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Where have all the t loWers gone" -
The song's title is appropriate at this time sot year when the
blooms are fading and the threat of trust hanks over the
flower gardens of the province
We are not good gardeners around our place- It those who
have a gift for -growing things have a green thumb. there
mine must be black. We always put In a small vegetable
garden put the weeds and the bugs are more industrious
than 1 arn
1 am, however aware every year ot the greatness ot t;rod
when the small seeds are planted and lo' up e'oppes the corn.
the green -and -orange tit the carrots acid the great growth
oit the tomato plants It is a never-ending miracle
Because we it neglect our-httte' plot at the tenceitne be-
side the horse .pasture,. neighbors' gardens do much better
than ours They are generous. too. when they see our stunted
patch' They take pity on our feeble and lazy .attempts and
provide us with the surplus trunk their gardens
An assignment tur, six weeks this summer took up a great
deal of my time and our garden was neglected to an even
greater degree than usual Pm sure our neighbors were -
quite disgusted
\\'e have a 1lowe.r' garden, too. but rt is too sheltered to
• grow anything unless it gets watered daily This I just didn't
get time to do We planted only. Hour flowers in it but, even
with the neglect. they valiantly struggled tor the summer
against insurmountable odds
\that prompted this column On flowers came trom a paper-
back called God Calling. edited by A J Russell and pub-
lished by Piller Books through Dodd. Mead & Company It
has been a helpful and inspirati6nal book for daily medita-
tions in our house It was compiled by "two listeners.. from
daily conversations with Christ
Here's one of my favorites
"Draw boauty trom every Clower and joy 1roni the song ot
the birds and the color of the l lowers
-When II wanted to express a beautiful thought. l made• a
lmely Clower
- Absorb beauty As soon ;is the beauty of a flower or a tree
Is impressed upon your soul it leaves an image there which
reflects through your actions
hook tor beauty and joy in the world around Look at a
Hower until Is beauty becomes part of your ver soul It
will be given back to the >vurld again by you in the toorm'ut
a ;mile ora lob ing word or a kind thought or a prayer
-Listen to a bird Take the song as a message from My
Father Let it sink into your :soul That, too. will be given
back to the world in ways I have said . Laugh more. laugh,
often Love more I am with you..
inspiringw'oo'ds aren't they"
Alter reading them early one morning. I event to. the barn
to teed the horses It was a crisp morning and the horses
blew a welcome through their nostrils and nuzzled the at the
harp door
Some hollyhocks swayed gracetully in the breeze and that
pertec•titin, that beauty Was awe-inspiring. They grow -ev-
ery year with no care. no tending .And they bloom just to
bring beauty into the world. for no other reason than to
please the round of man
As I walked back to the house. a tat, young robin Sang
cheerily do the television ;antenna He stuck out his breast
and sang and sang and sang Unsure sure he sang just because
he -,loves to sing. and to bring some cheer into the world of
noise, tedium and materialism.
These precious moments are to be treasured and remem-
bered -
Louise Van Camp, 18, representing Durham County and
Catherine James 20, representing York County were the
co -winners in the second night of the Ontario Dairy
Princess Competition held in the Canadian National
Exhibition Coliseum. They advanced to the semi-final
competition Wednesday, August 31 and the finals were
held Friday, September 2, Agricultural Day at the
C.N.E. Princesses competing at the Ontario Dairy
Princess Preliminary competition at t-te CNE on August
28 included (back row: left -right) Bernardine Mooyen,
Russell; Catherine James, York; Susan Atkins, Nip -
pissing East -Parry Sound; , Jane Sowden, Norfolk;
Louise Van Camp, Durham; (front row: left to right)
Andrea McCoy, Lanark; Audrey Peel, Huron County;
Wendy Chapin, Brant; Betty Jenkins, 1976-77 Ontario
Dairy Princess; Laurie Sills, Hastings; Valerie Hart,
Lennox & Addington; Susan Beamish, Northumberland.
Clean pig barns in the summer time
Summer is a gond time to
disinfect farrowing and
feeder swine.harns, says 1)r.
Peter Oliver, Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture and
Food veterinarian. because
warm dry weathei,facilitates
cleaningand disinfecting
"During the summer dif-
ferent or outdoor housing can
be used for the five to seven
days it takes to clean the
barns '•
Regular cleaning is
Dere ss iry because con•
tinuous Karn use increases
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A. For sale
SOD - 30 cents per yard at the
farm, 40 cents per yard
delivered. Landscaping
service: Phone 1.237-3202 or 1-
235-2478. —tf
FREDERICK seed wheat,
cleaned and treated. Marvin
Scott, 529-7604.-35,36
B. Custom work
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row harvester, Phone 524-9595
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days. b.f. to .37 normal in-
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APPALOOSA and thorough-
bred marc, four years old,
gentle, 16.1 hands. sound
excellent conformation. Well
mannered. This is a lovely,
affectionate animal; also
good Western saddle, hand
tooled, like new ; single horse
tr'grler, complete with lights.
Call evenings, ask for Betty,
345-557, Dublin. --36
bacteria 'levels which may
result in -declining swine
growth. lower reproduction
mites and poor general
health. .
Dr Oliver says the key to
good cleaning is to remove all
organic waste material from
the barn.
Thorough cleaning is the
first step toward improving
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Directors of the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association visited several farms n
Wellington County on August 30 as part of their summer directors meeting held in
Guelph. Here director:.J.ohn Benham, left, of RR 3, Rockwood and president George
Gardhouse, right, of RR 4, Caledon East, discuss soybeans with Ontario Federation of
Agriculture president Peter Hannam at his cash crop farm at RR 2, Guelph.
Hot hay
needs
watching
I v. i . year a number of
barns and farm buildings are
needlessly .lost as a direct
result of the over heating of
damp hay in the barn:.
This loss can easily be
-controlled by checking hay
and following these simple
rules:
Take 1,'2 inch x ° 10 foot
electrical conduit or tubing
with a sharpened hardwood
point riveted to tube. Drill s_ ix
holes of t%4 inch diameter in
bottom of tube. Then insert
probe 8 feet or 9 feet into hay.
Next, lower a candy or oven
thermometer on a twelve foot
cord to bottom of tube,
Leave in place for five
minutes, and then remove
and check temperature and
follow this, scale (repeat in
different places so you won't
miss hot spots) :
150 degrees F - hay is en-
teringthe danger zone -:"Check
daily.
160 degrees F - danger!
Check every four hours to see
if temperature is rising.
175 degrees F - fire pockets
may 'now be expected. Call
-fire department pumper and
wet down hay. NOTE: When
hay reaches 175 degrees F, it
has lost its basic nutrient food
value, so don't hesitate to
remove hay.
185 degrees F - remove hay
without delay. Fire Depar-
tment should be available
since flames will develop
when air comes in contact
with hay.
210 degrees F critical!
Hay is almost -sure to ignite.
Use extreme caution,,.,
Remember, never enter
alone when hot hay is ex-
pected. Fire pockets may
have developed and there is a
danger of falling into them.
Long planks may be placed
on top of hay to stand on while
removing or checking hay - a
safety line or rope around
one's waist is an added safety
measure.
Remember fire destroys .
"Don't let hot hay take away
your farm and farm profits."
Says Len MacGregor,
.'.Secretary,-.
Huron County Farm Safety
Council.
CLAY —
Silo Unloaders
Feeders
Cleaners
Stabling
Leg Elevators
Liquid Manure Equipment
Hog Equipment
BUTLER
Silo Unloaders
Feeders
Conveyors
FARMATIC —
Mit is
Augers, etc.
ACORN —
Cleaners
Heated Waterers
ZERO — •
Bulk Tanks
Pipeline & Parlour
Equipment
W E S T E E.L - R O S C O
Granaries
B & L - Hog Panelling
LOWRY FARM SYSTEMS
RR 1, Kincardine, Ontario
Phone 395.5286
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IN THE COUNTY
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BOOTS
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Directors of the Ontario Soil and „Crop Improvement
Association visited Creekbank Trout Farris Ltd., near
Guelph as part of their summer farm tour August 30.
From left are Ross Leadham, director, RR 2, St.
illiams; Harry Taylor, director of Londesboro; Mel
Shantz, :+co-owner of Creekban1c Trout Farms Ltd;
Graydon Bowman, director, RRS2, Thornloe; and Mike
Clitherow,.director, RR..1.Codrington. _ .. .
Nlou�,sVve
Hose and Fittings
Suction, drain, spray,
hydraulic
Quick Couplers
Pumps for every need
Transfer pumps, sewage pum-
ps, water pumps, specialty
pumps.
EPPS
EPPS
Sales & Service
HWY. 8 EAST
CLINTON
482-3418
Treat
now f
. Y
warbI
Both beet t
producers should tr;
for warbles troe
this I ;
Ralph MacartneR'
specialist for they'r
Food try of Agrtcultuh
The treatment, whl.
25 to.. 50 cents per he.
prevent large financial
to beef and dairypr
Warble fli?s laytb
on the legs of cattledur'
summer months ant
larvae migrate up
backline of the animal
the w�"inter.
"The resulting doer
beef cattle is tw
Mr. McCartney. „The.
forms,cysts in the tat
carcass which m;
trimmed off at pr
plants. This resin
reduced carcasswe1�t
"The larvaeialso6are
through the hide a)
animal. This devalu:
prig' of he hide."
,-�he t i rrre tot at
growing dairy cattle s
September to Nova.
while the larvae are,
the lower portions
animal's body.
Since 95 percentofs.
are found in cattle und,;
years of age, Mr, Mai
says dairy producers
be wise to treat theirh:
"Treated cattle can
to one quarter pounds
, per day. They will also
higher prices the foo
spring because they ,.
of warbles."
Warble control• p
available at farm
centres will also redo
problems in cattle.
Of the 20,000 beef
slaughtered week!)
Ontario last spring,
w,�re affected by warh
an average loss of 11
weight per carcass,
resulted in a weekly
-100,000�ounds.
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