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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1956-07-18, Page 10o With Our 'Fannin reeds CANADA THISTLE Committees Hard at Work MENACE TO CROPS Preparing for Plowing. Match 4111111011111111111111111111111X111211111111111111,11N119111111111111111111111111lilipixiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiimino. w -FROM ME /WERT° YOU That's the "built-in" feature you get when you buy SHUR-GAIN feeds. We make SHUR- GAIN daily at our mill and as a result it is FRESH. As a matter of fact, feeds you pur- * chase' from us have often been made the same day you buy them. Most people don't like stale food. .The same applies to livestock and poultry, oarrel.Pbecause they don't like stale, un- 'palatable feed, they don't grow and produce the way they should. Tests on chicks at the SHUR-GAIN Demonstra- -• tion Farm PROVED that FRESH feed outperformed stale feed. To be most effective, well-balanced rations must be fresh. The next time you require feed, call us and be assured of fresh feed. .1 CANADA PACKERS LTD. 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CHEAP CHARLES HODGINS Your Massey-Harris Dealer Wingham Phone 378 141111110131,110111.11.11111Flitgl.g.g.g 'TODAY EVERY FARMER CAN USE MECHANIZATION New developments and new improvements in machines every year are extending the mechanization of agriculture. Tractors and power machines are now available in a range of sizes and styles adaptable to so many different jobs that every farmer can select equipment that will give him the production and profit advantages of mechanization. In the 1956 MasSey-Harris and Ferguson lines are many new tractors and machines with features that will help you handle your work easier, quicker, and with less labour: It'ingtiarit 21.(ivuoce-l'imes, ''rk'ennesday ,lily 18, '1851; Tea Apulian Holsteins .11ipped to Brazil Alogh vutso, shipment of Cana- dian Holsteins, consisting of a bull and eight heifers has been sent to the Recife region of Brazil. This iS the first time that Canadian Hol- steins have been shipped to this 4Isttlet of Brazil, The bull is Banella Starfire, who Was 'first prize junior bull calf at Western Fair, London, Ontario, last fall and was junior and grand champion at the Huron County Elael( .and, White day held in con- riectign with Elyth Fair. Starfire is a son of the three times All-Cana- dian Spring Farm Fond Hope and his dam is the Excellent cow, 13an7 ella -Loehinvar Madge, who was. grand• champion at the TTuron County Black and White day in losa and 1955. From J. J, .11aeCaguc, Ont., came four daughters Of the $10,000 half interest sire, RosAfe Centurion, while another daughter of Centurion came from. Jas, A, McCague, Alliston, Oat, C, J. Cerswell, I3eeton, Ont., contributed two daughters of Hov- land Reflection Sovereign, the class Excellent bull in. the Toronto District A, I, Unit.. A daughter pf the noted Gold Medal sire, Fran- lo Gen Treasure Model, completed the shipment, She was bred in the herd of Roselawn Dairies, Ltd,, Richmond Hill, Ont. The botanical name of Canada Thistle is "eirsitiM, arvense", Ar- vense indicates that it is found• in fields rather than woods and the cirsium part of the name is deriv- ed from the Greek word for swollen veins, the early Greek physicians having used it as a Cure for that ailment, Today however, Canada thistle has spread to such an extent that it has become a real menace in fields and in place of curing swollen veins and high blood pres- sure, it is more likely to cause (hose conditions in farmers whose fields are infested with , the weed. Canada thistle Was the first weed to be legislated 'against - in Canada, In the minutes of the' annual meet- ing of the settlers of Hallowel Township in Prince•Edward Coun- ty on March 5th, 1798, .it is record- ed: "It is enacted that if any free- holder shall suffer Canadian thistle to go to seed on his farm he shall forfeit and pay the sum ,of twenty' Shillings. " Canada thistle is easily distin- guished by its deep green shiny leaves which are deeply indented, the rnapins having many rigid, spine-tipped teeth; by its small heads of purple flowers borne in clusters and by its habit of growing in patches. The plant spreads by seed and by creeping root stocks which are found four to twelve inches below the surfaCe, Shoots emerge from the root stocks, those emerging from April to July will flower the same year. After bloom- ing the shoots die back to the roots, but the roots keep growing (as much as 25, feet in one year) and send up shoots every two or three feet. Feeding roots have been trac-- ed twenty feet down into the ground: Since the plant stores food for rapid growth -in the root stocks, frequent mowing. of the shoots above ground will starve and weak- en the rhizomes, Cultivation in the early season interferes with the normal production of above ground sections of the plant but it may alto spread pieces of the root stock throughout the field. Even a half- inch piece may send up a new plant, Cultivation plus a smother crop will keep Canada thistle under control, as will mowing a hayfield two or three times a year. Chemical herbicides may he used for more 'effective control. Sodium chlorate at 4 lbs. per square .rod applied at the rosette stage in 'spring or in late .fall. will sterilize the soil and clean up small patches before they get a chance to spread. Spraying With 2,4-D at the rate of 1 lb. of acid equivalent per acre will kill the tops and some of the: roots. • While most of the people of the nrovinee are just beginning to basic in the warmth of summer, one en- ergetic group of Ontario citizens* is already preparing for the brisk days of autumn. They are the various vemnfittees, both local and provincial, Who are charged with the duty of prepar;• ing for the 43rd International Plowing Match to be held lin, Ontario County from October 9 to 12. During the past few weeks the various local committees, as•well „as the various. committees of, the on- tario Plowmen's Association, under whose auspices :the match is 'held, have been busy laying the groUnd- work for -the big show, ' Some idea of the gigantic task facing them &len be, - gleaned frrm. the fact that seine 200 tractors of various makes have to he .arranged. be j)arroviide:d. ., Accommodation has to for hundreds of centestants to; SaY nothing of the: thousands of ',visitors that annually take in the inter- national. For the four-day patch:virtually an entire city must he erected and serviced. This entails the provision of sanitary services and an ade- quate supply of pure water, elec- tricity, telephones, restaurants and many acres of parking space, In WHEAT BOARD SAYS GRAIN SHORTAfiE IS UNINTENTIONAL _ Leek of transportation, bad win, ter weather, and other causes of a like nature were listed by George MCIvor, chairman of the Canadian Wheat Board, as being the only reasons why shortages in oats:, bar- ley and feed wheat have occurred at the Lakehead. The Wheat Board chairman. said that it was the poliCY of the board to keep'Adequate supplies of these grains at the Lakehead. He denied that the board attempts to use orders. for shipments from prairie country ' elevators in such a way as to influence the market, and pointed out that all shortages oc- curring at the Lairebead were quite unintentional. . These 'comments by George Mc- Ivor were ,made at a meeting of the Canadian Federation of Agri- culture Feed Grain Committee held recently in Ottawa. The commit- tee had been formed as a result of complaints by eastern• farmers that the Wheat Board had not kept ade- quate supplies of feed grain at the Lakehead; that an unfair disparity between- cash and future prices on coarse, grains made it risky to buy grain and hold it as unsold stocks in Eastern Ontario; and, that bet- ter. terms were being offered do- mestic purchasers. • Following its , meeting with the Wheat Board- chairman, the; com- initeee •• passed reSol:utionsc'nrgirid the.bOardyto see that the dchnestic hiiyer he 'given equal opportunity with foreign buyers' to purchaSe feed grains, and that the board so shape its policies that eastern grain purchasers have a minimum of dif- ficulty in securing coarse grains. addition acres of tents and exhi- bit space Must be provided. Of great impertance in certain sections of the province, contour plowing will again be included in this year's competition. This class was eliminated at last year's match at Leamington where it was im- possible to find a suitable location adjacent to the match, • • • In addition, more than' usual in- terest is being evinced in the County Farmstead Improvement competition. M6ny,. Ontario County farmers, having Started,th iniprove their lands 'and buildings with an eye to the generous prizes allotted in this saction.'„ • On the local level the Ontario County Committee is.spa'ring no ef- fort to provide ' ;county '..exhibit worthy of :the iniportara part 'On- 'tario County playSpin, Ontario's ag- ricultural scene, • . , „ . F, A, Lashley, secretary-inanager of the Ontaric —plow'men's:Associ- ation, statecr:that ,Prize list. covering some '40"Classet would be available within a few days Copies of the list may he secured by writ- ing Mr, Lashley, care of the On- tario Department •of Agriculture, Toronto. "Even at this early date there has been a large number •of an- plicationt for exhibit space at the match," said Mr. Lashley. "It would appear that even more ex- hibitors than in previous years will take advantage of the International to display their products. I am con- findent that this year will be a banner one in -the history of the Association for all committees are. working, hard at preparing, for the best International yet," Department Urges Plant Breeders to Continue Search _ Many home gardeners develop their ,own vegetable'strains by saw- ing seed froni produce that has attractive characteristics. In some cases such strains are superior to firms, offered for sale . by seed Unfortunately f e w vegetable strains selected by home garden- ers are available for distributiOn to . the general public: They are usually passed from one :genera- tion to the next' and cgiite fre- quently the material is eventual- ly lost, Occasionally however, the gardener may be an amateur plant breeder and if so will prob- ably send his selection to the nearest' experimental farm or university for evaluation by. pro- fessional plant breeders. . This Action is commendable and has resulted in the' development of new ;strains of established vari• - eties. kW eXample, the Prairie nipslcmelon .ihs seleeted• by a gardener near. Goocliands, Mani- toba, and is now being developed at the Morden Experimental Farm. Another ,example is the Nan-Acid Earliana tomato,' select- Wheat Association Urges. iFarmers to Delay Marketing Ontario wheat •producers are be- in urged to • .refrain from early marketing of their 1956 crop, Following' a meeting last week in Toronto of 'the Ontario Wheat Growers' Association, Edgar Mar, tin, president, said that the 'Wheat Association 'through Its county or- ganizations, will be advising wheat producers across Ontario to with- hold as much as, possible from marketing their 1956 crop • during the harvest-time market glut. Mr„ Martin said . that on the bas- is of reports presented' ;at the meeting today' in Toronto, it ap- pears that the 1956 wheat crop will be below last year's 20,000,000 bush- els, Late seeding, excessive rain, and over-quick ripening were ma- jor factors in cutting down'., the current -crop. "The fact that there is no carry- over from ,last year's wheat' crop," Mn, Martin said, "coupled with a smaller wheat crop ,this year and light crops in other grains, a is very apparent' that there will be a good Market :for our 1956 wheat. Farmers. therefore-should riot rush onto the m'arket at harvest time and unfairly • push down priceS. If. producers throughout. Ontario hold onfo r their crop On' the farm, or put it into Storage, there should be , highly satisfactory prices for wheat throughout the 1956•57 mar- ket season." „ Mr. Martin saj,d that last year' farmers were urged to hold back' their wheat marketings, with the result that only about 20 per' cent of the 1955 crop v‘:i-as sold, during harvesting season, "That this ac.; tiqn helped prices," Mr. Martin said, was-. Oidenced . by the 25 cent per bushel rise in wheat over a three-week period in the midst of harvesting." For those farmers who feel that they must sell their crop in order to get cash; Mr. Martin advised that they put it in storage and -se- cure advances from elevator opera- tors.' • ed by Mrs. F. Young of Morden, Manitoba, some years ago, This. selection was used by a seed firm until further improved varieties were -developed. - Canada Department of Agricul= ture experts advise amateur plant breeders 'to -continue the search tor improved vegetable plants. Seed samples of selections obtain- ed should be submitted to ex- perimental -institutions where testing is done. In this way prog- ress in vegetable breeding may be accelerated and more productive strains and varieties will be made available for home use, or com- mercial • market, Two Women who had once been neighbors met on the street after not having seen each other for several' years. "My," said one, would hardly have known you— you look so much older!" 'I wouldn't have recognized you either," said the other, "except for your hat and dress." "Mina Ontario ratinerette," Je.an Peterson, 21, of Hornhy, Orit, fidis a farewell WaVb for 120 Ontario farriers off on the annual Goodwill Crop Tour to the IV/with-nes, Sporting /earn; 'straw hat on the frost of the Canadian National Railways .special train is titginner deep Marna, of Arnellasburg, Ont. Below are L. C. Roy, CN,R.., qgriCid- tural agent who arranged the two-week tour and William Wallace, of South 'Woodside, president of the OAtiCeie Stiltand Crop 4,§Pdc1411k41ilhe.fenr,SPOneqraii.•004ro og, tiRiott tviimo 4,1;$4!* Nit . ..ggegWeoggliggo Your local dealer will be glad to give you full particulars: MASSEY-HARRIS- FERGUSON LIMITED .0. Makers of High Quality Farm Implements Since 1847 4Irtt 1.5,