HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1980-07-30, Page 214-H PROVINCIAL HONOURS — After completing 12 homemaking club projects, Barb Down, RR 3 Exeter, Marilyn Baarda,
Exeter, Cheryl Stewart, Kirkton, and Joan. Cooper, Elimville, received their provincial honours certificates from. Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture and Food Home Economist Grace Bird. The certificates were awarded at the Exeter Area Achieve-
ment Program held on Thursday evening at Morrison. Dam. Staff photo
Ontario's vegetable
farmers have been thankful
for the heat Wave of mid Ju-
ly', because crops, that for
the most part were a week
behind in growth have ac-
tually caught up to schedule.
Plan show
for lupus
For the second year run-
ning, a benefit Arabian horse
show is being held at Ilder-
ton fairgrounds on August 3
to raise funds for lupus
research.
Lupus (short for systemic
lupus erythematosus) is a
chronic, life-long rheumatic
disease which afflicts 75 ,in
every 100,000 people, and can
cause damage through in-
flammation to any organ or
part of the body. Its cause is
unknown and as yet there is
no/cure.
The show is put on in co-
operation with area Arabian
horse owners, and proceeds
will, go to -the London branch
of the Ontario Lupus.
Association.
Formed in 1979 under the
auspices of the Arthritis
Society, the London branch
is a volunteer organization
devoting its efforts to infor-
ming the public about this
little-known disease, and
providing support for lupus
sufferers and their families.
The horse show is the
branch's only fund-raising
effort. Last year almost $2,-
600 was realized, largely
through sponsorship of 41
classes of competition by
area businesses, groups and
individuals, and donation of
entry fees to the cause by
the horse owners.
The branch has more than
70 members. mostly from
London' but including some
from surrounding com-
munities.
Show competition starts at
10 a.m. and admission to the
public is free.
Sweet corn growth Phenomenal.
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4-H scholarship
One deserving Ontario 4-H
Member who enters the
University of Guelph's
Agricultural Degree
Program in 1980 will win a
$500 scholarship this fall.
This scholarship is
awarded by StewartSeeds in
commemoration of the
Ontario Agricultural
College's Centennial. It was
first presented in the
College's Centennial year
when it was- won by Darryl
Mitchell of Middlesex
County. The recipient in
1979 was Valerie Wert of
Stormont County.
The past recipients were
selected because they
exhibited outstanding
leadership through their
participation in 4-H and
Junior Farmer programmes
as well as community ac-
tivities.
To qualify for the award in
1980, the applicant must:
a) Be entering the
Agricultural Degree
Program at the University of
Guelph.
b) Be a member of the
Ontario 4-H Programme.
c) Achieve a minimum of
66 percent in Grade 13 High
School studies-.'".
Ontario 4-H members can
obtain applications from the
office of the Agricultural
Representative in each
County and District of
Ontario.' Applications are
also available by writing
Stewart Seeds, P.O. Box 40,
Ail.sa Craig, Ontario NOM'
1AO. To be considered, ap-
plications must be received
by September 12, 1980.
Farm safety awards
program
The Farm Safety
Association is pleased to
announce the launching of
the , Farm Safety
Association's Safety Awards
Program to honour in-
dividuals actively involved
in agriculture who have
observed safety awareness
resulting in the prevention of
death or serious injury. This
program will also provide an
awareness of farm safety
among Ontario farpers.
Nominations for Safety
Awards will be accepted by
the Farm Safety Association
only if submitted through the
Huron County Farm Safety
Association or any Huron
County Agricultural Com-
modity Organization.
The farm Safety
Association must receive
nominations by September 1,
1980 to be eligible for Safety
Awards to be presented at
the Fall Area Meeting held in
November.
Further information and
nominations forms' can be
obtained from Len
MacGregor at the office of
• the Ontario Ministry of
nesday, Atigust 6, from 6-8
p.m.
Stan Paquette, Associate
Agricultural Representative
for Huron County
White mould In
white beans
As I write this article most
of the white bean fields in
Perth and Huron have ex-
cessive moisture. This
condition is favourable for
white mould spread. If you
intend to spray some factors
to consider are:
Spraying for mould is
PREVENTION. If there is
mould on a plant you cannot
stop the disease on that
plant, but you may be able to
prevent the disease from
spreading. When you decide
whether to spray or not you
are predicting the weather.
If you think August will be
wet you spray, if you think
August will be dry you don't
spray.
Where will the disease
be bad?
(i) Fields that will be most
prone to mould are fields
that had beans in 1979 and or
1977. Both years we had wet
conditions and
multiplication of mould.
(ii) Any field, even first
year beans that has lush
growth and is protected from
the wind - never has a chance
to dry out.
What chemical do you use?
Four products are
registered for use for white
mould control. Benlate,
Botran, Bravo and Easeout.
Materials cost is 16.50 to
20.50 per acre. Application
cost is extra. There are some
growers bias as to which
product is best. Henry
Olechowski from R.C.A.T. is
testing all four products in
1980 to try and determine if
one product is better than the
other - however, due to the
nature of this disease it will
be hard to show differences
between products. He also
hopes to do some timing
trials.
How to apply?
- Both ground .rigs and
airplanes are registered to
apply these chemicals.
Again research is ongoing to
try and determine which
piece of equipment is best,
There are some factors that
are known.
- Areial application most
have 4 gallons of water.
- Planes must be no more
than 4 feet above the crop to
get proper coverage.
- With ground equipment
the higher the pressure and
more water the better.
Ideally 100 gallons of water
and 150 psi. This is com-
pletely impractical, but the
principle of more H2O and
more pressure applies.
- Ground equipment can
spread anthracnose and
bacterial blight through the
fields if these diseases are
present.
- However, timing is
generally more important
than the piece of equipment.
Get whatever equipment you
can get and apply the
chemical on time.
When do I apply it?
- If the weather remains
wet the first application
should go on at about 1/10th
bloom. If the weather stays
wet you will need a second
application. The fungicides
we use are only effective for
10 to 14 days.
Finally, Craig Hunter
from 0.M.A.F. in Vineland
hopes to check out the ef-
fectiveness of different
pieces of equipment.
By Pat Lynch,
Soils and Crops
Specialist,
O.M.A.F., Stratford sme
If 1
y
...on the Farm
Thats the consensus of opi-
nion of the directors of the
Ontario Vegetable Growers'
Marketing Board as they
met on July 21.
Eastern Ontario growers
are the exception to the rule
and unlike their western
counterparts, they've had
average weather all along,
Crops in the Lake Ontario
region all look good, in par-
ticular their sweet corn and
green beans.
Cool wet conditions in May
and. June caused untold
damage and setbacks for
cucumber growers in
Western Ontario with most
directors saying that the
crops is still a week behind
normal in terms of heavy
Area 4-H
judge test
A total of 160 Huron Coun-
ty 4-H members competed in
the recent livestock and field
crops judging competition.
Tony Simons, R.R. 1
Seaforth, took honours in the
senior division, which was
open to young people 18 to 30
and to graduates of a two-
year diploma course in
agriculture. He scored 714
out of 850 to nip second place
finisher, Alan Powe, R.R. 2
Centralia, who scored 711.
Two Walton area youths,
Brian McGavin and Bruce
Godkin, took the top two
places in the intermediate
division, whileDebbieFlynn,1
R.R, 4 Clinton, was best in
the junior class.
David Pullen, Clinton,
topped the novice class with
a score of 692. followed by
Cheryl Cann, R.R. 3 Exeter,
who had 683.
Tom Coates. R.R. 1 Cen-
tralia, tied for second in the
sheep section with three
other contestants, while
Paul Hoggarth, R.R. 2
Kippen, won the beef section
and the Huron Cattlemen's
Association award.
picking. Many fields were
actually Planted two or three
times because of adverse
conditions. Late or not, the
growers surveyed indicate a
satisfactory set of fruit.
The green Na harvest is
drawing to a close and
although most areas had
average to even above
average crops. Essex Coun-
ty growers report a poor
crop, It suffered from root-
rot, a result of the weather
in early June. Word has it
that 50% of Essex -growers
will be making Claims on
crop insurance this year
because of reduced yields.
Sweet corn acreage, es-
pecially the early crop was
set back by the same
adverse weather in May and
June but by the very nature
of the crop. response to the
copious amounts of heat has
been nothing short of
phenomenal, The directors
of the Ve.getable Board are
confident that this croR will
turn out as expected, in
terms of yield, but they are
concerned that some fields
may bunch up.
Processing capacity may
Huron farm and home news
Beetles, mould attack beans
Agriculture and Food in
Clinton.
Len MacGregor,
Extension Assistant
For Huron County
Mexican bean beetle
Producers are trged to
keep close watch on their
white and kidney beans for
the bean beetle. Examine the
underside of the leaves for
orange coloured egg masses
and young beetle larvae. The
larvae are light yellow with
black spines. Adults are
yellowish with 16 small black
spots. If egg masses and or,
young feeding larvae are
prevalent throughout the
field, consider spraying.
Damage is caused by the
adult and larvae chewing the
underside of the leaves. A
lacelike skeletonized ap-
pearance is produced in
severe cases.
Sevin, Guthion, Thiodan
and Malathion are products
available to control the bean
beetle. Follow label direc-
tions and re-entry
precautions.
Leafhopper burn
This Injury to beans is
caused by the Potato
Leafhopper and at a distance
could be mistaken for
bronzing. The potato
leafhoppers are pale green,
wedge-shaped insects about
% inch long.
When disturbed,
leafhoppers move equally
well forwards, backwards or
sideways. The young
' nymphs feed on the un-
derside of the leaves by
sucking the juices. Severe
infestations cause wilting
and leaf tips will turn brown
or give a burnt appearance.
If adults are present in
large numbers they would be
noticeable when cultivating
or walking through the crop.
Insecticides used for bean
beetle control will also
control the leafhopper.
H.C.A. beef BBQ
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Brussels, Morris and Grey
Community Centre, Wed-
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