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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1966-09-08, Page 7Davies Grant & Patterson CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS Municipal Auditors DEVON BUILDING PH 235.0120 EXETER • Office Hours 9 a.m. to 5 p.m some folks think that Powdered Milk Comes From Dry Cows! Of course, farmers know that dry cows don't give any milk, or milk cheques, either. That's why more and more farmers are using Artifice! Insemination proven sires to build high, lasting production into their herds. Sires available include: WINTERMAR ANTHONY STYLEMASTER His daughters (Holstein) average 8% more milk than their herdmios. KINGSHURST SUPREME CLIMAX This Jersey bull's daughter:, have a milk "plus" of 13%. For service or information, contact your nearest office. (Calling hours weekdays till 9:30 AM, for Sunday service phone Saturday 6-8 PM) WATERLOO CATTLE BREEDING ASSOCIATION Listed in local directories. does the job better! You con de- pend on gas all-purpose fuel far clean heat, flex i b le cooking, fast water- heating and silent refrigeration. Low cost operation. Dependable service gyaranteed. 238-2005 GRAND BEND OREGON' FACTORY _FITTED Get your HOMEL1TE chain saw now! Andy .Dixon experiments for early maturing corn TirneS.Advbcate, SepteMber 8, 1966 Page 7 A little bit higher than an elephant's eye Former SHDHS teacher Andrew Dixon is a tall man, but even with the help of a walking stick he can't reach the top of these 14-foot high corn stalks on his farm. The plants are from seeds he picked up in Temaica, and while they are too late in maturing to he used in this area, he thinks some of the hardiness genes may be useful in his experiments. --T-A photo These cobs are in the bag In the experiments towards producing an early maturing corn, one of the first steps is to produce an in- bred throughout a number of generations until it "comes true". The corn is bred with its own pollen and these bags over the cobs ensure that pollen from other nearby plants does not come in contact with it. The bags also are used in cross-breeding. --T-A photo Decorate at Clandeboye -couple 55 years wed By MRS. J. H. PATON CLANDEBOYE The 43rd annual Memorial ser- vice and Decoration of Graves at St. James Churchyard was held Sunday September 4. The rector the Rev. E. 0. Lancaster welcomed the con- gregation and friends to the ser- vice. The Rev. G. W. Sach of Lucan and Clandeboye United Churches read the lesson. The Rev. Leonard Jacklin BA rector of Church of the Hosannas, Hyde Park, was the guest speak- er (text from stones). He said "People of old erected monu- ments of stone in memory for those who have gone before and in memory of great events, so, to- day, we have cemetery monu- ments and war memorials in memory of the dead. We today have our decoration and mem- orial service, a real way to show the respect for the de- parted." Misses Jean Cunningham and Elizabeth Hill favored with a duet "How great Thou Art" ac- companied by organist, Miss Joan Cunningham. The church was filled and the public address system, courtesy of C. Haskett and son, brought the service to friends, sitting in their cars. Flowers on the altar were giv- en by Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Carter in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Eli Carter. Flowers were given by Victoria Lodge LOBA No 387 Lucan and the Clande- boye Women's Institute in mem- ory of past members. Wardens are Roy Cunningham and Robert Hodgins, Andrew Carter, cemetery superintend- ent, John C. Murdy, Secretary- treasurer. Others on cemetery committee are Tom Tomes, Rae Hodgins, Maurice Simpson, Jack Whitmore, James Cunningham, Murray Carter and Austin Hod- gins. This cemetery looked so nice with the green grass cut, making a suitable place to add flowers. People used colored films to get a good picture of the beautiful colors to keep and give to some who are unable to be present. Those attending were from In- dia, Toronto, Cleveland, Detroit; Flint, Pontiac, Hamilton, Chat- ham, Sarnia, Petrolia, Scarboro, London, Exeter, Parkhill, Thed- ford, Grand Bend, Dashwood, St. Marys, Ailsa Craig and Ilderton. 55TH ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Simpson entertained their immediate fam- ily on their 55th anniversary at their home August 30 to a lawn party with 32 attending. They have five children, 11 grandchildren Area farmers may be harvest- ing corn by September 3.5 in fee ture years if the Ansa Craig firm of Alex M. Stewart & Son are successful In their present breeding program. One of the men doing a con- siderable amount of work on the program is former SHDHS agri- cultural teacher, Andrew Dixon. By next spring, farmers will be able to purchase "Stewart 4701" which already matures much faster than other register- ed corn seed on the market, but it's still not as early maturing as what they anticipate from some of their present experi- mental breeds. In fact, Mr. Dixon reports that "we're thinking of it (Stewart 4701) as the latest maturing corn we'll produce". Early metering corn has never been a prime concern of most corn dealers because most of them are U.S.A. based and early maturing crops in the corn belts of that country aren't important because frost is not the risk it is here in Ontario. However, the experiments be- ing conducted by Mr. Dixon are intended to produce a corn that would not be susceptible to frost after the first of September. He explained that while an early maturing corn may have smaller cobs and shorter stalks, the yield per acre would not necessarily drop as more plants per acre would be possible than with some of the later maturing plants. He said some of the early ma- turing corn could go as high as 30,000 to 40,000 stalks per acre, compared to 14,000 to 18,000 that are now common. The former teacher and his associates have other valid rea- sons for attempting to come up with early maturing corn. In the first place, the smaller stalks could be harvested with con- ventional combines and secondly, they point out that 100 bushels harvested per acre is still better than having 125 bushels per acre spoiled by frost or left in the field due to bad weather. Producing seed for early ma- turing corn is a demanding task and one that sees Mr. Dixon head to Jamaica to implement. The reason for the trip to the land of perpetual sun is to take advantage of longer growing periods to facilitate early ad- vancement of the experiments. They get only one crop per year in Ontario test plots, but can get two more off in Jamaica during the winter months. This time is important, be- cause it can take up to 10 grow- ing cycles to produce the results desired. By going to Jamaica they get three cycles per year. The experiments commence with inbred seeds. These are and two great-grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. Simpson have al- ways lived on a farm and are very active members of the Clan- deboye United Church. Mr. Simp- son has been a member of the Central School McG illivray Board and also was a member of the Clandeboye school board. Mrs. Simpson is a past president of the UCW and member of the Clandeboye WI. They were form- er active members of the Hill- crest Farm Forum, till it went dormant. ST. JAMES PICNIC St. James S.S. picnic was held in Riverview Park at Exeter. The following events took place croquet ball and hoop, Stephen Carter; thread the needle, Ellen — Please turn to page 14 planted and bred with their own pollen and this is Continued until Such time as the breed "comes true" and they know exactly what to expect from the various in- breds, This could take 10 gener- ations. The best of these inbreds are then cross-bred to get a single cross and hybred hardiness, The best results are generally at- tained by progressing one stage farther; that is a cross-breed- ing between two single crosses. This is known as a four-way cross. If all that sounds difficult, it's not as difficult as the task fac- ing Mr. Dixon. Along with the Stewart firm, he has produced some 150 new varieties this year and now must pick out only a handful to develop farther. To do that, he'll be taking some of this year's crop from his farm and that of the Stew- arts to Jamaica again this wint- er. He'll also be increasing the stork of inbreds and setting up more four-way crosses. He expects to plant one crop on November 1 and the second around January 20. Mrs. Dixon will also make the trip this year and they'll be back around the first of May to start another crop in Ontario. FIRST ONES While all the seed companies go through a similar program to produce better seed, Alex M. Stewart & Son are the first to conduct winter growing in Ja- maica. Other firms use Florida, but about every five years they get frozen out. "We met with a tremendous interest in Jamaica," Mr. Dixon reported, explaining that agro- logists in that country are in- terested in developing corn. They presently have no cereal grains at all and their main crop— sugar cane — is produced at a loss. Some farmers in Ja- maica have produced corn with a yield of 55 bushels to the acre, but it's 10 feet tall. It takes five months to mature and this gives pests of various nature an ad- ditional time to attack crops. The height makes it difficult to spray and to harvest. Officials in that country hope the experiments being conducted by Mr. Dixon will give them some help also. The area man brought back some corn seed from Jamaica last year and has it growing on his farm in McGillivray Town- ship. And growing is the word for it! The stalks are already 14 feet high. However, it will take another two months to mature, and as Coates herd shows well Whitney Coates, RR 1 Cen- tralia, returned from Toronto Friday night after showing the Hereford herd of Whitney Coates & Son at the CNE. He placed second with a cow and calf and picked up three fourth place finishes, two fifths and one seventh. None of the entries finished out of the money. In the steer class, the Coates herd scored a fifth, and received a price of 59 cents per pound for the entry. In this class, the steers are shown on the hoof and then dressed. Prices for the carcasses rang- ed from a high of '72 cents to a low of 45 cents. Almost ready Although this photo was taken Monday, the cob of corn Andrew Dixon is holding is almost ready for harvest, and at this early date would not be susceptible to frost damage. --T-A photo Mr. Dixon notes, to hope for no frost until the first of November is expecting too much. He does think, though, that some of the hardiness shown by the Jamaica corn (the stalk is as big as a man's wrist) could be useful in some of our breeds and he's experimenting with it also. To say that Mr. Dixon finds the work interesting is an under- statement. To quote his own words, he's "sitting on top of the world". I'm a lucky man, he says, because the work is not only interesting, it's of prime im- portance. Area farmers, who have lost corn crops due to frost or have had to leave them out over wint- er due to poor fall harvesting conditions, will probably agree, District tourney — Continued from page 6 sible for the Exeter marker in the third and singles byCy Blom- maert, Don Mousseau, Bill Gil- fillan and Farquhar ended the Exeter scoring in the fourth. Mousseau in going the seven inning distance on the Exeter mound gave up but five scattered singles and struck out 8. STRIKE EARLY In the final contest that will be replayed, the Exeter lads struck quickly, crossing the plate three times in the first and add- ing four in their second time at the bat. Four walks and a hit batsman along with a Fullerton error helped the local cause in the first frame. Hal Flaro and Cy Blommaert doubled, Jim Russell bashed a single and Bill Farquhar hit for the circuit to account for the second inning Exeter scoring. We have a market for your HENSALL, ONTARIO WHITE BEANS Seed Wheat For Sale E. L. MICKLE & SON Ltd. Phone: 2622714 Hotson Propane We're offering special sale prices on Homelite chain saws prices that can't be beaten for solid value! See the big line-up of Homelite chain saws. You can't beat 'em for depend- ability and power. Take your pick of the world's best chain saws at special sale prices. Hurry! Limited time only! Milt's Mower & Cycle Box 250, Exeter, Ont. 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