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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1963-06-06, Page 18if• Page 1.0 -- Wingham Advance- Times, Thursday, June 6, 1963 The June Session of Huron County Council will com- mence on MONDAY, JUNE 10, 1963, at 10:00 a.m., D.S.T. Any documents or notice of deputations must be in the hands of the Clerk no later than 12:00 noon, Friday, June 7t.h, 1963. JOHN G. BERRY, Clerk -Treasurer, County of Huron, Court House, Goderieh, Ontario. Note to newlyweds: as surely as love and marriage go together, need for family security follows immediately. Don't delay calling us. We can check your needs promptly and arrange a sound plan of insurance within your budget ... to assure you of realistic protection against the possi- bilities of financial loss. W. B. CONRON, CLU Insurance Agency S. A. SCOTT, Salesman JOHN STREET Dial 357-2636. Wingham SEE 4411114 YOU AT THE WINGHAM TRADE FAIR TODAY TOMORROW SATURDAY OUR BOOTH DISPLAY WILL SURELY INTEREST YOU BELGRAVE CO - OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION BELGRAVE WINGHAM DIAL 357-2711 BRUSSELS PH. 388 W 10 TRANSPLANTING A common error in garden- ing is to assume that transplant- ing is an operation which does the plant good, apart from such considerations as allowing the individual plant more room, etc. This impression is com- mon, even among old, experi- enced gardeners. There is no benefit in trans- planting: the act is actually a setback for the seedling, which has its roots cut short and pro- cesses of food and water move- ment in the plant curtailed. Some seedlings cannot toler- ate the shock of transplanting, and must be sown where they are to grow. Or nowadays we can plant them in the peat -and - fiber pots, which are planted along with the seedling and need not be removed. Some plants which are best seeded direct, include zinnias. These have a long tap root which is injured in transplant- ing. While the seedlings usually survive, the operation does them considerable harm. Equally delicate, but for another reason, are the roots of the vine crops such as cu- cumbers, melons and squashes. In the past, if these were start- ed indoors at all, they were seeded into upside down buts of sod into which the roots grew. When transplanting time came, the entire clump of sod was planted. Today, the larger peat - fiber pots, usually the four inch size, are used for starting vine crops indoors. There is actual- ly very little to be gained by this method: seeds sown out of doors later in spring usually catch up to and pass those started indoors. All this means that the gar- dener who failed to start cer- tain crops indoors need not give them up until another year. Often seeds sown direct- ly in the open, when weather conditions are favorable, will equal and often surpass those started from seed indoors and transplanted. By the time the latter seedlings recover, the direct -seeded specimens have passed them and are often in full bloom. One advantage to direct - seeded annuals and vegetables is that they do not seem to suf- fer as much from disease and insect attacks because they are not weakened and so laid open to attack. WANT TO BUY SOME CRAB GRASS SEED? You may find this hard to believe, but it's actually poss- ible to buy crab grass seed. In fact this is a vintage and bar- gain year as far as the seed of this obnoxious lawn pest is con- cerned, and you can buy it for $2,00 per pound. I've seen the time when you had to pay as much as $5.00 a pound for use in herbicide tests. This high price may come as a shock to many a home owner, who claims the grass seed he sowed was practically all crab grass. Over the years I've had many calls from irate home gardeners who say they're pre- pared to prove this statement — that they sowed nothing but what was in the package and nothing but crab grass came up. Despite this seemingly perfect proof, the chances are a million to one he didn't get a single crab grass seed. Even if he bought the cheapest seed containing little other than rye grass, timothy and chaff, I could swear he didn't get any crab grass. The reason why I'm cer- tain crab grass seed cannot he found in commercial mixtures is one of simple mechanics. First: blue grasses, fescues and bent grasses, which are the in- gredients of any grass seed mix- ture, mature their seeds in late June and are picked or stripped mechanically not later than July 10th. In the seed produc- ing areas, crab grass has barely begun to grow and spread by then and never sets seed that early. The interval between the two crops makes contamin- ation virtually impossible. Furthermore, even if the two did mature seed together, a difference in height prevents the picker (which works 30 to 36 " above the surface) from picking up seed from crab grass plants that mature at about 6" high. A third factor is that crab grass matures only a few seeds at a time, not all at once, one reason it is costly to harvest. If crab grass doesn't come in grass seed mixtures, where does it come from? The most pro- bable source is right out of the soil disturbed in making the lawn. Crab grass is perhaps the most persistent weed seed we know, surviving when buried for as long as half a century. Because it needs sunlight to germinate, merely disturbing the covering over it will stimtr late it into growth. Another source is that load of "good black dirt" everyone insists upon buying when mak- ing a lawn$ In spite of the claims that it is "weed free" and that it came ofit of a rich truck farm, more likely it was stripped from a worn out field that had been allowed to run to weed for years. What happened to the victim of the black dirt vendor was that his good grass seed, far more delicate and demanding than crab grass, may have be- gun to sprout, but because of fungus diseases in the contamin- ated soil, or because the owner failed to keep the seed moist after it began to germinate, the good grass seed died. The tremendously aggressive crab grass survived, thus giving the illusion it came out of the com- mercial package. HOW TO WATER THE GARDEN I never remember a year when so many of the older, re- commended garden practices have been proven wrong by our scientists. One of the com- monest bits of advice that I have passed along to home gar- deners in the past 15 years is to give the lawn or garden a good soaking once every week or ten days. The theory behind this advice was that deep watering is supposed to be better for plants because it does not stim- ulate root production close to the surface. Scientists at the Horticulture Department of Cornell Univer- sity say that this theory is all wrong. They've been studying how and where plants absorb water for some time and have come up with some revolution- ary ideas. In these studies they examined plants which had root systems at different depths, some as deep as ten feet, while others barely went down a foot. No matter the type of plant they found the pattern was the same. They divided the roots into four zones and discovered that the upper 25% of the roots absorbed 40% of the total water used by the plants, this isexact- ly opposite to our present theories. The next 25% took up an additional 30% of the water which left only 30% for the two deepest root zones. Just as significant was the fact that they found that the roots were not "drawn" by mois- ture in any particular zone, but developed where the amount of moisture was adequate. To get moisture down to the least effective part of the sys- tem, the lower 25%, took many times as much water as did supplying the upper 50%, The conclusion we can draw is that frequent, fairly shallow water- ing will do more good than heavy watering at less frequent intervals. Don't get the idea, though, that it should be light. The kind of superficial sprinkl- ing that is so popular with city dwellers, who use the hose more to cool off hot concrete walks than to really water the lawn, is still a bad practice which should be avoided. Keeping these new findings in mind, how should watering News of Wroxeter Mr. and Mrs. Chas. McKay, Danny and Billy spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. George Mc- Kay, Grey Twp. Mr, and Mrs. Ted Smith were in Strathroy for the week- end with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Smith. ' Mr. and Mrs, Wm. Fisher and daughter of St. Marys were Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs, Jas, Doig. Mr. and Mrs, Fraser Haugh and Eileen visited Mr. and Mrs, John Adair, Holstein, on Sun- day. Miss Evelyn Jewell of Ham- ilton was a week -end guest of Mr. and Mrs, Laurie VanVelsor. We are pleased to see Mr. and Mrs. Walter Davisson back to the village, after spending several months in Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Boyne Sage and family, 3rd. Line Wallace, accompanied by Mr, Henry Pupils Present Music Program WROXETER—The piano pu- pils of Mrs, Art Gibson present- ed a program of music in the United Church Sunday school on Thursday evening. Those tak- ing part were Debbie Townsend, Glenis Gibson, Lorna Ferguson, Rickey Clarke, Garry Chambers Doug Ferguson, Margaret Wright, Connie Clarke, Brenda Town- send, Jean Adams, Barb Fergus- on, Jean Newton, Louise Edgar and Carol Coupland, Anne Gibson and Leone Chambers, former pupils, were guests and contributed to the program. A social half hour was enjoyed by all. George Gibson moved a note of thanks to Mrs. Gibson and her pupils. be carried out, From all I've been able to gather, the run- ning of the sprinkler over a given area for about twenty minutes a day during hot wea- ther, three or four times a week would be ideal. On sandy soils, even more, water may be seeded. In the case of trees rnd shrubs, although the roots may go down many feet, it's the upper one fourth of these roots which are the ones that absorb most of the water. Thus, keeping the upper two or three feet moist under a large shade tree will supply it with more water than deeper watering. This does not mean that the soil should be saturated so that all air is driven out. Three or four light waterings a week will mean that the spaces between the particles of soil will not be filled with water, but sufficient water will be retained on the particles themselves and in the organic matter of the soil, to supply the needs of the plants adequately. PONTIAC Sage of Listowel, spent Sunday at the home of Mr. Ross To - man. Miss Gertrude Bush and Mrs. W. Weir visited Miss Maude Higgins, Gorrie, one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. Richard In- gram were in Stratford on Sun- day, where they visited Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Ingram and family. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Allen, London, accompanied by Mr. Jas. Allen spent the week -end at the summer home of Mr, and Mrs. Robt. Montgomery in the village. Mr. Allan Sr, will remain for the summer months. Mrs. Lloyd Jacques, Orange Hill and Mr, W. H. Dane, Gorrie, spent Sunday evening with Mrs. W. Weir and Miss Gertrude Bush. Messrs. Rickey and Keith, and Misses Colleen, Susan and Judy White of Brussels, spent the week -end with their grand- mother, Mrs. Sam Ovington. Sunday guests with Mr. and Mrs. Ross Coates were Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lucas of Listowel. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cobb, Hanover, called on Mr. and Mrs. Chas. McKay on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Blair Sharp, Donnybrook Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Holme$ Mrs. Agnes Coulter and Mr. Clarence Doerr all of Milver- ton, visited Tuesday with their cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jefferson, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Mc- Laughlin of Detroit visited over the week -end with Mr. and Mrs. Sam Thompson and family, and other relatives. Mrs. Wesley Jefferson, Deb- bie, Brian, Gerald and Doreen spent Friday with her grand- parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willows Mountain of Londesboro. The U. C. W. of Donnybrook United Church received an in- vitation to attend a special meeting at Westfield the eve- ning of June 12th. Mrs. G. W, Tiffin, of Wingham, is to be the guest speaker. On Friday No. 3 West Wawa - nosh school children, accom- panied by their parents, went on a bus trip to Goderich. They visited the museum, salt mine, airport and Bissetts Dairy, where they saw them making ice cream, then all enjoyed a pic- nic lunch in Harbor Park, Quite a few from Donny- brook United Church attended the anniversary services at Au- burn on Sunday. Rev. R. S. Hiltz of Exeter, formerly of the Auburn charge, was guest minister. Mr. and Mrs. Angus Mc- Donald and family of St. Helens visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Chamney and family. John, Tommy, Davey and San- dra of Sarnia were week -end guests of Mrs. Sharp's father, Mr. John Hupfet. Mr, and Mrs. Walter Eaton, Misses Aileen and Brenda of Seaforth spent Sunday with Mrs, Alonzo Spading. Mr. and Mrs. George Adam' and family visited Mr. and Mrs. Don Leader of Lucknow, His wife awoke in the small hours to hear him steadily mow ing things about in the kitchen. "What might ye be lookin' for darlin'?" she asked. "Nothing, just nothing." "Oh!" said his wife hel( f fully. 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