .the--course--- you'd have never 'gotten the job in Grey" . Mrs. Badley replied that Morris may have -paid for her 'course but they- had-not nearly paid for her hours. She said she still felt that she had worked enough hours to be paid for the rent and her expenses., At this point treasurer Geote IvEchie pointed out that over the past:eight . . months Mrs. Etadley's salary 'cattle to about $4,07'71.13, a lot of which Were exPense4. Gouncillot `Procter suggested council could -pay Mrs. Oadley half ,of what they wOuld have paid had she stayed on. At this point Mrs, Badley's •mileage. was discussed:. She hadn't been paid mileale for the past 20 months and ni—iii-e7v—ef this council decided to pay her $426.30 for course expenses and $1,005, for mileage expenses. Also at the meeting council interviewed an applicant for the position of clerk, passed a bylaw so that the Wingham fire chief could enforce, regulate and .perform fire in- spectiops for fire safety, decided to Write to the °Ministry of agriculture and FoOd .9#1,10 get information how to control and enfOreP control program for warble flySi. They decided to contact bousie Marritti CfP• ordinator of the Rural Development OW- reach Program (RDOP) to come to their October meeting and discuss what the program is doingRndanade a-motion to have all signees direRfSt involved with the engineer's report on the cdntre sideroad's Bluevale municipal drain pay toward the engineer's report, INSULATION SPRAY ON URETHANE FOAM ' For Cattle and Hog Barns, Workshops, - Homes, Attics, etc.. also Vans. AGRICULTURAL • INDUSTRIAL • RESIDENTIAL Blown in - Mineral wool, fibreglass, cellulose. H.VAN MOORSEL INSULATION R.R.#5, Mitchell Phone 348-9376 McKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY HEAD 'OFFICE: MA1N ST.; SEAM2TH, ONT Mrs. Margaret Sharp. Sec. Treas.. Ph. 527-0400. down into two- categories-weeds that can be , killed by .2, 4-D and otfier weeds that are more difficult to kill. 2, 4-D will usually do a' good job on regular broad leaved weeds. 2, 4-D resistant weeds such as chick weed, black medick and creeping Charlie require other chemicals. 'The commercial product Kil-mor is, effective against •these harder to kill weeds. It is a mixture of 2, 4-D, , Mecoprop and Dicamba. The best control is usually achieved during rapid growth periods. A Ministry publication, Weed Control in Lawns, provides pictures andspecific control measures for a number 'of different weeds. It's available, on request, from our office. Ontario Bean Day , Bean Day '78 is scheduled for Centralia College of Agricultural Technology on Tuesday, August 22nd. 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