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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1975-05-07, Page 4Your family is important to Ontario... GREAT SEAL OF ONTARIO PAULINE M. McGIBBON PROVINCE OF ONTARIO ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom, Canada and - Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith. TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME. GREETING: PROCLAMATION WHEgEAS the family is widely recognized as the most important unit in our society and the fotindation upon which the structure of our society rests: AND WHEREAS the quality of community life begins with the family home: AND WHEREAS families are continually seeking more effective ways to combat elements in society which work against family harmOny; NOW THEREFORE KNOW YE that, having taken the premises into Our Royal considera- tion, We, by and with the advice of Our Executive Council of Our Province of Ontario, Do, by this Our Royal PROCLAMATION hereby Name -THE MONTH OF MAY, 1975 AS FAMILY UNITY MONTH IN° ONTARIO and encourage all families in the Province to strengthen their homes and to set aside special times to do meaningful things together as a family. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF We have caused these Our Letters to be made patent and the Great Seal of Our Province of Ontario to be hereunto affixed. WITNESS: THE HONOURABLE PAULINE M. McGIBBON, An Officer of the Order of. Canada, Doctor of Laws, Doctor of University (Ottawa), Bachelor of Applied Arts (Theatre), LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF OUR PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, at Our City'of Toronto in Our said Province this fourteenth day of April in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seventy-five and in the twenty-fourth year of Our Reign, BY COMMAND WILLIAM 0...bAVI8- PAEmIEFI OF ONTARIO Cucumber growers. should use bees, says horticulturolist 1DB business loans an here in anada from our representative, NORRIS PEEVER who will be at: WINGHAM TOWN HALL WINGHAM, Ontario 357-3550 On May 13, 1975 from 1 — 4 p.m. Ask for this folder If you require financing to start, modernize, or expand your business, and are unable to obtain it elsewhere on reasonable terms and conditions, perhaps IDB can help you. We can lend to nearly every type 0 enterprise' manufacturing , „ wholesale And retail trade . . . tourism and recreation , .. construction , ... agriculture . , transportation end storage. II you need financial essistance to start, expand, or modernize a business your in Canada, we invite you to discuss your requirements with us. per al osatisma ".• ow .• • WOW idb INDUSTRIAL InflOPMENT BANK 1036 Ontario Street, Stratford, Ontaiio NSA 6Z3 271-5650 idb Use Post Classified ii The grower with fields of cucumbers and no pollinators faces a real problem. "To avoid this, assure yourself of a supply of bees by contacting a beekeeper now," advises J. K. Muehmer, horticulturist at the Ridgetown College of Agricultural Technolo- gy. "After all, you have now contracted this year's acreage, so you can calculate the number of hives needed. "The importance of a good supply of bees to the cucumber producer cannot be overstressed" he adds. "Pollen-producing, normal, old-time cucumbers make up only 12 to 15 per cent of the plants in most fields. The rest of the plants are female and produce no pollen. Therefore, for successful pollen transfer, there must be enough bees to overcome the frequently uneven distribu- tion of very few pollen-producing plants in each field. For proper pollination, 10 to 15 bee visits per flower are required." Don't rely on wild bees to do the job, because the woods, headlands and fencerolit where wild bees live are rapidly disap- Tuning farm engines can save fuel Farm gasoline and diesel engines in Ontario use over 100 million gallons of fuel per year. A small reduction by each engine could result in subst antial savings, suggest Agricultural Engineers of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Visible black exhaust from a diesel engine, or black deposits on the inside of gasoline engine exhaust pipes, are both indicators that fuel is being wasted. A diesel engine that produces• black smoke is getting too little air or too much (or podrly vaporized) fuel, or the engine requires major repairs. A simple check of the air-intake system will determine if obstructions exist. A qualified diesel technician can test the injectors for spray pattern and vaporization, and the pump for overfuelling. Carburetor adjustments on gasoline engines are much simp- ler and can often be made by the operator. The operator's manual usally provides guidelines. Care must be taken to ensure that the fuel to air ratio is not too low (too lean). The result will be premature valve failure. The inside of the exhaust pipe should be gray not white. To permit optimum carburetor adjustment, the engine and the electrical system must be in good working order. Spark plugs, ignition points, and condenser shnuld be adjusted or replaced as recOmmended by the engine manufacturer. Many farm equipment dealers have a dynamometer which they use check tractor horsepower. At, the same time they can monitor fuel consumption with a flowmeter. This provides an ideal opportunity to fine tune) the engine for fuel economy; without Sacrificing available horsepower. A spring tune up for your tractor will not only assure you a trouble-free planting Season, but also help to conserve some of our natural resource = petroletini, pearing. One hive of bees can pollinate" about 50,000 plants, so the grower planning to machine harvest needs one hive for every acre. However, the grower planning to hand harvest needs only one hive for every two to three acres. Bring bees into the fields two to three days after the first flowers are seen. "Bees don't particularly like cucumber pollen and they use it only when there is nothing better available," says Mr. Muehmer. "That is why the grower with clover or other nectar-producing plants next to his cucumers usually gets a poor crop. Avoid this problem by planning your own fields 'carefully and try to co-operate with your neighbours in similar fashion." that pro'. natu take to 0 01 field an A weel addi the t. atu; heati Th ore of na C011S1 Th home week about eee'y f $51 for tt Tin ptovii spech arme them intere busin, The doubt, North ear, Minisi The Cu A A. 0 0. A. 0 2 a. 0 0 4—THE BRUSSELS POST, MAY 7, 1975 a of •411, 44.0