The Goderich Signal-Star, 1946-10-03, Page 181z
K-ti1+'. !/RICH i4iNAL ST R
HISTORY OF
eahtilgc Answer Is Given
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'OW c 'un RATES BAOL L YEARS
o To the Questi�n KWh ?iow?"
DV. Vinii . A. l brarkn tua tion without
paitment of soils, College of Agri- plowing, when. only b.6 bushels of
euiture, University, of 51iisbo1,1ri. U.S.A. 1 ►v; hent are to Tray for them? isn't it
The plow has lont,�•' been the symbol gputi eet aaaun • to accept the extra
aoSL of plowing, when 2J bushels are
.of agriculture. Pit'►king the 'soil has j ,the total reward?
' been the heaviest and yet the mostII
helpful labor in matins the land bring# R st for Soil •
f r • its. fruits. The Calow .has recent- ltiatt.►re lets the soils rest regularly,
o 1y^ "been 'called ill lualginent, seemingly ;be uses--tlli as .a substitute for plow -
more through journalistic titan through 1 Mg. Winter removes the crop) fro►IIT 1
agronomic considerations. It is ; the soil's responsibility, but it dues not
essential that we think, about the soil,,I Prohibit the soil frolu carrying on its
' well . as the tool by \\'hit•h it is ¢ chemical activities of restocking the
• Io `'be worked. Our ttlilaliillg may, well., oay by means of Iuineral breakdown. 1
follow tlie.}. Dion\, as both, go more i,11est111g; the soil at any season is al
► .. deeply into ,the soil, into_ its wiser chance for 4he ehty, as the "jobber"
Iilanagelment, its $inure economic pro- in the soil's Ilutritiurlal business, to
duction. and its thrifty collser\alio"' trade its acidity—taken froul the plant
for• the provision of more and better root; -- to the mineral and. rocks and
foods, if this natural resource is to to take 111 return the nutrients they
continue , in support of us and those' have. Winter has been Nature's rest
evhu follow. ; period for the syit restoration in terms
Soil Exhaustion of • active alsttritlalts on the clary that ,"
-The practice of plowing has suddenly ! they can l,tt paused quickly to the
come into 4 011 iderat1(11 because - we , crops (luring the subsequent growing '
are atilt no' realiaiIlg holy rapidly' season. i ' growth in undisturbed soil exhausts Iltuch we plo\V•, 1
we have been exhausting the fertility.Early ph,whtg 1 i wheat is a help the soil activity in nutrient delivery Shallow Surface Soil
s• ss pi,wing,i e lint'1•a41' it fertility, > only 4 ru )s of significant The lack of plowing 14' t'Qndt1(1\•e to
of our soils. to ,ay that lc 1 �, in mobilizing 1liiiu>.t [11 u 1 to \\here the. till, I- b I
will delay the disaster • of soil ex- nit to the' May, as \veil as iu Iuoisture tonnage production left to stttvive are an irlcreasillgly shallower surface Buil.
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a Ititlual i5 al statement t1t [rn[h, but �turil ''t a[1(I In ui'gallCt� Ill'lttel' decay � , U 1 ally ►\.IIE'r aTld,'- • , _
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1C Sal\s 114 tlitii 11 to liu\V, \\'lIIi less 141 nitrate t' lnc'rt'.t T°lu\1'illg It'spede`lai ` , k> 111aa1I11\ 1 \1•ood,
g tlIl. liiIlt, a��,1���, rna E
plowing, we ca11 have the suit continue 1 and other 4. 411)ontteeeus residues andel• T'huse c rup'.'`Tltat depend 011 the soil
to deliver its ' generous food output in the fall fur the oat cropnext spring fertility
antler the heavy inlydens \vit11 \\'ilitlt allows microbes to burn 'Out I,je-e cess and provide nutr'i'tious feed.
fti livestock are out of competition.
economic situatiu.111, tax leads, and l cachou during the winter. During this Yes, from the standpoint of•soil con- thefertility in combinations left by us our "past" prosperity in excessive
national emergency meeIls have .saddled 1 struggle to get their energy supply, servation and mlatiittenaanc•e of soil fer the preceding crop. Soil exhaustionunearned incomes. The future problem
While the International• Plowing Match and Fame MachineA' Deiuon-
stratiull did not tal.O o11 a truly international aspect nntil lliq big ovent was
held in 1923,4)t1 the John Goodison Farm in Lalnbton county, near Sarnia,
the history of the match dates back 30 years. It was in 1910. that a group
of public-spirited hien, interested in the development of • agriculture in
Ontario and worried over a rapid decline in plowmen's competitions; Met
and considered ways and means • of stimulating interest among Ontario
farmers. Since that tithe latany splendid district plowmen's meets' have
been held such as the one pictured above.
bottom downward. The plow is still
the implement for this service,
Judicious Plowing for Fertility
The soils are to give crops. that are
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morez � thll i \w ether condo 1rsE.cl into
turbed Suits - that get thinner and woodytier, then the fertility needed
thinner surface horizons with fertility by the crops Must. be provided. The
depletion. Most growth occurs at the ljlow helped us dig the fertility out of
expense of the organic residues with the virgin soils at a great rate to, give
it. .True, it is the -plow that stirs the i they consume the nitrogen, potassium.tility at near the virgin level, we can
.soil Alto action of food prudut'tiolt• phosphorus, .and othernutrients in sate that we have plowed too much.
Impoverished' as our soils already are, balancing their diet. These are Soon We can also buy that we hare done
they roust be plowed all the more, ac- reltat•c(1 0)40 in. 10 10 iurubia 1. (1(10 tit foie lou lit Ile to restore soil fertility both
cording to present exploitive sail use, .,loving quickly in 111e microbial life as fuinera1Y aiz,El orgastic' matter. 'There
) r 1' t '\' 1 t>
111' ._ll l) activity \' itllll 1 Yr,
to make their dwindling supply Cycle. It i in t111. t at_ is cl.tn�,(r that it maty soon be too late
•fertility provide for increasing food these nutrient respects that microbes for that to be most effective.
need. But this' dilemma is mot_ , to be becomecompetitors for vol. fertility There may be some alibi for the 111111(la1 drop of leaves on top rather
means increasingly 'shallower crop
rooting. This • consequently leaves
organic matter less deepb1v distributed
in the soil. Surfaco soils become in-
creasingly Shallower a11(1 finally there
is the forest of which •Mlle trees leave
no annual -root decay, but add their
met So simply as by merely refusing 1 with the oast crop, if this excessively slowness with which we are learning than within the soil. If man is to put
such soils into crops that do more
than make wood, he utast put fertility,
both mineral and organic, back into
the soil. By 'gradually making deeper
' surface soils. he must plow. to reverse
about the quality or the.foud'!- ACheat ' mixed into the imlmteeliate snrfitce soil- 1)astura>1 flaming, they, naturally took I Nature's process that would otherwise
and Kot lespedeza, ita1. t oil cons\\•here the young \\heat reels must- plowing for granted ns the first step make surface soils _ shallower. This
servation sjheme of continuous' cr((1)-sarcii for their f,ui1.- It is this feature in soil preparation for tilled crops. calls fo'r 'tho. plow and fertility, to be
ping to-• alternate iegtnme and nun-' that "burns out' the (4.urn crop 1)hIxlted• This is the traditguri that has in some put tinder ;It an inc'r'easingly „*,seater
legume without plowing, tit illtI1 .trate I where straw and str•alwy. 111an111'e are measure 111151)1ned plowing by cur111ng, depth. Thal cirll for building up the
the lowered output of this fund grain , plowed under just ahead of .11. Early as our forefathers did swine -'700 miles
in the absence`of plowing. In spite 'of, plowing and resting of the soil let south. to silt soils, to torrential down -
the' fertilizers applied in these soil's the microbe feed ahead of the crop and pours of rainfall, and to cleared forest'
studies at. Missouri, the whea yield ' thus pass• n(l4t cal- the compe-tition for .Treats,_ indieatiu.g_..wood; .th.pr leu.,,. -as»
. .,�M.4? -was - only -'S bushels. r-ttere:rrhe,tlyi'C'hh�crrt-s'll -'•'"fife'''. i1 _ ' "t'hefr naturals scup possibility, : The
._where_ on1 , .urface cuitivati n• i was 1 Wilen,,palstures.,_,.ltr _ nut RLQed--out-(-p1t+W -Isiah-'-1rttre been -less-Mit of place -
yield figure' _ '().0 bushels. , Idre is, occ•atsiunally, the "run ,out," as the in New, England in comini from old
nse(1��'1ai�ere Cllt>-snit•\\sats p1oR-eci, the
g i . farmer says.- and go to weeds; What England. It would readily perform
evidence that the plow and its tillage are the ' weeds hut a \wc►ocly, non- excessively on tin western _prairies
service to the soil -cannot be *dropped' nourishing shop that the cow has sense with their generous winds and, deficient
without repercussion' in lowered food , enough t(,° refuse to eat? Why is it rains. We are .just beginning to learn
production. Can one afford even -the -woods? Because .the continuous crop tlt'•at it is the soil that deter' les how
to plow, ' - l,\voo(ly material is Plowed finder in to (•onsei•ve the soil body and its fertil-
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CUllt111llULrS cru) cover and reduced the spring ' 'fist ahead of the oats seed- Coming , , Europe. )e .
I 1 g J lty-, l (nlrrlh from northern thNrn . u Y as
plowing have been heralded as great. 1 lug. It is this emticrubi[ll.feature that our ancestors alit, with its areas of
conservation helps to the soil. But , pulls down the wheat yields when the Ipwer'telnperatures. shorter warm sea-
what- about food production': What ; lcsis'dcza or other, residues are Only sons, drizzling -rains. clay soils, 'arid
'elcome to Visitors
to the
International Plowing Match
of having enough fertility in our soils
is not to be solved by condemning, the
plow' and ceasing to use it. . It can be
solved • by ..using the plow more
'o1
in relation I1 tothe._all. f
judiciously a
we''a.re to win back quickly, the plow
must be used<to puj back into the soil
the fertility commensurate with that
which i'V. has so electively taken out
for production in the lengthening Past.
The production of our food still calls
on ,the plow, but..it calls for it along
with soil conservation 'rather than soil
exploitation. 11 this be the future
piril.osuphy of the plowman, then, the
implement with which he intelligently
builds and activates al regenerated
topsoil '.ill cont -issue to be the re-
sI)ec'ted symbol of a constructive agri;
1.
surface soil but .by building from its culture.
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Men's Horse -hide Gloves a ' $1.25
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busiest grain elevators in Ontario. Served directly by- Cana-
d'ian .National and Canadian Pacific Railways it avoids inter- `
switching delays and» costs:
Four units of fire -proof concrete. elevators -3,000,000'
bushels capacity.
Electrically operated—generously ventilated, •
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• The steamer course is direct from head and foot of Lake
Huron, also" from Lake Michigan. Progress is not impeded or
endangered by islands.
T' • A modern radio -beacon constantly guides the ship to
port in any weather. '
The commodious land -locked harbour is capable of winter -
mooring thirty-five grain -laden steamers in security. Modern
conveyers permit quick disposal of ice. •
Plant at Goderich producin,_' 50,00a tons of salt c year 4
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i!34 $109,105.
1b36 ' .- $116,635.
1938 $113,313.
1940 $145,332.
19'12-
1944 2-;,944
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$156,754
$164,064
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