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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1957-08-22, Page 74 4 1- 1 • • 9 WHERE TO PICNIC FIFTH IN A SERIES' Goderich Offers Harbour Park Thousands of people visit the popular harbour park at Goderich every summer. Be sides affording an excellent view of the harbour, the park provides facilities for pic- nics, sports, and children's activities. It's also the summer home for mobile homes and tents,. Families often combine a. picnic here with visits to the Huron County museum or courthouse in the county town, —T -A Photo HS Row Crop Experiment Shows No Change In Land By ANDREW DIXON SHIMS Agriculture Teacher The first progress report of a long-term experiment being car- riedon in the South Huron Dist- rict High School plots has just been received. The fact that it shows little change in soil con- ditiens in a 'period of five years Merely emphasizes the fact that it will be a long-term experi- ment. • Sonic concern has been expres-. sed over the trend of the Exeter district to igrow more row crops and to reduce livestock holdings. Those learned in agriculture state that to. farm without live- stock Will result in loss in soil. fertility and the prosperity of the whole district will be lessen- ed. It was this fear that inspired the inauguration of the above. mentioned experiment. • In the school gardens only row crops are grown. There is little or no livestock kept and so manure is in scarce supply. Can row crops be grown continuously without the use of manure and the soil retain its fertility? Jn 1952, the area involved was broken out of sod and divided into three plots, A sample of soil was taken from the centre of each of the three plots and these samples mixed to give a composite sadiple of the area. A portion of this was sent to O.A.C. to be tested and the rest was put in acovered container and stored. During the - past five years, we have grown beans, garden vegetables, and corn and green manure in rotation on the three plots and -this year again took samples as previously described. Thus we now have two cans of soil, one as it was five years ago and one as it is today. We sent two samples to be tested and the results of the test have been received. These results are tabiilated below. it was thought that perfectly dry soil .sitting on a shelf would I not change and so it is a little surprising to see that the two tests of the 1952 sample were , different and that both the phos- phate and potash tests were dif- , ferent and that both the phos- phate and potash tests had in- creased while the calcium and f In a gnesiurn had gone down. Thus either „the soil in storage had changed or the samples even though coming from the same pailful of soil were not quite identical. The soil in the garden and the soil in the pail are practically identical today and the soil in the ,garden compared to that of five years ago is slightly lower in organic matter and higher in mineral content than it was five years ago. Thus whether soil fertility can be maintained with- out the loss of livestock by-prod- ucts is still to be answered. Look for the next installment due in 1962. Maniple Soil Test, Results At SHDHS Organic Matter Phormhn te Soil Poinsh Reaction. Calcium Magnesium. Soil taken in 1952 and tested Medium at that time. Low -low Low to Alkaline Medium High High High Soil taken in 1952 and stored Medium In can for 5 to low - High years and tested In 1957. High Alkalide Medium Medium Soil taken from Medium Medium plots in 1957. to low High Alkaline High Medium Choose Marilyn Tuckey For Eastern Ontario Trip , By A. S. BOLTON ginning .from the city of Galtleaving home to attend the busi- Marilyn Tuckey, R,R, 1 Hen- and visiting such places as King- ness course at the Westervelt sten, the St. Lawrence Seaway School in London, she was a sail, and'Laurence Taylor, R.R. 1 Project, Montreal, Quebec City, member of the South -Huron rnsti- . Londesborci, have been chosen to Ottawa, Kemptville Agricultural tute and the Hensall United represent Huron County 4-H School and Peterborough. Church Young People's Union. members on tile annual bus trip Marilyn Tuckey, R.R. 1, Hen- Laurence Taylor, R.R. 1 Lon- tosail was chosen for her outstand- desboro, has been a top '4-H Eastern Ontario, ing record in 4-H Homemaking member for the past four years Each year two Huron County Clubs in Huron County. In 1956 and has done exceptiantlly well juniors are awarded a free bus she received her county honours at the seed and livestock judg- trip to Eastern Ontario and Que- for six projects and to date has ing competitions held during that bee. This trip takes place the completed eight 4-11 Horne- time. Laurence won the Huron week of- September 22 to 28 be- making club projects. Before County Soil and Crop Improve- ment trophy for the top junior judge at the seed fair for the past two years. His total score for seed and livestock judging Fluery Bissel competitions for years was 2,624 points, which is 1 the past two only 112 points below the high man, Larry Wheatley, who ha's Farm Equipment York. been awarded the trip to New evtil . tttttttt 1111111 ttt i l 11101 iiiii 1111111111111111111.111111111 lllll 1 llllll *11111111111111111111111111111111111111 lllllll 1111111111M, 1 I I •All Kinds of Parts and Repairs NEW 26 -PLATE DISC, NEW 30.PLATE DISC AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES • Pedlar Barn And Stable Equipment Installed If Necessary Litter Carriers, flay Ceders, Electric Fan for stables, Pedlar Steel Roofing all at ATTRACTIVE PRICES. Qualified roen 0 put your roof on, . Seed Beans For Cole $5406 ,A BUSHEL Scott's Elevator Ltd. Phones t Elevator 63, Rim 11-0 Ltieati Laurence has completed grade 12 at the Seafor'th High School and last year was a member of the high school basketball team. During the summer Laurence is helping his father on their farm on the eighth concession of Hui. lett Township and on completing his high school course hopes to attend the Ontario Agricultural College in Guelph. ToSell Butter For 63 Cents The Honourable D. S. Hark- ness, Minister of Agriculture hat announced that it is the inten- tion of the Agricultural Prices Support Board to Offer board stocks of butter at 63 tents per pound, This selling price repre- sents the cost of these stocks to the board, including the esti. mated average carrying thares to the time of sale. • Full details of telling and dis- tribution methods will be made public at a later date. when the butter is needed in the market to supplement Current produc- don. itt 1887 St, Catherine, thitatio, bathe the first 'city in Canada LO hM'elettrie street carat Sitcond Section EXETER, ONTARIO, AUGUST 22, 1957 Ontario Soil And Crop Official Tour Huron Count This Week Farm etus, .S'OUTY I-W4nel N RON ORM /141DOLESEX r Pie -Emergent Spray Test Said Partially Successful Tabulated results of pre -emer- gent weed spray experiments conducted by members of Exeter 4-H grain corn club indicate most of them were successful but two definitely were not. In a mimeographed report of the results, Andrew Dixon; one of the three club leaders, com- mented: "Most sprayed areas showed a very marked reduction in weeds, to the point that no cultivation or hoeing would be necessary for weed control. However, two patches showed heavy weed in- festation where spraying had been done. The reason for this unreliability is not readily detected. "Pigweed, larnb's quarters, ragweed and 'oxtail showed the most marked reduction in num- bers. There was little or no re- duction in Canada thistle, twitch grass or bindweed. , "Where no cultivation had been done, the corn was just as good and in one case was better than the cultivated portion.” Plots of 11 members of the club were sprayed two to 10 days after planting. Two chemicals — Simazin and C.M.U. — were used but "in no plot was there obvious difference in the results of the chemicals." There was no injury to germination in any plot. After the spraying, members did varying amounts of tilling on their plots so that comparisons could be made. The type and extent of tilling, and the com- ments on each plot, follow. Dennis Cann (thtee rows not tilled or hoed) — About 50 weeds per fiVe feet in untilled rows; no significant growth difference in tilled and untilled. Walter Westcott (four rows not tilled or hoed) — Control spotty, as nozzles on sprayer plugged. Corn definitely better where not scuffled; very weedy where not sprayed. Bill Etherington (scuffled once, sprayed rows not hoed) — Very good control. Pigweed quite bad in unsprayed row, even after application of 2-4-D. .Alvin Cudmore (cultivated, not Huron County Crop Report By D. H. MILES Havesting operations are pro- gressing favourably and a lot of farmers have completed. Recent rains, which haven't been general, are helping our cash crops. Second cut hay is being har- vested. 'Dutch Clock' Not Practical The Dutch Clock would be an entirely ineffective means of in- jecting competition into the sale of Ontario hogs, Clayton Frey, vice-chairman of the Ontario Hog Producers' Marketing Board stated at Sarnia last week. Mr. Frey was commenting on a committee meeting of the On- tario Hog Producers Marketing Board which met in Toronto to study marketing methods. The vice-chairman stated that, the "main objective of Ontario hog producers has been to re- store competition in the market- place, To a marked degree this has been achieved by the Mar- keting Board's present method of selling hogs through a single selling agency where all Onta- rio hogs are sold over one desk to the highest bidders." "There are those people," Mr. Frey continned, "who object to our marketing board's present method of establishing a compe- titive price and suggest as a better system the 'useof the Dutch ,Chielc system, The Dutch Clbek has serious limitations and weaknetsts, and these weak- nesses no doubt are the reason why livettoek is not sold by the Dutch Clock in Holland today. It would be a retrogressive step for Ontario hog producers to iaiodgospto this method of selling In conelosion, Mr. Trey Mid; "We have made substantial pro. gess in our efforts to improve upon the antiquated inethed that WA S recently in general Use in Ontario for the sale of hogs, The main reati% why the old Sysierri 'has lost ifs utefulnett has been the gracing concentration of pre cessing and merchandising ucler of control has had the inevitable cofteratiOns: This eeneentratieh etri has had the inevitable et. effect of fatilitating s nagreo of understanding and partial or tomplete elimination of coMpet(. tion in the purehating of hogs," hoed) -- Definitely poor results. Possibly less pigweed in sprayed section. Foxtail very bad. Gordon Strang (hoed and cunt- vated) Foxtail, lamb's quar- ters and pigweed not seen in sprayed section, some present in unsprayed. Ed Hern (neither hoed nor cul- tivated) — Spectacular results in unsprayed portion. Lady's thumb, wild buckwheat, foxtail quite abundant. Ron Hern (cultivated and hoed) — No significant difference in weed prevalence. Harry Jaques (not scuffled nor hoed) —. Excellent control. Corn with no scuffling just as good as scuffled unsprayed section. Tom Triebner (scuffled and hoed) — All corn unsprayed and sprayed weed free. Hugh Rundle (scuffled, not hoed) — No evidence of any control, Robert Gallaway (scuffled once) — Good control. Scuffled to clean area not covered by spray in centre of patch. This is the first year that pre - emergent spray tests have been tried among 4-H clubs. Besides the corn club, the Hensall Kins- men 4-H white bean club also made tests with pre -emergent sprays. Two other leaders of the corn club are Carfrey Cann and Ken- neth Hern, 111111111 llllllllllllllllll 11 lllll 1 llllll 1 lllllllllll 11 llllll 11111 lll 1 lll lllll 111111111 llllllll 1111111111 ll 11 ll 1 l lll 1111111M Down To Earth. By D. I. HOOPER After Harvest Now that the harvest is practi- cally wound up, farmers are carrying out many diverse plans. To many, it is a time for relaxa- tion. Time for that trip — east, west, north, south —• could be any point on the compass but it will be a change and open new horizons. We hope they all have a good. time — tongue in cheek — and safe journey. To others, the continued fine weather means time to catch up on the odd jobs around the farm that have been put off in favor of more pressing work. Major construction, unless a necessity, does not seem to be the order of the day, but small improvements and necessary repairs seem to be going on. This trend is said to be country -wide and we did notice last week that one of the major suppliers of steel roofing and sid- ing in Canada has run into finan- cial difficulties. Could this situa- tion have been caused by a serious lack of buying power of one of this firm's largest cus- tomers — the Canadian farmer? There are other farmers who are making the dust fly. With the fine dry weather after harvest cultivation weed control is going full blast. It is possible to use moldboard plows in very few types of soil and the one-way disc and the newer types of heavy discs are chewing deeper into the hard clay crust. Many fields are being disced several times in the belief that this will improve crop production. One observer we talked with felt that these extra workings were not only expensive in gaso- line, and man-hours but defin- itely harmed the soil's physical structure and he also felt that these farmers would be making more money if they stayed' in bed or went away on a holiday. We do admit they are control- ling the weeds and also it does take considerable time and money to build up a soil which has been broken down physically by overworking or by compac- tion due to heavy machinery or trucks in wet weather. Yes, harvest is over — the average yield is good but prices are too low to give the farmer much buying power in the retail market. It is going to take even more careful thought and plan- ning to keep out of the red Nide Of the ledger than it did last year. DID YOU KNOW? N. J. Thomas, associate professor of soils, Ontario Agri- eultural College, Guelph, empha- sized the importanee of high. producing grasslands in modern farming, in an address to the Plant Food Producers of Eastern Canada Convention, held at Mur- ray Bay, Quebec, July 10 to 14. He reported that records taken on 1,200 Ontario farms indicate that approximately 35 per cent of the nutrient requirements for dairy cattle are derived from pasture. Suppliers of good hay, or grass silage, for winter feed- ing could easily raise this figure to 75 or 80 per cent. Professor Thomas said that well -kept pas- ture, plus ample forage of good quality, provides the lowest cost of production for both meat and milk. H.e, stressed the important role which fertilizers must play in building and maintaining high - producing grasslands in this country. Plan Visit To Ottawa Huron County junior farmers and members of Huron Soil and Crop Improvement Association will leave Saturday for a four- day bus tour of Eastern Ontario, the first expedition of its kind undertaken by the two organi- zations. The tour will take the travel- lers to Ottawa and they will visit points of interest going and coming. The bueses• will leave at 7 a.in. Saturday and arrive home Tuesday evening. The junior and members ot the improvement association will travel in separate busses but will travel the same route. Trip - master is Arthur Bolton, assis- tant ag rep. Saturday's agenda includes a two-hour boat trip through the Thousand islands. On Sunday, the group will visit Fort Henry and inspect the St. Lawrence Sea- way project. Monday calls for visits to the parliament buildings, the mint, a scenic drive in the capital, tour of the Central Expermen- tal Farm and the Central Can- ada Exhibition where they will see the grandstand show. On the return trip, they will inspect the lift locks at Peter- borough. HENSALL. SALE PRICES Weanling pigs .... $12,25 to $15,85 Chunks 16.85 to 18.25 Feeders 24.75 to 29,85 Holstein cows .... 125.00 to 142.00 Durham cows 130.00 to 142.00 Holstein calves 9.50 to 13.50 pen l ll llll v llllll Inman lll !Milan lll Inv tin min nu I mu, vvi viv ll llll lll Obtain The Highest Prices For Your Poultry telt To The Riverside Poultry Company, Limited -LONDON London 7.1230' Phornt Collitv Henson 6804.2 ,54,,immitioiihmioninfiatokkitomimm„,mmoidimwaimitniiihnowfiamioniimmitmotwoomaa Set. Prices For Seeds At a recent meeting of the Seed Marketing and Publicity Com- mittee Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association, t h e following suggested minimum prices were recommended; Winter Wheat Registered No, 1 $2.35 per bu Certified No. 1 • 2.10 per bu Commercial No. 1 .... 1.90 per bu Winter Barley Registered No. 1 $2.25 per bu Certified No. 1 2.00 per bu Commercial No. 1 .... 1,90 per bu Rya Tetra Petkus variety Commer- cial No. 1 grade .... 1.75 per hu Other varieties* Commercial No. 1 grade 1.50 per bu These prices are for treated seed in new bags, basis at farm or local shipping point. During recent years the pur- chase and use of properly cleaned and graded seed already in- creased tremendously. Farmers find that this practice pays, par- ticularly in these times of labor shortages and increased costs of production. The adoption of this favorable practice, together with timely and efficient attention to cultural practices, fertility and variety, have been important factors towards increasing crop yields. The committee recom- mends that these practices be continued and points out that any seed held over from year to year should be carefully treated again before seeding. Acreage of winter barley is on the increase. Both Kenate and Hudson varieties are satisfacto- ry and large scale tests for malt- ing are now being made with the Hudson variety. Itis consi- dered that these varieties can now be grown successfully, par- ticularly in Central and West- ern Ontario. Tetra Petkus rye is also popu- lar, and tremendous yields are being obtained. It is 'being used for pasture, silage and cereals. Excellent crops of all sections of Ontario, particularly in the East. W. E. Breckon, Burlington, is chairman of the committee and R. E. Goodin, Toronto, is secre- tary. Hay To Build Two Culverts Construction of two cement cul- verts in Hay township was autho- rized by the township council at its meeting August 6, Road Superintendent James Masse was instructed to proceed with culverts on the sideroad bet- ween lots 15 and 16, concession 10 and on concession road 14 at lot 16. Tender from Robert Rowcliffe for construction of the LaPorte drain for $1,800 was accepted. 'rhe drain bylaw, with revised assessment, was given its third reading. Abylaw was passed to impose a special drainage rate upon Her- bert Keller's land, lot 8, conc. 9, for $700 principal and $163.10 in- terest over a 10;year period. The loan is to be secured froin the treasure department of the On- taio government. Ay P. It The directors ,of the 11 County Soil and Crop Impro nient Association will be h, to the Ontario Soli and CM provement Association on Aug 25, 26, and 27. This is the first time that Ontario Soil and Crop Impro ment Association has met in ron County. Annually they in in different sections of the vince, thus. acquainting the rectors with all areas of the yinee. Harry IL G. Strang, II.B. Hensel' is first vice-president the provincial association, Bill Turnbull, president of local Soil and Crop Improvern Association will be in charge the gathering, assisted by Turnbull, who will be hostess the ladies. On Monday, a special progr has been planned for the la. while the men are at their in ing. They will visit the cou museum and the court house Goderich and also the Sifta Co. at Goderich znd the Sit fer Pen Co, at Goderich, T will also have lunch in the CO ty town. Monday evening, weather co-operates, an outcl barbecue will be held follow which some of the delegates be attending the Shakespear Festival at Stratford. On Tuesday, a tour will be e ducted of the county and group will visit the farm of Seott, Seaforth; seed plant Charles McNaughton, Exet Cann'.s Mill, Exeter; the regio test plots at the South -H District High School, Exet the Ellerington Farms; the K1 dyke Gardens, south of Gr. Bend and the Haig Farms in that vicinity. Dinner will , at Armstrong's in Exeter. The headquarters for the gr will be the Ontario Departm of Agriculture, Clinton. Try Surge for faster, sa milking with increased prod (ad cic3JsE 1 ofr 11 Ifl Ito 1.9c.m.,,ramm,41.m., A MITZAaLeaANI G ONE WHO CAN KE HIS DIGNITY W1 -ULE EA C91214 ON COB GRAIN•FEED-•SEED TE r? 73' VV H/: L F N('CQN[PS ' —C.,' / • CO•OP CATTLg MIN CO-OP CATO MINIM HOMEToncotp co. clt *1 COO H06 dalfRAL INVENTORY -.CLEARANCE • Work Clothes. 30070 .OFF FREE POULTRY CATCHER with •acit $ib PUR Exeter Cd1111AH OP District . Pliant 20 Collect Beside CN, .Statio