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The Brussels Post, 1970-07-30, Page 6ANNUAL SLAB SALE Green Elrn and Soft. Maple Slabs (when available) $g,50 Cord Dry Elm and Soft Maple Slabs $3.50 Cord Green Hard Maple and Beeeb Stabs .,,....,.. .........:....:....„..,:$3.50 Cord All WOO above in trtioiCload lots of 7 cords, delivered within 22 miles Hardwood Bedding Sawdust available for pick-pp or delivery On Vacation August 1st to A.U9det 18th J. H. KEESO 84 SONS 495 Albert Ave., N. Li.stowel, Ontario, Phone 291-4890 EUROPEAN CORN BORER CONTROL NEEogp. NOW • European corn borer .damage is now evident in some grain corn field reports, Dr. Bart. Bolwyn, Ridgetow n College et Agrietil,: tura'. Technology, and Mr. Harry 313„ Wressell, Canada Department .or Agriculture, Chatham. earn borer damage shows as pinhole feeding and e}ongated tears in leaves. Growers should examine fields now, before tassels appear. Count: 25 consecutive plants in a row, then examine the leaves for pinhole feeding. Co several rows over and examlue 25 more plants. Do this in two more locations in the field until you have counted and examined 100 plants. Be sure to keep track of the number of infested plants. lf you find that 70% or the plants show leaf damage, trout immediately, but only if the corn is not in tassel, The young borers enter the stalks about the time tassels Wear; .-before that they .are deep in the • whorls of • the Plants,. jt is not . economical to treat the fild if damage is beloW . 60%, It is ..probably jnstifiable• to use tat insecticide if between 60 and 70% of the plants show dart- age. Above 70%p there is no (Ines-. Lion that a treatment is needed, • If chemical control is warranted,- use 13'4 of SO% carbaryl ".(Sevin) per acre. A ground spray- er of the high-boy type will do to better job than an airplane. It is important to spray deep in the whorls of the plants, where the borers are. Have a sore Civic Tiolida:,, weekend. SUMMER SUPPLEMENT The man behind the beard is Jim Robertson, host-interviewer for. Summer Supplement, CEO radio's on.air version of a Sun- day paper, heard Sunday's at 10:03 a,.m. EDT. Suippernent features interviews, reviews, mini-documentaries, hUrnour, in depth probes of 'topical issues all things one would expect to find in a Sunday paper, plus mutie. Some of the subjects headlined this summer are vacations, rock nntsic carnivals, witchcraft, Hollywood, spies, Richard Strauss, theatre and 1:reputation control. THA BRUSSELS! POST. B.IU3$Si1LS, OITARld T1:1118„SDAY, JULY 30th ,1.916 our most us • ful servant can cripple or kill you Tractors, combines, balers, corn pickers and other machines have made farmers much more efficient. But the increasing use of machinery has been paralleled by a frightening increase in farm accidents. • More Canadians are killed • Accidental deaths involving in farming than in any farm machines have doubled other single industry, over the last 10 years. • The accident rate on • 20% of all persons farms is 20% above the killed in farm accidents national average. are under the age of 10. But machines do not cause accidents. Farmers do. • Less than 5% of farm accidents are caused by mechanical failure. • More than 93% are caused by carelessness. A thoughtless act, refusal to use safety features like tractor roll bars and power take-off shields, and allowing children to operate, ride on or play near machinery are among the principal causes of farm accidents. July 25th to 31st is Farm Safety Week and your Workmen's Compensation Board urges you to farm safely this week and every week. Farmers Covered by the Workmen's Compensation Act All farm employees have Farmers desiring informaqon about been compulsorily covered the. Act should mail this coupon. by Workmen's Compensation since 1966 and more than $7,000,000 has been paid in compensa- tion and medical aid benefits. The Workmen's Compensation Board,, Ontario 90 Harbour Street, Toronto 1 let recently issued by your Heart rOtindation. The hypertensive in- dividual is urged to ask In doct- or which of these is important for him; i. Try not to worry. Worry, nervous tension and. c,tt,i- iontai stories help to P11811 blood_ pressure higher. 2, haul pat on excoss weight. Overweight is a hazard to health, Regulat e of tobacco P mel alcohol as your doctor fies. Siiioking can rais e doesn't but some blood pressure; re.ict Poorly to it. 1. i"ollcw a regular pattern or rest stops during the day. Taking tinie eVen before you Workinen's Compensation Board, 90 Barbour Street, Toronto 1, Ont. Please send. me "Information for employers in Schedule 1.” Name Address CONTROLLING HIGH tLOOD PrESSURE re you i_tivc ingh hicac PreSsttra --- hypertension to the physician - - you are not alone, says the Ontario Heart Foundation, Nearly two milliOn Canadians are afflict- ed with this disorder, and most of them are getting along well utter , having consulted their physicians. i'ilany drugs are available to help to a pOlearri needs and condition. CQrtain ,,A!ribed dif.t chan;re.-1 and rest also addition, there are a half- thzo n general rub's that MOS(' r;(.111s With high blood pressure should follow. Depending oa the patient., sonic ,will be nio.;•e itity portant than others, says a. leaf- people alcohol Ii, Por more in forma Um' ahOtit high bloom! pressure, ask your. Ontario Heart 'Founds tlon fOr the .leaflet "Your Blood Pressure", But remember, it takes two to treat it you and your diktor, become tired will help you to avoid the tenseness and irritability that. go With fatigue: set plenty of sleep, Doing sleep, blood pressure tails to its lowest levels, It rises on waking, Cheese sports that are not competiti ve. Eixercise IS good for you. .hilt overeker, lion. Can lead to col-10114 callous. Avoid sports Where you. can't stop it you becOttle tired,