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Tree sUrgery..f
done amateur
by usually arises from the 'desire to
q, R,'B.UCKLEY hide an unsightly• wound or
Tree surgery is an` gaping 7b -ole. A great deal of
undertaking often looked upon controversy is .prevalent among
by the layman as something arborists as to vrhethei' the Oiling
which Ponly very . dedicated of large cavities actually
p r o f e ssio na' m e.n can prolongs the life of the tree or
_ - accomplish. ,Certain. phases- of accelerates it demise Certainly
i�vork,. it is true, are best done by , the filling of a hollow trunk with
cement` and Jpricks could add. so
arborists who have, the. tools, much weight that some trees
access to the correct materials
might collapse. A job not well
and the experience to do a g
lasting jo. But there are also done might result in more
other parts of tree surgery ,which moisture collecting in the trunk
can be done, by a careful of the tree than if no' repair
amateur and which might help work was done, thus "greatly
prolong the life of a tree. These I advancing the • incidence of
shall outline here under their disease. ,
appropriate headings. , Whether, or not to fill a cavity
depends upon the vigor and type
BRACING AND CABLING • of tree; the size of the cavity and
Trees which, have 'not been probaably the life -span. of the
pruned properly ,in: their early species' involved' Large cavities '
stages will often form two or are best filled by expertswho
more leading shoots that develop will first clean out the soft .tissue
into separate trunks, When these
p and an inch or so of presumablyAt one time a man gould hide in a hollow trunk of this old
trees grow older the trunksgood tissue, which may be
become an integral part of their - ' infected. maple tree. For many years now the cavity .has been filled and
They will then gouge a the tree's life prolonged. .ea
The .team coaches of Dungannon and Gord's Sports tossed a
coin Friday to see; who would go to bat first for the opening
game of the second annual Goderich.: Industrial Softball
Tournament."Umpire for the game was Ross Crawford. —staff,
photo. •
Forest tree seed .:
coJIected for 1970
The Department of Lands.
and ' Forests musL annually
- collect _sufficient quantities of
- seed -of-wt various species of
,.. Ontario trees ` to _ mail tarn
supplies used by the nurseries to
Silage gas
deadly enemy
T. W. Clapp, , Associate
Agricultural Representative for
Huron County, reminds farmers
it is silo filling time. He urges
them to watch out for yellow
brown fumes in or near the silo;
be alert to bie•- •IiLlike -odors at
the silo;“ clear out -of the area if
your throat gets irritated; . or
coughing begins, or' if you feel
,sick.
"Any of these could mean
there is deadly silo gas present,"
says CIapp.
The gas comes from
fermentation of crops high in
nitrogen. Crops may have a high
nitrogen content because of
stunting due: to drought, hail or
other causes as well , as excess
nitrogen fertilizer being used.
Silo gas -consists of nitrogen
oxides and carbon dioxide and is
dangerous to all kinds , of
animals.
"Not only can it kill quickly,
and unexpectedly, liut also it
can cause permanent damage to
lungs," warns Clapp; "Relapses
may occur in people , who have
:apparently recovered - from
exposure to the gas, In every concerning when and where to ..CAVITY FILLING
The protating postal. strikes
have made difficulties for the
War Amputations of Canada,
according to. A. J,Parsons,.
general manager of the War
Amps, ley Tag Service„
"`Wedepend on 'the mail. to
' bring in payment for the key
.tags we send out during the first
-,six months :of the year," Mr:
Parsons explains, -'"and we're a
way behind 'last year in our
receipts. We, feel that the reason
is because people are holding
back, thinking their payment
might get lost. But we'd like
;everyone to • know we have
ample evidence that .our mail is
getting through, and we ask
them, to please send in their
payments:" •
Key tags are miniature
duplicates of car license plates
which,,if attached to a lost set of
keys, practically ensures that, the
owner will get his keys back..
outline and none can be
removed without , completely
ruining the beauty of the .tree.
Yet through the years, wind and
frost will cause a weadening at
the crotch, resulting first iii small
cracks •which allow entry of
disease and later larger openings
that will cause the trunk to split
from" the tree as the foliage
becomes "heavier or during a
severe storm. This condition can
be partly preventedby bracing
-or.. cabling; a j.ob . which, .,,,,caul 'as Suppnrtsufa the, `.filler',
nowadays can often be done by material and to prevent cracking.
produce approximately anyone who is handy with tools? Ycucould-probably . fill small
70,000,000 forest• tree, seedlings There are two _ ways of cavities yourself very easily by
each year for reforestation. — repairing repairing trees with weakened using the above-- ethods. F
-This—decideis a rrrammotb ` ro h y ro racing or by:,whether it -isnot better to
• -irri e- —requcabling„--Cabling- refers _,iQ-.-th.e-- cleanout the decayed woad-and
hiah '
network of channels round the
inside of the cavity so that
moisture will drain out to an
ouTnem. leaf- blight
not too serous here
outlet pipe or pipes at the base.
The channels are then treated
with a tree paint and covered
with sheet tin. Then the cavity is •
filled with a filler such as bricks
-and cement, asphalt,- or one
prepared by the tree expert
himself.. As the work proceeds,
rods -..are placed _through the
assistance of our entire field _ tiexi
organization: to locate and the tree to take much of. the
estimate • the •seed , and cone load , off weak crotches. Rod
crops, to 'arrange for collections, brsacing is applied to bolts and
storage and handling of the seed threaded -rods which- are' used
and cones'' and for final like skewers to sew up long splits
transporting pf .them to thein branches or for holding.
Ontario Tree Seed Plant Pat rubbing limbs together and
Angus or one of the nurseries. bracing cavities.
p
The Department also relies on The simplest type f cabling
•the assistance of the citizens of is that which involves the
Ontario because much of the ' installation of a single cable
seed collection is done by. local supporting two trunks which
persons who obtain picking arise from a main stem. This is
contracts:. In this way you help one most amateurs can do. It
us to maintain and expand merely consists of placing hook
Ontario's reforestation program.
This 4.year the Lake Huron
bolts in the inner :sides of the •
limbs and attaching spliced l®ops
Forest District has .targets to of cabling to the hooks. ,To
collect cones of • Red Pine, insert the lag hooks, first drill a .
Tamarack and Norway Spruce shallow hole smaller than . the
and seed of Fted Oak and Black ..thread of the hook. This
Wal ut: prevents splitting the wood.
e Division Offices at Next splice loops at each end of
Hespeler (658-9356), Owen a cable of the desired lengkh and
-Sound (376-3860) and Stratford put them over'the hooks making
(271-2830) will be organizing sure the cable is taut. Now screw .
collection programs to obtain - the hooks in tight until the slack
specific quantities' of cones and ' is taken up. If you find splicing
seeds. difficult, a good strong chain
Collection will be by contract Will da the trick:. '
only. Please note' this change If r „you ' are serious • about
from previous years, when we cabling and bracing your tree, it BRANDED
were able to accept small will be worthwhile to send 25 ° • i
quantities delivered to the cents to the Supervisor of
Division Offices. Documents, U. S. Government
Only seed of good quality is Printing Office, Washington, ,11-
wanted. This means collection C., for their bulletin on Tree
should be made from healthy Bracing. This' gives diagramatic
vigourous trees of good form, explanations of -bracing, cabling
Additional information and splicing.,
' treat with a tree paint: If not, fill
in the cavity, butin either case,
leave room so that the callus
growth that will form at the
borders of the live tissue will in
time grow over it. d
A severe epidemic •of
southern leaf blight in corn
Crops has caused enormous
losses in grain coin in the United
States, but researchers believe
that,. Oritar::io'will:.not;st fier_from,
the disease.
Dr. John. C. Sutton,. plant •
pathologist, University of
. elpibrsays-southern-Jea£.bl'ght
has appeared( x and Kent
counties' but 'searches elsewhere
have failed to reveal any
evidence the disease is ,spreading
in Ontario.
The diseas first appeared in.
the souther'fimost states in May
and June. Wind'" has spread the
fungus June.
far • as Indiana,
Michigan and the southern
border of Wisconsin.
Plant . specialists say the
disease should not be confused
with yellow leaf blight. The two
diseases are similar with this
exception: southern leaf blight
attacks the ear ,where dark areas
up to two or three inches in
diameter appear both on the
husk and on the cob. In many
cases diagnosis must be carried
out in a.- barator-y-.because of
.-.ihe.great,a xnarity.... u
Plants treated with _ Texas
male-steril cytoplasm are the
most suss ptible , to the blight
...Z..,and rn varietie - in -.1t3i tario
have een treated with . the
su t e:
b� a c
_.. <-
Dr: • Sutton says, only .where
the diSe already established
will there be significant damage
from tile southern leaf blight.
• Growers wishing information
should contact their nearest soil
and crops specialist of the
Ontario Department of.
Agriculture and Food or the
University of Guelph, Botany
Department or Department of
Crop Science, or the Canada
Department of Agriculture
Research, Station at Harrow.
The: finder simply drops them in
any mail box, they are sent to
the Key Tag Service in Toronto,
'the name and. , address of the
ovyner is found on one of the
lists provided by each provincial
government, and -the keys are
mailed back without charge.
For the service, the oar owner
pays 75 cents for two .tags, 50
cents ;apiece for extras, Proceeds
make it • possible , for the
organization to employ. 26
full-time amputees and to
finance other, -Services such as
researeti. on artificial limbs, an
employment bureau and help for
civilian amputees.,
BARD MOTORS
""'"‘"‘"N"
HOT WATER '"
HEATING
Is The Most Economical
Why not investigate hot ,
waterJieating.:-YouiLbe •
urprisecf-.at.ii8w little it
costs to install. How
little it costs to heat
your home.
SERVICE E.LECTRIC
(GODERICH) LIMITED
30 VICTORIA ST. N.
Diol S24-8581
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FOOD '
STORES
case of ' exposure to the gas, pick -is available from any Lands Most laymen think that the
check with your doctor and Forests Office. filling of cavities is the major
immediately." If you feel you can help us phase of tree care, whereas
The greatest danger period , reach our targets and would like • pruning, fertilizing and spraying
,-,from- silo gas is during silo filling to 'collect. seed under contract are far more important. Cavity
and for a considerable period please contact the. -nearest Lands work has a place in a well.
afterward —like 10 days. The gas and Forests Division Office at organized program but, if the
is heavier , than air and will slay' Owen" Sound, Stratford or proper attention has been paid
close to the silage surface in the Hespeler. Picking, contracts will to the other three items, it will
silo or flow down chutes into be available until their target rarely be necessary.
the silage room or into the - quotas are filed. - . The demand for cavity work
stable. Watch out for it when -
you go liack to--refill"the silo.
If you must go into the ;silo
or work in the chute, feed room
or stable, make sure there is
plenty of ventilation before you
enter the area. It . may mean
more work tostart up the silo.
*blower and operate it for a few
minutes before you enter the
silo, but the alternative of health
problems is even More
unpleasant. ,
•
COMPUTERS CAUSE
MORE HIRING
THAN FIRING
No matter what else
computers have done, they are
not responsible for mass staff
layoffs. A survey on automation
in offices in Britain, reported in
Office .Iquipment & Methods
business publication, says that
although. , the number of
computers ,in use there' has
trebled in the past five years, not
only have few layoffs resulted,
but in some eases the number of '
staff' has actually increased. `The
unions which took part in the
Vnitih. ogre . , didf -compia)n,
however, that computer
. operftorsr often lacked adequate
,training. This created problems
►aye -
prev'entec'companies from
getting the most from their
cotpiutet,s. The TUC plans to
.Pte* kira top -)vel inquiry into
rcompufer: training facilities as i
*auk of the survey..
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