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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY OCTOBER '7, 1971
New use for old rubber tires
Old rubber tires could be-
come a farmer's best friend.
Professor B, J. Teskey of the
University of Guelph, has found
that one of the components of
rubber tires makes an excellent
mulch,
Professor Teskey, a fruit tree
specialist with the Department
of Horticultural Science, began
a co-operative program with a
tire company two years ago,
The company wanted a satis-
factory means of disposal for
mountains of old, bare, and
apparently useless tires. Profes-
sor Teskey was interested in
providing for the needs of fruit
trees.
Professor Teskey has discov-
ered that shredded nylon cord
from rubber tires makes an
excellent mulch for fruit trees.
Mulches are important. Besides
conserving moisture and elim-
inating unwanted weed comp-
etition, they improve soil
structure, texture, • aeration,
and tilth. They also help maint-
ain the microorganism balance
in the soil, prevent evaporation,
erosion and runoff, insulate the
roots against damaging, fluctu-
ations in soil temperatures, and
improve fertility.
"For a tree, mulch can mean
the difference between life and
death, " says Professor Teskey.
Any inexpensive material
which could provide all these
benefits would be welcomed by
gardeners and farmers alike,
Nylon cording could be such a
material.
For the tire company, this
discovery solves a difficult disp-
osal problem. The pollution -
conscious public objects to the
burning or burying of old tires.
Leaving the tires to disintegrate
naturally is a long, slow process
requiring a great deal of space.
Now, by separating the rubber
from the nylon, the rubber can
be recycled into the tire indust-
ry and the nylon shredded for
use as mulch.
Professor Teskey has been
testing the mulch for two years
in a sour cherry orchard near
Norval, Ontario. The dark,
wool-like material is placed to
differing depths around young
cherry trees, some of the most
delicate of fruit trees. The
Studded tires prohibited
The use of studded tires in
Ontario will be prohibited this
Winter, motorists were remind-
ed in an announcement issued
by the Department of Transport-
ation and Communications.
The ban on further use of
studs was announced a year ago
after intensive testing showed
their effectiveness as a winter
driving aid was minimal and
they caused serious general
driving hazards by grinding ruts
into pavement and obliterated
lane guide lines.
The use of studded tires was
first permitted in 1967 with the
understanding that studies would
have to be carried out to assess
the safety value in the light of
highway damage.
Investigations carried out
after the Winter of 1969-'70,
when approximately a third of
Ontario cars were equipped with
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Notice is hereby given that a Poll, for the purpose of rPcoiv'
ing the ballots of Voters who expect on the day fixed for poll-
ing, to be absent from and unable to vote in the polling sub-
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The loth and 18th of October, 1971
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the said places and the votes counted at 8 p.in.
on the TWENTY-FIRST DAY OF OCT., 1971
Dated at Seaforth , this 27th Day of
September, 1971..
RUSSELL T. BOLTON
Returning Officer, Ontario
studs, disclosed ruts measuring
as much as half an inch after
two years of their use.
It also was observed that pave-
ment markers disappeared on
heavily -travelled sections of
highway within a matter of
weeks after the beginning of the
winter season.
Authorities warned that cont-
inued rut wear could cause
drivers to lose vehicle control
in lane -changing and the loss of
pavement markers created a
serious hazard in night driving.
Tests carried out during the
winter months of 1970 by the
Canada Safety Council and
Ontario Provincial Police found
that studs were most effective
in reducing stopping distance on
glare ice only when the temper-
ature was near the freezing
point.
The Canada Safety Council
carried out further tests last
Winter on Lake Timiskaming in
Northern Ontario to assess a
number of winter driving aids.
rairy Fare
elect officers
(by Judy Denomme)
Zurich IV held their first
meeting at the home of Mrs.
Jim Nogg. Dairy Fare is the
theme for this club. There
were 23 members present. The
meeting was opened with the
4- H Pledge. Following this the
election of officers was held.
Elected were: Janet Webb,
president; Mary Lou Rau, sec-
retary; Debbie O'Brien, treasur-
er; Judy Denomme, news rep-
orter.
Mrs. Donald Oke, one of the
leaders outlined the Dairy Fare
Club and discussed the record
books and recipe file and what
was expected from the memb-
ers for this club.
Mrs. Hogg gave a brief talk
on milk in all it's forms and
then demonstrated how to make
Quick Cheese Pizzas. Mrs.
Oke demonstrated how to make
egg nogs using a blender.
The girls were divided into
four groups to make grilled
cheese sandwiches, quick
cheese pizzas, egg nogs, and
milk shakes, which were eaten
and enjoyed by all members.
HURON
PLOWMAN'S
ASSOCIATION
43rd Annual
PLOWING
MATCH
And Farm Machinery
Demonstration
SAT., OCT. 9th
At The
Ribey Farm
Lot 5, Con. 9
Colborne Twp.
11/2 Mile West Carlow And 11/2
Mile North
All Welcome
No Admission
mulch bas a desirable slow dis-
integration rate and does not
pack down. Chemical analysis
has revealed that the mulch
contains small amounts of var-
ious nutrients such as magnes-
ium and potassium, However,
according to Professor Teskey,
these will neither harm nor
benefit the trees.
The cost to the grower is
expected to be reasonable; the
financial return to the tire com-
pany minimal. It is not essent-
ially a moneymaking venture.
However, the program could set
an example for co-operation in
checking pollution.
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