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Brien Rintoul,
Auctioneer
Phone 357,2349. —29,30b
AUCTION SALE
of Church Property and Church
Contents of the Porter's Hill
Grace United Church, on the 6th
Concession of Goderich
Township, 3 miles west . of
Holmesville, on
Saturday, July 19
at 2 p.m, sharp
the following:
PROPERTY: The property is
approximately 90 fee't wide by
140 feet deep, on which is
situated a solid red brick church
approximately 32 feet by 45
feet, with a full basement and
furnace.
CONTENTS: Sherlock Manning,
walnut cased electric organ and
bench; Nordheimer piano; 2
piano stools;. 11 long centre
pews; 18 short side pews; 60
folding chairs; 40 kitchen type
chairs; 18 child's chairs; 3 small
benches; 10 card tables; several
small 'tables; a number of
banquet tables • (folding legs);
table lamps; 4 moveable
platforms; mirrors; carpet
runners; a quantity of dishers.
Terms—Cash
Terms on Property 10% down
on date of sale and balance in 30
days.
Allen Betties, Alvin Betties,
Wilmer Riddell — Church
Trustees '
Edward W. Elliott
Auctioneer.
20. NOTICES
REWARD for information
leading to arrest and conviction
of persons who removed
furniture without authorization
from McDonald home, 5th
concession, Goderich Twp. Write
Box 301, Clinton News-Record.
—30b
I will not be responsible for any
debts incurred by Ruth Rac as
of July 17, 1969. Andrew Rac.
— 30,31,32.
21'. 'ENPAqMENTS'
You can do much to conserve moisture by using a mulch.
The extra watering required
will take up much of your
gardening time and add
alarmingly to your water bill.
Should a drought continue,
however, conservation of water
will be an important
consideration in itself.
Your first watering should be
given to the foundation and
other plantings of trees and
shrubs, for these are most costly
and difficult to replace.
Cultivate around each and lower
the earth surface by drawing the
soil around in a circle to form a
dike. This may be filled with a
mulching material such as peat
moss and then water applied
until it forms a kind of pool
which will allow the moisture to
seep in slowly to the plant roots.
A root feeder or root
watering device which can be
purchased locally for a few
dollars is a valuable asset for
watering trees and shrubs; with
this equipment the water reaches
the roots immediately. Simply
attach the hose to this device,
insert it in the soil, turn on the
hose and the plant is quickly
watered.
Should drought continue you
might have to sacrifice a green
lawn and concentrate • on
watering the trees, shrubs and
perennials. It is easier to patch a
lawn with grass seed than to
replace the hedge, roses or other
Silage gas danger
greater this year
plants. A lawn will naturally go
into a semi-dormant stage during
hot weather but will turn green
again as moisture and cooler
weather returns.
During dry weather when
water is at a minimum it is best
to eliminate the mechanical
sprinkler except where there is
no run-off. This means hours of
standing with the hose, often
during the darkness of evening,
swinging the nozzle back and
forth to avoid run-off.
A relatively high percentage
of the water applied to gardens
and lawns during the summer
runs off the ground and grass
straight' to the drain before it
penetrates into the earth itself.
Try to avoid this by using
temporary edging to the beds
and soil dikes around such plants
as tomatoes, dahlias and hedge
plants.
I would suggest that garden
plants be watered in the
folldwing sequence: (1) the
cedar hedge, (2) evergreens
around the foundation, (3)
tomatoes, (4) dahlias, (5)
deciduous shrubs, (6) perennials
and vegetables and finally the
annuals and the lawn.
When to stop watering? ,For •
most plants not until the cool
days of late September; for
evergreens not until the frost
hardens the ground in late
November.
The backward spring and
growing season this year has led
to a dangerous problem relating
to silage gases, particularly in
haylage.
Nitrous oxide, and nitric
oxide are colorless, odorless and
highly toxic gases that come
from silage and form nitrogen
dioxide when they mix with the
air. Nitrogen dioxide is yellowish
brown in color, has a sickly
sweet odor and is also extremely
toxic.
These gases create a choking
and coughing sensation when
inhaled, and a sufficient
concentration will cause partial
paralysis to develop, and
eventually death.
Hal Wright, farm safety
specialist, Ontario Deparment of
Agriculture and Food, warns
that it is of the utmost
importance that farmers who
recognize these gases leave the
infected area immediately. An
oxygen supply such as those
used by scuba divers should be
obtained, and the doors should
then be taken out to the level of
the silage. The gases are heavier
than air, and opening the doors
should ensure that gravity will
force the gas down in a few
hours, or in about one-half hour
when a blower is used.
Using a blower without
opening the doors will be
ineffective as this will merely
disturb the air above the gas,
while the gas remains at the top
of the silage.
There should always be
someone on hand to help when
the silo is first opened. It should
also be remembered that the
gases may form as soon as
ensiling starts and may go on for
2-3 weeks after the silo is filled.
They may then remain at the
top of the silage until the silo is
reopened. Farmers exposed to
the gas at all without oxygen
supplies should see a doctor
immediately even though no
effects are felt.
Compressed air equipment is
available at the School of
Agriculture Engineering,
University of Guelph, and is on
loan to anyone in the area. Local
fire departments might have
such equipment, and it is worth
paying the fire department to
neutralize any problems that
might occur.
Farm mechanics course
at Guelph has openings
16, TENDERS
TENDERS will receive by
the undersigned up to August
1969, for the removal of house
situated at 129 James St;
Clinton and the barn at rear cif
same property. Buildings •can b
molted or wrecked. Interestet,
Persons should coritaet-
Parker, St. Joseph's Church,
Advisory Board, Clinton, -•-
30,31b
19. AUCTION SALES
Clearing Auction Sale of Farm
and Farm Implements from Lot
No, 31, Concession 11, Goderich
Township. 13/4 miles south of
Holmeaville on
Saturday, August 2nd
at 1;30 p.m.
FARM — The 80 acre farm
situated on concession 11, lot
30, Goderich Toienship. The
farm is seeded to approximately
28 acres of mixed hay and
approximately 50 acres of oats.
IMPLEMENTS — International
• • 300 Utility tractor with
e. hydraulic lift and P,T.O.; Case S.
tractor with pulley and P.T.O.;
International 6 ft. trailer
-combine with International 4
cylinder motor, with full
ee: attachments including bean
attachment; John Deere 2
furrow trailer plow; Cockshutt 2
furrow . trailer plow; Case 4
furrow trailer plow with Eagle
hitch; farm wagon (15 in.
wheels); flat rack; Case 9 ft.
trailer swather with lifters;
International 9 ft. spring tooth
cultivator with power lift;
International manure spreader;
Cockshutt fertilizer seed drill;
• seeder and fertilator with P.T.O.
attachment; Oliver 2 row corn
planter; set of double discs; 5
section drag harrows; 4 section S
drag harrows; Deering 6 ft.
• mower; buck rake (for .3 point
hitch); single row scuffler; power
saw; saw and mandrel; 21/2 H.P.
garden tractor with plow and
cultivator attachments; potato
plow; tree puller for front end
loader; 2 wheel trailer (15 in.
tires); Quantity of cedar posts,
cedar poles, ash, elm and maple
lumber; 150 ft. of plastic water
pipe; logging chains; steel cable;
forks; shovels; Cascade 40 hot
water tank (nearly new); 1959
Chevrolet Apache 1/2 ton truck
with rack; numerous other
articles.
Terms on
Cash
Terms on Farm 10% on date of
sale and balance in 30 days with
!,;farm selling subject to reserve
reeilihetenof,WM upon arrangement.
seNoTereserve as the home farm is
sold.
Wilfred H. Glazier
Proprietor
Edward W. Elliott
Auctioneer`
'30,31b
Farm implements —
HRP YOUR RED CROSS
Where there's heat,
there may be fire
'4
Mr. and Mrs, Robert J. Snell,
Londesboro, Ont., are pleased to
announce the engagement of
their second eldest daughter,
Bonnie Sharon, to Mr. Stewart
Ross Jewitt, son of Mrs. W. R,
Jewitt and the late Wm. Jewitt,
Clinton, Ont. The marriage to
take place in Londesboro United
Church at 3 p.m. on Saturday,
Aug. 23, 1969. —30p
CONSITT: To Mr. and Mrs.
William Consitt, RR 1, Zurich,
in South Huron District
Hospital, Exeter, on Friday, July
4, 1969, a daughter, Julie Ann,
sister for Dianne and David.
22. BIRTHS
25. CARDS OF tHANKS '
TAIT: To Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
Tait, Clinton, on Thursday July
10, 1969 in Clinton Public
Hospital, a son, (incorrectly
reported last week as a
daughter.)
MYRTLE: To Mr. and Mrs.
George Myrtle, RR 3, Walton,
on Saturday July 19, 1969, in
Clinton Public Hospital, a
daughter.
RODGER: In Clinton Public
Hospital on Sunday July 20, to
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Rodger, RR 1,
Auburn, a son, Michael Neil
Edwin.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Oesch, RR
1, Varna, Ontario are pleased to
announce the forthcoming
marriage of their daughter Doris
Ann, to Mr. Gordon Leo
Maloney son of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank L. Maloney, Seaforth,
Ontario. The wedding will take
place on Saturday, August 30,
1969 at 1 o'clock in St. Boniface
Roman Catholic Church, Zurich,
Ontario. —30b
Wednesday, July OQ
commencing at
1;30 13.ro-
23 Holstein cows and heifers,
fresh and springers — this herd
has been On D.H.I.A. Terms of
sale cash, owner or auctioneer
not responsible for any accidents
on day of sale.
Garden notes
Plants. need drought protection
lifi.t.911,NPARPP.9fd, Thtlegipy,....iiiiy '94, 1909 0
Several changes in rebate plan
AUCTION SALE
of Properties and Household
effects of the Estate of George
Brown from Dinsley Street,
Blyth on
Saturday, July 26
at 1:30 p.m.
PROPERTY NO. 1 — The lots,
6, 7, 14 and 15 Kelly's Survey in
the village of Blyth, on which is
situated a 2 storey 8 room solid
briek dwelling, with 3-piece
bath, built in kitchen cupboards,
hardwood floors and oil furnace
and full basement.
PROPERTY NO. 2 — From the
same piece there will be offered
for sale the 50-acre pasture farm
situated at part of the 'west half
of lot 18 concession 13 Hullett
township. The farm is offered
for sale subject to expiration of
the present rental lease which
expires at the end of the year
1969.
HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS —
• ,chesterfield bed; chesterfield;
upholstered arm chair; wicker
arm chair; wicker rocking chair;
rocking chair; Spartan 21 inch
television; coffee table;
mahogany 2 tier table; pedestal
tables; half tables; hall seat; hall
mirror; drop top desk; end table;
smoking stand; china cabinet;
sewing cabinet; Roger's cabinet
radio; 2 wooden beds,springs
mattresses; 2 dressers; 4 drawer •
modern walnut chest; 3/4 tubular
'bed; spring and mattress; day
bed; pine chest of drawers; 2
blanket boxes; 5 piece chrome
breakfast suite; drop leaf chrome
table; kitchen chairs; side chairs;
fernery stand; flower stand;
McClary 4 burner electric range;
Frigidaire refrigeratar with top
freezer; Electrolux vacuumI
cleaner; electric clock; wiiiihirig
machine; laundry tuba; tri-light; •
table and dresser lamps; clothes
t hamper; trunk; scatter . mats;
dishes; glassWare; part toilet Net;
5 gallon stone crock; quantity of
fruit and sealers; cooking
utensils; Eureka ,power mower;
hand mower; 1956 Chevrolet
sedan; nuinerous other articles.
TERMS ON .PROPERTIES --
10% down on date of sale and
balance in 30 days "With
properties sold Subject to reserve
bid.
TERMS on Hotisehold Effects
Cash.
Itobert Hall
POPP: I Wish to express my
thanks and appreciation to my
relatives and friends fdt calls,
cards, gifts and flowers while
was S 'patient in Alexandra
Marine Hospital, doderich, also
my thanks to Dr, Isl. C. Jacketed
and nutses oh the second floor
ettet: e- Amber M. Popp. 30p
MOWATT: My sincere
appreciation and thanks to. Dr.
W. Oakes, and to the nurses and
staff of Clinton Public Hospital,
and to all my neighbours and
friends who were so thoughtful
during my stay in hospital, —
Mrs. A. J. (Gwen) Mowatt -- 30p
BATKIN: I wish to express my
very deep appreciation and
thanks to all who sent cards,
flowers and treats and who
visited me while I was a patient
in Clinton Hospital. Many
thanks to the doctors and to the
nursing staff on the first floor. —
John Batkin — 30p
HESK: I wish to thank all
neighbours, friends and relatives
for visits, cards and flowers
while I was in Clinton Public
Hospital. Special thanks to Dr.
-Oakes and staff on second floor,
— Mrs. Emerson Hesk. 30p
OVERBOE: Sincere thanks to
friends and neighbours for
assisting us at the time of the
fire. Your help was greatly
appreciated. — The Overboe
Family — 30p
26. IN MEMORIAM
HUNTER: In loving memory of
a dear wife and mother, Dorothy
Hunter who was killed in a car
accident seven years ago, July
30, 1962.
We do not need a special day,
To bring you to our minds.
The days we do not think of you
Are very hard to find
They say time heals all sorrow
And helps one to forget,
But time so far has only proved,
How much we miss you yet.
God gave us strength to take it,
And courage to bear the blow,
But what it meant to lose you,
No one will ever know.
To know we never said good
bye,
Will always bring regret,
But the hearts that loved you
daily, Mom,
Are The Hearts That Won't
Forget.
Always remembered and sadly
missed by husband Leonard and
daughter Marlene.
29. BUSINESS OPP.
FOR SALE: GARBAGE
ROUTE, village of Zurich. For
further information contact Ron
Corriveau, Zurich, Ontario —
27-3 lb
Did your hay go into the barn
a little tough this year?
If so, it would be wise to
check it at least twice a week for
the next month to ensure that it
is not heating, says the Ontario
Dept. of Agriculture and Food's
Clinton office.
Fire from spontaneous
combustion usually occurs
during the first two months after
storage and Hal Wright, farm
safety specialist, says that an
easy way to check the
temperature is to make a hay
probe from a 10-ft. length of
half-inch electrical conduit or'
tubing. •
A sharpened hardwood point
-should be riveted to the bottom
end of the tube and six holes of
three-eighths-inch diameter
drilled within the bottom six
inches.
A veterinarian's rectal
thermometer can then be
lowered on a 12-foot cord to the
bottom of the completed hay
probe and the temperature can
be checked. A piece of sponge
rubber should be used at the
bottom of the tube to act as a
cushion and prevent the
thermometer from breaking.
Push the probe well down
into the hay and leave for 10
minutes. Pull out the
thermometer and note the
temperature. Watch for the
following temperature
"signposts',"
150 deg. — Entering the
danger zone. Make temperature
observations daily.
160 deg. — Danger! Inspect
every fOur bouts to see if
temperature is rising.
175 deg, rrFire pockets may
be anticipated. Call the fire
department pumper and wet
down hay.
185 deg. — ItOmOVe the hay,
The pumper should be available
since flames will develop when
air comes in contact with the
hay.
210 deg, — Hay IS
almost sure to ignite,
BY A. 9, Ei.YClq-Pl
At this time many gardens in
Canada may be suffering,
severely from drought. Abont
the only plants that might seem
to be withstanding it well are
petunias, Yet, with the proper
care and cultivation one can
eliminate a lot of suffering from
this cause and keep the garden
going despite the severest of dry
periods.
One thing is obvious to
visitors to the Plant research
Institute's gardens in July. The
perennials and annuals are
growing as vigorously as they
were in June and except perhaps
for a slightly yellowed lawn the
whole place often looks like an
oasis in the desert.
How is this accomplished?
Mainly the addition of humus to
the soil. People can fertilize and
water their gardens all day long
'but that watering alone may not
do much good unless ample
humus in the form of organic•
matter is present in the soil; for
humus retains the moisture,
locks in the nutrients and
prevents leaching.
At every opportunity organic
matter in some form or another
should be added to the garden.
One can have a compost heap
that is kept actively
decomposing by turning or
forking over at very frequent
intervals. Each time you visit the
woodlands, a bag or two or
partly decomposed leaves could
be gathered and placed in the
trunk of your car for spreading
over the border. By combining
this with peat moss and
vegetable peelings from the
kitchen whenever possible, the
soil will soon be improved
beyond recognition.
Of course, with the usual
drought in July and August,
organic matter notwithstanding,
watering becomes unavoidable.
When and what to water
becomes a major problem. If a
period of dry weather extends to
two weeks without a good day's
rain, some plantings will need
water. If at the end of the
fortnight's drought you water
and then it rains, you have done
no harm.
Decide what plants will
benefit most by watering and
stick to a regular program for
the duration of the drought or
until your water supply runs out
or is cut off.
CAUTION: Workmen should
not enter alone, or without
ropes tied to their waists, since
fire pockets may have developed
and there is danger of the men
falling into them.
Long planks may be placed
across the top of the hay for the
workmen to stand on while
making observations or removing
the hay.
Play it safe! Make a hay
probe thermometer and know
the condition of your hay mows.
Slate crop program
on farm in Kippen
A "come as you are" twilight
crops program will take place at
Jack Peck's farm, 1.25 miles
west of Kippen on Thursday,
July 31, at 7 p.m.
The directors of the Huron
County Soil and Crop
Improvement Association invite
anyone who has an interest in
field crops to attend. There will
be an opportunity to see and
uiscuss the merits of various oat
and barley varieties and fertility
in these crops,
It will be possible to preview
the progress of the white bean
varieties, herbicide and fertility
trials in advance of the Sunrise
White Bean program to be held
at the Peck farm on Thursday,
August 28.
Canadian
Beefconsumption
consumption is
expected to rise to
2,605,000,000 pounds in 1980
say Canada Department of
Agriculture economists, Cattle
output will have to rise three per,
cent per year to meet this
demand.
Hog marketing
The number Of hogs Marketed
through inspected and approved
packing plants during 1968 was
down 0,5 per cent from the
previous year, when grading
iotalled 84145,147 say Canada
Department of ,igriculture
officials.
Farming by hand and hoe is
almost a thing of the past.
Today the emphasis is on
machinery and skilled people to
maintain expensive farm
equipment.
The three-year-old farm
machinery mechanics course at
the University of Guelph is at
present the only program in
Ontario filling this demand for
skilled mechanics. The 20-month
course is conducted by the
Ontario Department of
Agriculture and Food, and is
open to young men of 16 or
older who have completed Grade
10. The course covers the whole
range of farm equipment
mechanics, from welding and
shopwork to hydraulics and
electrical systems.
A special feature of this
program, Which consists of two
4-month sessions'and 12 months
of direct in-job training between
sessions, is that this practical
work takes the form of ail
allPrOntietshiP. These
Technical einingcs in
OntalriCes tax ,reduction Pyatein
Were emphasized MS week in
reminders, issued by the
Department of Municipal
Affairs,
The system paid more than
$120 million to horneoWners
and tenants last year to ease the
burden of local taxes, and
Payments are under ,way for
1969,
New informatIonal leaflets,
available at department offices
and municipal offices, remind
honsehOlders, that the system in
1969 is much the same as last
year but with these main
changes:
1. If a tenant moves out'
during the first eleven months of
1969, the landlord or his agent
must pay him within 30 days the
tax reduetion to which he is.
entitled. The amount will be
one-twelfth of the rebate for
each month of tenancy. (Except
for those cases, the deadline for
payment of the reduction is the
same as last year that is,
December 31.)
2. A maximum of 50 per cent
of municipal and school taxes
may be excused through tax,
reduction. In other words, a
cottage or other low-assessment
dwelling will not have all its
taxes covered; the amount of
The seasons for hunting
rabbits, squirrels and game birds
in Huron County have been
announced by the Hon, Rene
Brunelle, minister of lands and
forests.
The rabbit season — applying
to European hare, cottontail
rabbit and the varying or
snowshoe hare — will be from
Oct. 15, 1969, to Feb. 28, 1970',
in Hay, Stephen and Usborne
Townships only. The season will
run from Sept. 20, 1969, to
March 31, 1970, in the
remainder of the county.
Bag limits remain unchanged
from last year. The daily limit
on cottontail rabbits is six per
day; no bag limit will apply to
European hare or to the
snowshoe rabbit.
Open season for black, grey
and fox squirrels will be Oct. 4
to Dec. 15 in. Hay, Stephen and
Usborne Townships and from
Sept. 20 to Dec. 15 in the rest of
the county.
The bag limit in all areas is 10
squirrels per day; the possession
limit is also 10.
reduction shall never be more
than ,50 Rent PI the -total
taxes.
T.he Municipal. Affairs
Department is. again .ipviting
anyone with questions to check
with its special information
group, These officers handled
heavy volume of inquiries.
toward the end of 1968 and in
the first weeks of this year,.
Most of the tenants with
complaints, however, turned out
to be ineligible, (Roomers, for
example, are not eligible for the
tax reduction.) Of the ,200;000
households which were eligible
in 1968, only a few hundred had
disputes that were not readily
resolved.
Under the tax reduction
system, municipalities reduce
the taxes payable on residential
property, The amount, based .on
assessment and .the local mill
rate, is between $30 and $70 in
most cases, In Clinton, the
rebate is $63.75,
For home-owners, the
reductions are allowed on their
tax bills; for rented units, the
landlords are allowed the
reduction and are required by
law to pass it on to the tenants.
The province reimburses
municipalities for the total of
reductions.
Open season for ruffled
grouse, sharp-tailed grouse,
spruce grouse and ptarmigan in
Hay, Stephen and Usborne will
be Oct. 4 to Dec. 15 and from
Sept. 20 to Dec. 15 in northern
Huron. Bag limit is five per day
and possession limit 15.
Hungarian partridge may be
hunted in Hay, Stephen and
Usborne from Oct. 22 to Nov.
22 and elsewhere in Huron from
Sept. 20 to Nov. 22. The bag
limit is eight per day with a
possession limit of 16.
Sept. 20 to Dec. 15 is the
season for pheasant in all of
Huron but Hay, Stephen and
Usborne where the season runs
from Oct. 15 to Nov. 11. In the
three townships, there is a
three-bird daily limit and only
one can be a hen. Shooting
hours are 8 a.m. to one half-hour
after sunset. Elsewhere the limit
is three pheasants per day of any
sex and the hours are from a
half-hour before sunrise to a
half-hou'r after sunset,
• There' is no season for
bobwhite quail in this county.
ensure winter survival and
subsequent production over a 3-
or 5-year period or even longer.
Thus, the farmer must manage
his mixtures in such a way as to
maintain his alfalfa or trefoil.
What is the role of grass in
Ontario's forage production
programmes?
As mentioned earlier, grasses
are usually grown 'in mixtures.
Here, they serve several useful, .
purposes. In fields with variable
drainage, they will grow and ,
produce in small areas that are
too wet for alfalfa, and thus a
complete stand over all the field
is assured. A pure stand of
alfalfa on such a field would
have many bare areas that would
become infested with weeds.
Grasses can also help in
maintaining a productive stand
for a number of years. They do
this by protecting the alfalfa
during the winter, and by filling
in areas where the alfalfa stand
has become thin. Thus the
grasses provide some insurance
against crop failure.
Because the grasses tend to
fill any bare areas, they help to
control weeds in forage
mixtures. Pure stands of alfalfa
require a systematic weed
control programme.
In terms of production,
grasses will yield as well as
legumes, but the cost' of the
additional nitrogen fertilizer
increases production coats.
UhleSs or until the cost of
nitrogen fertilizer is reduced,
grasses grown alone. will not be
used On large acreages. There
are, however, certain situations
where a farmer should consider a
pure stand of grass.
Ira areas where legumes Will
not grow or will hot survive the
Winter, grasses are the only
alternative. There are no legumes
available for low-lying,
poorly-drained Sites, or for Sites
that are flooded for part Of the
year. Species such as reed canary
grass do well on such sites. There
May be other instances where
legumes often winter-kill for
reasons other than drainage, and
in such cases grasses can be used.
McCUTCHEON: In Alexandra
Marine and General Hospital,
Goderich, On Wednesday, July
16, 1969, to Janet and Dave
cOutcheon, a daughter,
Jacqueline Ann, a granddaughter
for Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Batkin.
23, DEATHS )
C/R DELL: Mrs. Jab. $I;
;quilted away at Hu tonvieW,
Clinton, on Saturday July 19,
1969, Formerly of Goderich.
Interment in Maitland Cemetery.
No immediate survivors,
apprenticeships are carried out
through sponsor members of the
Ontario Retail Farm Equipment
Dealers Association, or member
companies of the Wholesale
Farmers Equipment Association.
The experience gained from such
training provides a more
thorough understanding of the
mechanical and managerial
complexities of modern farm
equipment.
There are approximately 800
farm equipment dealers who are
willing to sponsor a student
through this program. The
number of students applying for
the course can be increased as
thus far only a small percentage
of dealers have an applicant to
sponsor,
The couse is coordinated by .
Professor J. tt. Scott, and
queries about applications or
sponsorship for this program
should be addressed to him St
the School of Agricultural
Engineering, University of
Oudot), Cluelph, Ontario,
19, AUCTION SALES 25. CARDS OF THANKS
AUCTION SALE
Clearing auction sale of dairy
cows will be _held for James
Wilson, south half lot 4
concession 8 Morris Twp., 1 mile
!earth and 1 mile east of Blyth
on
For farmers and other people
involved in agriculture, the. word
grass calls to mind lawns or old,
neglected pasture and hay fields.
Yet, grasses play an important
role in agriculture. In mixtures
with legumes, such as alfalfa,
bird's-foot trefoil or clover, or
when grown alone, they are used
to produce pasture and hay on
something like six million acres
in Ontario. Yet they are largely
ignored.
At farm meetings and in the
newspapers, whenever forages
are discussed emphasis is usually
placed on alfalfa or bird's-foot
trefoil, or clover, while our
major forage grasses receive little
attention. Why are grasses
overlooked? i• The grasses commonly used
for hay Ad pasture in Ontario
can be made to produce as well
as a mixture of 4 grass and
alfalfa, or as well as a pure stand
of alfalfa. TimothY, bromegrass,
and orchard grass are the most
common used in mixtures, and
are seldom grown alone. Groton
alone, these species produce a
pasture, silage, or hay which can
be of good feeding value but is
usually lower in protein than a
mixture containing alfalfa or
other legumes, On many Ontario
farms, protein is in short supply
and often mug be purchased.
The use of legumes, either in a
Mixture or grown alone, can
reduce the cash outlay for,
purchased protein supplements,
but grass does not have this
advantage.
Unlike the legumes, grasses
grown alone must be heavily
fertilized with ,nitrogen for top
production, While fegurnes have
the ability to preidtice sufficient
nitrogen for themselves and any
associated grass,' th4 grasses
themselves do not have this
ability. The cost of this nitrogen
fertilizer increases the costs of
production.
A third YeaSon for this neglect
is that the grasses are Much
hardier than the legumes.
Orasscs are seldom Winter killed'
under poor management. For
leg u ITIC s, however, good
management is essential to
Hunt season dates announced
by lands and forests minister
Role of grasses is
big in agriculture
BY B. R. CHRISTIE
Crop Science Department
University of Guelph