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Grow fag Squashes
The Mewing esday',. reprint.
ed in, its entirety, was sent to
the Signal -Star. by Mrs. Iris
Sp�Arliug, 86 Waterloo .Street,
.Nerth, Gederich, daughter of
the late author,.
Elsewhere in this paper ap■
Peers a story ' disputing the
claim sof an Ohio man that a
301 1/2. pound squash he enter.
ed in this year's Royal Winter
Fair is the largest, in'the world.
Mrs. Sperling says one of her
father's squashes was more
than 100 pounds heavier , than
the Ohio vegetable.
By Mr. Wm. Warnock
Goderich, Ontario. ,
(Who_Grew a single specimen
of Rennie's Mammoth Squash
weighing 365 .pounds, ,and ex.
hibited at the World's Fair,.
Chicago, in 1893. Also a.
Squash ' weighing' 403 pounds,
which was exhibited at the St.
Louis Exposition in 1904.)
"My land is made in good
condition, „ being heavily man.ured every year, it is of a
gravelly formation with about
sixteen inches of clay loam,: on
'top. A three, hundred pound
Squash can be, grown on , any
part of it by the following method
of cultivation:. For each hill I
intend to plant, about the.. first
sales ars
rest!
And 'they're bringing the
greatest selection of
beautiful ® used car
trades 'in our history.
of April I take two good wheel:
bittroir loads of hen manure,
and, mix with tour barrows of
good soil taken from some other
part of the lot; this is mixed
a second time the middle of
April. The first of !4y I add
four barrows of well rotted
manure and 'mix thoroughly,
then about the eighteenth of May
make thehills and plant, dig
out a space^ seven feet in dia•
meter and foteen inches deep,
fill in illy compost mixing, and
'with it some of the best earth
which was thrown out, and when
finished, the hill will be about
ten feet in diameter and six
inches ..higher in the centre than
the surrounding level. 'Then
plant the. seed. Hills want to be
about twenty feet apart; work
the ground well until the plants
commence to run. When about
three. feet long ' I mulch the -
ground all over for twenty feet
in diameter around each hill
with horse manure three inches
deep, and stakethe vines down
with sticks to keep the wind
from rolling them about, so that
they may root at every joint. %.
�It is of great advantage to keep
the vine from fruiting as longi.
as possible, by pruning .all fruit
bloom off until about the last .
week in July; ties will give time
enough, to mature a Three Hund.
red Pound Squash by the first
of October, for -there must be •
a big vine to produce a big
Squash. I practice fertilizing a
few of the first bloom that come,
when I think the vine is strong
enough to grow a good specs.
men, by cutting off .some of the
fresh bloom, trim the corolla
or flower leaf off, and rub
the stamen in around the .
fresh fruit bloom. This isneces.
sary when fruit bloom opens on
a morning that is unfavorable
for bees to do their wbrk, and
it assures the setting of the
specimens just where you want
them. It also gives. extra vigor
to the growth of fruit to be
well pollinized. When the first •
per-.fect�specimen,s have set well.
say four or five inches in .dia.
meter, cut Al other fruit and
blossoms off, and nip the ends
off vines and all bloom that
shows twice a week, so "that
the vine is, not exhausted with.
the great quantity of . false
bloom' • that would naturally
come. Now while the great
growth of the Squash is going
on I use liquid manure twice
a week along three or .four of
the principal vines of each hill,
often six pails to the hill if it
is in a dry time. Great care
must be taken to give plenty
of water; for instance, in 1893
when I grew the great specie
men that was the largest on
exhibition at the World's Fair,
it was a dry time with us at
Goderich, and haying theadvan.
tage of the town water service,
I sprayed each hill twice a
week through August - and the
first two weeks in September,
drenching the ground each.
time."
P. S. - I expect all have
heard of feeding Squash and
Pumpkin by injecting milk or
other stuff. This is a ridicu.
lous silly humbug. I have prac.
ticed several methods along this
line when I was younger, - but
it only makes me ashamed to
confess it, and I. am now quite
satisfied the only thing that
will increase the size of the
fruit comes out , of the vine,
and the vine must get its sup.
port from the natural roots.
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Parents of pupils at Victoria Public' School
were given the opportunity to meet with the
teachers to discuss their children's progress
at the annual parent -teacher night last Wed-
nesday. Principal Ralph Smith reported a good
turnout of parents, with .approximately 500 of
the school's
Mr. and Mrs
falgar Street,
ter, Jennifer,
Bogie, back to
530 pupils represented. Above,
William Blinkhorn,' 160 Tra-
discuss the' work of their daugh.
with Grade 6 teacher Barry
camera.' (Staff Photo)
County Gives Nod
To Salary Boosts ..
up the matter of the cost of
sending delegates to con.
ventions which he . said has al•
ways been a concern of County
Council. In an endeavour to keep
these costs to a minimum, and at
the same time send reasonable
representation from the County
to as many conventions as pos.
sible., the com:nittee made sev-
eral recommendations
No delegate to Canadian Pub.
lic Health Association; one dale.
gate, either clerk or deputy
clerk, to Municipal Clerks' and
Finance ' Officers' Association;
three delegates to Ontario
Association.. of Rural Munici.'
palities reduced from three to
one, the Warden; two delegates
only 'to International Ploughing
Match, the Warden and chair.
man -.of the Agriculture Com.
mittee; two delegates to Ont.
ario School Trustees' Assoc.;.
cation.
Substantial salary increases
for most Huron County officials
were voted without debate at
the November session of Huron
County Council in Goderich
Monday. Effective date is Jan.
uary 1, 1968, for all raises.
Action was taken on recom-
mendation of the Warden's and
Personnel Committee, Everett
U. Mcllwain, ' Goderich Town.
ship, chairman. .
Changes approved were • as
follows:
Clerk -Treasurer John G.
ry; increased by $500 per
annum `A $12,000,_ plus $500
car allowance;
Deputy Clerk-T'teasurer B.G.
Hanly: increased by $500 per
annum_ to $7,900, plus $600
car allowance; ,
County Assessor Alexander
A. Alexander: increasedby$'500
per annum to $8,000; .
Safety Construction Inspec-
tor: EverettSmith,Egmondville
increased by $200 per annum
to $5,000;
Secretarial staff each salary
increased ,by $240 per 'annum
to the following figures: -
Mrs. Martin Schneiker,
$4,860; Mrs. Mildred Simpson,
$4,380; Mrs. Geraldine Stim-
son, $3,480; Miss Laura White,
$3,480; . Mrs. Mona Adam 3,
$3,,840.
The committee expressed
thanks to Everett Sm'th, Safety
Construction Inspector, for his
co-operation throughout the
year, and for the fact that he
had been willing to assist in
any other department when not
- busy with safety -construction
work. -
Recommendations of the
committee adopted regarding
cost of transportation to con—
ventions, to allow more control,
were as follows: three delegates
attending a convention -- one
mileage to be paid; four to six
delegates -attending -- 'two mile.
ages to be paid
Everett U. Mcilwain, corn•
mittee chairman, informed
Council that last year, Council
com,nenced the policy of estab.
lidhing salaries for the forth.
coming year at the November
session.
Mr.., Mcllwain also brought
Personal
Ron Riney returned home last
weekend after completing the
summer season of commercial
float flying for Northland Air.
lines Limited, Winnipeg, Mani.
toba. He is at present visiting
friends and relatives in Exeter
and London. •
Fully -grown bottlenose por•
poises sometimes weigh more
than 500 pounds;
Surplusear
� x�w q�•,4^r s'�e,f
f{ 1
'ii
Although the county roads de.
apartment shows a deficit at this
'moment of $39,908, brilieyear -
end this deficit will have been
wiped out and a si . .l surplus
is anticipated,, County Treas-
urer J,G,Berry told the mem;
hers of lluron County Counncil
at the ' November session .in
Goderich Monday.
He potnted,out' that the high.
ways department .always oper.
ate: with a deficit`. -until the
year end. •
Mr, Berry said that the other
departments are Operating withrr
in, their budgets . and the
finances for the balance of the
year appear- promising. Finan.
cial reports were presented as
follows: general account, high;
ways, county .health unit, county,
library, county home, and Chili•
dren's Aid Society.
Due to increased demands on
the finances of the County during
1967, original borrowing bylaw
for 1967 will have tobe amended
from $300,000 to $400,000,, he
stated.
"Although no definite infor•
oration is forthcoming, there
is every indication that the Pro. .
vince "of Ontario wilt be respon.
sible for the cost of adminis-
tration of justice after January
1, 1968", the treasurer predic-
ted. "Details haven'tbeen made
known to us; therefore I cannot.
advise the saving as fir as the
County is concerned, but the
amount could range anywhere
from $60.;000 to $90,000."
The Clerk -Treasurer repor-
ted on a recent convention of
gam
Cou''y.'
the Ontario Counties inNiagara
Falls, which he .had attended
as a delegate. The Count 'Of
Moron had so- many resolutions
he .was put oh the 'committee,
he said,
The cdnvention endorsed the
following: 100 per . cent 'par*
cipation in , a county library
system; uniform education sysi
tem; exempt' nembers of mini;
cipal councils from contributing
• to .the Camtda Pension Planfand
filed a Town of Clinton resolut '4'
tion. regarding Juvenile' Delin•'
(penes, Act, ' and referred to
corataittee a proposed income
tax exemption for councillors
up to $1,000 •
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