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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1984-05-30, Page 27.) Huron farm and home news Review presented for white bean planting in county The white bean crop has been the highest profit per acre crop for Perth and Huron county farmers. It Is also the crop with the most risk. Following is a review of some of the commonly asked production questions. Seeding date traditionally for the main white bean area has been the week of June 10. However, with some of the newer, high yielding varieties the date is being pushed up to the last few days in May and the first week of June. ' I know many of you are con- cerned about the possibility of a frost around the full moon time (June 13). I share your concern, but would rather gamble with an early frost and plant early than take a chapc�jie with a possible early frost n September. White Bean Varieities There are three new varieties for 1984. All of these are owned by W.G. Thomp- son. You should take a look at at least one of these new Dear Sir: I hope you will find time and a place in your newspaper to express my feelings , in regards to the Bike-a-thon in Dashwood on Saturday. This Bike-a-thon was for the St. Jude Cancer Research Centre which is located in the United States. Their research is done to help children from all over the world that have cancer and many other dead- ly diseases. First of all, I would like to thank the six children, who came to Dashwood to ride in the Bike-a-thon. They raised as much money as they could and they rode hard to make up for the other children who could have rode, but just weren't interested. I went to three schools in the area with information and sponsor sheets, hoping that these children who are lucky enough to be free of these diseases, would give a little of their time to help others who only have a little time to live. I wonder if parents realize that children from anywhere in the world (not only the United States) can get cancer. I hope that the small P Farmer Book Now I, Compact Diesels... from ,John Deere To have your spring grain and beans custom cleaned on YOUR farm. We clean, treat, bags` or- bulk and we offer germination tests. CANADIAN MOBILE SEED CLEANING LTD. 1-519-289-5602 or (416)775-6994 amount of money that these six children raised, can help save the life of your child or mine in the future. Sincerely, Eva Tyler Dashwood, Ontario Computer course set One of the most popular Centralia College short courses is micro computers in agriculture. If you happen to be one of the 90 or more in- dividuals whose application was not accepted for January '84, consider enrolling in a summer course. Stu Spracklan, computer in- structor at Centralia College, offers two courses: one on Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:00 a.m. - 12 noon, beginning Ju- ly 3, finishing August 2 and the other Wednesdays, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., July 4 - August 1. Learn the basics of home and farm bookkeeping through practise in spread sheets and data processing programs. Emphasis during the course is placed on actual- ly using the computer. Another highly successful course is maintenance welding, with Herman Wulterkens, instructor at CCAT. Whether you are ex- perienced in farm welding repairs or not, Wulterkens' course is an excellent oppor- tunity to improve your skill. In a condensed form, the course operates Mondays to Thursdays, 6:45 -.10'30 p.m. beginning July 9, concluding July 19. For more information on either of these summer pro- grams and to register (no charge) contact Centralia College of Agricultural Technology, Huron Park, (519)_228-6691. Mowing, landscaping, cleaning Livestock areas, building fences, removing snow, what ever the job, whatever the season, John Deere has the right tractor. Compact utility diesel tractors perform most jobs on about half the fuel needed by a comparable gas - powered tractor. Because they're sized a few notches below full size tractors, they're able to get ihto confined areas you'd have to see to believe. These compact utility tractors are packed with impressive features . that make them real giants on most any job. John Deere Compact Diesels start at 17 horsepower. For more details stop in and talk to us about a Com- pact Diesel. IUIHURON TRACTOR Exeter 235-1115 Blyth 523-4244 JOHN DEERE varieties. The earliest of these is Northland. It is earlier and higher yield than Seafarer. The most exciting new variety is Mldlaid. It is a bit later than Se farer, but earlier. than Kentwood. Again,' it has significantly outyielded Seafarer in the government trials. The last Thompson variety is called Wesland. It is a bit later than Kentwood. The other variety that is recently new is Ex Rico. It has a good tolerance to white mold. It is a bit later than Kentwood, so not everyone can grow it. However, it you have 2800 Heat Units or more and if you are concerned about white mold, you should try some Ex Rico. Ex Rico will still get white mold in severe disease condi- tions. But it seems to withs- tand mold better and yield better than the other varieties under extreme disease conditions. In trial conducted by Dr. Mike Tu of C.D.A. Harrow, these two varieties were in- fected with white mold. Fleet- wood yielded 1329 kg./ha. and had 99.6 percent of the plants infected with mold. Ex Rico had a yield of 2746 kg./ha. (over twice the yield) with on- ly 34.4 percent of the plants infected. Seeding Rate Recent research has shown that 35 to 40 lbs./acre seeding rate is all right. However, you probably should be looking at seeds/foot of row rather than lbs./acre. Normally in wide rows you should drop about 4 to 5 seed per foot of row. Hopefully this will give 3 to 4 plants/ foot of row. If you are planting white beans in narrow rows - 7" - you should aim for a popula- tion of about 125,000150,000. This means you should have about 2 seeds/foot of tow. Seeding depth can affect evenness of emergence and also evenness at harvest. I know some of you like to plant shallow if you have good moisture at a shallow depth. However, if you are using Patoran or Afesin, the seed must be planted 13/4" deep. This depth is needed to keep the herbicide away from the bean roots. If the beans are planted too shallow and you receive a big rain after plan- ting, the rain can wash the herbicide down to the bean roots. This depth is especially im- portant if you are in narrow rows. If you can not get the seed planted 1/" then you should use Basagran as your broad -leaf herbicide rather than Patoran or Afesin. All things considered, I think you should use two her- bicides. One of these being an annual grass herbicide that must be incorporated - either Lasso, Dual, Treflan or Ep- tam and the other a broadleaf herbicide, Patoran or Afesin, that is used after planting. Of course you can also use Hoegrass postemergent for annual grasses, or Basagran for broadleaf weeds. I know many of you would SKIP -ROPE MARATHON — Numerous Exeter Precious Blood Separate School students participated in Mon- day's Skip -Rope for the Heart Fund. T -A photo 0,,. foot in the lurrow' byZ If competition is the lifeblood of trade, then the food business in this country is in dire need of a transuf: sion. Five buying groups - look Ma, one hand - control 85 percent of all food Canadians buy. Anti -combines officials in Ottawa say they are keep- ing a close watch on these buying groups but the toothless provisions of the present anti -combines legisla- tion - and even the proposed changes - do not give the of- ficials much to work with. Why is Ottawa not moving on plugging the loopholes in the legislation? Because mucho dinero is needed to finance leadership campaigns and elections. Federal politi- cians use the threat of legisla- tion to scare big, wealthy cor- porations into contributing more money to the pork bar- rels. Most candidates will spend more than $l million on their leadership bids. And we all know a federal election will not be far behind the leadership fooferaw. No politician is going to bite the hand that feeds him/her by passing restrictive laws on preventing the big from et - ting bigger. Those aforementi ed buy- ing groups have been men- tioned many times in this deathless prose and it will serve little purpose to delineate them again. It is enough to say that-Foodwide of Canada buys for Loblaws and Provigo which included Gordons, National Grocers, Red & White and ,Lucky Dollar stores. Volume 1 buys for Dominion and Steinberg which includes Min -A -Mart, Mr. Green Grocer, Miracle and Vaidi. IGA and Safeway formed a group which also includes Towers and IGA stores as well as Dutch Boy and Dutch Girl. United Grocery Wholesalers and Independent Wholesale Grocers, once two Letters are apprec,ated by Bob Trotter Eldale Rd Elmna Ont N38 2C7 of the biggest wholesalers, are now two of the weakest. Food still remains one of the most competitive pro- ducts in the land. This com- petition is keen, no doubt about it. So why be concern- ed about these buying groups? It is not what they are do- ing...yet. It is the potential. A handful of people can decide what will be stocked on the shelves of more than 14,000 stores across Canada. It is natural that decisions on what will be bought and stocked hinge on profit and corporate convenience rather than on what consumers prefer in terms of nutrition, quality and value. The other big problem is that it is becoming impossible to set up in independent store or to even develop a food- processing business without getting involved with one or more of the big five buying groups. Competition -for indepen- FARMERS "Soybean Seed" • Certified Maple Arrow • Registered Maple Arrow • Registered Maple Amber • Certified Hodgson • Registered Hodgson -• Foundation Hodgson • Canada No. 1 Soybeans • Golden Harvbst Granular Soybean Inoculant • Forage Seeds • Good selection of Chemicals "White Bean Seed" • Foundation & Certified Seafarer • Foundation and Certified Kentwood • Certified Ex Rico 23 Supplies are limited. please order early. Don't delay Call today 235-0770 9h GOLDEN HARVEST FARM SEEDS 151 Thames Road East, Exeter dent business is literally stifled. Suppliers to the buying groups are forced to spend time and effort - and money - satisfying a handful of cor- porate buyers, instead of more money and effort on researching and developing new products which might be more acceptable to con- sumers, perhaps with more nutrition than what is being offered now. Serving consumer demand is not a priority if you are far more concerned about what Big Brother in the buying groups wants from your pro- duct. If Big Brother decides not to buy from you, you are out of business and guess who gets left holding the balloon with a pinhole? You, the consumer. A couple of letters recently chastized me for the constant chattering about the plight of the farmer. Well, this is a col- umn about the consumer who, in theory anyway, could be getting less than top priority from the food chain after it leaves the farm gate. like to tank mix two her- bicides and made a once-over pass similar to the way you do it for soya. However, we have no once-over tank mix except those tanks mixes where Amiben is used. (If you use a tank mix with Amiben you will not control mustards.) Jim O'Toole from Centralia College, who does research with white bean herbicides, states that you can get up to a 40 percent yield reduction by not' incorporating Lasso, Dual. Incorporation of these two herbicides makes them safer for white beans. An Insecticide at Planting For some reason, this year we have had numerous en- quiries about using an insec- ticide at planting. The pro- duct Thimet was registered many years ago to control leaf hopper and Mexican bean beetle. The problem with this product is it breaks down and is not available when we get our heaviest infestations of leaf hoppers - mid to late Ju- ly. We used to recommend it, but because there is virtual- ly no insecticide being moved into the plant in mid-July, we no longer recommend it. It is interesting to note that the year we quit recommending Thimet on beans, Michigan also quit recommending it. If either of these insects become a problem in your field, you should use a foliar insecticide. Pat Lynch Soil and Crop Specialist Brian Hall Farm Management Specialist for Huron County Times -Advocate, May 30, 1984 Page lIA Your new Area Dossier for Wst..l-Rocco Storage, and Hop- per Bottom dins Call us for all your material handling and storage needs Dougall Construction Exeter 235-1281 Drainage pays off In healthy soil bacteria Bacteria in the sod break down fertilizers. vege'able and animal wastes and gases into nutrient Corms vvtuch can be absorbed by p The health of the plant is dependent on a aificol balance of air. water and temperature—a balance which is maintained by good draincge. 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