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Blanche Needham obviously put a considerable amomit of :thought and effort into this
intriguing, first place "Carousel" entry, .at the .Lucknow Horticultural Society's flower
show, ,held in the, Luclmow Legion last Wednesday. The theme of this summer show
was "A Salute :o the Movies". fPat Livingston -photo)
Mrs. Hetty Armstrong and her sister,
Mrs. Nellie Brock of Londesboro, spent
a few ,days laSt week In Roseville,
Michigan.
Attending the Gillespie picnic at
Goderich on Sunday were Agnes Pot-
tier, Gertie Durnin and 'Mr. and Mrs.
:Elroy Laidlaw. In the evening they
visited with Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Dueharme.
'Mr. and Mrs. Paul Laidlaw of Dor-
chester visited with Mr. and Mrs. Elroy
Laidlaw and Mr. and Mrs. W. Elliott on
the weekend. •Michelle and Jason return-
ed home with them.
Many farmers have added cereals to
their crop rotations to help reduce the
erosion problems from continuous row
crops. After the grain is harvested,
however, the ground is Often left bare
until next spring. This is an ideal oppor-
tunity to plant .a cover or green manure
crop, and reap some of the many
benefits.
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Rev. Rod Lamb of Paisley was a
caller last week with W. and Mrs. Don
Ross.
Mr. and Mrs. Elroy Laidlaw attended
the wedding reception at the Teeswater
community •centre on Sat. evening of
Leanne Young of Wingharn and 'Neil
I3utt of Vancouver.
Maintaining a cover crop over winter
greatly reduces erosion by wind and
water. Most of you will remember last
winter when we had more brown
snowbanks than white. A rover crop
also increases soil organic matter which
will improve soil structure and tilth,
and increase the moisture -holding
capacity of the soil. A vigorous .cover
crop will reduce weed growth 'through
coinpetition for light and moisture.
Legumes can provide nitrogen for the
subsequent crop and mon legumes will
:capture residual nutrients which would
have •otherwise leached into the
groundwater.
Several species are suitable for cover
crops, depending on your individual
situation. MI ideal cover crop will
establish quickly in existing soil condi-
tions and produce abundant top grovd.h.
It will -not be a host for diseases and
pests of :the crop to follow and it will be
easily killed so it doesn't become a
weed .in subsequent crops. It should also
be -relatively inexpensive and not re-
quire extensive extra fertilizer.
Cover crops ran be establiShed as
easily as :by discing a field to .encourage
•germination of volunteer cereals or it
could have been planted last spring by
broadcasting red clover into wheat or
barley. 'Many cover crops, sueh as fall
rye or oilseed radish, are planted into
crop 'residue in late summer or early
fall -to allow top growth 'before winter.
Ay system can -work as long as it is
adapted to the -conditions -on your farm.
azardous
O1 otres
Mountain bikes equipped with -can-
tilever brakes are potentially hazardous,
the Product Safety 'Branch of Consumer
and Corporate 'Affairs Canada today
warned consumers.
Cantilever brakes are a new system
of 'brakes *kunst on most mountain bikes
in which .each of two cables, one on
either site of the lire, ;activates a -brake
Tad through an Arm connected to the
fork of the bike. The two cables join in-
to one 'main "cable above the tire.
'Together the cables form an inverted
7" above the tire. The rider activates
the 'Main table through a brake lever
located ;on the handlebars.
The danger ccurs if the 'two cables
operating the front brakes shake low
from the -main -cable anti catch tile
knobby 'tires used on -these bikes. This
could -result in the bike stopping sodden-
ly and its rider -being hurled -over ,the
handlebars, risking eetiellS 4)47.
-Racing Ivikes, on the other -hand, are
-,041#44)%1 ..brakes. The
'hazard 430,sooiateS1 with cantilever
Jbrakes .099,9 not .exist With tbe..Se
A tailgre :of the Angle vertica1 ce
which activates the ,Sitlep011 brake pad
calipers will -not jam -the wheel.
,Some'1..4axiadian bkeyele ;manufac-
turers, in vonsgitation withConsumer
-and corporate Affairs -Canada, have
agreed v01144AtilY 19 440 :0 SPOCial
'restraining ;device to tbe front Of moun-
tain bike frames.