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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 1986-08-27, Page 24PAGE 24. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1986. The day was bright and the action was competitive as ten teams took part in the Brussels Bowling Club’s tournament for the Frank Carter trophy on Thursday. -- Photo by Lisa Sherritt. Wroxeter residents upset over image Two residents of the Police Village of Wroxeter told Howick Township Council Aug. 5 they were upset with the village’s image, and the state in which some of the buildings are in. Bruce Chambers and Paul Statia brought with them copies of a column by Don Murray, of the London Free Press, titled, “Wrox eter has ‘rubber’ boundaries”. Mr. Murray noted in his column that Ron Brown has included Wroxeter in volume two of his book, “Ghost Towns in Ontario.” In the book, Mr. Brown says the main street is a stretch of desolate, vacant stores, with only tree-lined residential areas still showing signs of life. Mr. Chambers says if you read thecolumn, it sounds as though there is nothing in Wroxeter but trees. A number of buildings in the police village are boarded up in one fashion or another, but are not only an eyesore, but a potential disaster area. “The block of buildings is a detriment to the area,’’ said Howick Deputy Reeve John Jac ques. Mr. Chambers asked council if they could get the buildings painted to at least make them look better. Deputy Reeve Jacques said it would be nice if council could buy the block of buildings, tear them down and put in low income housing, but it would cost a lot of money just to buy the buildings. Mr. Statia, who is the principal of Howick Central School, said it would also cost a lot of money just to tear the buildings down. “Even grass would be better than nothing,” said Deputy Reeve Jacques. Mr. Chambers said some of the buildings need to be boarded up, and Mr. Statia said the floors in them aren’t safe, and they are a liability. Coun. Norm Fairies said the buildings could be a potential fire hazard, and suggested the fire department inspect the buildings. Time to fertilize alfalfa fields BY HARVEY WRIGHT SOIL & CROP SPECIALIST The traditional time for applying fertilizer to alfalfa fields has been September. The theory behind this timing was that since fertilizer is imporiaJit for winter-hardiness, it matfC’sense to apply it shortly before winter to try to achieve greatest winter-hardiness. In the past, trials have shown September tobeagoodtimetoapply. It still works OK, but there is some information I would like you to consider. First, we have found over the last five years that alfalfa needs more potash than we were recommend ing, and the rates suggested are considerably higher now. With these higher rates, we can put the fertilizer on after either first or second cut and still have enough nutrients left for the roots during that September period to give good winter-hardiness. So, we don’t have to wait until September. Sometimes, September applica tions get held up by wet weather and alfalfa regrowth may be up 12 - 14 inches by the time the fertilizer gets on .Truck or tractor wheels can tramp down this growth and alfalfa may start regrowth from the crowns. This can weaken the roots and sometimes we see winterkill or reduced vigor where the tires tramped down the hay the fall before. Or, if the fertilizer doesn’t get on until mid-October, the alfalfa may not have time to build that fertilizer into the root system before winter. Quite a few alfalfa growers now apply fertilizer after the second cut. The ground is usually firm then. Fertilizer companies are usually not that busy and you can get the fertilizer on when you want it - shortly after hay is off. As long as you put enough on, there will be adequate nutrients left for absorp tion in September for winter hardiness. Don’t worry about nutrient loss if phosphorus and potash sit on the surface for a while waiting for rain. We have no concerns about loss of phosphorus or potash. The first good rain will move the nutrients into the soil enough for root absorption. Finally, I would like to encour age you to get out right away and get soil samples from your alfalfa fields (unless you had one last year). Samples taken now and sent in should get information back to you in two weeks. Soil test labsare not as busy now. Also, with all the recent rain, soil is soft and cores are easily taken. Soil -sfiEplm^ is important be cause it allows-ybu to put your fertilizer dollars into the nutrients thar will give you the greatest yield response. We know that alfalfa removes four times as much potash as phosphorus from the soil. You will be aware that potash costs less than one-half as much per unit of plant food as does phosphorus. So, it can be tempting (without a soil test) to apply only muriate of potash and no phosphate. This program fits quite a number of fields in this area. However, there are other fields out there that need phosphorus as well. On these fields, if you use only muriate of potash, response to the potash will be reduced because of lack of phosphorus. Because of this, most people without a soil test don’t gamble on only potash, but go to a more expensive phosphorus + potash mixture. Why not test your soil and find out whether you need that phos phorus. If you don’t need it, you can reduce your fertilizer costs considerably and often get greater yield response by using straight muriate of potash. Particularly on dairy farms, alfalfa is a high profit crop. It deserves a sound fertility program. 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