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Times -Advocate, August 1, 1979
A retirement challenge
Blueberry crop thriving in Osborne
A challenge for his
retirement years has turned
into a busy •venture for an
Usborne township farmer
When Edgar Cudmore, a
busy and productive farmer
for many years and a lay
preacher was ready to retire
about five years ago he
decided to look for a dif-
ferent venture and
something he could manage
on a small acreage of his
Concession 4 farm.
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After pursuing a number
of farm magazines he.
decided to take a closer look
at the possibility of
blueberries growing on his
farm.
He was told his Usborne
township soil was suitable
only for corn and alfalfa and
almost impossible to bring
into blueberry ,culture line
This in itself probably
posed the biggest challenge
for Mr. Cudmore and he was
off 4o the Henderson farm at
Capac. Michigan and paid.a
visit to Dr. Rikertson at
Simcoe to learn more about
blueberries which grow
profusely on rocky •land in
northern Ontario
' The biggest problem was
Ln changing the acidity of the
i udmore soil.
V ith J couple of years of
research behind him Mr.
udinore was ready for his
first planting of blueberries
in 1977.
They were planted into
beds composed of a two inch
grtivel base. oak sawdust,
peat moss and sulphur to
change the soil acidity.
Cudmore has installed a
drip irrigation system to
encourage growth of the
blueberries. He 'added.
"Blueberries like damp soil.
but, not wet They smother in
water. The gravel is used for
proper drainage."
The 170 plants started in
1977 produced 45 pounds of
blueberries last year and are
now joined by 430 more
plants started last year
While only picked berries
will be offered for sale this
year. Cudmore hopes to open
his blueberry patch to "pick
your own" for next year
The Cudmore blueberry
crop is the only one in Huron
county. The nearest ones are
at Melbourne and St.
Williams He hopes to have
plants for sale by next year.
The partially retired
Osborne farmer intends to
keep the bushes trimmed to
a height of about five feet
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for easier picking If left to
grow they would, reach as
high as seven or eight feet.
The, 600 Cudmore"
blueberry bushes are
• planted about four feet apart
in rows which are nine feet
apart The plants are ob-
tained from 'South Haven,
Michigan
Bees become an important
part .of the blueberry
program: According to
Cudmore one hive of bees
per acre will increase
production by 1,000 pounds.
Asked about the eventual
size of his blueberry venture.
Cudmore •replied. "It will
never get bigger than one
acre."
Cudmore is receiving
plenty of assistdnce iq his
project from his wife Muriel.
Corn heat figures
By PAT LYNCH
Soil and Crops Spec.
- DON PULLEN, Ag. Rep.
The following corn heat
units accumulation figures
have been obtained for the
llav 11 to July 20 period.
Ridgetown - 1979. 1393:
1978 - 1567. Normal -- 1519.
Elora 1979 - 1392: 1978 -
1501: Normal 1411.
Centralia 1979 --1341; 1978 -
1364
We know it is hard for you
to choose the best hybrid for
your farm. There are so
many. Approximately 200
hybrids are being sold in
Huron County. These are
sold by over 20 companies
with an unknown number of
dea'ers Often a dealer asks
you to "just buy one or two
units of his corn." If- you
chose just one unit from each
company you would have
enough seed to plant over 60
acres. There must fie a way•
to evaluate all'these hybrids.
The Huron Soil and Crop
Improvement directors -
think so
They are trying to make a
summary of farm corn trials
conducted in Huron County.
If you have a corn trial on
your farm, they would ap-
preciate receiving the
results. They would like to
know now where your trial is
located. This will allow them
to see the plots before they
are harvested. After you
harvest the plots, they will
collect the yield information
from your trial. If you are
not satisfied with the
results and do not wish to
submit them. that's okay.
Once the results are
submitted. the directors will
summarize the results. A
summary will be sent to each
co-operator who submitted
results from his farm. The
summary -will include how
each hybrid yielded in -the
Ontario Coln Performance
Trials. The average yield
from each farm will be based
at 100 btYacre. This will
remove yield fluctuations
caused by differences in
fertility. moisture etc. We
think this type of summary
will be beneficial to farmers.
For it to be successful, we
need a large number of farm
trials. We woula appreciate
having your trial yields. If
you will let the Soil and Crop
Improvement use your
results. contact one of the
directors or the Agriculture
office.
Write to Ontario Ministry
of Agriculture and Food, Box
159, Clinton. Ontario "NOM
ILO. Or call 482-3428.
Co-op summer camp
opens for 13th time
Bob Down. Exeter. United
Co-operatives of Ontario
Zone, 7 director and second
vice-president. •welcomed
participants to the first week
of 'ehe 13th annual Cao -op
Youth Camp program.
Nineteen young people
between the ages of 18-21
participated in the first
camp July 15-21 held at
Geneva Park near Orillia.
At the camp participants
earned about co-operative
organizations in general and
UCO in particular in addition
to taking part in personal
development sessions
stressing leadership and
communications. They also
studied how a group func-
tions --developing skills
n group problem solving and
decision making.
Through the various
sessions conducted by staff
(if United Co-operatives of
•tintario. participants
developed a better self-
aw-areness and un-
derstanding of how they
relate to others in groups.
New friends were made and
ideas exchanged with other
young people from different
farming areas of Ontario.
Not all the time was- spent
in learning sessions as ample
time was provided for the
-enjoyment of the fine
recreational facilities at the
YMCA leadership training
camp on Lake Couchiching.
A total of 61 will par-
ticipate in this year's CO-OP
Youth Camp program which
has been expanded from two
to three one-week camps. The
other two camps are from
August 12-18 and from
August 18-24.
Participants are selected
by UCO branch councils and
member CO-OP boards in
consultation with their
manager.
United Co-operatives of
Ontario is the largest farm
supply and marketing co-
operative in Ontario. It
supplies members with
complete lines of farm inputs
including feed, seed, fer-
tilizer. petroleum and
hardware. through CO-OP
outlets across the province.
In addition, UCO also
markets grain, livestock and
poultry.
It is owned by more than
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NEW BLUEBERRIES — Thonks to the research apcf patience
of an Usborne township couple, domestic blueberries are be-
ing grown in the area for the first time. Edgor and Muriel
Cudmore are shown with two varieties of blueberries.
T -A photo
Best crops
Following are the winners
of the winter wheat and
barley field crop com-
petitions in conjunction with
Exeter Agricultural Society.
Barley - Passmore Farms,
Winston Shapton, Elmer
Powe, Bob Down, George
Sereda, Howard Pym,
Murray Dawson, John Oke,
Bruce Shapton, Allan
Rundle, Ray Cann.
• Winter Wheat - Lorne
Hero, Wayne Tuckey, Hern
Farms, Winston Shapton,
Murray Dawson, Ray Cann,
Allan Rundle, George
Sereda, Bob Down, Strang
Farms, Passmore Farms.
44,000 individual members
and 48 - member co-
operatives representing
another 35,000 members
across Ontario.
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ATTENDS CAMP — Bob Pavkeje, RR 2 Centralia was selected by Hensall District Co- _
operative to portio,,40 of f 3 Aloi-Co 3peratives of OirfoWo 13th' inttuo1 %vitt 'Camp -
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from July 15-21. He is pictured here with Michael Cook, UCO risk and insurance manager.
English girl visits area
in junior farmer exchange
Miss Betsy Ann Fox of
Worcester, England was
recently hosted by Elaine
Pym who is a member of the
South Huron Junior Far-
mers. This was a part of
Betsy's visit in Ontario
which began June 9 and will
end August 15. -
During. this time she will
have lived with families in
seven counties. She is one of
the 10 delegates from the
United Kingdom who were
chosen to participate in this
trip and sponsored by the
National Federation of
Young Farmers Clubs -of
England and Wales.
The National Federation
involves young people ages
14 to • 25 years in a com-
bination of activities com-
parable to our local Junior
Farmers and 4H clubs.
Presently serving as
chairmap of Worcester Girls
Committee and also of her
local Young Farmers club,
Betsy comes well prepared
to inform others of their
program.
She has a good knowledge
of the economic situation and
matiy other interesting
aspects of life in England .
She is -an office employee of
an abattoir and her special
interests are oil painting,
horses and horse -back
riding, sports and cooking.
She practised the latter skill
on her host family and it
proved very enjoyable.
While in Huron County she
visited Canadian Canners,
Hayter Farms, 'Rustic
Acres'. the horse farm of
Marlene Degraw, Huron
Country Playhouse. Blyth
Summer Theatre, Blyth
Woolen Mills and places of
interest at the resort towns
C B radio
is stolen .
One theft is under in-
vestigation by the Exeter
OPP this week.
Saturday evening, a 24 -
channel CB radio was stolen
from a truck owned by
Ronald Smith, Zurich. It was
parked in the Club Albatross
parking lot, Huron Park, at
the time.
Constable Larry
Christiaen is investigating.
of Huron.
One morning she worked
along with the Agricrew
group in north Huron where
Elaine is employed as a
foreman this summer. •
Other activities they en-
joyed were tennis on the
local courts, miniature golf
and baseball, both were
sports she -had never played
previously. She attended
several 41-1 and Junior
Farmer events during the
week which gave her an
opportunity to meet many
new Friends.
Betsy looks forward to
seeing many of these young
people again at the Ontario
Junior Farmer Summer
Games to be held at the
University of Guelph August
11.
When asked for her opinion
of our province she said, "I
just love it, and I have found
people extremely friendly."
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uackgrass-
Let it grow!
That's the key to controlling
quackgrass this fall with Roundupa herbicide.
Next spring, nothing will be more
important than getting in and planting as
early as possible. Unfortunately. that
doesn't leave much time for dealing with
quackgrass. c,
Unless you apply Roundup' 1,"
herbicide by Monsanto this fall
after harvest. Treating quackgrass
this fall means you'll have one less chore
in the spring.
Simply allow the quackgrass to
regrow undisturbed in the crop stubble
until the majority of plants are act-
ively growing and at least 8
inches high (3-4 leaf stage). But
treat before the first killing frost.
Properly applied, Roundup will
be absorbed and "translocated"
down into the network of rhizomes•
destroying the entire plant, above
and below ground. Five days after
ii lilt- act LC s�II
tillage opetauc,,,3
Since Roundup has no residual soil activity.
you can plant wheat. oats. barley. corn or
soybeans next spring - without risk of
crop injury. • -
What's more, map} farmers using Roundup
as the. key element in a quackgrass
control program. have been able"to
- achieve manageable quackgrass
control for as long as three years.
See your dealer about Roundup.
The herbicide that gets to the Toot of the
problem.
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