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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1979-12-05, Page 36 (2)• Page 16A Times -Advocate, December 5, 1979 Pat Lynch, soils and crops research during the annual specialist with the Ontario meeting of the Huron County Ministry of Agriculture told white bean growers. held at Huron County bean growers the Hensel) arena Friday. the long term prospects for Mr. Lynch told the controlling white mould is growers experts are still breeding, and the short-term doing "a lot of guessing" solution is spraying with about the white mould chemicals. disease. which affects both Mr. Lynch was reporting white bean and soybean on current white mould crops- He said research is TRI -TOWN BOOKKEEPING AND COMPUTER SERVICE .. A '71 es to atrer,a A DEMONSTRATION OF OUR COMPUTERIZED BOOKKEEPING SERVICE acc c .' s 'ece .3r e 3: - : a'. 3 ' e .. • -:t- c 3 s•a•e---e-•s '2 --'Uron Street Vii, THURSDAY, DEC. 13 (pawaa arcs vo oe vti -e vn �n®oa�craeAnaenc+a Dg Scotts Leather & Tack Shop 120 Sanders W. Exeter Ont. g "Tack & Clothing For gThe Western Horseman g • Down Filled Jackets g & Vests • Western Boots • Hand Tooled Leather Belts g • Wallets & Handbags 5 • lee Boot Cut Jeans re• Western Shirts • Tack & Horse Health g Supplies giti ta'elagnaxfISTawc7N3r own 0%3e'caavtiON* sx GOOD NEWS! Dear Mr. & Mrs. Homeowner: Lumber and Plywood prices have fallen! We have slashed our retail prices and are passing the savings on to you. So shop NOW for home renovations! Drop into any one of our 16 branches. We'd like to help you! SAME AS CASH ots of Free Por in9 ■■■■ III ■■Ill SNOW IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER in SAVE ■ ■ ■ BY BUYING EARLY advised on white mould remedies at meeting last 10 days• which means could be completely un - new blooms on the plant nrotected from the mould. increasing on problems the white mold system again remain in the soil for seven smit the disease for great associated with the disease in the next year's crop. He or eight years. He said the distances. He said resear- organism. said crop rotation isn't the sclerotia start producing chers have found the spores The crops specialist said solution to the white mold mushroom -type heads early can travel up to a height of sclerotia crop from infected problem since the black in May. Once the spores get seven miles in the at - tants into the soil and start bodies (sclerotia) can into the air, they can tran- mosphere. Mr. Lynch said in order for the spores to be produced initially, there has to be 10 days of wet soil. Once the spores are in the air,. they - drop on bean blossoms and start to grow,with the petals of the plants acting as nutrients for the disease. To start growing on the blossoms, the spores need about another three days of wet weather. Then they produce fine little roots which infect the remainder of the bean plants. Mr. Lynch told producers by the time the white mould disease can been seen, it's too late to do anything. The crop specialist said between $140,000-$150,000 was spent on white mould control in this general area. He said 10 percent of the white bean growers were surveyed and most reported they didn't think spraying their crop with chemicals had done any good, but with the good yields, they felt they would spray again. Mr. Lynch said the crops AT BEAN BOARD ANNUAL - - The first of six district annual meetings of the Ontario Bean Prock cern ,Market na Board was held in Hensall, Fridoy. From the left ore board treasurer John Murfo•a board ^sonager Charles Broadwell and chairman of the meeting John Ha- zhtt BEAN BOARD DIRECTORS - The four Huron directors of the Ontario Bean Producers Marketing Board were re-elected in HPr:r v --cm the left are Gordon Hill, Bob Allan, Murray Cardiff and Joe Miller. T-4 photo Ministry starts column Huron farm and home news Beginning this week. the fered free choice corn silage. Agricultural Office staff, It is generally advisable to Clinton. will present a have at least half of the dry regular weekly news column matter intake from a long, in the newspapers circulated dry roughage such as hay, to in Huron County stimulate the digestive tract We hope this column will and avoid displaced be of benefit to county abomasum. Provided the residents. cows are in good condition Our objective is to cover when dried off, no grain is current interest topics for required during most of the the home and farm as well as dry period, if roughages are announcing upcoming of reasonable quality. With events. poor quality, late cut hay, 2-4 Your comments or lbs. per head per day of a 14 suggestions concerning percent protein grain content and usefulness of mixture is recommended. news authored by our staff The type of mineral used will be appreciated depends on the roughage feeding program. Dry Cows Generally speaking, a high A proper dry cow program phosphorus mineral would means more profits for you be required, if the dry cow is by reducing the incidence of consuming legume hay - milk fever. retained however. if corn silage and placenta and mastitis. dry hay were being fed• a 1.1 The nutrient requirements mineral would most likely be of dry cows are very dif- required. As with the ferent from those of their milking herd, the ideal way milking herd mates. to ensure that the dry cow therefore, dry cows should ration is balanced for all - be separated from the important nutrients is to milking string and fed an request an analysis of the entirely different ration if feeds and ration formulation you hope to maximize on based on the results. This profits service is available through Most dry cows tend to be our local Agricultural Office, too fat. Prevention of the Clinton. phone 482-3428 or "fat cow syndrome" can be Zenith ?-2800. accomplished by proper conditioning before drying Guidelines for off and feeding low energy Cooking rations composed mainly of Here are a few very basic hay or haylage. If corn silage guidelines to use when is fed. it should be restricted buying, cooking and storing to limit energy intake. since your turkey this holiday dry cows will fatten if of- season: ■ ■ ■■ ■■ ■ ■ ■ (et. Kawasaki The hottest thing on snow. They're built to last LARGE STOCK OF ACCESSORIES AND PARTS FOR ALL MAKES. -1" CHECK OUR HUGE SELECTION OF CLOTHING & ACCESSORIES ■ r (a) How much to buy? 7:00 p.m., Hullett Central Allow 'z to 34 lb. per person. Public School. (b) How long to thaw a Seaforth Area frozen bird? -in the fridge "Need 1 e poi n t " 4-H (the preferable method if Achievement Program - practical) 5 hours per Wednesday, December 12. pound; in cold water one 7:OOp.m. Seaforth Public hour per pound; at room School. temperature 1'2 hours per pound. Remember, once thawed, the turkey must be cooked within 24 hours to prevent bacterial growth and possible food poisoning. (c) How long to cook a whole turkey (stuffed or unstaffed) at 325 degrees fahrenheit (160 degrees celcius(? 8 pounds (3.6 kg) - 3 34-412 hours 12 pounds (5.4 kg) - 4 5'2 hours 16 pounds (7.2 kg) - 51.4.6 hours 20 pounds (9.1 kg 1 - 514-6'2 hours A meat thermometer registering an internal temperature of 165 degrees fahrenheit (74 degrees celcius) will indicate the bird is "done". (d) How to store after cooking? -in the fridge if to be used within two days; or, in freezer for use within one to three months. IM- PORTANT: Leftover stuffing must be removed from the turkey immediately after cooking and can be stored in the fridge for up to three days. For more specific in- formation. write or phone for the excellent pamphlet "Talking Turkey." Play it safe this Christmas' 4- H Leaders S Leaders' workshops for the brand new project for spring "Your Corner of the a World; ; will be held January 11 to February 1. Colour, furniture arrangement, floor III plans and ways to per- sonalize a teenager's . bedroom are the main topics covered. Macrame, the art of knot -tying, will be the craft learned by the mem- . hers. Interested adults who enjoy working with. youth U and would like to participate in the 4-H Homemaking Club program should contact the U Home Economists by January 4th, 1980. IIComing Events Clinton Area "Needlepoint" 4-H Achievement Program- i Program- Thursday,December 8th, 7:00 p.m., Central Huron n*r. w. ,o;.; — Secondary School. Blyth Area "Needlepoint" 441 Achievement Program - Thursday, December 8th. BRING YOUR SLED IN EARLY AND SAVE ON OUR 11 POINT CHECKUP UNTPV CORNER STORES MT CARMEL 237-3456 Open Mon. - Sat. 10- 10 Sunday Noon - 6 III ■■■■ Ell Ell ■ Ill ■ that weren't sprayed ac- tuallyout produced those that were, but he said this may have been because white mold hadn't spread to the fields which were left un- treated. He said monitors must be developed for bean fields to tell growers the optimum time to apply fungicides to prevent the spread of white mould. Spraying advice He said research has shown the products registered to fight the disease should be sprayed about four feet above the ground, so the spray will get down in the plant to cover the blossoms. He said tests done by researcher Ron Ritblado, of the Ridgetown College of Agricultural Technology, on the use of aerial versus ground sprays to control white mould, suggested that ground spraying got better penetration into the crop. However, Mr. Lynch said these isn't enough ground - coverage equipment available to get around to all the white bean acreage, so growers will likely have to work with aerial spraying and be satisfied with a lower coverage. The crops specialist said if next year proves to be a wet season,the prime areas growers should be concerned about are fields that con- tained white mould in 1977 and 1979. Mr. Lynch told the growers' until further research is completed, crops specialists will again be recommending a spraying program for bean crops. He said researchers in Michigan have developed some genes in new bean varieties which are showing a tolerance to the white bean mould. Mr. Lynch said researchers hope some type of tolerance can be bred into beans over the next five year period. He said the four common white bean varieties grown now have no tolerance for the white mould. 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