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at Guelph University
A building unique among Ca-
nadian scientific institutions,
equipped with the latest scien-
for cages and equipment.
One of the building's highlights
is the Electron-Microscopy Lab-
Oratory where microscopes of
2,000,000 magnification and com-
plete photographic facilities are
available. Such a laboratory is
indispensable to modern re-
search in virology,
talc facilities for disease and
virus research in animals and
human beings, was officially
opened Tuesday, August 31, at
the University of Guelph. The
new two million-dollar struc-
ture, part of the Ontario Vet-
erinary College, houses three
co-ordinated divisions, poultry
Pathology, Wildlife Diseases, and
Virus Research, all sharing a
common interest in virology.
The building wa s unveiled
and presented by the Hon. T.
Ray Connell, Minister of Public
Works and the Hon. William A.
Stewart, Minister of Agriculture.
The new building's facilities
for research, diagnosis, and
teaching, are matched by only
one other institution in North
America. Isolation quarters have
been designed with special en-
trance corridors, "shower" cu-
bicles placed before inf ected
areas, unique systems of ven-
tilation and sewage, and a ceil-
ing monorail conveyance for the
removal of carcasses. In the
laboratories are ingenious wash-
ing and sterilizing techniques
Turnip growers
meet at Guelph
The annual field meeting of
the Ontario Turnip Growers As-
sociation will be held onSeptem-
ber 9th at the Biology Building,
Ontar io Agricultural College,
Guelph, at 1.30 p.m. for everyone
interested in turnip growing.
Theme this year is "Investi-
gations into the Pests and Dis-
eases of Turnips." Tiiere will
be a discussion and demonstra-
tion of progress in the study
of the new turnip virus disease.
Work concerned with weeds
as a source of the virus, the
role of insects in spreading the
disease, and the laboratory and
field procedures employed in vi-
rus research will be demonstra-
ted.
There will also be a progress
report in the testing of new in-
secticides for maggot control.
Birdsfoot trefoil
brought profits
Birdsfoot trefoil, as a seed
crop, brought prosperity to far-
mers in Lambton County and
could bring profits to other parts
of Ontario,
According to Dr. J. E, Winch,
Crop Science Department, On-
tario Agricultural College, Graf-
ph, only half of last year's seed
production will be harvested this
season. Thus, Ontario's farmers
will run short of seed for forage
seedings, so this seed should be
ordered early. "In 1964, On,
tario's farmers produced ap-
proximately 750,000 pounds of
seed, and there's little carry
over in 1965", Dr. Winch re-
lates. "At present, only 500,000
to 600,000 acres of Ontario's
land is in trefoil. Over three
million acres of this province's
poorly drained or rough land
can and probably should be de-
voted to birdsfoot trefoil."
When did this trend start? In
1940, Edgar Evans, a farmer in
Don Township, Lambton County,
brought in seed from New York
State. That year he planted five
acres. Ontario is one of the best
places to grow this crop. More
farmers should consider growing
birdsfoot trefoil for today's mar-
ket.
Crop outlook
is reviewed New modern facilities
Huron is third in swine prod-
uction with a total of 124,500. In
first place is Perth county with
167,100 and second is Wellington
County with 129,300.
Cull all dairy cows producing
25 percent less than the herd
average.
Bringing home the cows
These two young cowboys, pardon, a cow girl and a cowboy take their ponies, round up the cows and bring
them home at milking time daily. There are occasions when a car might have to wait a few moments
as is shown here but generally it is much faster than attempting to do it on foot. And besides that its
a lot more fun. The photo was taken on the concession road just north of Exeter in Hay Township.
(T-A photo)
Statistics show
position of Huron
Huron County farms have more
hens and chickens than any other
county in Ontario but takes a
second place in most other cat-
egories according to the latest
issue of Agricultural Statistic
for the Province of Ontario. In
reality Huron County stands near
the top in all classifications ac-
cording to this informative book-
let.
Huron stands second in total
area of all types of farms with
765,135 acres. Grey county is
the only one with more,899,673
acres.
Huron came within 100 head of
having the most beef cattle of
all counties. Again Grey county
has a few more. Huron has 197,400
head while Grey has 197,500 head.
Although Huron has quite a
number of horses with 2,000
listed in the booklet it is not tops.
Again using Grey for comparison
this county has 3,600 horses. This
is still not the tops in western
Ontario as Waterloo county has
3,800 and Wellington has 4,000.
Flea beetles continue to be
troublesome to rutabaga crops,
J. J. Johnson, supervising in-
spector of the fruit and vege-
table division for the Canada
department of agriculture, said
in his report this week.
The report covers Middlesex,
Huron, Lambton, Elgin and Ox-
ford countles.
Export demand for rutabagas
is stronger again with growers
receiving 75 cents to $1 for 50
lbs. bulk of Canada No. 1 grade
bagged at the farms.
Harvesting of a light crop of
early apples is well advanced
with Melba about finished and
Wealthy starting soon. Later va-
rieties have sized well and show
good prospects for color.
Moderate offerings of peaches
and plums are meeting a good
demand. Due to light crops of
late varieties, the season will
be short.
Movement of table stock po-
tatoes has been rather slow but
there is no volume available right
now since the early crop is
finished and the later crops are
not ready.
Table sets of onions have been
cleaned up and picklers are mov-
ing quite well. Late crops look
promising
Processors are making good
progress with corn, and canners
are finishing up peas and getting
started on corn. Overseas ex-
ports of both canned and frozen
products are increasing.
Hare survey taken in
Huron county townships
The results obtained from par-
ticipation in hunter drives sug-
gested that only 23% of the Eur-
opean Hare sighted were shot.
Population figures for Eur-
opean Hare on the study area,
although of a crude nature, sug-
gest there were in excess of 13
European Hare per square mile.
hunter days were spent by hunters
for European Hare resulting in a
daily success of 0.50 hares per
resident hunter and 0.51 hares
per non-resident hunter. T h e
ratio of resident to non-resident
hunters over the 850 square mile
study area was estimated at 4.9:1,
The projected kill for Saturdays
in the open season was estimated
at 2,500 European Hare, 398
Varying Hare, 361 Cottontails
and 36 Fox. Approximately 44%
of the hunters present in the study
area on census days were con-
tracted by field personnel.
During the period 6 December
1964 to 2'7 March 1965, an attempt
was made to measure the hunting
pressure on European Hare in
seven Huron County townships
and three Bruce County town-
ships, Systematic car patrols of
specified townships, aircraft-car
patrols of 10 entire townships,
participation in hunter drives and
general patrols in their own area
were carried out by field staff.
Considering Saturdays only (19
Saturdays for Hay and Stephen
townships, 29 Saturdays for the
remaining townships), 1593.9
Stress fertilizer use
for top hay yields
alent to 155 pounds of 20 per cent
superphosphate and 250 pounds
of 60 per cent muriate of potash.
Where rotation programs call
for two successive years of hay,
farmers should apply sufficient
fertilizer between crops to re-
plenish the phosphorus and pot-
assium to maintain soil fertility
at a high level, the researcher
says. A soil test will give a
precise indication of fertilizer
requirements.
Where soil tests are not car-
ried out, a good practice is the
application in the fall of 300
pounds of 0-20-20 fertilizer per
acre on sandy or sandy loam
soils, or 300 pounds of 0-20-10
per acre on clay or clay loarns
soils.
F ar mer s shouldn't overlook
the value of barnyard manure
for fall top-dressing of mixed
hay stands, particularly those
in which grasses are dominant.
The application should include
about 20 pounds of ordinary su-
perphosphate per ton of manure
to compensate for its low phos-
phorus content.
Hay is the cheapest source
of nutrients for livestock during
the non-grazing season and ad-
equate use of fertilizers provides
more and better hay, Dr. Finn
points out.
$1.25 price for
export rutabagas
Growers are receiving $1.25
per 50-pound bulk of Canada
No. 1 rutabagas, according to
the weekly Canada department
of agriculture report for Midd-
lesex, Huron, Lambton, Elgin
and Oxford counties.
J. J. Johnson, supervising in-
spector of the fruit and vege-
table division of the department,
reports there has been steady
exporting of rutabagas to the
United States and the odd load
to Eastern Canada.
Mid-season varieties of pota-
toes are being harvested and
marketing of the Cobbler crop
is almost completed. More pota-
toes are being moved in bulk
bins this year direct from farms
to distributors.
A start on the main, late crop
of onions is expected in about
two weeks. Table sets are clean-
ing up fairly well, Mr. Johnson
reports.
Head lettuce continues in good
volume with an increased demand
over the week.
Local crops of peaches and
plums are less than half of last
year's yield and light offerings
are selling readily.
New handbook
for pesticides
One of the most complete hand-
books on the safe use of pesti-
cides ever to appear in Canada,
has just been published by the
Canadian Agricultural Chemicals
Association and will be distri-
buted widely to users of pest
cont• of chemicals from coast
to coast.
Defining pesticides as "chem-
icals which kill organisms in-
jurious to man or crops and
animals upon which he depends
for food, fibre and shelter",
the handbook deals in detail with
all aspects of safety in appli-
cation of pesticides to homes
and gardens, orchards, market
gardens, fields and greenhouses;
.from aircraft, in seed treatment,
rodent control and fumigation;
in poultry houses and in treating
animals and animal buildings.
One section outlines first aid
procedures in event of suspected
pesticide poisoning and another
gives addresses and telephone
numbers of all the poison con-
trol centres across Canada where
victims of any type of poisoning
may be admitted for treatment.
"Much of the unfavorable pub-
licity received by our industry
in the past was the direct result
of misapplication of pesticides
and disregard of safety precau-
tions," said D. K. Jackson, chair-
man of the public relations com-
mittee of the Canadian Agricul-
tural Chemicals Association.
"Throughout our safety hand-
book we hammer the message
home to consumers that many
pesticides are toxic materials
but not dangerous if used in
strict accordance to instructions
on the container label," he said.
To get top yields of hay, make
sure that enough fertilizer is
applied to meet crop require-
ments.
This is the advice of Dr. B.
J. Finn, of Canada Department
of Agriculture's Soil Research
Institute here, who points out
that the amount required hinges
on such factors as type of soil,
amounts of nutrients removed
by previous crops, and the pre-
vious manurial treatment of the
land.
•At Ottawa, studies have yielded
data on the amount of phosphorus
and potassium used by a brome
grass — alfalfa hay crop. The
mixture contained 79 per cent
alfalfa. Nitrogen was not a fac-
tor since it is supplied by leg-
umes. Hay mixtures with a leg-
ume content of 75 per cent or
higher are sea-sufficient in this
regard.
The test crop yielded 3.75
tons per acre of hay. To produce
it, the crop used phosphorus
and potassium in amounts equiv-
Keep untreated test strips when
you use any farm chemical. Then,
you'll have an accurate record
of the profit or loss of the prac-
tice. You'll also know whether
any crop injury is caused by
chemicals or by something else.
In addition, you'll know what
chemicals, rates, etc., are best
for you under your own set of
circumstances.
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Agricultural economists esti-
mate that U. S. farmers could
produce at least 25 percent more
than they hem: produce if that
much more was needed,