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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-05-17, Page 9THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXE,Tilt, ONTARIO, TWESDAY MORNING.MAY 17, 1»M GINGERICH'S ,/W "'HEATiNG ENGINEER. (NOT A$ EXPENSIVE. A J AS MXJ THINK, THAT BATHROOM OR. J THAT KITCHEN SINK Powermowers ANY MAKE To Suit Your Requirements And Your Docket FROM $50 UP Also Several Reconditioned Models From $30 Up I 0 LOCAL TRADCMAHKS. Ins. GINGERICHS HEATIN6-UGHTING-PLUM8IN6 OH BURNING -AIR CONDITIONING EQUIPfAENT^SUPPLIES ELECTRICAL REPAIRING ZURIC"^" ^0I0R REWINDING No. 1 Treated Montcalm Seed Barley BEST PRICES PAID You may have whichever price is the highest based on 3 C.W.6 row Winnipeg cash price or 3 C.W.6 row Win- nipeg Wheat Board price. Free storage until December 15. -Come in and have this special contract explained before contracting. Fertilizer Supplied at Competitive Prices Credit Arrangement if Necessary OATS Registered and Commercial Seed Oats Just Received a Carlot of Commercial Rodney Oats SCOTT'S ELEVATOR LTD Lucan, Ont. The Superior BARN PAINT Phone 63 Barnhide will protect your barns and out-buildings against the ravages of sun, rain, sleet and snow. De­ signed especially for use on old, weathered surfaces and over old dried-out paint. Easy ’ to apply. Brush or spray. We carry, a complete line of Sun-Proof House Paint, Matching Farm Machinery Colors, .Gloss Wall Paint, Semi-Gloss WaU Paints, 'Floor Paints, High Gloss Enamel, Shellac,- Varnish, Painter’s Supplies, Wallpaper, Fiberglass Screening, Rez Pro­ ducts, Floor Sanders For Rent—A Products For ‘Every Need. McKenzie's Paint Store 132 Main St. Come To Your. Phone 253 Exeter For Your Farm (Needs | Phone 287 We Deliver ......... FENCING Three grades of barbed wire —^Woveii Fence, T-Rail Steel and Cedar Posts STOCK WATERING TANKS Buy Premier for Better Quality SEED AND FERTILIZER Still a good supply on hand. Feed Plant At Guelph Plan to go on our bus tour to this new Tuesday, May 22. Call us today EXETER DISTRICT Down s « By D. I. HOOPER Better Ideas Every hour a tractor is oper­ ated costs mopey. Even when it is not 'being used a new 40 h.p. tractor -still costs more than your automobile costs per day if parked on a parking meter. Depreciation (and interest on machinery ‘are big items but io.-' efficient use of that machinery is plain wasteful. •Many farmers being penny Wise and pound foolish make some glaring mistakes—we do also. They attempt to save 'by buying a piece of equipment not suited to their own needs just because it is cheaper, It may be too large for available power or on the other hand too small for the tractor. Again just 'because it was a bargain they purchase specialized implements for too small an acreage. True, a farmer shouldn’t -put all his eggs in one basket but too great a variety of crops all requiring different machinery can entail too large a capital investment. Efficient use of machinery is said iby the experts to be 'the secret. (Multiple hitches of var­ ious implements is one answer. This they say, is efficient to the extent that the load is in pro­ portion to -the power and trac­ tion. iDraft of multiple hitches increases very quickly as the train grows longer. For instance a cultivator followed by a har­ row and cultipapker requires, al­ most twice the horsepower as the cultivator alone and the har­ row and cultipacker together re­ quire only one-half' as mulch as the cultivator. A slick .way to avoid this ef­ fect of a long draft is to put the smoothing (harrow under the tongue of .the drill and the cul­ tipacker (behind. This evens the load considerably and we feel after trying this little trick,,that we are getting slightly higher efficiency from our farm tractor during the spring seeding. Working a field in “lands” is another costly system according to engineers. They suggest work­ ing t'he fields “round and round” and plant it in the same manner. If you feel you must work a field both ways, diagonal work­ ings will give the same results and can save up to- 20 % in operating hours—and' coSts. It also seems to give*a more level­ ing effect. The j?; only drawback is that the cultivation must be completed before the. seeding can be started but-the savings' are worth (the slight delay. The wet weekend which seeding certainly, to __ __ shown the wisdom of the round and round method. There is no doubt that >in the (larger fields of today it is quite possible to be caught with only half the field planted. Comes harvest time the outside of the field can _ be swathed and combined without any loss or inconvenience from the later* planted crop. Even with continuous seeding opera­ tion two varieties can be planted in the same large field simply by putting in the earlier matur­ ity one on the outside of the perimeter. We have seen a hoe crop planted in the centre of large fields. Eve^y farmer -has his own pet method of spring seeding. Some prefer discs, others cultivators. The different . soils require dif­ ferent techniques, but outside of some slight weed control, quack grass, etc., extra 'Cultivations are considered to be (harmful in the early spring, Soil compaction from heavy tractors causes ex­ tensive losses according to the authorities. Engineers have proven that discs require h.p. to prepare a suitable seed­ bed ,but they have a much shorter iwork life than a cultiva­ tor. Good seed and fertilizer can do much to produce bumper but along with them one a highly p r o d u c't i v e , prepared ®oil in 'Which 'to _ them. Every farmer knows Ms own land best, let’s make it as good a crop possible with the largest net .profit that can pos­ sibly be made, DID YOU KNOW? A good spring housecleaning ait the barn can pay dividends, these wet days—it will Jielip con­ trol rat and mouse (population. orofps needs well- iplant weather the past has delayed us has Letter From Brinsley By MRS. CECIL ELLWOOD United Chufch Bazaar The ladies of Brinsley United Church held ■& successful bazaar in the basement of the church on Wednesday atfernoon. The weather Was not favourable but •a large number of ladies turned out. Personal Items Mr. Gordon Banting of Lucan visited with his brother, Hilt Banting, and (Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fenton on Tuesday. Mfs. Harold Cunningham entertained Mr. and (Mrs. Peter Voisin in (honor of her husband’s birthday. Mrs. Ida Brest spent Sunday with her daughter and son-in- law, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Shep­ herd. Mr. and 'Mrs. Lin Craven of Parkhill spent .Sunday with Mr, and Mrs. Wes Watson and family. Mrs. Murray Rowe underwent an operation recently in London hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Andy Keogh, John and iMiss Mary McLaughlin of Lucan spent .Sunday in Sim­ coe. (Mrs, Jim Wright is able to be •home after an operation in St. Joseph’s Hospital, London. Mrs. Eddie Dixon • and sons left tor Quirke, Ont., .where husband is employed with Lackie Bros, of Waterloo. her ■the Juniors Vie For Trips At Judging Competition Trips to Chicago and Eastern, Ontario, (trophy awards and cash prizes will be wen by junior farm­ ers and 4-H members in Huron County who participate in Itbe an­ nual livestock judging eomipetti- ition at (Seaforth on 'Saturday, May 19. Competitor with bhe highest aggregate score in grain and .live­ stock judging (tests >in 1955 and 19'56 will be awarded a trip to the 4-H elub congress in 'Chicago. The second highest scorer will get a Itrip to Eastern Ontario. Trophies will be given to win­ ners of the novice (Class, swine and dairy isectioins and for high­ est aggregate marks an the entire livestock competition, Huron Federation of Agricul­ ture will donate a special chal­ lenge prize of $15 to the junior farmer club which enters Itlhe greatest number of •competitors. CompeHtprs will be divided in­ to four sections—senior (<24 to 30); intermediate (19 to 23); junior (18 and under) and nov­ ice (open ito all boys and (girls 17- and under who are entering the judging competition for the first time und who have bad rw (Prev­ ious 4-h dub experience.) Three classes each >of dairy cattle, beef cattle and swine and one class of Sheep will be judged. One of the swine elapses will he of hog carcasses, Adi competitors will ;be required te judge all clas­ ses and give oral reasons ton one class of eacir kind of -liveslteck. Prize money for the (competi­ tion, which amounts to $H0'O, is donated by the agricultural com­ mittee of Huron 'County (Council, through a grant to ithe junior ex­ tension fund. In charge of the competition will .be G. W. 'Montgomery, (Huron ag rep; Art Bqlton ass’t ag rep; and lEarl McSpadden, president of Huron County Junior Farmers’ Association, Competition will staalt at 9 .'30 a.m. in iSeaforttb Community Centre. In 1955 the number of auto­ motive vehicles entering Canada from the U.S, totalled 15,868,- 20Q, of which 7,139,000 were Canadian vehicles returning to this country. CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS H. J. Cornish, L. F, Cornish, D. 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