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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1964-07-02, Page 10Page 2 - Wingham Advance -Times, Thursday, July 2, 1964 HYDRO EMPLOYEES of the Wingham Rural Hydro office were presented with an award for having 1000 days without a lost time accident. Looking at the plaque are Matt Boyd, Mrs. John Higgins and manager Harry McArthur.—A-T Photo. Look for New Ways of Fertilizing Corn nue to the time and , or . in- volved, planter application of fertilizer will become: itucreas- ingly Unpopular with Ontario corn growers according to Dr. Pasturing Sows Can Save Labor The: labor requirements in :seeping swine can he reduced zonsiderably when bred sows are put out to pasture. This al- lows a farmer the time needed to concentrate on other areas of the farming enterprise during husv summer months. Exercise keeps breedingstoc,< in a thrifty condition with Less maintenance and a slight sav- ing in feed cost can result on good pastures. Pasture con- taining a high percentage of legumes is a safeguard against possible nutrient deficiencies says J. G. Norrish, Animal Hus- bandry Department, Ontario Ag- ricultural College, Guelph. A pig is not a ruminant ani- mal and cannot ma,<e the same use of a pasture that a cow can so a regular balance rationmust be fed to complement the pas- ture feeding program. This ra- tion should be fed at a rate of 406 pounds per head per clay. A constant supply of fresh water is essential and some form of shade is also important says Mr. Norrish. As young sows have a tendency to sun- burn which can cause breeding problems, a coating of ordin- ary petroleum grease should be applied to the bac.<s of the younger pigs. Because rooting can be a problem pigs should be ringed before going to pasture. Fifteen to twenty sows can be run to the acre. T. I , Bates, Soil Science De - parrrn nt, C..1. C. , Guelph,ite cause of this, the Soils Depart- ment is testing other methods of applicatzuns. "Bro.dcastirig fertilizer and mixing it into the surface soil during seedbed preparation has long been considered a rather inefficient method of applica- tion," says Dr. Bates. Results of 1068 trials indicated how in- efficient this method could be in a dry year, Both phosphate and potash when broadcast and deed in produced poor results compared with the band appli- cation at planting time, 11 in- ches to the side and i? inches below the seed. Also a plow down of the broadcast fertilizer proved to be much more effi- cient than the disced in phos- phate and potash. until further information is available it is considered that the plow down application of potash is satisfactory. Plow down application or sub -surface injection (as with anhydrous ammonia) of most of the nitro- gen will also produce good re- sults. Some of the nitrogen ap- plied with the planter may in- crease the efficiency of planter applied phosphate and also pro- mote early growth during cool damp weather, says Dr. Bates, A warning is issued against applying fertilizer with the corn seed. Rates as low as 50 Ihs. per acre of dry fertilizer in the row e•. ith the seed can cause serious damage to germinating corn. Further information on fertil' izer for corn can be obtained from county offices of the On- tario Department of Agriculture. Lightweight Materials Good in Farm Barns The need for strong, light- weight, relatively inexpensive building materials has been an- swered over the years, One of the latest results of research in this field is the development of plywood web beams. A farmer aware of the advantages of web beam construction may put it to good use in farm buildings says Professor F. H. Theakston, En- gineering Science Department, Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, Plywood heatns may be constructed in a variety of types to suit particular needs but basically the beam consists of a top and bottom flange sep- crated by several stiffeners or ribs covered with webs or sheets of plywood. The beam Is similar to a ladder covered with plywood. The flanges absorb the compressive and tensile forces while the ply- wood webs transfer the shear forces created by the Load, The stiffeners assist in distributing concentrated loads and reduce buckling, The beams are light, easy to fabricate, economical, easy to erect and attach other mater- ials to. Shallow webs can bridge widths up to 50 feet while the deeper beams can co- ver up to a 100 -foot span, Smut in Winfer Wheat Two new forms of loose smut found in Ontario could in- fect winter wheat varieties commonly grown in the pro- vince. However, yields are not likely to be reduced much for a few years unless the disease spreads quickly through areas where a great deal of winter wheat is grown, says F. Gfeller of CDA's Genetics and Plant Breeding Institute. Plant breeders have al- ready found a source of resist- ance to the new races of loose smut and are using it to devel- op new varieties. These are expected to be introduced within a few years. In the meantime the hot water treatment applied to seed Cream, Eggs and Milk Pickup OR DELIVER TO BLUEVALE CREAMERY Phones: WINGHAM 357-1639; Wroxeter 15.11 D. A. ROBERTSON. rrb fit. attl'il Omit (ANGLICAN) Rey. C. F. Johnson, L.Th. Rector Mrs, Gordon Davidson - Organist SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY — JULY 5 11:00 a.m.-- Holy Communion. gives effective control of this seed -borne disease The eas- iest way to ensure disease-free seed is to grow seed stock in a plot a few hundred yards away from the main crop. The wind distributes spores from a smutty spike to others in flower but does not carry them very far. Mr. Gfeller recalls that about 20 years ago smut caused yield losses estimated at $1, 000- 000 per annum. Cornell 595, a resistant variety, was intro- duced in 1946 and was widely grown in 1952 when the higher yielding and equally resistant variety Genesse was introduced. More recently Kent and Talbot varieties were introduced. Ex- tensive inoculation tests have shown that Genesse and Talbot are susceptible to both new forms of loose smut and Kent to one of theist, Insurance Guide Offered Farmers Farmers face more risks than most other occupational groups in Canada. Not only do they face the hazards common to the city dweller and worker - fire, ac- cident, sickness and death - but their livelihoods can he jeopardized by drought, wind, hail, floods, frost and by out- breaks of insects and plant diseases. In a new Canada Depart- ment of Agriculture publica- tion, S. W. 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This weed comes in for a lot of attention because it spreads quite efficiently by seed, and once established, maintains itself as a perennial with a deep underground root system. Thistle seed is carried by the wind with the aid of a downy plume in much the same fashion as the common dande- lion seed, According to the Soils and Crops Branch, Ontar- io Department of Agriculture, the seeds can also be found in poorly cleaned forage seed and may actually be planted along with forage seeds. Once estab- lished, the thistle plant spreads an underground creeping root system in all directions, from which new plants arise at inter- vals. Unfortunately, these roots are usually 8 to 15 inches below the soil surface where a plow cannot reach them. Re- serve food stored in these roots gets the thistles off to a fast vigorous start in early spring and produces a plant two to four feet tall which competes very well with our crop plants. The above ground growth of the thistle can be killed fairly easily with good cultural meth- ods and through the use of chemical weed sprays. How- ever, the root system is un- harmed and new top growth soon appears from this source. Repeated kills of the top are necessary until the underground roots literally die of starvation when food reserves are exhaust- ed. Cleaning out thistles is no one-shot operation. In grain crops and corn, the cheapest chemical control can be obtained using 6 to 8 ounces of 2, 4-D amine acid per acre. This should be applied in 5 to 10 gallons of water when these crops are 6 to 8 ,inch. in height. Should the grairi is `� `seeded down to a hay mixture, the chemical 2, 4-D13 can be used without harming the grain or seedlings. It should be applied at the rate of W to 24 ounces of acid per acre in 15 to 20 gal- lons of water. 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