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.
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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
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POLLING PLACE:
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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
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in the year 1970.
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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
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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
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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 -
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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.
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