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TALK ABOUT CROPS - Clandeboye area farmer Gerold Lynn, Jim O'Toole of Centrolio
College and Huron assistant Ag. Rep. John Heard talk about the recent wet weather durino
Wednesdays corn rootworm clinic in Middlesex and Huron sponsored by CNonomid
Conodo Stoff photo
Tour area farms
Seek out root worms
The second annual
Cyanamid Canada corn
rootworm clinic and tour
was held in the Exeter area
Wednesday with a visit to
farms in Huron, Perth and
Middlesex counties.
The three stops on the bus
tour which began from
headquarters at the Exeter
Golf and Country Club were
at the Gardiner Brothers in
Hibbert, the Sereda Farms
in, Usborne township of
Huron and atJackHodgson's
farm RR 2, Ailsa Craig in
Middlesex county.
Heading the tour were
Howard McKendry and Tim
Trinier of Cyanamid and Pat
Lynch, soil and crops
specialist with the Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture and
Food at Stratford.
McKendry who is
Cyanamid sales manager for
Ontario and the Maritimes
said the purpose of the tour
was to let dealers see
demonstration plots which
were treated and others
untreated, what to look for in
damage and to identify the
problem.
McKendry continued:'One
of the problems with root -
worm is that it does its dirty
work underground and more
often than not there are no
above ground symptoms
such as goosenecking or
lodging."
The Cyanamid official
explained the root rating
system by saying, "A rating
of two or more means you
should have treated for
rootworm."
A root 1 is healthy with
little or no feeding and is no
problem.
Root 2 is described as
feeding on main and brace
roots slight, feeding scars on
other roots may be more
numerous, but no evidence of
egtire roots pruned.
Moderate feeding
damage and several feeding
scars with some roots
pruned severely is a Root 3,
Root 4 is heavy root pruning
with one entire root
system eaten to within one
inch of the base of the stalk
and Root 5 is severe root
pruning and two or three
entire root systems left as
root stubs.
There are nowtwo species
of corn rootworms that
damage corn in Ontario. The
northern corn rootworm
beetle has a distinctive light
green colour, is about one-
quarter inch in length is
present across Southwestern
Ontario and is the only
species east of Toronto.
The deep yellow striped
Western corn rootworm is
slightly larger in size and is
predominant in the south-
western counties of Kent and
Essex.
It should be noted that the
population of these insects is
not distributed uniformly.
Rather, it varies con-
siderably front field to field
within any given area as well
as from one year to the next.
Reasons for this variation
are not totally understood,
but it has been observeo trial
practically no rootworm
problems occur on the more
sandy soils.
The adult beetles are
attracted to feed on the silks
of certain preferred hybrids
thus laying eggs in those
fields and that deep rooted,
study stalked hybrids
seldom sustain economic
loss.
McKendry said the adult
corn rootworm lay eggs at
the base of the corn plant,
they winter as an egg and
hatch in the spring. We try to
hit the larvae stage with
granular soil insecticide at
the time'of planting.
He added, the corn root -
worm first hit southwestern
Ontario in 1966-67 and has
become a real. economic
concern to growers in the
last couple of years.
Pat Lynch said treatment
for corn rootworm is not
necessary the first year a
field is planted in corn, but,
should be done for the second
year.
The soils and crop
specialist went on to say,"
We spend more to control
corn rootworm than on any
other insect. The annual
cost would likely be close to
10 million dollars."
This year there are about
2.8 million acres planted in
corn in Ontario and about
900,000 acres are treated for
corn rootworm.
A moderate infestation of
corn rootworm can cut yields
by as much as 10 bushels per
acre.
Lynch said the corn borer
was not a problem this year.
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Huron farm and home news
Avoid lunch bag syndrome; learn beef programs
September is here and it is
back to school for all the
kids. I'm sure many of you
will be posing the common
question, "What will I make
for lunches?" Avoid the
famous "lunch bag" let-
down syndrome by
preparing and including a
variety of nutritious, in-
teresting food items in your
family's lunch boxes.
Canada's Food Guide
should be considered
whenever any meal is
planned. Rememberthatfoods
from each of the 4 Food
Groups should be included;
1- Meat and Alternatives e.g.
meat, poultry, fish, cheese,
eggs and peanut butter; 2 -
Bread and cereals e.g.
bread, muffins; 3- Fruit and
Vegetables e.g. juices, raw
fruits and vegetables and 4 -
Milk and Milk Products e.g.
milk, cheese, yogurt •and
milk puddings.
Sandwiches tend to be the
traditional item prepared for
packed lunches. Protein
fillings such as ham,
beef,pork, chicken, fish,
cheese, peanut butter and
eggs are frequently chosen.
To give the sandwich tex-
ture, add something crispy
or crunchy to the filling- the
choice is endless; lettuce,
pickles, alfalfa sprouts,
green pepper, shredded
carrots, cucumber, apple
slices, dried fruit or nuts.
Just by changing the type
of bread, you can alter the
image of the "ordinary
sandwich"! Choose from
rye, cracked or whole wheat
bread, crusty kaiser or
submarine rolls, hamburger
or hot dog buns, bagels,
crackers or pita bread- an
unleavened bread that has a
pocket to hold the filling,
Preparing sandwiches the
night before can ease the
early morning mad rush.
Most can be made the night
before with the exception of
those containing lettuce and
tomatoes. Sandwiches can
also be prepared in quantity
and frozen for future use.
Meat, .poultry, fish and
cheese freeze well while
some fillings are unsuitable
because of flavour or texture
changes that occur upon
thawing.
Those unsuitable include;
egg, tomato which soakes
into the bread upon thawing
and luncheon neats which
become overly salty. Salad
dressings tend to serparate
upon freezing. but this does
not seem to create a problem
in sandwiches.
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Sandwiches prepared for
freezing should be placed in
air tight freezer bags or
containers and should be
labelled with contents and
date listed. Sandwiches can
be successfully frozen for up
to 6 weeks.
Frozen sliced bread, rolls
are ideal.for'making sand-
wiches. It will thaw and
ensure a fresh and cool
product for lunch.
Fresh, raw vegetables
should also be packed with
school lunch. Varying the
way' the vegetables are
prepared and cut can add a
little interest to the packed
lunch. Examples are; celery
sticks, carrot curls, zucchini
slices, turnip wedges, radish
roses or cauliflowerettes.
Muffins, oatmeal cookies,
yogurt and milk puddings
are good nutritious choices
for desserts. Fresh Fruits;
crisp apples, juicy oranges,
bananas, peaches and pears
are great to complete the
lunch. When shopping, select
fruits which are in season.
If a beverage is to be in-
cluded in your family's
packed lunch, choose milk or
unsweetened fruit or
vegetable juices. Many
schools have milk available
for purchase.
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CO-OP CORN TOUR -- A number of corn plots in South Huron were on the itinerary of c,
United Co -Operatives of Ontario tour Wednesday. Shown in an Exeter oreo field are c,
UCO corn breeder Dr. Romsis Gigis of Chatham, John Bennett of the. Exeter District Co Op
and Don Wilkinson, UCO seed corn marketing manager. Stuff photo
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Animals are so pathetic
when they are sick.
Babies in arms are even
more so but an ill animal is
almost as bad. Children old
enough to communicate can
at least tell you where they
hurt. They can indicate in
many ways even when they
are not old enough to talk.
But animals can not.
I went out Sunday morning
to feedour horses. As usual,
they came rushing into the
old shack that we call a
barn. nickering a welcome. I
have always enjoyed the
odor of fresh straw and yes,
even fresh horse manure. I
like the smell of rolled oats
and horse sweat and good
leather.
It was riot a lovely,
summer morning. It was
foggy and drizzling rain.
The mare dove into her
oats and the colt nuzzled
happily beside her. Sudden-
ly. the mare started pawing
the ground with her back
feet. She stopped eating long
enough to gnaw at her front
foot. trying to reach behind
the fetlock joint with her
teeth.
I thought. perhaps. it was
a pesky horsefly or a botfly,
even a wasp.
She finished her oats and
headed back through the cor-
ral into the pasture. Sudden-
ly. she stopped again and
started pawing the ground
with her back feet until the
mud flew. She rocked back
and forth.
Oh. oh. My first thought
was founder. A foundered
horse can rarely be cured.
It's an inflamation of the
hoof and joints that can be
extremely painful. I caught
up to her and lifted a foot off
the ground. No heat. A hot
joint on a horse means trou-
ble. It was cool. So were all
the rest of them.
She couldn't wait to get to
the grass alter being cooped
up in the corral all flight.
Before letting her go, 1
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listened with my head to her
intestines just in front of her
hips. She did not sound like
she had colic and a horse
with colic will rarely eat.
Next move: call the vet.
He was baffled, too. He
thought perhaps it could be
some new kind of bug
bothering her. brought on by
the crazy weather, the heat
and the ram.
We also gave her a shot,
just in case it was a touch of
colic. He prescribed a
special hath with three
tablespoons of potent skin
antispetic in two gallons of
water
She got a rub down im-
mediately and seemed fine.
We kept an eye on her all
day. Monday morning, she
seemed fine but Monday
evening she was back at it
again. kicking with her hind
feet. pawing with her
front feet. gnawing at her
fetlock
It was pitiable to see. She
was obviously in distress,
looked worried and wretch-
ed. She has such soulful
eyes. We have always had a
great rapport. She was born
on my birthday, the first colt
to be horn when we moved to
the country.
I swear she looked at me
as if to sav Help me, Bob!
So we called the
veterinarian again. My vet
bills are going to be higher
than nn dental bills this
month
After an extensive ex-
amination. he found the
tender spots just at the heels
where the frog of the hoof
begins It was a fungus
growth. similar to athlete's
foot so we will spend the
next 10 days washing all four
hooves Gaily, sprinkling
them with peroxide and then
spraying them with an anti -
fungicide
1 know now why farriers
must go home each night
with an aching back. And
why they charge a minimum
of $4 a foot
horseshoes.
Oh. my aching back!
to reset
Packed lunches can
become a - monotonous
everyday routine, but you
can avoid hearing "the
brown bag blues" from your
family by preparing and
providing an interesting
variety of nutritious food
items.
Kathy Simpson
Home Economist
Beef Marketing In Canada
The Standing Senate
Committee on Agriculture
has prepared a working
paper on Alternative
Marketing and Stabilization
Programs for the Beef
Industry in Canada. The
Committee chairman is the
Honourable Harry Hays P.C.
The paper is authored by
Max . Roytenburg of
Roygold-Marketing Systems
Ltd. This working paper
should be read and discussed
by beef producers in the cow -
calf backgroundieg and
finishing sectors of the in-
dustry. The committee in-
tends to hold hearings with
producers after they have
examined the document.
Write the "Standing
Committee on Agriculture,
140 Wellington Street, Room
403B, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A
0A4 and ask for the paper on
"Alternative Marketing and
Stabilization Programs for
the Beef Industry in
Canada".
S.J. Paquette, Associate
Agricultureal Represent-
ative.
Beef TwilighttMeeting
A beef program will be
held for producers Monday,
September 14 at the sale ring
of the Hect¢all Livestock
Yards Ltd. Highlights will
be: beef on a bun at 6:30
p.m.; Program from 7:30 -
9:00 featuring Bob Robson,
Manager Shur -Gain
Research Farm, Maple;
flaelen Josephson DVM,
Veterinary Services Branch,
C.C.A.T.; Ralph Macartney,
beef Cattle Specialist,
O.M.A,F., Guelph. .
Speakers will answer
questions on starting cattle,
feedlot disease problems,
current production costs and
give some ideas on the future
of the beef business.
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We'll Do
There is no charge for the
program. It is co-sponsored
by the Hensel! Livestock
Sales Limited, Shur -Gain
Division of Canada Packers
and the Huron Cattlemen's
Association.
Come dressed as you are.
To make meal reservations,
please phone one of the
following by September 11:
Hensel) Live.,tock Sales Ltd.,
262-2831; Dennis Ring, Shur -
Gain Rep., 235-0649 or Stan
Paquette, O.M.A.F., 482-3428
or Zenith 7-3040.
Stan Paquette, Associate
Agricultural Representat-
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