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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1970-04-09, Page 15Improved storage for fresh produce Farmers got the word from experts last week at the Information Week held at the Central Huron Secondary School on ,Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons. Here Graham Hedley, area beef specialist, from the department of Agriculture, speaks to a group of beef producers using audio-visual equipment. — staff photo. Fertilize hay for improved crop Clinton NPm-,13QP.Prgkj"Aorglay, ,Aprit -9, 197P 7A *Businesses *Contractors *ForroM *Individuals BOX 35, Luca a, ONT. PHONE ;g7-4801 We will come tc? Your farm or place of business tin GET 1195T In a Corsair getaway trailer FARMER'S INCOME TAX SERVICE Year 'Round Services Bookkeeping IncOnle Tax Getaway for a day or a weekend or a month or anytime. The cost of travelling goes down and 'the enjoyment goes up. And what a beautiful way to relax at the beach, or in the mountains or somewhere in between, You're right at home. Think of a place that you'd like to get lost in. See one today at your Boise Cascade Dealer and get ready to make your getaway! NICAGANS MOBILE HOMES & TRAVEL TRAILERS Hwy 4, S. 482-7066 Clinton See Us At The CAMPING AND SPORTS SHOW APRIL 11 and 12 AT CFB CLINTON ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF THE SALE OF LIQUOR UNDER A DINING LOUNGE LICENCE FOR CONSUMPTION WITH MEALS ON LICENSED PREMISES? PROCLAMATION RE LIQUOR LICENCE ACT VOTE THE MUNICIPALITY OF THE TOWNSHIP OF COLBORNE Public notice is hereby given, that in accordance with the provisions of The Liquor Licence Act, and in pursuance of a by-law passed by the municipal council of the Township of Colborne on the Nineteenth day of March, 1970, I require the presence of the voters at the Township Hall on the First day of April, 1970, at one o'clock in the afternoon, Standard Time, at which time I will announce the names of the persons appointed to act for the Affirmative and for the Negative respectively upon the poll to be holden under Section 72 of The Liquor Licence Act, upon the following question, And notice is further given that the vote will be taken upon the same question, in the manner provided by law at a poll to be opened on Wednesday, the 5th DAY OF APRIL, 1970 FROM THE HOUR OF EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE FORENOON UNTIL SEVEN ' O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON (STANDARD TIME) " AT THE FOLLOWING POLLING PLACE FOR SUB-DIVISIONS NO. 1, 2, 3 AND ell POLLING PLACE: TOWNSHIP HALL, CARLOW And further that at the Township Hall, Carlow, on the 16th day of April, 1970, at the hour of 1 P.M. (Standard Tillie) I shall open the ballot boxes, add up the votes given upon the said question, and declare the result of the said vote in the said Municipality of the Township of Colborne: Of Which all persons are hereby required to take notice and govern themselves attordingly, Given under thy hand at Goderich this 17th day of March, in the year 1970. C. CLAYTON AtviBtilY, keturning Officer. God Save The Oueeri, same name same package same price milk replacer 1111.4111 MIN WO SOMME Raise your next replacement heifers on new imingaml SHUR-GAIN Milk Replacer, and your veal calves with new improved SHUR-GAIN vealer. Available now at your SHUR-GAIN Dealer. PHONE 48247'92 F. Wettlaufer Feed Mill CLitsriON ew! Lasso 4 for corn and soybeans The most remarkable herbicide ever developed. • Needs no incorporation. • Lasso 4 will not damage your crops or ruin your rotation plans. After it has done its job it breaks down harmlessly in the soil. • Lasso 4 by itself kills a wide variety of grasses in corn and soybeans. • Lasso 4 mixed with Atrazine 80W controls both broadleaf weeds and grasses in corn. • Lasso 4 gives excellent results with as little as 3/10-inch of rain, yet won't leach out with heavy rain. • Lasso 4 works consistently in heavy and light soils and performs well regardless of organic matter. Available from your local Co-op Farm Centre or your local Aero Fertilizer Blender. For free descriptive literature on Lasso .4 and its use, write Monsanto Canada Limited, 425 St. Patrick St., LaSalle, P.Q. HARRISTON FERTILIZERS Division Of Cyanamid of Canada Ltd. HOWARD MOKENOR (RALPH OUFFINGA 482-7927 521.9266 CLINTON- 482 ,9133 or IF BUSY 481,9938 Monsanto HERBICIDE BY Fruit lovers who bite into a crisp, juicy apple, When the fruit is out of season, probably know they can do so beeatise it has been stored in a controlled atmosphere since it was harvested. Controlled Atmosphere (CA) storages now make it possible for people to enjoy fresh apples and some other fruits and vegetables all year round, Basically, CA storage involves maintaining certain levels of carbon dioxide and oxygen in the storage air to keep the fruit at maximum freshness. The levels of oxygen and carbon dioxide needed vary with the type and variety of fruit or vegetable. Professor E. W. Franklin, Department of Horticultural Science, University of Guelph, who has been working on various aspects of CA storage for some years, said that the first storage facilities in Ontario consisted of four buildings, each able to hold 10,000 bushels. Today there are over 100 storages, and total capacity is over one million bushels. In Ontario, the McIntosh apple is the major fruit stored. McIntosh now provides a year-round supply of apples in Ontario, where formerly imports were used. Professor Franklin noted that some fruits and vegetables do not benefit from present CA • • • STUDIO Specializing in ... * Weddings * Children Single or Group Portraits and Passports 524-8787 118 St. David Goderich storage techniques. Recent attempts with potatoes met with little success. However, the cabbage and the tomato show promise. Peaches, Pears, and strawberries are other frpits being kept in CA storage. While work is continually under way to test fruit and vegetable reactions to CA storage, other practical problems are also being researched. Handling and storing techniques are a problem as the fruit must not become bruised or damaged. Many methods of mechanical pickup and stacking are tried. Forklift trucks and bulk bins seem to be the best answer to most CA storage handling problems. Scrubbing is also difficult. Scrubbing is the process of removing excess carbon dioxide from the air in the CA storage, which is kept relatively airtight. When fruits and vegetables respire; they take in oxygen and. give off carbon dioxide. Thus there is a continual buildup of waste carbon dioxide. Oxygen can be replaced through special doors or vents, but ridding the air of excess carbon dioxide is another problem. Scrubbing is a complicated mechanical process, but effective methods, using solutions of caustic soda, hydrated lime, or plain water, have been devised. These three methods all absorb or neutralize carbon dioxide in the CA storage when properly handled. Some CA operators use automatic atmosphere generators, first used in the early 1960's, and designed to regulate the inflow of oxygen and carbon dioxide automatically, again depending on the fruit or vegetable stored. These units are generally equipped with their own scrubbing mechanisms. Professor Franklin said that it was hoped in time to find other fruits and vegetables that could be stored as long and as successfully the McIntosh — ' It pays to fertilize hay crops, says. a researcher at the Canada Agriculture Research Station, Charlottetown, P.E.I. Dr. L. B. MacLeod says some farmers figure that hay, because it is not worth as much per acre as other farm crops, is not worth fertilizing. "That simply is not true," says Dr. MacLeod. "We have proven many times over that it pays to fertilize hay. In fact, it would be more accurate to say that, to economize, farmers must fertilize hay crops," Dr. MacLeod made hiS point over the past three years by running a dollars and cents experiment. The cheapest hay he could grow on experimental plots was on land that had been limed to bring the soil pH up to 6.2, then fertilized at 600 pounds an acre with 5.10-30 fertilizer. Hay from that land cost $18.36 a ton to produce: that price includes all the costs involved in getting the hay into a farmer's barn. For example, it includes land rental of $8 an acre, baling, cutting, conditioning, raking and hauling costs. -The highest-priced hay — at $42.90 a ton — was from land that was neither limed nor fertilized. The pH was 5.4. The cost on limed, but unfertilized, land was $23.92 a ton. The fertilizer was applied in two equal instalments, half in fall, half in June after the first cut. The hay was a mixture of Narragansett alfalfa and Climax timothy. By the end of the second year of the three-year experiment, alfalfa had almost completely disappeared from the unlimed (acid) plots. On the other hand, by the end of 1969 there was still an excellent' stand of alfalfa on the limed plots. Production of butter increased in 1969 for the second consecutive year and cheddar cheese production rose fractionally, reports the Canada Department of Agriculture's Dairy Products Division. Butter production in 1969 amounted to 347,337,000 pounds—an increase of 12,159,000 from the previous year. In the case of cheddar cheese, production increased by 720,000 pounds for a total output last year of 166,562,000 pounds. Butter production was up in, four provinces. These and the, amounts iii—polfndS' (With "thd''' percentage increase in brackets) were: Prince Edward Island, 4,571,000 (5); Nova Scotia, 2,614,000 (29); New Brunswick, 4,195,000 (10); Quebec, 170,337,000 (10). Declines in butter production ranging from one to 17 per cent "The benefits from liming are obvious in both yield and cost of production figures," says Dr. MacLeod, "And the experiments prove another point: it is u n economical to fertilize unlimed acid soil because fertilizer efficiency can be almost doubled by first adding the lime. "Lime first, then fertilize!" says Dr. MacLeod. occurred in four provinces. These (with percentage decline in brackets) were: Ontario, 9 8, 7 0 4 ,000 (1); Manitoba, 17,192,000 (2); Alberta, 29,538,000 (8); British Columbia, 4,263,000 (17). Saskatchewan's butter production was unchanged at about 15,923,000 pounds. Cheddar cheese production was up in five of eight producing provinces. The five and the amounts (with the percentage increase in brackets) were: Prince Edward Island, 2,242,000 (13); Nova Scotia, 1,550,000 (2'L).;.: OntariO, 85,...9.054 00 9.. (3); Manitoba, 3,121,000 (56); British Columbia, 1,844,000 (8). Cheese production totals for the other provinces (percentage decrease in brackets) were: New Brunswick, 511,000 (10); Quebec, 68.454,000 (4); Alberta, 2,875,000 (13). Approve .use. of chlordane, potatoes for tatoes Almost -01 provincial agrieu44rel authorities ACTo4 - Qa040. 114YR 40441 APpr9Vecl. 'thP use of ehlordene E.C. .(emulsifiable .concentrate). to control white grubs and wireworms in potatoes, according to Paul Suckling, yice,president and General Manager of 'Velaicol Corporation of Canada Limited. Chlordane, a Velsicol product, is on the Canadian market in P11)11W9P under v ari ous leading chemical company brand names. Mr. Suckling said that, in discussions late last year with agricultural chemical industry representatives, . the Ontario Department of Agriculture .and Food reported that it was renewing for 1970 its recommendations covering the use of chlordane E.C. for potatoes, and he added that corresponding recommendations have been made by almost all other provinces. The 1970 Ontario recommendations, which were published in January and are now available from the Ontario Department of Agriculture and Food, approve the use of chlordane E.C. for potatoes at five to eight pounds per acre, with .• the higher rate recommended for immediate control in heavy soil or where grub or wireworm populations are high. The application method recommended in Ontario for sprays is application in sufficient water to give good coverage, followed immediately by cultivating to a depth of four to six inches. Mr. Suckling emphasized that, as is the case with any approved pesticides, chlordane should be applied only in accordance with product label instructions and government recommendations. "Growers should always read the label instructions carefully and consult the recommendations to ensure maximum effectiveness," he said. • • • Reports increase