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The Clinton News Record, 1939-08-17, Page 6GE 6 THE. CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURS.;''AUGUST 1,7, 193% INFORMATION FOR FARMERS AND POULTRYMEN '(Furnished by the Department of Agriculture) PASTURE F,OR THE FALL Here is a suggestion from the De - 'minion Experimental Farms, about providing good pasture in the fall. Fall rye, sown' at the rate of • two bushels to the acre from August 10 to September 10, depending on dist- rict and season, will usually •supply good feeding for cattle until well on towards winter. Early plowing helps in preparing the seed bed, and once' rye has made a firm start, cattle may be turned into the fields, but not sheep because they nibble too closely. If not pastured too closely, the rye will winter well and there will be early pasture next spring lasting till the end of June. Then it may be ploughed under and the plants make excellent green manure. BRITISH PLOWMEN TO COMPETE IN CANADA A further incentive to prowess with the plough will be given at the 1939 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Demonstrator of the Ontario Plowmen's Association which will be held this time at Brockville for the four days, October 10 to 13 inclusive. Two North of Ireland champion plowmen have entered the lists to challenge the plowmen of North America, and the Ontario Association has made a gallant reply. A team consisting of two Canadian champion plowmen, accompanied by the manager of the Association, J. A. Carroll, will tour England, Ire- land and Scotland to compete where possible, particularly at the Inter- national Match to be held in Ireland about the middle of February. This has been made possible ed. The soilsbest suited for this crop are the sandy or silty loams that are . deep, rich and moderately moist. Manure in abundance should be applied to maintain a plentiful humus supply. Commercial fertiliz- er can be used es a supplement where necessary. Pre -planting soil prepara- tion is .very essential. The manure should' be spread an the land, plough- ed in and thorough harrowing done. Spring planting is best, using single bud root pieces from healthy crowne. The root pieces should be set in rows 4 feet apart and spaced from 2 to 4 feet apart in the row. The thud season from planting a full crop may be harvested. The harvest season should not continue beyond 8 weeks. Horseradish has a place in the manufacture of one of the finest condiments. The plant is a very hardy perennial and if not carefully handled is liable to become a troublesome weed. The soils best adapted for its culture are the deep, moist, rich sandy or silty loams. The land should be prepared as for any other garden crop. • THE WEED OF THE • WEEK • BINDWEED • • Bindweed is the most difficult of all Ontario weeds to eradicate once it becomes established in a field, says J. D. MacLeod, Crops, Seeds and Weeds Branch, Ont, Dept. of Agri- culture. Probably no ether weed MAKING FARMING PAY One of the greatest attempts. td� 'make farming pay is now under way 1n the United States, and the -`scan, - agement is one of the big insurance companies which had been forced to take over many bankrupt farms that The 'owners ted been compelled to abandon. There were about seven thousand of these farms, and the in- surance company did not know what. to do with them. .In order to save something out of the wreck, the comp- any undertook to modernize and transform these properties, and now there are between 50,000. and 60,000 people supported on the 1,618,000' acres which had been abandoned. And these tenants are snaking the farms pay, the income from the crops total- ling $12,000,000 a year. But the ten- ants .must follow the scientific ro- tation which the company incorpor- ates into the contract. These re- organized farms are being run for profit, and the fertility of the land must be kept up. And the farmers so highly appreciate the benefit of the new plan that there is never the slightest trouble renting any of the farms. The company is only too will- ing to sell the farms to farmers who are willing to take them over and work theist properly. Following a record crop, five mil- lion boxes of oranges (a thousand million fruits) will be send from Soutar. Africa to the British Isles in the next few months. through the establishment of thethreatens the farmers of Ontario with Trans -Atlantic Glass in this year's lsuch loss as Bindweed does. It even competitions. The first prize winner puts Perennial Sow Thistle in second in this class' will receive a gold though the weeds sae not medal, the second winner a silver one,' Ply' . and together these winners will bespread far and wide by the wind as sent on the trip to the British Isles.is the case with the thistle. Competition in the Trans -Atlantic' No crap will grow once Bindweed class will be open to winners of local is well established. It will thrive on matches. I almost any kind of soil and neither Last year's meeting at Minesing, wet nor dry seasons seem to affect Ontario, was attended by appeoxim- its gr°wth. Its mot system is so ately 125,000 people. This year judg- deep and so extensive and gets such ing by the keen demand for exhibi- a hold upon the land that nothing tion space for machinery, and taking less than a strenuous and deterinin- into consideration the prominence of ed effort will ever eradicate it. Some Brockville and the facility of op_ farms in Ontario have already been !roach from No. 2 Highway, this abandoned an account of this weed. year's international match should Bindweed has increased rapidly the last few years, chiefly owing to the fact that farmers are not familiar enough with it and so do not recog- nize it in time to prevent it from getting established here and there Ira their field in patches from which its roots are soon scattered all over the field by farm .implements such as the harrow and cultivator. One reason the farmer does not spot it'when it first appears in his fields is because it usually takes two or three years to come into blossom. It is import- ant, therefore, to be familiar with its leaves and roots, as well as with its flowers. This most troublesome perennial weed, which came here from Europe, has very extensive, creeping, cord- like rootstocks which penetrate the soil to a depth of four feet or more, and any piece of the rootstock pos- sessing one or more buds is capable of starting a new plant. It tae numerous, slender, branching stems that either trail on the ground or climb by twisting around other plants, The leaves are rather small some- what narrow shaped with blunt or rounded tips. It flowers from June to September and produces 'seeds from August to October. The flowers are borne on slender stalks, about the length of the leaves. They are bell shaped, white or rose coloured and about an available for proper growth. Being inch across. The seeds are large, a gross feeder, asparagus requires' brown, angular, three or four being the application of manure in abund- I produced in each spherical seed pod. ante along with supplemental •ap- Farmers should insist that thresh - plications of fertilizer. ing separators .should be thoroughly Rhubarb is also a very hardy typelcleared before operating. They may of plant and without doubt is in many contain Bindweed' seed. cases the most abused crop around •Patches of Bindweed should be the garden areas. This crop requires isolated from the rest of the field an abundance of plant food and llrail9- I gin Worked separately to avoid drag- ture, and on this account should be teethg the rootstocks on implement planted in the open where competi- I from infested to non -infested tion with tree roots and perennial areas. It is usually advisable to de. weeds will not occur and where full stray patches of Bindweed with a chemical weed killer, and thus avoid the risk of spreading it by cultiva- tion. Many farn(ers stop fighting Bind- weed too soon. When, they have killed ninety per cent of the root- stocks they forget about it and Ieave the remaining ten per cent . to start further trouble. It is usually advisable to follow a two years' summer fallow by seeding down to clovers, preferably alfalfa, and leave the sod in as long as prof- itable. This builds up the soil,; and the cutting of the alfalfa crop two or three times each year will prevent the Bindweed seeds from maturing and its rootstocks from spreading. prove a record. PERENNIAL VEGETABLE CROPS OF IMPORTANCE Agricultural` Societies' Fairs and Exhibitions 1939 August Toronto (Canadian National Exhibition) ..,. Aug. 25 -Sept. 9 Woodstock ........ Aug, 22-24 September 1-9 Durham , .... Sept, 7, 8 Gederieh... Sept, 7, 8 Tavistock Sept, 8, 9 September 11-16 Blyth ..................Sept, 15, 16 London (Western Fair) . Sept. 11-10 Milverton Sept, 14, 15 New Hamburg Sept, 15, 16 Wiar+ton Sept. 14, 15 September 18-23 Ailsa Craig Sept. 21, 22 Atwood ............... Sept. 22, 23 Clifford Sept. 22, 23 Exeter Sept. 20, 21 Hanover .. . . . ........ Sept. 19, 20 Kincardine Sept. 21, 22 Listowel Sept. 20, 21 Seaforth Sept. 21, 22 Stratford Sept. 18-20 September 25-30 Sept. 27, 28 Sept. 29, 30 Sept. 27 Sept. 28, 29 Sept. 28, 29 Sept. 26, 27 Owen Sound Sept. 30, Oct. 2 & 3 Bayfield Brussels Ilderton Kirkten Lucknow Mitchell THE BUILDER A BUILDER budded a temple, He wrought.it with grate: and skill;. Pillars and groins and arches All fashioned to work his will. And men said as they saw its beauty, "It never shall lmow ; decay, Great is, thy slid, 0 builder! Thy fame shall endure, for aye." A mother builded 'a temple With infinite loving care, Planning each, arch with patience, Laying each stone with prayer. None praised her unceasing efforts, None , knew of her wondrous plan, For the 'temple the another builded Was unseen by the eye of man. Gone is the builder's temple, Crumbled into the dust; Low lies each stately pillar, Food for consuming rust. But the temple the mother builded Will last while the ages roll, For that beautiful unseen temple Was a child's immortal soul, -Hattie Vose Hall.. Palmerston Sept. 26, 27 Port Elgin Sept. 28, 29 Ripley Sept. 26, 27 Strathroy Sept. 28-30 Thedford Sept. 26, 27 Wingham Sept. 27, 28 Dungannon October 2-7 Oct. 5, 6 Gerrie . Oct. 6, 7 Bt. Marys ..,............. Oct. 5, 0 Teeswater ................ Oct. 3, 4 Enjoy a Day or l'uro Here! Attend Western Ontarin's.bright, busy, up- to-date exhibition, .the gathering place of big crowds and all that is best ih agricul- ture, industry; home r. and other exhibits. PRIZE LIST - $32,000 W. D. 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In the first place these three crops are true perennials, very hardy and are an important source of revenue to the grower. They also possess certain value as food plants partic- ularly the two former which are al - Ways in demand in the early spring. Horseradish is used to quite an ex- tent as a condiment. .Asparagus .is an old world plant that has been introduced into pract- ically every country, in the world. While rich, deep friable loam soils are the best for the production of this crop yet fairly good results can be obtained from heavy soils provid- ed the humus supply is sufficient to keep the soil friable. Drainage is also an important feature, but an ample supply of moisture should be unobstructed sunlight can be obtain - Bargain Fares Toronto Exhibition In effect from many points in Ontario SINGLE FAKE for the Round Trip Good Going Aug. 24th to Sept. Oth Return Limit Sept. 13th Canadian National Nothing that does not make you or somebody else better is 'worth C#Cile? • • .'because most cars are b n1t to r n smoothly on a good regular -priced gas! If your car did not knock when new, but knocks now -on the same grade- ' of gasoline -blame it on the motor oil. Many oils form hard carbon inside the motor after only a few thousand miles. The result is knocking and lost power. In the long run, the best and most economical cure for knocking: is to have the carbon removed, then use Sunoco, the Knock -proof Motor' Oil, exclusively. It's your safest protection against knocks and lost power!' MOTOR OIL: Sonoco Knock -proof 00 is one oil that you can depend upon to keep your motor free of hard carbon, the cause of many knocks. Therefore, if your motor knocks ... look to the motor oil, first! HERE'S WHY MANY MOTOR OILS CAUSE KNOCKS Modern high compression motor cylinder showing piston at bottom of stroke. In this position there is ample space for the gasoline - air mixture which was fed into the cylinder after having been nixed in the proper propor- tions by the carburetor. Watkins' Service Station CLINTON , As the piston moves upward, the mixture is compressed to one-sixth of its former volume. In other words, the 6 units of mixture have been reduced to one unit. (Compression ratio, 6 to 1.) While compression ratios vary, most modern cars have high compression engines. Wrong Oil forms hard carbon inthe firing chamber. By reducing this space, hard carbon increases the compression and heat so that the gas mixture cannot burn evenly, but instead, causes a sudden sharp explosion. In other words, the .motor knocks, or pings. Blyth Service Station . BUCHANAN - BLYTH. VARNA. C. I -I. SCOTCI-IME R . BAYFIELD.