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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1979-08-01, Page 16 (2)Paps 4A 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. Welders for Big Jobs or Hobbies Choose this John Deere Welder. The 295 -amp welder is right for big jobs. It welds longer nonstop than most competitive welders and welds sheet metol better. thon most other welders. Welder is UL and CSA approved SPECIAL NOW FOR JONM OEE RE '247" Blyth 523-4244 Exeter 235-1115 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 We'll Do the Job Right... -law moms. We've Moved Our Office • we arenowlocated at our Exeter shop Nhatever ff`4 p • e:' c7 Ready -Mix Concrete • RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL • FARM 'Including Monure Tanks, FPEE ES- r.•A'r C. A. McDOWELL LTD. EXETER, ONTARIO Plant: 235-0833 Office: 235-1969 Say goodbye to house painting with Stelco Siding r -.A v' free estimates, sales 8 installations, 100 square in stock JIM BECKER CONSTRUCTION ':::.:.wood 2;7-3526 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 4 , Vra R—R ti t A- 417.1. f•410- 3" • ' i'1541144. -. 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. t It 1 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 - - 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." FOR ALUMINUM PRODUCTS DIAL 234-6401 Siding, Doors, Windows, Shutters, Awnings, Eavestrough, Seamless, In Five Colours. SEE OUR DECORATIVE DOOR DISPLAY SHOP OPEN 9 A.M. - 6 P.M. EVENINGS BY CHANCE KEN McCANN ENTERPRISES LTD. RR 2, CREDITON, ONT. IA MUST Against RUST Hot -dip galvanizing gives you extra years of pro- tection. Butler barn equipment is totally immersed into molten zinc to protect it both inside and out. Butler does not sell painted barn equipment. It'e alio in,tali (u,4f, frarr, Moor, rtallt, Fent. and tent:latrnn s►Uem,. Glendinning Farm Equipment, Ltd. 'RR 2 Lucan, Ontario . Phone 519 227 4593 Ken Glend,nn,n.g 519-294-6574 George Glendinning 519-345 2723 Jim Young 1 1 1 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. Monsanto Canada Inc Toronto. Montreal. Wrnmpeg. Vancouver ALWAYS READ AND FOLLOW THE LABEL DIRECTIONS FOR ROUNDUP* HERBKIDE Roundup' is a registered trademark of Monsanto Company RCN Sr19 <. Monsanto Company 1979 • There's never been a Ton edven,serneni prepared for Muller Jordan rternck Ltd 56068.78 herbicide like this before, • • • • tAl'o:.t;'Sxir • by •